Volume 37 Issue 1 www.torontopotters.com e-mail: [email protected] September 2017

2017-18 Executive As of September 2017 Potters meetings will be moving to Interim President , vacant the Gardiner Museum, main floor auditorium. The Museum has gra- Vice President vacant ciously agreed to host us, at no cost, on our Tuesday meeting dates Past President Gerri Orwin Treasurer Yolande Brown Conran when there are programmes going on in the Museum. Our meeting Secretary Rhonda Uppington time will change to 6:45 pm rather than 7:00 pm and will end at 8:45 (Brenda Ellenwood, Archivist) rather than 9:00 pm to avoid security charges. Programme Susan Card: (Karen Rushforth/ The occasional Tuesday when there are no Gardiner Museum program- Mary Clark,Emily Lim, Librarians; Celia mes running, Toronto Potters will be responsible for the cost of secu- Brandao, Mary Clark, Yolande Brown Conran, Raffle) rity at $120 per hour. We are grateful to the Museum for offering Social Linda Cherney Kelly this support to us. MembershipDeborah Johnston , [email protected] Toronto Potters at TOAE (Paul Peddle, e-mailing) This year at the Toronto Out- Exhibition vacant Sale Shaun Kelly (assistants: Yolande Brown door Art Exhibition July 14- Conran, Susan Card, Deborah Johnston, 16, Toronto Potters was Natalie Waddell, Betty Walter, Janny Wong) given the opportunity to show- Publicity Annika Hoefs case its association and the (website: Brenda Ellenwood, Susan Card) work of some of its members Newsletter Joan Spears, in a shared Community Booth, e-mail:[email protected]: an outreach programme of (assistants, Brenda Ellenwood, Gerri Orwin, TOAE. A group of 12 Toronto Pot- Linda Rosen) ters, most of whom were previous TOAE participants, showed a vari- ety of techniques from thrown pot- tery to sculpture to 2-D works for the wall at the city' s largest contem- Meetings are held the fourth porary outdoor art fair. Tuesday of every month, Winter Sale 2017 book- 6:45pm, Sept. to May except marks were distributed and benefits of member- for Dec., at the Gardiner ship in Toronto Potters Museum of Ceramic Art, main was promoted. floor auditorium. Please bring For more information your mug for tea or coffee. about the show: http://bit.ly/2sxdtpP t0 Oct. 29, Craft Oct. 13-15, The Fusion Clay Provincial Exhibition: Nothing and Glass Show. Opening is Newer than Tradition. Reception, Fri., Oct. 13, 7-9. The work of emerging Ontario Oct. 14, 8- 5, Oct. 15, 11-5. to Sept., Populace. Join in Can- makers that reflect a dedicated Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie ada’s 150. 9,000 hand-built ce- engagement with specialized St. ramic sculptures on display at the skills and materials. The Canadian Museum of Nature. Ot- exhibition will explore how craft Oct. 19 -Jan. 21, 2018, Steven tawa. www.populace2017.com materials, tools and processes Heinemann: Culture and are creatively reiterated through Nature. For the past 35 years, to Oct. 29. Canadian Craft the hands of a new generation of Steven Heinemann has Biennial. Presented by The Art makers. transformed the medium of Gallery of Burlington, in www.craftontario.com. Exhibition ceramics in Canada. This fall, collaboration with Craft Ontario. at AGB. the Gardiner presents an The launch of this inaugural event exhibition of more than 70 during Canada’s 150th to Oct. 29, AGB Provincial objects spanning his remarkable anniversary, will serve as a Exhibition: Once Upon a Time. career, including new spotlight to celebrate and educate Drawing from the Art Gallery of workGardiner Museum on the importance of Burlington’s Permanent Collection www.gardinermuseum.on.ca contemporary craft throughout of Contemporary Canadian Canada’s diverse history and Ceramics,Once Upon a Time will Oct. 21, 22, Fusion Fall future. Art Gallery of Burlington. present a special exhibition Workshop presents Chandra exploring functional ware from DeBuse. Sketch, Stretch and to Oct. 29, International Ontario ceramists. Each artist Scratch:Building Illustrated Ceramic Exhibition: Anton selected will be represented Pottery. Ottawa. Reijnders. Art Gallery of through both a piece from their Burlington. early years, juxtaposed against a Sept and Nov., MIMI KOKAI: recent work to explore the Windows. After a car accident, to Oct. 29, National Craft progression in their practice. AGB. Hungarian-born artist Mimi Kokai Exhibition: Can Craft? Craft reinvented herself and began to Can! Bringing together 70 makers to Oct. 1, Jordi Alfaro, David create figurative sculptures and from across Canada, Can Craft? Kaye Gallery,1092 Queen St. W. vessels that celebrate the beauty Craft Can! will present works in wwwdavidkayegallery.com of the imperfect. Gardiner glass, ceramics, wood, metal and Museum Lobby Vitrine. fibre that address three Sept. 14, Outside the Jar:The subthemes exploring ideas of Benyamini Ceramics Center: Nov. 2-26, Steve Heinemann, Identity, Sustainability and The Hub for New Trends and David Kaye Gallery,1092 Queen Materiality. AGB. Approaches toContemporary St. W. Ceramics in Israel. 7-9:30pm wwwdavidkayegallery.com Interested in attending the Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Craft Symposium? Room, 235 Queen’s Quay W. Nov. 4-21 "Bon Feu". An Eleven sessions covering a exhibition of wood fired ceramics variety of themes and Sept. 14-Oct. 6, Budding Water. including the Women Who Wood approaches will be presented Canadian Sculpture Centre with Celia Brandao, along with by 44 scholars and makers Bruce Cochrane and Tony from around the world. Oct. 12, Annual Empty Bowls. Clennell. Shane Norris Friday, Sept. 15 (Holiday Inn, 5:00 pm. Sample delicious soups Contemporary Gallery, Stratford, Burlington) & Saturday, by some of the city's best chefs http://www.shanenorrie.com Sept. 16 (OCAD University, and take home a ceramic bowl by Toronto), part of the Canadian a local artist, all in support of month of Dec., THOMAS Craft Biennial. Anishnawbe Health Toronto's work Find out more and register AITKEN and KATE HYDE(in with those who seek to escape conjunction with12 Trees https://artgalleryofburlington.co homelessness. Gardiner Museum. m/category/upcoming- Theme). Gardiner Museum exhibitions/ Lobby Vitrine.

2 Toronto Potters Promo Questions 2017 Welcome back to another exciting As I prepare the publicity for our upcoming winter sale, would everyone par- year, I hope everyone has had an en- ticipating please answer all the following questions. Also, please forward 5-10 joyable the summer. So far, we high quality images of your work that you would like featured long with have a total of 38 memberships. your answers. email: [email protected] Of those, 33 are returning, two are new, and three are life mem- 1.Name and or Business Name bers. Membership receipts were emailed. If you sent an application, 2.How did you start working in clay? but you have not received your re- ceipt, please contact me at [email protected]. 3.Provide five words to describe your work Please give a warm welcome to our new members: 4.Describe the process of the majority of your work. For example, wheel- Lorrie King thrown, slip-trailed, dipped in cone 6 glazes, oxidation fired. [email protected] Hannun Lyn 5.Name three artists you aspire to or draw inspiration from [email protected] If you haven' t already renewed, 6.What themes do you pursue in your work? please send your membership appli- cation in soon, or bring it with 7.Do you have any other hobbies, creative, active or otherwise? you to our first meeting on Sep- tember 26. The membership appli- The questions will help me describe work when I am doing media promotions cation form is available on our leading up to the sale. website under the“” About Annika Hoefs, Publicity tab and should be mailed to Deborah Johnston, 1251 Phar- macy Avenue, Scarborough, On- tario, M1R 2H8 Uxbridge Studio Tour & Sale Autumn Leaves Stuio Tour Deborah Johnston Sept.16-17. www.uxbridge Sept. 29-Oct.1, 10-5. Durham/Mt. Membership coordinator studiotour.com Forest area, 2 hrs northwest ofToronto Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour www.autumnleavesstudiotour.ca Sept. 23-24 & Sept.30-Oct.1,10-6. 30th annual.www. muskoka Haliburton County Studio Tour next newsletter autumnstudiotour.com Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 & Oct. 7 - 8. https://haliburtonstudiotour.on.ca/ Deadline, Nov. 1 Georgina Studio Tour & Sale It will include December Sept. 23-24. www.georginastudio Milton Studio Tour, Sept. 30, to February events. tour.com 10:00am-Oct. 1, 5:00pm fasm.ca/fasm-studio-tour/ Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Sept. 23-24, Images Thanksgiving Studio www.agp.on.ca/studiotour/ Tour, Oct. 6-9, 10 - 5. Oro Medonte, Scenic Horseshoe Val- Dundas Studio Tour, Sept. 30- ley, Lake Simcoe Shores, Orillia. Oct 1.10-5. dundasstudiotour.ca/ www.images-studio-tour.com/

3 SEPTEMBER 26, SPEAKER TBA Empty Bowls OCTOBER 24,, LAURA KUKKEE After obtaining a degree in archeology from Univer- 2017 sity of Toronto, Laura Kukkee enrolled at Sheridan The Gardiner’ s Empty Bowls College in Oakville. From her first year as a ceramics project will take place in October 12, after student, she felt drawn to clay and its ability to create a Thanksgiving. So, hopefully you will have time to add a permanent record of moments captured in time. few bowls to your pottery production. It is the 25th After graduation in 1999, she spent three years as a res- anniversay of Empty Bowls. ident artist at Harbourfront Centre, challenging herself All proceeds benefit Anishnawbe Health Toronto, an ab- to expand her skill set by drawing on pots, using his- original community-based health centre. Two informa- torical ceramics as her inspiration. tion sheets are included with the newsletter mailing. She received an MFA at Kent State University, where For additional information contact she studied with Kirk Mangus and developed a tech- Siobhan Boyd, Education Program nique for printing on thin clay slabs which could be Manager & Archaeologist, Gardiner Museum, 416-408- used to build 3-D forms. Through graduate work she 5064 also discovered a love of teaching which led her to take a full-time position as head of the ceramics program at www.gardinermuseum.com Northwest State University in 2004. In 2013, Kukkee moved to Pittsburgh, PA to focus Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery on studio practice and family life, paring down her exhibition spaces closed for teaching activities to part-time. She returned to To- ronto in 2016, where she is currently head of the new renovations! Bachelor of Crafts and Design programme at Sheridan The Gallery spaces are getting some much-needed up- College in the ceramics studio. dates and renovations this fall. This will include a new roof, new windows, a new lighting system and a new NOVEMBER 28, MARY MACKENZIE HVAC system. Mary is a Toronto based artist and member of To- While these renovations are underway, there will be no ronto Potters who has shown her art works locally, na- exhibitions in the main Gallery spaces. tionally and internationally in Norway, Austria and Ko- However the Gallery Shop will be OPEN regular hours rea. throughout most of the construction period. This in- Although she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the cludes its first FUSE exhibition of the fall, Pâte de University of Alberta, she more recently returned to Verre: A Delicate Edge, which features work by Shay school, where she graduated from the ceramics Salehi. Her body of work is focused on the fragility and programme at the School of Crafts and Design at limitations of glass. Sheridan College. Her painting and her ceramics have 25 Caroline St. N., Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5 (519) won numerous awards. 746-1882 She was short listed for the Royal Bank New Painter award for Central Canada. Her ceramic work has been featured in various exhibitions including: Boxed In, NL Provincial Gallery; Hot Mud: Emerging Canadian Ce- ramic Artists, Art Gallery of Burlington; War: the Light Within After The Darkness, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, and The Gardiner Museum . Mary will speak about her work and her residency in May 2017 in Hungary. Susan Card, Programme

4 Winter show Year end report June 1 2016- May 31, 2017 Assets and sale Cash in Bank $20,123.98 Total Assets $20,123.98 Toronto Potter’s Show & Sale is Liabilities once again upon us. This year we HST owing $1,001.80 continue to hold our event at the Total Liabilities $1,001.80 picturesque Toronto Botanical Net Assets $19,122.18 Gardens located between Bay- view Village, Shops at Don Profit and Loss Mills, Bridal Path and Leaside. year ending May 31, 2017 Revenue With plenty of free parking, Memberships 2,972.00 TTC at our front door, we wel- Non-Member Meeting Fee 20.00 come all to attend our renowned Raffle 89.50 show! Winter Sale 1,224.10 The 3rd Annual Winter Sale Exhibition sponsored by Spectrum will once Total Income 4,305.60 again be a highlight of the sale with the Peoples’ Choice Award! Visitors vote for their favourite piece which will receive a $200 gift certificate for Expenses Spectrum products available at Tuckers Pottery Supplies. Bank Fees 93.97 Guest Speakers 884.00 With over 30 years of exceptional works of art being made by our artists, Insurance 1,350.00 we proudly display them each year at our winter show & sale. With such in- Library Subscription 131.13 credible talent it is easy to see why our show is the premiere ceramic event Social 124.59 in Toronto! Since being at the Toronto Botanical Gardens we are more visi- Monthly Meeting Venue Rental 731.86 ble in the community than we have ever been. Growing each year, space and Website and Technology 48.58 tables are limited. Newsletter 40.15 If you haven’ t been able to attend our event before, we are in the beautiful Exhibition Awards 200.00 floral hall, truly a grand and spacious venue. With flexible load-in times and Exhibition Expense 1,000.00 shifts, there really is no reason not to participate. Total Expense 4604.28 Net Profit (298.68) If you would like to be a part of this incredible event, you may reach us, submitted by through our website: http://torontopotters.com/winter-sale-application/ Yolande Brown Conran, If you have any questions you may contact me at [email protected] Treasurer Look forward to seeing you this December 7, 8, and 9! Shaun Kelly, Sales Co-ordinator

5 Gardiner news 12 Trees: Let There Be Light Friday,Nov.17 to Jan. 7 Congratulations to Brenda This year' s12 Trees exhibition focuses on light as a potent symbol of hope Nieves.on winning Art Gal- that many cultures share during the holiday season. Curated by Canadian author and visual artist Douglas Coupland and Vice President of Public Art lery of Burlington’s All Management Ben Mills. This year' s art installations include a Christmas tree Guilds Show “Best in Show chandelier, a manually-powered light show, an animated winter dreamscape, award for Ceramics” and and a tree made from illuminated cubic blocks. Aswell, the Gardiner will erect Alison Brannen for “Best a 35ft. white spruce on the Museum' s front plaza designed by Presenting Non-Functional Award”. Sponsor, Nordstrom, and donated by Ontario Wood and Forests Ontario. Congratulations to Heidi Gardiner Signature Lectures McKenzie who was awarded Painted on Porcelain: A Canadian Odyssey an international artist resi- Speaker: Chief Curator Meredith Chilton dency grant by the Ontario Wed. Sept. 27, 6:30-8 Arts Council and she will be The lecture brings to life Lord Milton' s remarkable 1862 Canadian odyssey working under the mentorship and the Minton china that commemorated the journey. of Mitsuo Shoji in Sydney, Aus- Material Splendor in Renaissance Venice tralia for two and a half months beginning September Speaker: Dr. Karine Tsoumis (MA, PH.D, Curator, Gardiner Museum) 25, exploring new ways of cre- Thurs. Oct. 26, 6:30 -8:00 ating sculpture. At the crossroads of Europe and the Levant, Renaissance Venice was a centre Heidi has also been invited to of trade and a repository of goods from all over the world. This lecture will participate in the third Cluj Ce- explore the place of ceramics among the luxuries found in the palaces of the ramics Biennial in Cluj, Roma- nobility and wealthy citizens, including glass, metalwork, and textiles. nia,Oct. 12 to Nov. 26 . She is The Kakiemon Craze: Europe's Infatuation with Japanese recreating her sculpture, Porcelain spaces within, that is currently Speaker: Errol Manners, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries touring with Fireworks for this Tues. Nov. 21, 6:30 -8:00 exhibition which will be ac- cepted into the permanent col- Kakiemon porcelain caused a sensation when it first arrived in Europe in the lection in Cluj. late 17th century. This talk will explore how Kakiemon was received in Eu- rope, the market for it, the patterns of collecting, and the many varied at- tempts to copy and even fake it. Classified Feature Artists In Gardiner Shop STUDIO SPACE Available BRUCE COCHRANE: Recent Work - for the month of September Space available in a shared SHANE NORRIE for the month of October ceramic studio in the west end SHAY SALEHI and NURIELLE STERN - for the month of November of Toronto. 24 hour access, Secure building, free parking, LESLEY McINALLY -- for the month of December high ceilings, lots of natural Culture Days Weekend light. Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 10- 5 Equipped with ventilated kilns, pottery wheels, slab roller, Enjoy three days of free admission as part of Culture Days. Explore the Gar- shelving, tables, etc. ’ diner s world-renowned collection of ceramics from the Ancient Americas, $350/month. Available as of Europe, China, Japan, and contemporary pottery. See Raku firing Sept. 30- Sept. 1. For more information, Oct.1 please contact: Join us for docent-led tours daily at 2 pm, and take part in special hands-on ac- [email protected] tivities, including our Family Sunday art making workshop Oct.1,11- 3 pm. 6 The FUSION Office is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 10am-5pm.. FUSION is on FACEBOOK. If you offer classes be sure to advise FUSION who can put it on its web site. www.clayandglass.on.ca Phone:416-438-8946, FUSION also has a members’ gallery page like we do so if you are a member [email protected] you can send them your statement and photos. It also has a guild page so this 1444 Queen St. E. Toronto, M4L 2E1 is a way to publicize your guild, too.

Fireworks 2017 tour Sketch, Stretch Rails End Gallery, Haliburton Sept. 16 - Oct. 28, 2017 and Scratch: http://railsendgallery.com/ Building Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Illustrated Pottery May 18 - July 15, 2018 In this two-day workshop, stu- www.chatham-kent.ca/ThamesArtGallery dents will learn new ways of de- Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo signing, building and illustrat- Jan. 13 - March 17, 2019 ing their forms byworking http://www.theclayandglass.ca/ with soft clay slabs. Chandra will share how she translates sketches Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington into 3-dimensional forms by using simple and inexpensive materials, Spring 2019 such as wood, bisqued clay and craft foam through handbuilding and https://artgalleryofburlington.com/ wheelthrowing techniques. This workshop will be suitable for beginning to advanced hand- Outside the Jar: The Benyamini building or wheel throwing students Although the techniques and dis- Ceramics Center cussion will be focusedon pottery and surfaces for midrange electric, The Hub for New Trends and the workshop will be valuable for any student striving to develop a Approaches to Contemporary Ceramics more cohesive relationship between form and surface in their own clay in Israel work. FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass For more about Chandra, visit: chandradebuse.com Association and The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center in Early-bird deadline, Friday, Sept 29, 5pm collaboration with HIT - Holon Institute FUSION member: $175 + HST of Technology are pleased to present an Non-FUSION member: $210 + HST evening of Contemporary Israeli Ceramics with six Israeli artists, who are Regular Rates, after Sept 29 the founders of the Center, and are FUSION member: $225 + HST Non-FUSION member: $260 + HST currently in Toronto on a travel and research grant. Light snacks will be provided. For more information and to benyaminiceramics.org/en register: Thursday, Sept. 14,7-9:30pm www.clayandglass.on.ca Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room 235 Queens Quay W. Tickets: $15 (includ- ing HST) Harbourfront Box Office or on line at:my.harbourfrontcentre.com 7