2006 Gallery Exhibitions

February:

GALLERY INVITATIONAL

Opening Reception: Saturday Feb 4, 2-
4pm

February 2 -27,

March:

Laura McKibbon

THE GARDEN / LE JARDIN

March 2 - April 3

April:

BC INA BOX

April 6 - May 1

May:

Sarah Belley, Katharine Ducker, and
Roxanne Gagnon

SKIN DEEP: DUALISM OF WEARABLE
ART

May 4 - May 29

June:

Stephanie Craig
SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS
June 1 - 26

July:

Geoff Searle
COLOURS IN FIRE
June 29 - July 31

August:

Gordon Hutchens
(tba)

August 3 - Sept 4

September:

Clive Tucker

A STING IN THE TAIL
September 7 - Oct 2

October:

Keith Lehman, Ron Robb and Jinny
Whitehead

CERAMIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

October 5 - 30

October-November:

IN THE PALM OF A HAND;

BC TO JAPAN TOURING EXHIBITION
November-December

(dates tba)

November:

Jay MacLennan

(tba)

November 2 - 27

December:

HOLIDAY EXHIBITION (various gallery
& guild artists)

All December.

February 2006

A Fond Farewell

Tea with Kathi...
Soup with Celia...
Water with Aaron...
Dinner with Darrell...

All this time you think I have been away
when really I have been sharing meals with
many of you! One of the delightful side
effects of working in the gallery is you see
the arrival and can purchase the ‘best of the
best’. When I was pregnant, those mid-
night cravings of cheerios were consumed

Tamara Ruge

most often in a beloved Alison Feargreive
bowl...

One of the highlights of working in the gallery is the privilege of getting to
meet the people behind the work. I believe that when an artist finds their true
voice in their work, it shows up. To finally meet the makers of the work I so
admire has been an absolute joy. You can see the person in their work, and the
work could only come from them. Clay is such a malleable and infinite medi-
um; this makes beautiful sense.

Alas, I will not be remaining at the gallery.

As a manager, it has been a privilege to have my abilities ensure that the artists
selling in the gallery get as much studio time as possible as successful artists.

As an artist, I work intuitively and spontaneously; not knowing what forms will
emerge next (a confession that I could never make the same mug twice!) I
know that the creative process will reveal itself and that life is also a creative
process. I don’t know where I will find myself next, but I trust that, like the
wet gooey earth, something wonderful will emerge.

As a member, I see that the work we sell at the gallery is world-class and the
compliments we receive on a daily basis are proof. We have the best collection
of ceramics for sale under one roof, certainly in BC. “Grand Central Ceramics’
I call it. And visitors from afar often say it’s the best they have seen in Canada.
I hope all members are proud of this part of the guild. To have a provincial
guild of 450+ members in the varied landscapes of BC is phenomenal - and for
51 years!

I know that the staff at the gallery are solid and talented. Samantha is a back-
bone to the gallery with her inventory, shipping and sales exactitude, and
Sarah’s displays and educational abilities keep the customers coming back for
more. Katherine has nothing but impressed me during my brief return.
Roxanne is a valuable part of the team as well. It has been a sincere pleasure to
work with them.

we wedge we throw we sculpt we change

‘you can never step in the same river twice’

life is short; art is long; and clay is forever.

Thank you all for a wonderful chapter in my career. It has been a dozen years
since first falling in love with working with wet earth, and I have spent a
decade on Granville Island. Both of these communities are dear to my heart.

Yours,

Tamara

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter 3