Elaine White

62 Government St
Victoria BC
250-382-0317
whiteelaine@shaw.ca
http://www.gobc.ca/tours

 

Artist Bio and Statement

Elaine has a certificate in ceramics from the School of Craft and Design at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Since moving to Victoria in 2002, she has been active in the local arts community. She was initially a member of the William Street pottery studio at Xchanges Gallery and Studios, an artists' cooperative in Esquimalt. In 2005, she left Xchanges to begin sharing studio space with two other potters in the Cedar Hill area. Elaine is a member of Victoria's Garden City Potters group and the South Vancouver Island Potters' Guild.

Most of Elaine's work is thrown using terracotta (brown) clay and fired in an electric kiln to cone 6. She intends her pottery to be enjoyable, useful and a source of beauty in everyday life.

Selected Exhibitions & Shows

• Gardener Museum of Ceramics , Toronto, 2002 • William Street Studio's Community Arts Council Ceramics Show, Victoria, 2003, 2004 • Dickens' Fair Christmas Arts and Crafts Sale (juried), Victoria, 2004 • Xchanges Gallery and Studios Annual Members' Exhibition, Victoria, 2005 • Clay Tracks Studio's Community Arts Council Ceramics Show, Victoria, 2005 • James Bay Art Walk, Victoria, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 • Footsteps, Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC, 2008 • Scattered Artists Tour, Victoria, BC, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 • South Vancouver Island Potters' Guild Annual Show, 2008, 2009 • McPherson Art Gallery, Victoria, BC, 2008 • South Vancouver Island Potters' Guild 10th Anniversary Show, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, 2010 • Gorge on Art, Saanich, 2009, 2010

Her work is also collected and lovingly used in the homes of many, many friends and family members across Canada.

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