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Teaching ceramics is something I hold near and dear to my heart, and I truly appreciate the opportunity to be part of the artsPlace team. Canmore's community arts centre, artsPlace, is a welcoming, user-friendly space where Bow Valley residents and visitors can come to explore, discover, and celebrate the adventure of art and creativity through a variety of classes, workshops, camps, performances, films, and exhibits.
I am excited to have my work at The Canmore Museum Shop! I have loved following their community focused initiatives as they reimagine themselves and connect with local communities. I’ve read much of Nina Simons work and I look forward to seeing what an OF-BY-FOR ALL museum can do to transform museum relevance in the Bow Valley.
The image above is full of stories. It started with the first class, a blank board, a chunk of clay and the question: What makes Canmore Magical? Emphasized with: what makes Canmore magical to you? What is here that you love? And the answer is nothing short of bears, mountains, dragons, unicorns, the train and of course rabbits, lol, so many rabbits. If you look closely you’ll find a helicopter on top of mountain that holds the golden dragon egg; you’ll see Lighting McQueen whizzing around the Smith Dorian Highway, passing all the other cars while a dragon AND a dinosaur loom overhead; you’ll see Woodstock, bikes, Elle the Elephant, eagles nests, the Three Sister Mountains and of course… pandas.
