JEREMY HATCH
Recipient of 1999 Jumpstart Scholarship

Many thanks to the North es Ceramics Foundation foruwardine me
the Jumpstart Scholarship last spring. [t helped to pay for tuition at
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (ECIAD) where [ recenth,
eamed a BFA, My debt is smaller and it looks good on the curriculum
vitae, bul more importantly jt gave me the encouragement that |
needed to keep ceramics as the focus of my studies

That said, it still took me a Year to overcome my infenonty complex
and realize the irrelevance of conventional hierarchies that place ar at
the top. For me, validity lies in the merit of the agcomplishtrent, not
the category in which the effort takes place Guest speakers such as
Johan Creten, Leopeld Foulem and Doug Jeck sparked mtcresting
discussions and provided some encouraging examples of what con-
lemporary ceramics can achieve. Similarly, a trip to NCECA, with
help from a Masireen Wright Scholarship, showed me how dynamic
the ceramic community is. My final year at ECLAD was a constant
struggle, secking to make work that united a concepwal aspect,
emphasized at am schools, with a necessary commitment to process
and matenial.

This summer ! will be attending a residency at Watershed Center for
the Ceramic Aris in Maine. In September, | am looking forward to
studying under Walter Ostrom and Neil Forrest at Nova Sootia
College of An and Design in Halifax.

Jeremy Hatch

Upper left: Ceramech Model #4 installaton view, total beight: 10).6cm, width: 38. [ cm
Lett: Cenmnech Model #4 CAT scan
Lower nght Ceramech Model #4 detail, bottam of lid

Jeremy Hatch's Ceramech Series
was shown recently at the BCLAD
Grad Show

Jul/Aug 2000 Potters Guild of Botish Columbia