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Gallery of BC
Ceramics

www.galleryofbcceramics.com

Representing the best
of BC Ceramics
Gallery Manager
Sharon Cohen
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, Karen Lew, Linda Lewis,
Kate Metten, Dave Carlin
Roxanne Gagnon, Sasha Krieger,
Gala Vlasic
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 Zallery by potters for potters.

i The Gallery coordinates and curates

several exhibitions a year.

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

his or her career.

& We also sell the work of more
than 100 artists in the retail shop.
Artists must apply to be juried;
there are three deadlines annually.
To download and print a Gallery
Jury Application, click here.
For information on Gallery

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

¢ April: Kelly Austin

* May: Ann Rusch

* June: Molly Magid

My lady (2011), 12" x 10". Cone 6 stoneware,
hand built, press molded and draped.

October's featured artist Rona Hatherall:
I was a nurse and loved my work. I liked
pottery but did not know a darn thing about
it. Every course offered would conflict with

* July: Laurie Embree

* August: Don Jung

* September: Danny Kostyshin
* October: Rona Hatherall

my shifts. So I had to wait until I retired.
‘Then, one Christmas, my daughter gave me a
class at West Point Grey from Maureen Wright
just for fun, and I was hooked. I took several
consecutive classes for two years. I realised it
would be easier to become an airline pilot. I
plugged on, taking classes at Shadbolt with
Fredi Rahn and Darrel Hancock. Still...the
light would not come on.

So now I play with clay and it tells me what
to do. Sometimes I] make things everybody
likes. I try. I really enjoyed handbuilding
because it was not so structured but that
often meant dinner was late because I was
“creating”. I have had a lot of fun.

I would never consider myself a potter;
I just enjoy playing with clay. I still attend
workshops but nothing stays in my head so
I just do my own thing. Every year I say this
will be my last pottery year and the next year
rolls around and I buy another box of clay just
for a little while longer.

2011 Gallery Exhibitions

MAY: Spottery

A non-juried members’ show featuring work
with a dot or spot motif. On till May 29.

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 Project Empty Bowl.

SEPTEMBER:

Classic Forms Revisited

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

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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