It's Sunday evening and I'm looking back on an eventful weekend, full of friendly connections, happy reunions and a sad farewell. By Friday afternoon my studio was incredibly tidy, with a varied selection of work displayed on the big table. Al took some photos to record this moment, the first occasion for local folks to check out my working space since 2019. The SHUFFLE committee…
On a beastly rainy September Sunday afternoon there was a good turn-out at Seymour Art Gallery for the opening of Sally Michener's solo show 'Sit. Stay. Speak'. The link to the gallery below gives a concise explanation of Sally's work, her biography and the current work. https://www.seymourartgallery.com/exhibitions/current/ For many of her fans who showed up to support their favourite clay sculptor, Sally is a fondly…
It's time to write a catch-up blog. Some of you will know that my husband Alan has spent the summer waiting in line for open heart surgery. Finally on October 14th he reached the top of the list and his quadruple bypass operation at St Paul's hospital, in downtown Vancouver, was successful. He was in CSICU for four days and in a ward for another…
I owe a lot to now-retired Emily Carr University ceramics instructor Sally Michener. In 1991 when I was applying to attend a Summer course at then-called Emily Carr College of Art and Design Sally was assessing my portfolio.When I explained that I regretted not having been to Art School she challenged me to do so. Why take a 3-week course when you can be…
Tuesday's Gogos 'Soup's On' event went very well. All the volunteers made sure things went smoothly. Soup was delicious, appies, bread and desserts were good. There was a no-host bar and lots of silent auction items. We were entertained by an excellent teenage singer and I don't have her name. One of the Gogos who has been to Africa gave a slide show of the…