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Colt MBIA Febru: ry / March 1999
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1359 Cartwright Street Kootenays to Tasmania and Back Again
Grinville [stand the circuitous route of Trudy Golley
‘ouver BC Vol 3R7
Fai: (UKE) 664-56
fel: (iki) 669-5645 The Potter's Guild of British Colum
bia ts extremely fortunate 'o co-sponsor
with Emily Carr Institute of Aart and De-

Sign, a workshop and slide lecture with

internationally acclaimed artist Trudy
Golley. A resident of British Columbia,
she was born in Revelstoke. Colley re-
ceived her APA from the University of
ary and her MFA from the Univer-

sity ¢ f Tasmania Since 199] she leas
taught at a number of post secondary
Alberta College of

‘uleary, Universiry of

PMS tutians ieliy
Art, University of €
Tasmania, University of Manitoba and
wesently teaches atthe Kootenay Scho
of thee Arts where she started her ar

yi ‘over 20 vears ano
educalpon over A velars ago.

nee stay in Tasmania
w aware of her reac-

Ir was during

thal Golley bec
ions to an ultra patriarchal culture. She
states in Blair Martens catale Izue essay
4y Above, Sa Below: Truaty Golley's
Sculptural Transformation, “this expeni-
cnce was INteTeSINE after the fact be-
cause it became the catalyst that shifted

my art practice from doing formal work

te work that was more content laden.
Throughowt che entire experience [chose
POSIIVE EXperEences OVE negative Ones
because living my life through negative
reactions would be a soul destroying &x
perience.” Blair Marten claborates on
this hy speculating

live sirategy resulted in a significant per-

‘aver time This posi-

sonal transformation shifting Golley's

glance in the world from passive/scape-

4 foatlobyect bo ant active female person
*y Plegse see GOLLEY page 5

Trady Golley Oruived (Princess Series! 1997 ceramic sculpture 131.0 x 20,0 5 12.0 ¢m