Curriculum Vitae

Alan Burgess

B.A (Hons) Emeritus, North Island College

Potter

Birthplace: Manchester, England Citizenship: Canadian

EDUCATION

• Manchester High School of Art, 11 years old, Manchester, England
• Rochdale College of Art, Foundation Year, Rochdale, England, 1964-1965
• B.A Honours in Three-Dimensional Design (major in Ceramics, minors in Silversmithing and Sculpture), Camberwell School of Art, London, England, 1965-1968
• Post-graduate studies in Ceramics, Industrial Design and Technology, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, England, 1968-1969

EXPERIENCE

• High School Art Teacher (teaching ceramics, photography, jewelry and sculpture) in Manchester, England, 1969-1973
• Established Caeathro Pottery (producing functional and decorative stoneware pottery) in Caeathro, North Wales, with his wife Meg, 1973-1982
• Head of the Ceramics Department at Bolton College of Art, England, coordinating a 3-year vocational course in Studio Ceramics and teaching in the Fine Arts Diploma program, 1975-1980
• Welsh Development Agency Pottery Consultant, 1980-1982
• Established Little River Pottery (producing decorative and functional stoneware pottery) in Comox, British Columbia, with his wife Meg, 1983-present
• Teaching part-time University transfer courses in Ceramics and 3D Design at North Island College, Courtenay, BC, 1984-1992
• Became a full-time member of the Fine Arts Faculty and Department Chair, establishing a two-year Fine Arts and Design Diploma program at the new campus in Courtenay BC. Involved in the design of the new Shadbolt Studios and the partnership between North Island College and Emily Carr University establishing an external BFA program at the NIC campus, 1992-2014

MEMBERSHIPS

• Guild of North Wales Potters
• Red Rose Guild of Master Craftsmen of Great Britain
• Fired Up Contemporary Works in Clay, 1986-present

WORKSHOPS

• Pottery workshops for colleges and pottery guilds in England before moving to Canada in 1982
• Malaspina Seminars at Malaspina College Nanaimo (now called Vancouver Island University), North Island College Summer School of Arts in Courtenay BC, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, and many BC Potters Guilds in Canada

EXHIBITIONS

• Craft Council Gallery, London, England
• England’s Gallery, Leek, Staffordshire, England
• Lantern Gallery, Salford, England
• Bolton Art Gallery, Bolton, England
• The Red Rose Guild of Master Craftsmen Exhibition, Manchester, England
• “Five North Wales Potters” touring show, Chester Art Gallery, Bolton Art Gallery, Nottingham Art Gallery and the Gateshead Art Gallery
• “The New Ceramics” Exhibition, Ruffed Craft Centre, England
• The Empress Potters Show, Victoria BC
• Group Show, Art Alliance Gallery, Courtenay BC
• Three Potters Show, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
• Guest Artist at the Filbert Lodge, Filbert Arts Fair Comox, BC
• “Fired Up” Group Show, Arts Alliance Gallery, Courtenay BC
• “Fired Up” Group Show, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver
• Summer Collages and Vessels Show, The Old School House Gallery, Qualicum BC
• Fired U Goes East Group Show, Harbinger Gallery, Ontario
• Four Potters Exhibition, Gallery 611, Toronto Ontario
• Fired Up group exhibition at the NCECA 2006 Conference, Portland Oregon
• Fired Up 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

• President of the Arts Alliance, Courtenay Bc (later became the Comox Valley Art Gallery
• President. Of the Comox Valley Community Arts Council
• Executive Member Courtenay Youth Music Centre
• President Comox Valley Potters Club
• Regional Rep BC Crafts Council

The Nottingham Art Gallery, England

The Chester Art Gallery, England

The Bolton Art Gallery England

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC

Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery. London, Ontario