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, 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 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. POTTERS our COLUMBIA a 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- ; 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. eee Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - June / July 2011