Clive Tucker: Polinators opening

Gallery Manager’s Report

Katharine Ducker—one of our gallery assistants—is leaving us for
Europe. She will be enormously missed, though we wish her all

the best!

Clive Tucker’s show: Pollinators, drew 1n a huge crowd. The opening
was very well attended, attracting much attention from Granville Island
visitors. Having the exhibition space filled with his lively sculptures was
so much fun!

There will be more
excitement at October's
opening. Not to be mussed,
out next opening will feature
a musical performance to
launch the show: Resonant
Earth, Thursday Oct. 5,
6 to 8 PM.

Want to helpe We
need a volunteer to look
after exhibition opening
catering, involving pick
up, set up and clean up
of refreshments. Please
phone me at gallery for
info: 604.669.3606. &

Brenda Beaudoin

Resonant Earth

Since earliest times and all around the
world, clay has been used to make
musical instruments. Many originated as
domestic pots whose use changed when
their sound-producing properties were
discovered. Others were clay imitations
of instruments made in other materials,
while still more were created purely for
making sound. With a history reaching
back to ancient times, creating ceramic
musical instruments is a vibrant pursuit
for many innovative artists today.

The concert flautist will tell you
each material has its own “voice” and
expressive quality. What material is best?
Some people prefer the sweetness of an
apple to the acidity of an orange. It 1s a
question of individual taste and mood.
This exhibit shows how the simplest of
materials—clay or mud—can be used
to make tools for producing one of
the most complex human expressions:
music.

Join us at the Gallery opening on
Thursday, Oct. 5 to hear the sweet sounds
of Ron Robb’s ocarinas contrasting
with Jinny Whitehead’s resonating
didjeridoos, while Jan Lovewell’s tactile
shakers and Keith Lehman’s podrums
fill the air with reverberating sound. (e

jinny Whitehead

POTTERS

GUILD
«BRITISH

Ceramic Instruments

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