COLETTE BEARDALL
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Resume

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  • A bit about me
  • Statement
  • Bio
  • Resume
  • Horses
  • Foxes
  • Rhinos
  • Great Apes
  • Bears
  • Dogs
  • Assorted Other Animals
  • Figurative Sculpture
  • Books
  • Transitions ~ The Exhibition
  • 'Funk'~tional Pottery