BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Molly (Mollie) Carter

1918 - 2002

Vancouver School of Art (Diploma 1939)
Mollie Carter Contemporary Design


Mollie Carter graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1939. In 1940 she received a Post-Graduate Endorsement in Design and Decorative Arts, with Honors in Pottery.

She exhibited her work in the 1944 and 1945 British Columbia At Work exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

She exhibited artwork in the 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1948 B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery. She was living in Vancouver, where she later died.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 VAG   B.C. Artists 12th Annual Jar - Indian Motif
Bowl - Yellow Grey Glaze
1944 May 13 - June 4 BCSFA   34th Annual Bowl, Red and Brown Majolica Glaze
Vase, Chinese Adventurine and Turquoise Glaze
1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 VAG   B.C. Artists 13th Annual Plate
1944 Nov. 21 - Dec. 10 Labour Arts Guild   1st B.C. At Work Welder
1945 May 18 - June 10 BCSFA   35th Annual Blue Bowl
Green Bowl
1945 Nov. 13 - Dec. 2 Labour Arts Guild   2nd B.C. At Work Burner, West Coast Shipbuilders
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual Ash Tray - Haida Indian Motif
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Thaw
1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 17th Annual Bowl
Plate

References

SOUVENIR CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITIONS OPENING THE NEW VANCOUVER ART GALLERY (refer to VAG51)

VANCOUVER SCHOOL OF ART - LIST OF GRADUATES & STUDENTS (refer to VSA)

:p.m. magazine, 3 issues published in Vancouver 1951
      Published by Robert Reid, Edited by Yvonne Agzarian, George Wright, John Brockington
      Issue 2 had one original linocut by Jack Shadbolt: Seed Children
      Issue 2 also included one original linocut by Molly Carter: Hooyah the Raven
      Issue 3 had two original linocuts by Jack Shadbolt: Forms For Spring, second is untitled
      Issue 3 Shadbolt linocuts were included in article on Jack Shadbolt by Marya Fiamengo
      Information from STIGMA by Vancouver publisher William Hoffer (see References)

A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)

MODERN IN THE MAKING - POST-WAR CRAFT AND DESIGN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to VAG20)

Clippings

"Congratulating Vancouver School of Art for the excellence of its work during the past session, under the tuition of Charles H. Scott and staff, Col. F.T. Fairey, director of the technical education branch of the Department of Education, distributed scholarships and diplomas to successful students Friday afternoon. ... Diploma in Design - Mollie Carter. ... "
      From "Diplomas Awarded to Art Students"
      Vancouver Province, September 2 1939

"In the sculpture division, E.S. Hodges of West Vancouver was awarded first Honourable Mention for his wood carving, "Law," whilst Mollie Carter of Vancouver received the second Honourable Mention for her "Jar - Indian Motif." "
      From "12th Annual B.C. Artists' Exhibition"
      Vancouver Art Gallery Bulletin, November 1943

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