Gallery of BC
Ceramics

www. galleryofbcceramics.com

Representing the best
of BC Ceramics

Sharon Cohen,

Gallery Manager
galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com
604.669.3606
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Hours

10 a.m.to 6 p.m.
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Gallery Assistants
Carita Ho, Roxanne Gagnon, Nadiya
Chettiar, Kate Metten, Kelly Austin,
Dave Carlin, Karen Lew,
Amy Johnson and Linda Lewis
staff@bcpotters.com
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Gallery Volunteers
Maggi Kneer, Sheila Morissette,
Elizabeth Claridge, Jinny Whitehead,
Celia Rice-Jones
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The Gallery of BC Ceramics is a
gallery by potters for potters.

& The Gallery coordinates and curates
several exhibitions a year.
Artists must apply to be juried; the
deadline is September each year.

To download and print a Gallery
Jury Application, click here.

@ Every month we showcase an artist,
usually someone just starting

his or her career.

BH We also sell the work of more

than 100 artists in the retail shop.
For information on Gallery

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Policy, click here.

2011 Featured Artists

‘The Featured Artist slot affords a non-juried artist the opportunity to sell work in the gallery
for a month-long period. All Guild members are eligible to apply, and may show work other
than the mugs and tiles to which non-juried potters are usually restricted. Please apply (include
images of your work) directly to the gallery manager at galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com.

‘The following artists will be featured beginning on the 15th of the month listed:

¢ February: Shannon Merritt
¢ March: Trezlie Brooks

e April: Kelly Austin

¢ May: Anne Rusch

e June: Molly Magid

e July: Laurie Embree

* August: Don Jung

¢ September: Larry Cohen

* October: Rona Hatherall

Kelly Austin is an emerging Vancouver-based
ceramist and is our featured artist for April, She
will be graduating from Emily Carr University
in May 2011:

Making pots provides a number of important
qualities for me: a measure of creativity and
productivity, mental and physical discipline
and the opportunity to connect with those who
buy my work. I enjoy the constant dialogue
between design, craft and art when making.
Working primarily on the wheel, I embrace
the qualities and values associated with the
handmade: thoughtfulness, care, slowness
and individual expression. Clay provides end-
less opportunities, constant questions and the
pleasure of handling a sensual material; intel-
lect and imagination embedded in the useful.

My work is fuelled by the intimacy, comfort
and daily nourishment it provides. I am
passionate about re-evaluating familiar forms:
accentuating volume, considering light and

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Tableware, by Kelly Austin.

shadow and investigating proportion. Working
in series or sets 1am focussed on the way objects
interact with one another compositionally,
creating a whole from many. Balance, tension
and weight are always in play.

My choice of simple and minimal form and
surface is a poetic reference to my process of
making; the quiet and contemplative state of
throwing at the wheel. I have been strongly
influenced by British studio potter Lucie Rie
and Hans Coper, as well as American studio
potter Edith Heath. Equally important has
been the still and quiet nature of Australian
potter Gwyn Hanssen Pigott’s work. My
ceramic aesthetic allows me to be inclusive in
the exploration of contemporary approaches,
such as Minimalism and Modernist thought.
Textile designer Anni Albers, architect Arthur
Erickson and artist Agnes Martin inspire my

studio practice.

2011 Gallery Exhibitions

A number of gallery exhibitions are in the works, but they haven't been finalized yet.

Here is a taste of things to come:

MAY: Spottery

A non-juried members’ show featuring work
with a dot or spot motif. Deadline: Mar. 15.

JUNE: First Serve

Emily Carr graduates, Kelly Austin, Darcy
Greiner, Emma Walter and others begin their
conversation with the ceramic community in
Vancouver and the art world in general.

JULY: Celebrate the Bowl

A non-juried members’ show featuring bowls
in support of A Loving Spoonful’s Project
Empty Bowl fundraising event.

SEPTEMBER:

Classic Forms Revisited

Work by Mary Fox. A new interpretation
of classic vase and amphora forms that have
inspired Mary's work.

NOVEMBER: Wide Open

A juried show of small works by members of
the Alberta Potters Association, this exhibition

is one-half of an exchange with the Potters

Guild of BC.

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