COLUMBIA FingerPlay Continued from Page 8 will be tallied the weekend of April 26, when the exhibition will be taken down, packed and shipped to Quesnel. As you probably remember, this is the second year President Jinny Whitehead has challenged Pottery Guild members to produce a work of art typical of their style with only one requirement: it had to fit inside a six inch cubic box. Potters from around the province responded with appropriately light-hearted results. Gillian McMillan produced a jug sculpture of one of the bald eagles she occasionally sees flying over her studio in Port Moody. With his white head, fierce yellow beak and glowering predator eyes he would make an intimidating presence if it weren't for the fact that he’s four and a quarter inches tall. Clive Tucker, Senior Artist in Residence at the Port Moody Arts Centre, created an ironic sculpture of a car struggling to free itself from a section of traffic. “It's a metaphor for trying to break away from the mainstream, the everyday, from the box we find ourselves in. But the irony is that we don’ utilize a different vehicle,” says Tucker. ‘There was also a small but perfectly outfitted Samurai warrior ready for battle, and nearby a perfectly propor- tioned dog with a gun in his mouth and a scattering of tiny bones and bullets at his feet is entitled “Man’s Best Friend(s)”. Discovery Art Travel | 2008-2010 : CERAMICS EXCURSIONS | | Turkey Morocco Burma Laos/Angkor Wat: ‘ Oaxaca, Mexico -Lom bo K/ Ea Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - May 2008 There’s elegance, too. A sensuously shaped white bowl reveals a golden interior and a turquoise coloured butterfly seems to have paused only momentarily to become a pendant for a necklace. ‘There’s a family of five spending a cozy evening reading and playing board games. A baby dragon warily clings to the eggshell he’s just hatched from, and. a small teapot and even smaller tea cup are encased in their own Lucite box. Brenda Findlayson, executive director of the Blackberry Gallery, has reported that many people visited the gallery during the Port Moody Festival and coverage in the newspapers has been excellent. This exhibition provides an opportunity to see a cross section of B.C.’s best ceramic works. Check the schedule below and plan to come out to see what the best potters in the province have produced! Quesnel Art Gallery, June 6-July 4 ¢ Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, July 22-Aug. 3 ¢ Kelowna Clay Festival, Rotary Arts Centre, Aug. 8-30 ¢ ‘The Old Courthouse Bldg., City of Kamloops, Sept. 5-27 ¢ ‘Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, Oct. 3-30 ¢ North East News Bldg., Fort St. John, Nov. 7-28 ¢ Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, Jan. 12-Feb. 15 ¢ Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, Feb. 18 @e TEL: 1-250-537-4906