Amelia Butcher February 2027

Ceramics

In February 2027, Artists for Kids is excited to offer an Artist-in-Residence program for secondary students in grade 7. During two school days, students who are nominated will have the opportunity to work with artist Amelia Butcher at the Artists for Kids Studios.

 

 

ARTIST BIO

Amelia Butcher is a visual artist based in British Columbia with a sculptural and drawing practice centered in clay.
She graduated from Emily Carr University in 2013 and is a founding member of the Dusty Babes Collective. From 2015-2021 she lived and worked out of their communal studio, built by the late great Don Hutchinson, in Surrey, BC. She has exhibited widely and instructs classes and workshops in ceramics, sculpture and comic-making for all ages. She is a former board member of the BC Potters Guild and currently works out of a studio in the Mergatroid Building in Vancouver, the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Artist's Website (external site)

Works in the Collection

The Artists-in-Residence Program brings together artists, teachers, and students. From ceramics and painting to collage and photography, this vital program provides full-day, skill specific training that gives young artists the rare opportunity to immerse themselves in critical thinking and art making. Students who are nominated by their school district teachers have the opportunity to step outside the regular classroom stream to work closely with a professional artist at the Artists for Kids studios.