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FingerPlay Opening

On Thursday, Mar. 27, the Port Moody Arts Centre was
filled with people gathered for the opening of BC In A
Box: FingerPlay. Potters, painters, weavers, other artists
and their friends crowded into the Blackberry Gallery to
admire 75 pieces, which proved that good things really
do come in small boxes. Port Moody is the first stop in an
almost year-long trip that 50 of these objects will make to
seven other towns around the province.

‘The Award of Excellence was presented to Jackie Frioud
of Vancouver. In their notes, the jurors (Liane Davison,
Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Surrey Art Gallery,
and Julie York Head of Ceramics at Emily Carr Institute
of Art & Design), remarked that it was chosen for many
reasons including: excellence in craftsman-ship, and in its
service as an object, displayed beauty, with a decoration
that was minimal and fitting, enveloping and “mapping
the form like string binding it together”.

In their statement about the judging, the jurors wrote
that the artists who had created the objects in the show
used. “amazing delightfully diverse techniques” and that
“the only unity among the objects in this show is their
sweet scale and the creators’ sensitivity to the clay material.”
‘They concluded, “Considering all of this creative variety,

Jackie Frioud’s entry, winner of the Award of Excellence, is a
wheel thrown, three-layer porcelain box with inlaid slip, fired
to Cone 6 in oxidation.

it’s not surprising that it was difficult to make the selection
of 50 items for the road show. We didn’t agree on all the
choices, and there was much bargaining and negotiating
between us. However, we did agree on the piece to receive
the award. There were at least ten strong contenders for
second place. We commend all the artists for showing
their work and for making our job so difficult. It was a
pleasure!”

“The People’s Choice” will be announced at the closing
of the exhibition at the Blackberry Gallery. Visitors are
encouraged to vote for their favourite piece and their ballots

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