After the show closed at 4 o'clock a convoy of cars drove across Bowen Island to King Edward Bay, to the home of Kate Bellringer's parents Steve and Cathy Bellringer for a post-show drink. The setting for their house at the end of the road is rather spectacular. The house sits on a little bluff with a fairly steep walk down to the private wharf…
This brief blog will simply show photos of some Raiders and their friends at the opening of the Raiders' show. Some of us drove and took the ferry over to Bowen Island for the day and some of the guests live over there on this pretty, but accessible island. I did enjoy catching up with folks and listening to their discussions about the painted plates.…
Rounding up Raiders.. Kate Bellringer must have felt like a shepherd moving sheep or a member of the constabulary arresting said raiders over the past few months. Somehow she was able to encourage a large number of the artists who've poddled out to my Port Moody studio for a Raid to deliver one or more of their plates to her office at Burrard Arts Foundation.…
Please join us for the opening ofThe Raiders August 17th – 12:00 to 4:00 PMCurated by Kate Bellringer, The Raiders features works by:Eric Metcalfe, Eli Bornowsky, Allyson Clay, Colette Urban, Monique Fouquet, Paul Mathieu, Renée Van Halm, Katie Lyle, Marian Penner Bancroft, Greg Bellerby, Elizabeth McIntosh, Rick Ross, Lyse Lemieux, Ciara Phillips, Marlene Madison, Garry Neill Kennedy , Cathy Busby , Philippe Raphanel, Pierre Coupey,…
Last week's efforts by the July Raiders have turned out well after two bisque firings and the clear glaze firing. There are lots of plates, by seven artists, so I'll add a first name as a caption to each photo in case they get muddled by Wordpress. Al and I plan to drive in to Vancouver tomorrow, partly to check out Raider Pierre Coupey's…