Category Archives: Speakers

Gail Nichols

​Gail Nichols

Gail Nichols

Gail Nichols

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Gail Nichols as its featured speaker at a free public lecture Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 7:00 pm. The lecture is organized is cooperation with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and will be held in Room 103. The Shadbolt Centre is located at 6450 Deer Lake Avenue in Burnaby. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Rory MacDonald

Rory MacDonald | “Public Craft”

Rory MacDonald

Rory MacDonald

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Rory MacDonald as its featured speaker at a free public lecture entitled Public Craft, Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver). All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Robin Dupont

Robin DuPont | “Beyond the Surface”

Robin Dupont

Robin DuPont

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Robin DuPont as its featured speaker at a free public lecture Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver). All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Bruce Cochrane

Bruce Cochrane

Bruce Cochrane

Bruce Cochrane

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce internationally acclaimed potter Bruce Cochrane as their next featured speaker on Thursday, September 18, 2014. The lecture will be held in Room 105 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby), at 7:30 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Continue reading

Paul Mathieu

Paul Mathieu | “PICTURE THIS! Ceramics and Pictorial Spaces”

Paul Mathieu

Paul Mathieu

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Paul Mathieu as their next featured speaker on Thursday, October 23, 2014. The lecture will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver), at 7:30 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Continue reading

Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O'Connell

Dear Human | Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O’Connell

Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O'Connell

Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O’Connell

Dear Human projects offer an alternative perception to overlooked everyday landscapes by revealing the hidden potential of places and objects, hoping to inspire consciousness and curiosity. The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O’Connell/​Dear Human as their next featured speakers on Thursday, February 19, 2015. The lecture will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver), at 7:30 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Continue reading

Dig This

Dig This! Exploring BC Clay

Dig This

Robin Dupont, Sarah Lawless, Kathleen Raven and Brendan Tang

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce four BC Ceramic artists, Robin Dupont, Sarah Lawless, Kathleen Raven and Brendan Tang, as featured speakers at a free public lecture Friday, March 20, 2015, at 7:30 pm. The presentation will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver). All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Sadashi Inuzuka

Sadashi Inuzuka | “Clay, where is my life going?”

Sadashi Inuzuka

Sadashi Inuzuka

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Sadashi Inuzuka, as featured speaker at a free public lecture Tuesday, Nov.2, 2015, at 7:30 pm. The presentation will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver). All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Alwyn O’Brien | “The Line and the Fold”

The North–West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Alwyn O’Brien as their featured speaker at a free public lecture Thursday, November 17, 2016, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in Room 245, North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design at 1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Sally Michener

Sally Michener | “Staying in Touch”

Sally Michener

Sally Michener

The North–West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Sally Michener as their featured speaker at a free public lecture Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in Room 245, North Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design at 1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading