Maxwell-Muir, Rodney
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Maker Name
Maxwell-Muir, Rodney
Biography
Rodney taught at a high school in Bellingham in the 1950s, after getting his degree Washington University in Bellingham. In the early 1960s , Maxwell-Muir taught art in the Burnaby school system and sold pottery through the Gallery of BC Arts. In 1966 he was among a select few invited to represent Canadian artists in celebration of the country’s 100th birthday at Expo 67 in Montreal. He threw more than 500 decorative plates for La Toundra Restaurant at Expo 67, and dinnerware for the Vancouver International Airport (1968). In 1978 he moved to Chinook, Washington, where he set up his studio, kiln, taught community classes, and worked with artist , Richard Rollin who had an anagram kiln. He made pottery up to his 70s. In 2021 his work was included in a Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit, Modern in the Making: Post-war Craft and Design in British Columbia. He passed away in 2023.
First name
Rodney
Last name
Maxwell-Muir
Career dates (start and end)
1960
2000
Date of Birth
1934
Date of Death
2023
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia
Place of Death
Studio location
Formal Education
Major Exhibitions
Canadian Ceramics 1961, Royal Ontario Museum and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Craft Dimensions Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, 1969
Affiliated organizations
Links to Further Resources
Modern in the Making Post-War Craft and Design in BC catalogue, VAG, 2020
Source
Allan Collier, Debra Sloan
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