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Judy Chartrand, Vancouver, It comes from China, 2020. Low fire clay, underglaze, glaze, decals, China paint and gold lustre.

Judy Chartrand is a Manitoba Cree artist born in Kamloops and raised in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.  After receiving encouragement from two First Nations counselors, she applied to college, where she began her career as a ceramic artist.  Chartrand’s early works were autobiographical, situating herself and her family in the history of Vancouver. Her works frequently confront issues of post-colonialism, social inequity and Indigenous knowledge expressed through the mediums of ceramics, found objects, archival photography and traditional Indigenous techniques of beadwork, moose hair tufting and quillwork. Her messages are immediate and challenging as demonstrated on this “made in Chin-ah” plate. Judy Chartrand was awarded the NWCF Award of Excellence in 2018. For more, please see her website at https://www.judychartrand.com/.

This work will close with Section A at 7pm.