Having understood that the Chinese delegation who attended 'From Oven and Kiln 2018' are all really interested in Ceramics, and that they have brought a collection of 300 Yixing teapots from Beijing for a four-month exhibition at the Vancouver Poly Culture Art Center, I knew I must get to see them. Yesterday I took transit in to downtown Vancouver, hopping out of the…
I found myself taken back to a Canadian kitchen of the fifties the other day. Saltspring Island artists Melanie Thompson and Judith Barnett have collaborated on an installation in Port Moody Arts Centre which honours the memory of a Vancouver homemaker. When Judith Barnett lived in Vancouver she became good friends with her neighbour, Mrs. Williams. They…
Arriving at last Wednesday's Opening Reception at Port Moody Arts Centre rather late I found myself talking to Vancouver artist Jeff Wilson, and didn't have time to pay attention to the other two shows that evening. I'll pop back down soon - that's the advantage of arranging to have an Arts Centre open two blocks from my home. Jeff lives and works in the…
On the evening before Gailan Ngan's solo show opened at Coquitlam's Art Gallery/Evergreen I happened to be there to see 'Onegin' in the theatre. I knew the show was due to open on the next day, March 7th and asked if I could have a sneak peek. I was allowed.. so my photos have no people in them at all. The invitation says: 'Ngan…
'Contemporary embroidered textiles on the related themes of sailing, navigation and weather'. Bettina Matzkuhn is an embroiderer. She is a painter with fabric, linens and threads. I wondered how she would fill The ACT/Maple Ridge Art Gallery with embroideries so I chose to take myself out to Maple Ridge to see her show, on the Saturday afternoon when she was scheduled to give an…