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January 2004 Volume 40, No.1

Dr. Carol E. Mayer

Presenter at the Canadian Clay Symposium
by Rachelle Chinnery

By now we all know how many treasures there are in the ceramics community of British Colum-
bia. We have world renowned potters, glaze experts and authors. One of our finest treasures is Dr
Carol E. Mayer. Carol, the Senior Curator of Ceramics and Ethnology at the Museum of Anthro-
pology, MOA, is an internationally recognized authority on ceramics. She has degrees from the
universities of British Columbia, Cambridge, and Leicester and, on a more familiar note - Carol
wrote the historical text entitled “Vigorous & Shiny” in Made of Clay: Ceramics of British Colum-
bia.

Carol wears many hats both locally and internationally. She is a teacher at Emily Carr and UBC
and has lectured all over the world. The Canadian Museums Association’s National Award of
Merit has been given to her twice for her work on exhibitions. At the Museum of Anthropology,
she curated the only permanent collection of European Ceramics in Western Canada and was
awarded the Canadian Museums Association’s National Award for Outstanding Achievement.
Recently, Carol curated “Exhibit A: Objects of Intrigue” at the MOA. In 1997 she published “The
Potter’s Art’ and her most recent publication is ‘Shared Territory and Contested Space: Ethnicity,
Nationalism and the Crafts in
Canada—An Anthropological Per-
spective’, a collection of essays edited

by Paul Greenhaulgh.
A founding member of the North-

West Ceramics Foundation, Carol
continues to actively serve on this
board. Her contributions to British
Columbia's ceramic community have
been longstanding and far reaching.
Carol is an animated orator with a
sharp wit and sensitive appreciation
of this province’s ceramic commu-
nity. You'll be able to hear her speak
at the symposium on a variety of top-
ics in both panel discussions and in-

dependent talks.

Gallery of BC Ceramics, Granville Island