BC-in-a-Box Comes Home!

After travelling to Alberta, where it was shown in three venues there, and to Seattle, where it rubbed shoulders with all the famous ceramic artists from around the world at NCECA, our little show of little pots has come home to the Gallery of BC Ceramics on beautiful Granville Island in Vancouver. We missed seeing them even when we knew they were having an excellent adventure. The work was installed on the front shelves in the gallery on May 8, and it will remain there (unless, of course, it gets sold!) until our closing gala on Thursday, May 31, from 5-7 pm. The gala is open to all members of the PGBC and their guests--we hope to see you there!

Wasn't that a Party!

BC-in-a-Box 3: The Edge of Here opened at the Fraker/Scott Gallery in Seattle for a special NCECA event March 29 from 5 to 9 pm. Our 34 artists were joined by the eleven BC ceramic artists of Fired Up!, whose exhibition Celebrating the Salish Sea was also on view. As you can see from these photos taken by Keith Rice-Jones, the event was lively and well-attended. At top are four of the women who helped make this a reality, from left to right, Nora Vaillant, Jinny Whitehead (past PGBC president), Sheila Morissette and Denise Jeffrey (current PGBC president). Thanks so much to all of them for their hard work and vision. Now that the work is safely back from Seattle, we look forward to the final exhibition at the Gallery of BC Ceramics--keep posted!

BC-in-a-Box in Seattle!

BC-in-a-Box 3:The Edge of Here opened March 1 in Seattle at the Fraker/Scott Gallery, 121 Prefontaine Pl S, in Pioneer Square. The exhibition was featured as part of "First Thursday," Seattle's monthly art walk, and will be up for NCECA. There will be a special opening on Thursday, March 29, 5-9 pm, for those of you coming to the conference. We are teamed up with Fired Up!  in their exhibition Fired Up! : Celebrate the Salish Sea, honoring the history and ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest watershed now officially recognized by the US and Canada as the Salish Sea. We hope you can all drop by the gallery, see these two fabulous BC Ceramic shows--and sport your free "I'm a BC Potter!" button picked up at the PGBC Resource Table in the NCECA Resource Hall. So much to do, so little time! Enjoy!
The website for the Fraker/Scott Gallery is  http://www.frakerscottgallery.com 

BC and AB at Medalta!

BC-in-a-Box: The Edge of Here and AB-in-a-Box :Wide Open exhibited together in Medicine Hat at the Medalta-Yuill Family Centre from January 17 to February 16. The very beautiful exhibition gallery at Medalta is set within the historic structure. Light streams through the windows, making the tiny works appear like intricate jewels. It was great to have both exhibitions combined so visitors could see the range of talent and ceramic expressions produced by artists in our two provinces. Many thanks to the team at Medalta--Aaron Nelson, Jenn Demke, Quentin Randall, Joyce Yamamoto and all the rest who made the show look so beautiful.

For more information on Medalta and on the Artist-in-Residence program, please see their website at http://medalta.org/

After closing in Medicine Hat, BC-in-a-Box moves to Seattle, where we will exhibit alongside the Fired Up! Collective at the Fraker/Scott Gallery. The exhibition will be up for the month of March, with a special reception during NCECA. For more information on Fraker/Scott, please see their website at http://www.frakerscottgallery.com/Site/Home_Page.html and stay tuned for more information on this leg of the journey!