Fraser Valley Centre for the Arts

Cant afford to go to Banff? K.J. Kim, a Korean-Canadian businessman with a
vision is looking to begin an impressive initiative with a custom built Ceramic
Centre on Sumas Mountain, near Abbotsford, B.C.. An ambitious project
that will eventually be a gathering place for B.C. and international visual and
performing artists, the Fraser Valley Centre for the Arts will begin with clay
as its focus.

The plan is to design, build and equip workshops for throwing and
handbuilding with an adjacent kiln area that would include, besides a traditional
Korean wood-fired kiln, a variety of gas kilns along with re-buildable sculpture
kilns and other experimental kilns. From this could grow a collection of
permanently sited large ceramic sculptures in a park-like setting.

It would be a place for ceramic artists who are self-starters and able to
work independently, to work and develop ideas at minimal cost. It would
be a place for B.C. and international artists to come for spells as Artist in
Residence where they could pursue perhaps new directions in their work,
exhibit and give workshops in a well-equipped, nurturing environment, set in
an idyllic place.

As well as “at-cost” residence facilities as part of the non-public artist
working space, there would be public exhibition and gallery spaces. These
along with the already established restaurant and other guest facilities, could
make the Centre a destination venue for the Fraser Valley. There would be
space for a growing permanent collection of work celebrating the history and

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development of the best of B.C. Ceramics
with its hugely diverse influences, a special
focus on Korean and Asian Ceramics and
a tepresentative body of pieces from artists
who would be part of the Artist in Residence
program.

At this beginning stage K.J. Kim is anxious
to get the pottery facilities and kiln building
started as soon as possible and 1s looking
for supportive interest and finding a suitable
person to take on the possible role of resident
potter and coordinator.

Does it all sound too good to be true? It will
need support from our ceramic community to
really put B.C. Ceramics on the international
map—but the benefits could be enormous!

Please direct expressions of interest
directly to KJ. Kim, who 1s exploring
the dimensions of all these possibilities
with a small advisory/steering committee.

kjkim@smkgroup.com

JUDY WEEDEN
POTTERY WORKSHOP

SALTSPRING ISLAND:
JULY 16-28, 2007

This course is designed to be a time for
total 1mmersion 1n the creative process for
students seriously committed to working
with clay. Students at any level of previous
experience will find invaluable stimulation
and new skills.

The primary focus is on form, its aesthetic
and its decoration,using traditional techniques
as stepping stones to personal expression.

TUITION $580
Space limited to 8 students

For further information, contact:

Judy Weeden,
125 Primsose Ln., Saltspring Is., B.C.,
V8K 1C1 Tel (250)537-5403

WWW.JUDYWEEDEN.COM