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Gallery of BC
Ceramics

www.galleryofbcceramics.com

Representing the best
of BC Ceramics

Gallery Manager
Brenda Beaudoin
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.

2012 Gallery Exhibitions

APRIL: Up the Garden Path SEPTEMBER: Mug Shots
Members of the Potters’ Guild of British Members of the Potters’ Guild of British

Columbia Columbia
MAY: Boulders, Rocks and Stone OCTOBER:
Sandra Dolph Collaboration of Vision

Jinny Whitehead, Pia Sillem, Jan Lovewell,

JUNE: Table Salt Ron Robb

Jackie Frioud, Cathi Jefferson, Lari Robson,
Gunda Stewart, Vincent Massey

2012 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. A few time slots
remain for 2012, and we're hoping to fill them all. The application process is simple, and no

physical work needs to be submitted for evaluation. Please apply using forms posted here:

www.bepotters.com/forms/2009_gallery_featured_artist_submission_form.pdf.

February 15 to March 14: Joan Barnet
March 15 to April 14: Ekta Nadeau
April 15 to May 14: Kathryn O’Regan
May 15 to June 14: Jan Formby

June 15 to July 14: Che Gawlicki

February featured

artist Joan Barnet:

I first got hooked on
pottery at the age of
ten when I secretly
(too big a girl to play
in the mud) would
build coil pots out of
gorgeous Alberta clay
from the backyard of
the family home in
Calgary. I didn’t get to
it again for about 15
years; | was teaching
junior high school in
Edmonton and a colleague and friend who
was an accomplished potter convinced me to
join her for an Easter break course at the Banff
School of Fine Arts. I became an avid member
of the Edmonton Potters’ Guild as soon as I
got back. There was another 20-year break
when I found myself travelling, studying and
working outside of Canada. In 1992, I got to
Vancouver to discover pottery once again, and
again I am hooked. I am presently a member
of Studio 3, a co-op pottery studio in the
Mergatroid Building and participate every
year in the East Side Culture Crawl, the annual

July 15 to August 14: Gabrielle Burke
August 15 to Sept 14: Roxanne Gagnon
September 15 to October 14: Laurel Vlieg
October 15 to November 14: Jessie Tse

Raku fish display, by Joan Barnet.

November showcase of over 200 studios in
East Vancouver. Having recently retired from
teaching English and academic study skills at
Douglas College, I can now devote more time
to working in the studio and feel privileged
to be included in a group of full-time potters.
Because I love the plasticity of clay I want
my work to reflect this pliability, so I like
my whimsical fish to have movement and
humour and individual personalities. Besides
raku, I also create decorative and functional

work fired to Cone 6 in an electic kiln. @

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Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - February 2012

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