Last night Al and I braved horrid rain to drive over to West Vancouver. We grabbed an early supper at Park Royal South's Trattoria Restaurant before heading on to the West Vancouver Museum. Renée Van Halm's solo show 'The Shape of Things' was opening. The walls of the two galleries were filled with her large impressive paintings and some smaller works and aha! there were…
After we'd had a good look at this month's show, From Ashes to Art, at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, we took a good look around the rest of the gallery and Melissa pointed out some of the new artists who've been juried in. Sorry, I didn't get them all recorded but here are some that caught my attention. Amelia Butcher has an intriguing collection of…
June, Linda and I attended the opening of the latest show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics "From Ashes to Art" on Thursday May 4th. Luckily for you it will be up until May 27th but if perchance you can't get in to Granville Island, take a look at some photos here. Four artists who have been firing their work in Shadbolt…
Recently Fredi Rahn contacted me with an interesting request. With 'International Women's Day' in mind she wondered if I'd like to bring some of our collection of pottery to Shadbolt Centre for a special display featuring women in our field. After discussion with the six of us it was decided that the little show would include a piece from each of the invitees and four…
ACT Art Gallery in Maple Ridge is hosting this year's edition of the Fraser Valley Potters Guild annual juried show. This show is another in the series of current ceramic shows timed to coincide with Saturday's Clay Symposium at Shadbolt Centre. Last Saturday, on a nasty rainy afternoon Alan and I drove out there and arrived just in time to hear the opening remarks and congratulate the prize…