Category Archives: Speakers

Allan Collier

Allan Collier | BC Pottery 1920 – 1950

Allan Collier

Allan Collier

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Allan Collier as featured speaker at a free public lecture Thursday, March 31, 2016 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

Tam Irving

Tam Irving | “Meaning: A Journey of Discovery”

Tam Irving

Tam Irving

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Tam Irving, as featured speaker at a free public lecture Thursday, Feb.25, 2016, 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

Nora Vaillant | “On the Road with John Reeve”

Nora Vaillant

Nora Vaillant

The North-West Ceramics Foundation in collaboration with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Culture Days is pleased to announce Nora Vaillant as their next speaker at a free public lecture Friday, September 29, 2017, at 7:00 pm. The lecture will be held in the Studio Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh | “I Know my Geese are not all Swans”: The Ismay Collection of British Studio Ceramics

Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh with one of her favorite Ian Godfrey pots

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Helen Walsh as their next speaker at a free public lecture Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in Studio 211 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Jennifer Ling Datchuk | “Blue and White Forever”

Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Jennifer Ling Datchuk

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Jennifer Ling Datchuk as their next speaker at a free public lecture Sunday, September 23, 2018, at 2pm. The lecture will be held in Studio 103 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC) and will be followed by a small reception. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Heather Dahl

Heather Dahl | “Navigating a Creative Life in Clay”

Heather Dahl

Heather Dahl. Photo credit: Lani Elias Photography

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Heather Dahl as their next speaker at a free public lecture Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in the Rennie Theatre, room B2160, at Emily Carr University, 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Carol E. Mayer | “Ceramics at a Museum of Anthropology?”

The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Carol E. Mayer as their next speaker at a free public lecture Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 7:30 pm. The lecture will be held in Studio 103 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC). The lecture is presented in collaboration with Crafted Vancouver. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Continue reading

Michael Kline

Michael Kline | “Living the Muddy Life”

Michael Kline

Michael Kline


In collaboration with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Michael Kline as their next speaker at a free public lecture Friday, April 5, 2019. The lecture will be held in the Discovery Room at the Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, from 7 to 8 pm. The talk is free and open to the public, but as space is limited, registering is highly recommended. Continue reading