NOT TO BE MISSED
Attendance in Person Recommended!
On Feb 21, bring your beverage of choice and settle into the studio for a wheel-side chat with Canadian Ceramics Icon, Scott Barnim. Scott can speak at length on any question related to ceramics while demonstrating how to make and fit a variety of lids with knobs. With experience in ceramics dating back to 1978, Scott is a fountain of knowledge about the history of clay in Ontario. This is your opportunity to be inspired! Meet Scott in our cozy studio setting in February.
The Barnim Pottery Studio showroom is located in an 1850’s stone house and stable in Dundas ON. and features a line of reduction-fired stoneware – dinnerware and decorative accessories – inspired by the natural beauty of the Dundas Valley. Since 2003 the studio has featured a limited production of reduced Islamic lusterware.
Scott Barnim established his studio in 1978 after part-time studies in Ceramics at Mohawk College and a full-time apprenticeship in the production studio of Donn Zver in Troy ON. from 1985 -86. He spent two years in Cardiff, Wales, UK, pursuing an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Wales.
Believing in the apprenticeship system of education for Potters, Scott has imparted his knowledge to numerous apprentices, who have cycled through his studio and gone on to establish their own. Since 1980 he has taught workshops to guilds across Ontario, served as ceramic instructor at Dundas Valley School of Art and Mohawk College, part-time faculty at Sheridan College, School of Visual Arts and Design (1992 to 2002), taught at Haliburton School of the Arts, has been a visiting artist and lecturer at University of Wales Institute, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, York University, and also in PEI.
A pillar of the Ceramics community, Barnim has volunteered on the executive of the Potters Guild of Hamilton and Region from 1979-85, on the Ontario Crafts Council board in various capacities and as President in 1991-92, as an ad advisor to OCC, Harborfront, DVSA, and Hamilton Arts Awards before returning to the Hamilton Guild as President in 2014. He has served as a juror for Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Crafts Council, McMaster Museum of Art, Muskoka Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Mississauga Living Arts Center, FUSION and is a member of the Beyond the Valley Studio Tour.
A recipient of exhibition assistant grants from the OAC, Barnim’s award-winning work has been presented in over 140 exhibitions since 1978, including at the Carnegie Gallery, Burlington Arts Centre, Gardiner Museum and in Jindezhen China. His work is included in private and public collections, including the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Burlington, and can be found in select shops and galleries.
This event will be a hybrid programme, in-person at the AGB in the potters' studio and available live through zoom. (zoom link on Members Resources Page on this website)