Elke Blodgett (Canadian)

Born: 1936 Leipzig, Germany

12 Grantham Place

Waldorfschule Abitur

St. Albert, Alberta T8N 0W8

B.A. Liberal Arts

(403) 438-3445 or (403) 727-2395   

University of Minnesota

1989

Study tour of Greek, Cretan, and French ceramists; Pierre Bayle, Camille Virot, Claude Champy.

1988

Study tour of German and French ceramists.

1986

Banff Centre: 12-week summer session; Rudy Autio, Gerda Gruber, among others.

1985

Banff Centre: Sculptural Vessel; Steve Heinemann, Graham Marks.

1982

Alberta delegate to first Canadian Crafts Conference.

1978

Banff Centre: Japanese Folk Pottery; T. Shimoaka.

1977

Banff Centre: Sculptural Ceramics; Ruth Duckworth.

Banff Centre: Japanese Tradition; John Chalke.

1976

Banff Centre: Kiln Building; John Chalke.

Assistant to Mary Borgstrom; Primitive Pottery, Kiln Building.

1975

Working with Mary Borgstrom.

1974

Banff Centre: Ceramics for the Classroom Teacher; Bertha Martin.

note:

Self-taught in ceramics; attended clay-related workshops and seminars.

Teaching courses and workshops in hand-building, raku, wood kiln construction, and primitive firing.

Represented in private and corporate collections in Canada, USA, France, England, and Germany, including the Banff Centre Permanent Collection, Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Edmonton), Esso Resources (Calgary), Consulate General of Japan (Edmonton), and Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa), City of Edmonton, City of St Albert, Alberta Potters' Association.

2001

Dreamscapes and Steppingstones, Art Beat Gallery, St. Albert

2000

Intuition, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert

1994

Earth Born, Sky Bound, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert.

1993

Galerie Woltjen, Edmonton

1992

archae images and druids, St. Albert

1986

Transitions, Oppertshauser House, Stony Plain

1981

Raku, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain

Windstones, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff

1978

Raku, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain

1977

Raku, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain

Raku, Canadiana Galleries, Edmonton

Clay '77, St. Albert Arts and Crafts Centre, St. Albert

1976

Raku, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain

2001

Sweet 16, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert

Connected Voices, celebrating women in the community, St. Albert Museum

1998

Alberta Art Foundation 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Edmonton

1997

Edmonton Art Gallery

1995

TRIBUTE: 15 Years of Alberta Craft, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton

1994

Alberta Potters' Association Permanent Collection, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton

Alberta Clay, from the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Profiles Gallery Exhibition (Invitational), St. Albert

Fire Works '94, Galerie Woltjen, Edmonton

1988

Going for Gold, Calgary Winter Olympics National Clay Exhibition

1987

Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton

Vik Gallery, Edmonton

1986

Focus on Alberta Art, Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton

With Introspection ..., Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff

Studio Ceramics in Alberta III, 1964-1986 (Alberta Clay Comes of Age), travelling exhibition (Edmonton, Calgary, and other Alberta cities)

1984

Reflections on Three Plains, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Elements of Earth, Alberta Potters Association, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff

Western Viewpoints, St. Albert.

1983

Raku, with Walter Dexter, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton

Choices, Alberta Art Foundation 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Provincial Museum, Edmonton

In Celebration, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain

1982

Clay and Glass at the Muttart, Edmonton

Various Vessels, Front Gallery, Edmonton

1980

Showcase '80, Provincial Juried Travelling Exhibition, Alberta

75th Anniversary Exhibition, St. Albert

1979

APA Alberta Summer Games, St. Albert

1978

Alberta Art Foundation Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Edmonton

1976

Alberta Mud, Alberta Potters Association Exhibition, Edmonton

Canadian National Ceramics Exhibition, Glenbow Museum, Calgary

1994

Alberta Culture Visual Arts Project Grant

1993

Canada Council Art Bank Purchase Award, Evening Rising (made: 1978), Ottawa

1993

Canada Council Art Bank Purchase Award, Evening Rising (made: 1978), Ottawa

1992

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Purchase Award, Staele for Druids (made: 1992), Edmonton

1990

Canada Council Art Bank Purchase Award, Chinese Pot (made: 1978), Ottawa

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Purchase Award, Palingenesis (made:1986), Edmonton

1989

Canada Council Art Bank Purchase Award, Large Egg Pot (made: ?), Ottawa

1988

Alberta Culture Travel Grant

1986

Banff Centre Scholarship

City of St. Albert Scholarship

1984

Banff Centre Scholarship

First Prize in Reflections on Three Plains Ceramics Exhibition (Winnipeg)

1982

Alberta Potters Association Grant

Alberta Culture Travel Grant

1980

Honourable Mention in Showcase '80 Juried Travelling Exhibition (Alberta)

Alberta Culture Research Grant

1979

City of St. Albert Purchase Award, Solveig (made: 1978), St. Albert

1978

Banff Centre Scholarship

1977

Banff Centre Scholarship

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Purchase Award

Banff Centre Purchase Award, Stoneware Pot (made: 1976), Banff

1976

Town of St. Albert Scholarship to Banff School of Fine Arts

First Prize Award in Raku, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain

1975

First Prize in Raku, Primitive Pottery and Wheelwork, Stony Plain

1974

St. Albert Arts and Crafts Guild Scholarship to Banff

"Potters and Manganese Toxicity", Contact, Autumn 1995:26-31

"A Very Personal Statement", Contact 99, l994/95:5-7

"Pierre Bayle" (reprint), Ceramic Review 121 1990:24-27.

"Don Wells - 'Landscape of Absence,'" Contact 72 1988:15.

"Les Gestes du Potier" (translation), Contact 69 1987:20-21.

"Horst Göbbels - Germany," Contact 68 1987:36-37.

"Raku Kiln Construction," Contact 49/50 1982: 31.

"John Chalke," Contact 48 1981.

"Alberta Arts Foundation," XI Commonwealth Games: 1978:22.

"Elements of Earth (Alberta Clay 1984)," Contact 57 1984:13.

"Alberta Clay Comes of Age, Studio Ceramics," Alberta III 1984:86.

"Reflections of Three Plains," Manitoba Crafts Council 1984:16.

"Handspirits," Alberta Crafts Council 1985:32.

"Going for Gold," Contact 71 1987:24.

Beauchamps, Elizabeth.

"Elke Blodgett, variations on a theme," Alberta Craft Magazine, Nov/Dec l994:4-5.

Cairney, Richard.

"Gallery exhibit features color, texture," St. Albert Gazette, Nov. 2, l994:A7.

Cochran Roed, Bente.

"Through the Fire," Edmonton Bullet 4, 10 Jan. 1 1986.

"Exhibits Mark Escape from Conventions," Edmonton Journal Sept. 14 1978:A16.

Cockshutt, Susan.

"The Powers of Clay and Fire," St. Albert Gazette Dec. 21 1993:C1.

Crockatt, Joan.

"Primitive Pot-Making Appeals to Eccentrics," Lloydminster Preview Meridian Booster Oct. 28 1982:5.

Evans, Colin.

"Artist Lives for her Raku Pots," St. Albert Gazette Sept. 24 1986:B1.

Hesse, Cheryl.

"Potter Goes for the Gold," Edmonton Journal Jan. 13 1988:C3.

James, Denys.

"Five Canadian Ceramists on Raku," Contact 61 1985:11.

McCreath, Margrit.

"Elke Blodgett Pottery at the Library," St. Albert Gazette Feb. 2 1977.

McIldoon, Annette.

"Elke Blodgett: In Retrospect," Contact 48 1981:19.

McKie, Florence.

"The Gentle Potter: Elke Blodgett,"Contact 39 1979:3-9.

Moore, C.H.

"Ambiguity, Complexity of Blodgett Pottery Achieves 'Brilliant Success,'" St. Albert Gazette 1977.

"Raku Pottery Exhibition," Banff Crag and Canyon May 6, 1981.

Rothe, Wayne.

"Unusual Crafts Featured in Display," Stony Plain Reporter Sept. 12 1978:1

Tillmann, Ursula.

"Giving Birth to Pots," Stony Plain Reporter Aug. 29 1978:1.

Wells, Don.

"Raku: Elke Blodgett and Walter Dexter," Contact 56 1984:20.

"Elke Blodgett, Raku Pottery," Contact 46/47 1981:35.

http://www.artbank.ca/artbank/

Speight, Charlotte F.

Hands in Clay. 2nd edition. 1988. (USA)

"Directory", Alberta Potters Association: 1980:26-27

Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon (formerly Thieme-Becker). K.G. Saur: Leipzig, Germany.

The Canada Council Art Bank Catalogue 1972-92:; June 1992

Celebrating 20 years Alberta Art Foundation CD ROM, 1999: AFA - 25

Mary-Beth Laviolette

Book on Canadian Potters