Gallery of BC Ceramics www. galleryofbcceramics.com Representing the best of BC Ceramics Sharon Cohen, Gallery Manager galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com 604.669.3606 || Hours 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. | Gallery Assistants Carita Ho, Roxanne Gagnon, Nadiya Chettiar, Kate Metten, Kelly Austin, Natasha Chettiar, Dave Carlin, Karen Lew, Amy Johnson and Linda Lewis staff@bcpotters.com | Gallery Volunteers Maggi Kneer, Sheila Morissette, Elizabeth Claridge, Jinny Whitehead, Celia Rice-Jones | 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. A For information on Gallery POTTERS GUILD of BRITISH COLUMBIA a 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 Trezlie Brooks is our featured artist for March: After a two-year hiatus to build my dream home in Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C., I re- turned to potting as though returning to a best friend. I realized that I needed to let go of one dream and focus on what truly makes me happy and mindful: working with clay. As I harmonize with the wheel and the technical aspects of ceramics develop, I realize it is the emotional attachment to the work that excites me. ‘The focus of my work revolves around our daily human rituals. I would like each vessel to evoke a memory of friendship, comfort, beauty or family. Each piece has its own form and function and should be used and handled daily. I love that people have intimate relationships with my pottery: plates used for family dinners, tea pots part of a conversation between friends, or the simple mug caressed during a stroll through the garden. Unique Yellow matt crystal pots, by Trezlie Brooks. individuals, but like friendships as a group on the kitchen shelf I hope they share the space by complementing each other. I started working with porcelain because of the feel of the clay in my hands and because of my own personal tastes and aesthetics. I am continually surprised by the durability of the clay, the smooth translucent forms I can create that ring like a bell. Lately, I have been experimenting with luminous jewel-like glazes over the surface. The desire to be daring and unique has merged with my demand for beautiful form, strong line, and colour and there is excitement and confidence in the studio. Since starting my own ceramic collection years ago I have realized that some have disappeared, some pieces broke, and some are my daily favourites. I hope you too will have yours. Enjoy! 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. Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - March 2011 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.