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 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

ad Policy, click here.
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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

* July: Laurie Embree

* August: Don Jung

* September: Larry Cohen

* October: Rona Hatherall

May's featured artist Molly Magid: From
the time I held my first piece of pottery, clay,
this mysterious material, has intrigued me.
It is not surprising that as a child I dreamed
of being an archeologist who traveled the
world unearthing pottery shards from ancient
civilizations. Attending a ceramics history
class in 1979 started me on the path of art-

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making that has continued for over 30 years.
Pottery represents a craft that marries utility
with beauty and I am pleased that people
collect my work and use it in their homes
every day. During my study of art history, I
was especially struck by the earliest Neolithic
pottery forms made in what is now Japan.
According to archaeological evidence, the
Jémon people created amongst the first
known pottery vessels in the world, known
as Jomon pottery, dated to the 14th Century
BC. The corded and patterned earthenware
pottery is the ancient work that continues to
inspire me today. My ceramic art practice also
includes both printmaking and photographic
techniques as vehicles for portraying personal

ideas and image making.

Three Sugars Please, teapot set by Molly Magid.

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 A Loving Spoonful’s Project
Empty Bowl fundraising event.

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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Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - June / July 2011