COLUMBIA Clay Programs & Classes in B.C. This is by no means a comprehensive list of clay programs and groups in B.C. If you know of additional clay programs, classes, symposia, workshops or groups, or would like to update incorrect information, please send the information to editor@bcpotters.com. Wed like to spread the word and help fellow clay artists get involved. Lower Mainland ¢ Art in the Country, Aldergrove - www.susangorris.com/ * Capilano University, North Vancouver - www.capcollege.bc.ca/programs/studio-art/Home.html * Delbrook Community Center, North Vancouver - www.northvanrec.com/article.asp?c=46 &a=155 ¢ Dunbar Community Centre, Vancouver - http://dunbarcentre.ca/ ¢ Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver - http://www.eciad.ca/ * False Creek Community Centre, Vancouver - http://vancouver.ca/parks/cc/falsecreek/website/ GlenEagles Community Centre, West Vancouver - www.westvancouver.ca/article.asp?c=954 * Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey - www.kwantlen.ca/humanities/visualarts.html Langara College, Vancouver - www.langara.bc.ca/creative-arts/fine-arts/programs.html * Maple Ridge Arts Centre, Maple Ridge - www.theactmapleridge.org/qs/page/1938/0/-1 * Parkgate Community Centre, North Vancouver - www.myparkgate.com/programsandevents/ programinformation/ potteryartstudio.htm * Place des Arts, Coquitlam — Barbara Duncan, Visual Arts Program Coordinator (bduncan@placedesarts.ca; 604-664-1636) or Vin Arora, Pottery Instructor/Technician (vinarora6@gmail.com) www.placedesarts.ca/content.asp?ChapterlD=28&SubchapterID=1 &Pagel D=60 * Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody - www.pomoartscentre.ca/pages/pdf_files/fall/a_ceramics.pdf * Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver - www.roundhouse.ca/ * Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby - www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/cityhall/ departments/departments_parks/prksrc_felts/prksrc_fclts_shdblt/fine_ performing_arts.html ¢ SFU School for the Contemporary Arts, Burnaby - http://cgi.sfu.ca/~scahome/ * Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey - www.surrey.ca/Living+in+Surrey/Arts/Surrey+Art+Gallery/Learning/ Coursest+and+Workshops/default.htm University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford/Chilliwack - www.ucfv.ca/visualarts.htm « West End Community Centre, Vancouver - www.vancouver.ca/parks/cc/westend/website/index. html * West Point Grey Community Centre, Vancouver - http://vancouver.ca/ parks/cc/westptgrey/website/programs/adult_programs.cfm?catid=31 * Greenbarn Potters Supply also has an interactive map of pottery class locations in the Lower Mainland at: www.greenbarn.com/CLASSES.html Vancouver Island, Gulf & Discovery Islands « Arts Aftre Gallery, Coombs - www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/3423 * Camosun College, Victoria - http://camosun.ca/learn/programs/visart/index. html * Hollyhock Retreat, Cortes Island - www.hollyhock.ca/cms/ * Judy Weeden Ceramics, Salt Spring Island - www.judyweeden.com/ * Many Moons Pottery Studio, Bowen Island - www.manymoonspottery.com/ ¢ Metchosin International School of the Arts, Victoria - www.missa.ca/ Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - September 2008 * North Island College, Comox - www.nic.bc.ca/calendar/fine_arts/fine_arts_and_design/ * Pat Webber Pottery, Salt Spring Island - www.patwebber.ca/ * Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo - www.viu.ca/art/va_programs.asp Northern B.C. * Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek - www.nlc.bc.ca/public.program.p hp?ProgramActiveList=programdetailsé¢ProgramID=49 * Quesnel Arts & Recreation Centre, Quesnel - www.city.quesnel.bc.ca/ LeisureServices/Quesnel-Arts-Recreation-Centre.asp ¢ Island Mountain Arts, Wells - www.imarts.com/artschool Southern Interior & Eastern B.C. * Selkirk College / Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson - http://selkirk.ca/ksa/program/ksa-clay/summary/ ¢ Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops — www.tru.ca/arts/vpa/visual_arts.html * Vernon Community Arts Centre, Vernon - www.vernonarts.ca/ B.C. Clay Groups Some of these groups also offer occasional workshops and classes: ¢ Aberthau Potters Club, Vancouver - http://westpointgrey.org/facilities/pottery_studio/pottery_studio.htm ¢ Arrowsmith Potters Guild, Parksville - www.arrowsmithpottersguild.bc.ca/ * Burnaby Potters Guild, Burnaby - www.vcn.bc.ca/bpg/ * Cariboo Potters Guild, Williams Lake - www.cariboopotters.ca/ * Comox Valley Potters Club, Comox, 250-334-4613 ¢ Dawson Creek Potters Guild, Dawson Creek - Laurie Embree, 250-786- 5581 ¢ Delta Potters Association, Tswassen - Lloyd Davies, 604-591-8173 * Fraser Valley Potters, Surrey - www.members.shaw.ca/fraservalleypotters/index_2.htm * Kensington Potters Club, Vancouver - 604-718-6200 ¢ Kitimat Potters’ Guild, Anne Berrisford, 250-632-6919 ¢ Mackenzie Potters Guild, Mackenzie, Sheri Ukrainetz, 250-997-6912, sukrainetz@hotmail.com * Nanaimo Pottery Co-op, Anita Lawrence, 250-722-2037 * North Peace Potters Guild, Ft. St. John, 250-785-0829, janeanderson@pres.bj.fsj-net * Okanagan Potters Association, Kelowna - www.okanaganpotters.ca/ ¢ Penticton Potters’ Club, Terry Miller, 250-494-8969 * Powell River Pottery Club, Powell River, 604 483 3856 * Prince George Potters Guild, Prince George - www.pgpotters.ca/ * Richmond Potters Club, Richmond - Wyn Yang, 604-231-6440 * Salt Spring Island Potters Guild, Salt Spring Island - www.saltspringpottersguild.com/ * South Vancouver Island Potters Guild, Victoria - www.mypottery.com/ ¢ The Potters Place, Courtenay - www.thepottersplace.ca/ * Thompson Valley Potters Guild, Kamloops - www3.telus.net/tvpg/ ¢ Tozan Cultural Society, Cedar/Ladysmith - www.tozan.bc.ca/ * TriCity Potters, Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam/Port Moody - linda_lebrun@telus.net ¢ West End Pottery Club, Vancouver - 604-257-8333 * West Coast Clay Sculptors’ Association, Vancouver - members.shaw.ca/wecsa/ WCCSA_Home.html * West Point Grey Potters, Vancouver - Cheryl Stapleton, 604-257-8140 Did you attend an inspiring workshop recently? 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