The McClure Gallery is honoured to present 30, a ceramic exhibition featuring the works of 33 artists and curated by well-known ceramic artist, writer and curator, Léopold L. Foulem. Thirty years have passed since the founding of Interaction, galerie d’expressions céramiques. This exhibition commemorates and celebrates this unique endeavour. The Interaction collective was the only artist-run centre in Canada dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of ceramics, a non-traditional art discipline. This remarkable achievement was to last five years.
Artists who were invited to participate all exhibited at Interaction between 1982 and 1986. Of the thirty-three works on display, several were originally presented there and attest to the vitality and the diversity of the ceramic scene of the time. Others offer a portrait of the many facets that creative ceramic artists have been exploring since then.
The McClure Gallery of the Visual Arts Centre was deemed an appropriate venue for this ceramic exhibition; the Centre began as the Potters’ Club in 1946 and was the first clay guild of its kind in Canada. The gallery is thus pleased to be able to bring together such a remarkable collection of work by artists who have contributed significantly to the history of ceramics in Quebec.
Exhibiting Artists
Suzanne Arsenault, Lucie Baillargeon, Loraine Basque, Jeannot Blackburn, Mimi Cabri, Thérèse Chabot, Dorothy Deschamps, Judi Dyelle, Léopold L. Foulem, France Gilbert, Denise Goyer, Deborah Harris, Michel Harvey, Édouard Jasmin, Andrée Lapointe, Esther Legault, Yves Louis-Seize, Denis Lowe, Denise Martel, Paul Mathieu, Virginia McClure, Susan Meindl, Richard Milette, Paula Murray, Matthias Ostermann, Christiane Paquin, Gilbert Poissant, Francine Potvin, Rebecca Rupp, Raymond Sigouin, Guy Simoneau, Michel Viala, Michel Vincent
Léopold L. Foulem has enjoyed a prolific exhibition career. He is the recipient of the Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award, the Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in crafts, and the Éloizes Award for Artist of the Year in Acadia.