Glenn Lewis Ceramics

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Glenn lewis ceramics.

From lewis adoption of the persona flakey rose hip to his continued interest in experimenting with such varied media as ceramics performance and photography this talk addresses a wide range of works and his equally wide array of inspirations and influences. The poetic process is a conceptual work that opens a space for conversation between two media. She went to delta high school in delta bc then the university of british columbia to study ceramics from 1967 69. Charmian johnson was born in prince coupe bc in 1939.

Sitting with lewis i m accompanied by maggie boyd a young ceramic artist who strikingly matches him in both charisma and talent. Presented for the first time at the gardiner museum this installation combines a series of five pots made during a residency at the leach pottery in st. Johnson worked as a high school teacher in creston bc as well as an elementary school teacher in west vancouver bc. Photograph by bruce.

Subsequently he received a teaching certificate from university of british columbia 1959 and he studied ceramics under bernard leach in st. 6 7 in 1969 lewis was commissioned by the canadian government to create a work of art for expo 70 in osaka japan. Facebook twitter pinterest linkedin email ceramic pottery and ceramics with photographs. Artist glenn lewis whose best known ceramics work was once rejected for display at a world expo by the federal government is among the winners of this year s governor general s awards in visual.

Born in 1935 glenn lewis initially worked in ceramics. Ives england and twenty large scale photographs of roses. Glenn lewis from glenn lewis studio ceramics in most forms. Born in 1935 glenn lewis graduated from the vancouver school of art now emily carr university of art design 1958 with honors in painting drawing and ceramics.

Glenn lewis is a potter and performance artist who is camosun college s artist in residence. The two unlikely studio mates and close friends share a remarkable intimacy quietly quipping back and forth to each other sharing inside jokes told with the same lighthearted kind smirk. Facebook twitter pinterest linkedin email we also offer. She studied under glenn lewis and mick henry.

Vancouver bc v5k1z3 artist share. People who appreciate interesting thoughtful and challenging work from craft to high art. After receiving a scholarship from the royal canadian legion in kelowna british columbia in 1954 lewis spent the next ten years studying painting drawing and ceramics and teaching. Vases cups lidded jars etc.