Show & Sale – Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis https://www.gillianmcmillan.com Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:15:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 FVPG Show & Sale https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/2026/04/09/fvpg-show-sale/ https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/2026/04/09/fvpg-show-sale/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:11:12 +0000 https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/?p=16681

Deer Lake Art Gallery is just a few steps away from the Shadbolt Centre and the sun was shining so I left the Ceramic Symposium for half an hour to see Fraser Valley Potters Guild’s Annual Juried Show & Sale. Amy Gogarty was volunteering to sit the show that day.

I see that the show actually closed today. It was well worth the visit. I didn’t take lots of photos but found the 1st prize winners and a few others which impressed me. The variety of pieces (with no defined theme for the show) and the calibre of the work was impressive.

Frances de Grace Vessel #1 !st Place Winner Wood Fired Cone 10 Stoneware, Hand Built
Amy Gogarty The End of Empire: See Nothing Cone 10 Wood-fire, Cone 6 electric, glaze, underglaze Honourable Mention

From so many excellent pieces I chose to record these few. Ying Yueh has set her elegant porcelain heads in crusty wood-fired stoneware vessels. Holly has produced an amazing red crystal glaze for her lidded jar. Gloria Han surprised me with her traditional Korean work looking luscious after an atmospheric firing. 

Ying-Yueh Chuang & Holly McKeen
Gloria Han Soda Celadon Bakji Scrolling Peony Jar High Fire Stoneware, slip, celadon glaze, soda fired

Duncan Ryans won the first prize in the Student Category for this large sgraffitoed vase. Then I was drawn to an installation of earthenware dishes, also made by Duncan. I’m told they depict worrying viruses in petri dishes, but how beautiful they are! Painted plates are inspirational.

Duncan Ryans Beech Pot High fire stoneware, underglaze, gas fired Ist Place - Student Category
Duncan Ryans Petri Dish
Duncan Ryans Petri Dishes Low fire earthenware, underglaze, electric fire

There were several other ceramic shows in Vancouver, timed to offer out-of-town Symposium attendees a chance to see more Ceramics. The truth is that I don’t get in to Vancouver as much as I used to so I missed them. But I can’t help taking photos of what grabs me when I do attend a show.

Tomorrow evening I plan to join fellow TriCity Potters at the Opening Reception of Ceramics from Atmospheric Firings and More at Place des Arts in Coquitlam.

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