Camosun Visual Arts Department presents ceramic artist Glenn Lewis, January 22

Public Service Announcement
Release Date: January 17, 2014

Free lecture open to students and general public

Camosun College Visual Arts Department presents senior artist/educator Glenn Lewis as part of its 2014 Visiting Artist Lecture Series on Wednesday, January 22, 2:30pm, Young Building 216, Lansdowne campus.

Born in 1935, Glenn Lewis graduated from the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art + Design) in 1958 with honors in painting, drawing, and ceramics. Subsequently, he received a teaching certificate from University of British Columbia (1959) and he studied ceramics under Bernard Leach in St. Ives (Cornwall, England) (1961-1964). Lewis has worked in video, performance, film, ceramics, photography, sculpture, and writing. He was an active member of the avant-garde art scene in Vancouver during the 1960s, producing work that blurred the boundaries between media and between viewer and artist. He has taught widely, including ceramics and art teaching methods in the Education Department at the University of British Columbia, media workshops at the National Film Board in Vancouver, and ceramics, sculpture, and drawing in the Fine Arts Department at the University of British Columbia.

Lewis was head of the Media Arts Section of the Canada Council (1987-1990) and has served on countless boards, including the Intermedia Board of Trustees, the Vancouver Art Gallery's Board of Directors, the Western Front Board of Directors (1974-1987, 1991-present), as well as serving on various Canada Council juries.  His performances and group exhibitions include Floor Piece (1968), Japanese Pickled Cabbage (1969), Taping of the International Art Critics (with Michael Morris, 1970), The Intermedia Society (1995), and Thrown (2004). Solo exhibitions include the Douglas Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Belkin Satellite and the House Gallery in North Vancouver (2010).  Lewis lives and works in Vancouver.

Glenn Lewis will give a free lecture, open to students and the public on Wednesday, January 22 at 2:30pm, in Young Building 216 at Camosun's Lansdowne campus.  While he is at the college he also plans to discuss art and ceramics with students while working on his pieces in the Camosun pottery studio from 11am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, January through to February 10.

Contact

John G. Boehme, Dip. Visual Arts, BFA, MFA
Instructor, Visual Arts Department
Camosun College
Office: 250-370-3512
boehme@camosun.ca
Twitter: @artisaperson