RITISH COLUMBIA a CALL FOR ARTISTS, Maple Ridge DEADLINE: Oct. 28 @ 4 p.m. The Maple Ridge Art Gallery invites artists and artisans from throughout the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley to contribute work to our annual Christmas exhibition and sale, Ensemble (together). The intent of this juried show is to enable artists to exhibit a small group or series of works that are enhanced by being displayed together. Accepted works must be of the same medium and (approximate) dimensions, and share a common theme and/or style. Presentation must be consistent for each group of works (ie, matching frames or alternate presentation suitable for gallery installation). For more info: www.theactmapleridge.org/ Ensemble-2011, or Barbara Duncan at barbarad@mract.org or by telephone at 604.476.4240. contact curator, CALL FOR ENTRY: 2012 Wearable Art Awards Deadline: Dec. 2 ‘The Port Moody Arts Centre Wearable Art Awards is not a fashion show it is a multi-media performance where the human body becomes a living, breathing, moving canvas. We are looking for more than a “pretty dress.” We are asking you to go deep into your imagination to create a wearable piece of art that challenges what most consider wearable or everyday fashion. More info: http:// www. pomoarts.ca/events/wearable-art- awards CALL FOR ARTISTS, Coquitlam DEADLINE: Feb. 3, 2012 Place des Arts is currently accepting proposals for its 2013 gallery exhibitions. Deadline for submissions is Friday, February 3, 2012. Place des Arts welcomes submissions in 2D and 3D media and techniques including fibre arts, pottery, sculpture, painting, photography, prints and drawings. For details see: www.placedesarts.ca or call exhibitions programmer Michelle Chan at 604.664.1636 ext. 32 or mchan@ placedesarts.ca. Award recipients for BC Applied Art and Design announced By Melany Hallam On Sept. 1, the four recipients of the seventh Annual Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design were announced. This year’s recipients will join 26 previous recipients who have been recognized since the launch of the award in 2005. The recipients of the 2011 awards are: * Joel Berman, Vancouver, Glass ¢ Brent Comber, North Vancouver, Wood. ¢ Dina Gonzalez Mascaro, Vancouver, Jewellery * Shawn Place, Prince George, Furniture Recipients will receive $5,000 and a British Columbia Creative Achievement Award seal. There are no potters amongst the award winners this year, but we've had our share of winners over the years, including: * 2007: Rachelle Chinnery * 2008: Sarah Lawless and Kinichi Shigeno * 2009: Lilach Lotan * 2010: Cathi Jefferson Dr. Robert Belton, associate professor of art history at UBC Okanagan and a director of the BC Achievement Foundation, chaired an independent jury panel that selected the 2011 award recipients. The jurors included Sam Carter, professor emeritus at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Omer Arbel, past recipient and industrial designer, Nancy Bendtsen, of Inform Interiors and Angelika Werth, past recipient and instructor, Kootenay School of the Arts. The Wosk British Columbia Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Carter Art and Design are named in honour of B.C. philanthropist, academic and visionary Dr. Yosef Wosk, whose financial support makes these awards possible and for Sam Carter, B.C. educator, designer and curator. For more info see: www.bcachievement.com/creative/ info.php. B | n d Date By Linda Lewis It may look like a regular day at the gallery but those are actors in a Fringe Festival play called "Blind Date", this past September. The actress has knocked over and broken a vase and the smitten fellow has offered to pay only to find out he must max out his credit card for the $499 vase! Potters Guild of BC Newsletter : October 2041 10