Colette Beardall
Selected Awards
2017 Best in Show – Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Exhibition
2013 Fusion Design Award – Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Exhibition
2010 Honourable Mention – Raku and the Work Within
2006 Best Design – Ottawa Guild of Potters selection for Great Bowls of Fire Exhibition
Selected Solo Exhibition
October 2016 Endangered Solo Exhibition, Dust Evans Gallery
October 2014 Solo Exhibition of Raku work - Tea House Gallery Metcalfe, Ontario
April, 2001 Wares – Solo Exhibition of Raku work, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
Group Exhibitions and Shows
October 2019 Sculpture Expo – Lansdowne Park NCNS Group Exhibition
October 2019 Marlin Orchards – Invitational Show
October 2018 Dimensions - Lansdowne Park NCNS Group Exhibition
October 2018 Marlin Orchards Exhibition of raku work
May 2018 Artists in their Environment - NCNS Sculpture Studio Tour Show,– Group Exhibition
March 2018 Celebrating Clay – Group Exhibition, Galerie Cote
February 2018 Celebrating Clay – Group Exhibition, Galerie Cote
November 2017 Art of the Horse – Group Exhibition Loretta Clay and Glass Studios
November 2017 Annual Exhibition 2017 – Galerie Cote Group Exhibition
October 2017 Populace at home - Group Exhibition , Dust Evans Gallery
November 2016 Instructor and Student/ Studio Member Exhibition NVAC
April 2016 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition – Group Show
September 2015 Cabbagetown Arts Festival Exhibition Toronto – Group Exhibition
April 2015 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition – Group Show
April 2014 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition – Group Show
September 2014 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
January 2014 Transitions – Fusion Clay and Glass Group Mentorship Show. Trinity Art Gallery Shenkman Arts Centre
April 2014,2015,2016 West End Pottery Sale and Exhibition
September 2013 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
August 2014 – Present Art in Strathcona Park
January 2013 The Best of the NCNS - Group Exhibition –- City of Ottawa Archives Gallery with the National Capital Network of Sculptors
September 2012 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
May 2012 Nature into Sculpture – Canadian Museum of Nature
April 2012 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition
February 2012 NCNS group show Shenkman Arts Centre
September 2011 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
April 2011 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition
February 2011 Nature into Sculpture – Group Exhibition, Canadian Museum of Nature
June 2010 Symphony – Group Exhibition, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
February 2010 Raku The Book and the Art Within – Group Exhibition, Jared Branfman Memorial Gallery, Needham, Massachusetts
July 2009 Homage – Group Exhibition Cube Gallery
June 2008 Ambiguity - Group Exhibition with the National Network of Sculptors– The White Shop
September 2008 Top Drawers – Group Exhibition St. Bridgids Centre for the Arts
September 2008 Russell Art Show – Group Show
October 2007 Place Du Portage Art Show – Group Show
June 2007 – 2009 Art in the Park Annual Show – Glebe, Ottawa
2003 to Present Spring and Fall Ottawa Guild of Potters Shows, Hellenic Centre, Shenkman and Lansdowne Park locations
December 2000 Presence in the New Millennium Exhibition – Group Exhibition St. Albert, Alberta
November 2000 “4 show” an exhibition of four emerging female clay artists, St. Albert, Alberta
Selected Bibliography
2018 Dimensions photo book page 3, four images
2018 Collecting contemporary sculpture October 3rd NCNS website
2017 Marketplace, Ottawa Citizen, unique, handmade works of art. November 15, 2017
2017 Loam Clay Studio News, May 27, 2017, Colette Beardall, Raku Day in the Country
2017 Ceramics for Beginners, Animals and Figures – Sterling Books “One of Three” rhino page 73 gallery section, Slab- Based Forms “Red” page 109 Gallery section, tube based forms
2016 Ottawa Guild of Potters Notebook, booklet cover and 2 interior pages “Orangutan”. “One of 3”
2014 Transitions Catalogue, page 1 and 2
2014 Orleans News, Transitions show interview
2012 Manotick EMC Thursday, September 6, 2012 Article Emma Jackson, Arts and Culture
2012 The Ottawa Citizen Around Town, October 29, 2012 Cube Gallery with Joe Fafard
2011 North Grenville News, front page Discovery Tour September 1, 2011
2011 The Humm, September 2011
2011 EMC community newspaper page 3, September 22, 2011 Discovery tour
2011 The Ottawa Citizen Arts and Life, March 9, 2011 Great Bowls of Fire interview
2011 500 Raku – Lark Publications, “Days gone by” page 337
2010 All in a Day with Alan Neal interview Great Bowls of Fire fundraiser and how Colette Beardall got Feist and the boys from Sam Roberts Band to sign some plates for charity.
2010 October 19, 2010 OCC Newsletter, host annual Ontario Crafts Council Gathering
2009 Thursday, March 19, 2009, Ottawa Citizen article Great Bowls of Fire, Ron Eade Food and Life section front page
2009 Mastering Raku – Lark Publications, “Charlie”, gallery section page 151
2007 The Ottawa Citizen, Ron Eade interview February 7, 2008 Great Bowls of Fire Fundraiser
Artist demonstrations and lectures
November 29, 2018 Juror – Art Wars, Longfield Davidson Secondary School Nepean
April, 2018 Juror – Tulip Festival Gallery Exhibit for OGP
April 2018 Rogers Television – A Day with Raku Potter, Colette Beardall Produced by Murray Kronick, Hosted by Brianne Smith
October 25, 2017 Lecture – what it means to be an artist in the age of climate change, Longfield Davidson Secondary School
October, 2016 Juror, OGP Notebook
May 2016 Jury collected artworks for Secondary School Students submissions for post-secondary art school applications – Longfield Davidson Secondary School Nepean
May 2015 Jury collected artworks for Secondary School Students submissions for post-secondary art school applications – Longfield Davidson Secondary School Nepean
May 2015 Lecture and Juror Students collective art work – Canterbury High School Ottawa
May 2010 Pre Conference Raku Workshop, Fusion Clay and Glass Association, Carleton University
September, 2008 Fall Fire Conference with Ceramicist Eric Serritela Raku firings with 80 participants in Morrisburg, Ontario
2004 to present I have taught 125 Raku Workshops for thousands of participants of all ages at my home studio in Metcalfe, Ontario
Activities and Functions
2005 – 2017 Organiser and Restaurant Co-ordinator for Great Bowls of Fire a fundraiser for the Ottawa Food Bank
2012 – 2015 Standards and Education Co Chair Ottawa Guild of Potters
2012/2013 Fusion Clay and Glass Association Mentorship Program member
2011 – 2015 Head of Publicity for Discovery Tour
2009 – 2014 Eastern Regional Committee Member of the Ontario Crafts Council Steering Committee
2007 – 2011 Vice President, President and Past President of the Ottawa Guild of Potters
2007 – 2013 Host Clay Olympics for the Ottawa Guild of Potters
2007 – 2015 Established program for the City of Ottawa to offer children’s and youth pottery classes
in the south end of the city of Ottawa
2005 – 2008 Publicity for the Ottawa Guild of Potters
Memberships
Fusion Clay and Glass Association
Ottawa Guild of Potters
National Capital Network of Sculptors
Arts Network Ottawa
Education and Training
New Clay Conference May, 2019, Ottawa
Janet Keefe April 28, 2019, Ottawa
Tom Jasczczak August 18, 19, 2017, Ottawa
Christina Lovisa 2017, Encaustic Wax explorations, Ottawa
Kerry Stothers 2017, 2018 Acrylic Painting classes
Martha Grover 2016, Kingston
Lesley McInally January 22 - 24 , 2016 , Ottawa
NCECA (National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts) – Providence Rhode Island 2015
Art Petch February 2015 Decal Workshop
Tony Clennell 2014, 2017, Ottawa
Sunshine Cobb 2015 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Susan Halls October 4 – 6, 2013, Ottawa
Anne Creskey October 2013
Jennifer McCurdy 2014 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
NCECA- (National council for the Education of Ceramic Arts) - Houston Texas - 2013
Gertrude Smith 2013 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Joan Bruneau 2010 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Matt Long 2008 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Steven Branfman September 2008 Hosted and assisted in a 4 day workshop at my home studio for Ottawa Guild of Potters
Wood Firing Workshop Guelph Ontario 2008
Poloroid Transfer and Polaroid Emulsion Course 2008
Collections
Private Collections held in Japan, China, London, Perth, Australia, Boston, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton
Public Collection Prosecutor General’s Office of Japan
Selected Awards
2017 Best in Show – Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Exhibition
2013 Fusion Design Award – Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Exhibition
2010 Honourable Mention – Raku and the Work Within
2006 Best Design – Ottawa Guild of Potters selection for Great Bowls of Fire Exhibition
Selected Solo Exhibition
October 2016 Endangered Solo Exhibition, Dust Evans Gallery
October 2014 Solo Exhibition of Raku work - Tea House Gallery Metcalfe, Ontario
April, 2001 Wares – Solo Exhibition of Raku work, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
Group Exhibitions and Shows
October 2019 Sculpture Expo – Lansdowne Park NCNS Group Exhibition
October 2019 Marlin Orchards – Invitational Show
October 2018 Dimensions - Lansdowne Park NCNS Group Exhibition
October 2018 Marlin Orchards Exhibition of raku work
May 2018 Artists in their Environment - NCNS Sculpture Studio Tour Show,– Group Exhibition
March 2018 Celebrating Clay – Group Exhibition, Galerie Cote
February 2018 Celebrating Clay – Group Exhibition, Galerie Cote
November 2017 Art of the Horse – Group Exhibition Loretta Clay and Glass Studios
November 2017 Annual Exhibition 2017 – Galerie Cote Group Exhibition
October 2017 Populace at home - Group Exhibition , Dust Evans Gallery
November 2016 Instructor and Student/ Studio Member Exhibition NVAC
April 2016 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition – Group Show
September 2015 Cabbagetown Arts Festival Exhibition Toronto – Group Exhibition
April 2015 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition – Group Show
April 2014 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition – Group Show
September 2014 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
January 2014 Transitions – Fusion Clay and Glass Group Mentorship Show. Trinity Art Gallery Shenkman Arts Centre
April 2014,2015,2016 West End Pottery Sale and Exhibition
September 2013 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
August 2014 – Present Art in Strathcona Park
January 2013 The Best of the NCNS - Group Exhibition –- City of Ottawa Archives Gallery with the National Capital Network of Sculptors
September 2012 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
May 2012 Nature into Sculpture – Canadian Museum of Nature
April 2012 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition
February 2012 NCNS group show Shenkman Arts Centre
September 2011 Discovery Tour – Group show studio tour
April 2011 Annual Ottawa Guild of Potters Juried Exhibition
February 2011 Nature into Sculpture – Group Exhibition, Canadian Museum of Nature
June 2010 Symphony – Group Exhibition, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
February 2010 Raku The Book and the Art Within – Group Exhibition, Jared Branfman Memorial Gallery, Needham, Massachusetts
July 2009 Homage – Group Exhibition Cube Gallery
June 2008 Ambiguity - Group Exhibition with the National Network of Sculptors– The White Shop
September 2008 Top Drawers – Group Exhibition St. Bridgids Centre for the Arts
September 2008 Russell Art Show – Group Show
October 2007 Place Du Portage Art Show – Group Show
June 2007 – 2009 Art in the Park Annual Show – Glebe, Ottawa
2003 to Present Spring and Fall Ottawa Guild of Potters Shows, Hellenic Centre, Shenkman and Lansdowne Park locations
December 2000 Presence in the New Millennium Exhibition – Group Exhibition St. Albert, Alberta
November 2000 “4 show” an exhibition of four emerging female clay artists, St. Albert, Alberta
Selected Bibliography
2018 Dimensions photo book page 3, four images
2018 Collecting contemporary sculpture October 3rd NCNS website
2017 Marketplace, Ottawa Citizen, unique, handmade works of art. November 15, 2017
2017 Loam Clay Studio News, May 27, 2017, Colette Beardall, Raku Day in the Country
2017 Ceramics for Beginners, Animals and Figures – Sterling Books “One of Three” rhino page 73 gallery section, Slab- Based Forms “Red” page 109 Gallery section, tube based forms
2016 Ottawa Guild of Potters Notebook, booklet cover and 2 interior pages “Orangutan”. “One of 3”
2014 Transitions Catalogue, page 1 and 2
2014 Orleans News, Transitions show interview
2012 Manotick EMC Thursday, September 6, 2012 Article Emma Jackson, Arts and Culture
2012 The Ottawa Citizen Around Town, October 29, 2012 Cube Gallery with Joe Fafard
2011 North Grenville News, front page Discovery Tour September 1, 2011
2011 The Humm, September 2011
2011 EMC community newspaper page 3, September 22, 2011 Discovery tour
2011 The Ottawa Citizen Arts and Life, March 9, 2011 Great Bowls of Fire interview
2011 500 Raku – Lark Publications, “Days gone by” page 337
2010 All in a Day with Alan Neal interview Great Bowls of Fire fundraiser and how Colette Beardall got Feist and the boys from Sam Roberts Band to sign some plates for charity.
2010 October 19, 2010 OCC Newsletter, host annual Ontario Crafts Council Gathering
2009 Thursday, March 19, 2009, Ottawa Citizen article Great Bowls of Fire, Ron Eade Food and Life section front page
2009 Mastering Raku – Lark Publications, “Charlie”, gallery section page 151
2007 The Ottawa Citizen, Ron Eade interview February 7, 2008 Great Bowls of Fire Fundraiser
Artist demonstrations and lectures
November 29, 2018 Juror – Art Wars, Longfield Davidson Secondary School Nepean
April, 2018 Juror – Tulip Festival Gallery Exhibit for OGP
April 2018 Rogers Television – A Day with Raku Potter, Colette Beardall Produced by Murray Kronick, Hosted by Brianne Smith
October 25, 2017 Lecture – what it means to be an artist in the age of climate change, Longfield Davidson Secondary School
October, 2016 Juror, OGP Notebook
May 2016 Jury collected artworks for Secondary School Students submissions for post-secondary art school applications – Longfield Davidson Secondary School Nepean
May 2015 Jury collected artworks for Secondary School Students submissions for post-secondary art school applications – Longfield Davidson Secondary School Nepean
May 2015 Lecture and Juror Students collective art work – Canterbury High School Ottawa
May 2010 Pre Conference Raku Workshop, Fusion Clay and Glass Association, Carleton University
September, 2008 Fall Fire Conference with Ceramicist Eric Serritela Raku firings with 80 participants in Morrisburg, Ontario
2004 to present I have taught 125 Raku Workshops for thousands of participants of all ages at my home studio in Metcalfe, Ontario
Activities and Functions
2005 – 2017 Organiser and Restaurant Co-ordinator for Great Bowls of Fire a fundraiser for the Ottawa Food Bank
2012 – 2015 Standards and Education Co Chair Ottawa Guild of Potters
2012/2013 Fusion Clay and Glass Association Mentorship Program member
2011 – 2015 Head of Publicity for Discovery Tour
2009 – 2014 Eastern Regional Committee Member of the Ontario Crafts Council Steering Committee
2007 – 2011 Vice President, President and Past President of the Ottawa Guild of Potters
2007 – 2013 Host Clay Olympics for the Ottawa Guild of Potters
2007 – 2015 Established program for the City of Ottawa to offer children’s and youth pottery classes
in the south end of the city of Ottawa
2005 – 2008 Publicity for the Ottawa Guild of Potters
Memberships
Fusion Clay and Glass Association
Ottawa Guild of Potters
National Capital Network of Sculptors
Arts Network Ottawa
Education and Training
New Clay Conference May, 2019, Ottawa
Janet Keefe April 28, 2019, Ottawa
Tom Jasczczak August 18, 19, 2017, Ottawa
Christina Lovisa 2017, Encaustic Wax explorations, Ottawa
Kerry Stothers 2017, 2018 Acrylic Painting classes
Martha Grover 2016, Kingston
Lesley McInally January 22 - 24 , 2016 , Ottawa
NCECA (National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts) – Providence Rhode Island 2015
Art Petch February 2015 Decal Workshop
Tony Clennell 2014, 2017, Ottawa
Sunshine Cobb 2015 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Susan Halls October 4 – 6, 2013, Ottawa
Anne Creskey October 2013
Jennifer McCurdy 2014 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
NCECA- (National council for the Education of Ceramic Arts) - Houston Texas - 2013
Gertrude Smith 2013 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Joan Bruneau 2010 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Matt Long 2008 Fusion Clay And Glass Association Conference
Steven Branfman September 2008 Hosted and assisted in a 4 day workshop at my home studio for Ottawa Guild of Potters
Wood Firing Workshop Guelph Ontario 2008
Poloroid Transfer and Polaroid Emulsion Course 2008
Collections
Private Collections held in Japan, China, London, Perth, Australia, Boston, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton
Public Collection Prosecutor General’s Office of Japan