Here are details of events at the Museum of Anthropology, UBC on Saturday, taken from the current BC Potters Guild newsletter. Thanks Carol. I shall be there for 3pm.
Spend a Clay Afternoon at the MOA! By Carol Mayer
You are invited to a talk by Walter Keeler at the UBC Museum of Anthropology on Saturday, April 7, at 3 p.m. The talk is free with museum admission and will be in the Theatre Gallery. Walter is one of the UK’s leading ceramic artists with an international reputation. He is particularly well known for his designs that draw on eighteenth century Staffordshire moulded pottery, the forms of Roman blown glass and old-fashioned metal milk churns and oil cans. Meticulously crafted, his work has a characteristic grey colour and orange-peel surface typical of salt-glaze firing. Since the late 1990s he has produced new ranges of work based on fluid cream and green decoration reminiscent of early Staffordshire wares. His work relates to domestic pottery and is often functional, but always challenges the viewer with its playful approach to form.
Koerner Gallery of European Ceramics
At 1 p.m., Dr. Angela Clarke, Ceramics Specialist, offers insights into the treasures to be found in the Koerner European Ceramics Gallery (55 mins)
The Multiversity Galleries – anytime!
Between Angela’s and Walter’s talks you can browse through the Multiversity Galleries where there you will find examples of the museum’s almost 4,000 world ceramics collection.
What a great way to spend an afternoon!
For more info, please contact Carol Mayer; carol.mayer@ubc.ca
