BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Marion (also Marian) McCrea

1920 -

Vancouver School of Art (Diploma 1941)
Art in Living (original member)
Canadian Guild of Potters

Marion McCrea was born in Edmonton, Albera, and came to Vancouver in 1931, presumably with her family.

She graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1941. In 1939 she won a Merit Certificate, and in 1940 she received the W.G. Murrin Scholarship of $50.00 open to third year design students. After graduation she "took a post-graduate course at the California College of Fine Arts and studied further in London at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts."

She exhibited in the 1945 British Columbia At Work exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

She exhibited her work in the B.C. Artists annuals at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1956.

In 1948 she was teaching pottery at the Vancouver School of Art. She had exhibited with the Canadian Guild of Potters and "in the Foreign Students' Exhibition, London."


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
1946 July 2 - 28 Solo exhibition (28 pictures) VAG
1948 Aug 3 - 22 Ceramics & fabrics (42 items) VAG

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 VAG   B.C. Artists 13th Annual Megan
Washington Square
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual Indian Village
Woodsedge
1945 ? - ? FCA   B.C. Artists Selections from 14th Ann. Indian Village
1945 Nov. 13 - Dec. 2 Labour Arts Guild   B.C. At Work Mirrors
Andrew, the Fisher
1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 VAG   B.C. Artists 17th Annual Uncle Paul's Barn
Galiano
1949 Oct. 8 - 30 VAG   B.C. Artists 18th Annual Abstract
Relax
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 VAG   B.C. Artists 19th Annual Vancouver Snow

References

Letter in support of solo exhibition (1948)

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

SPRING EXHIBITION - FCA - BC REGION (refer to FCA64)

A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)

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

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. ... Merit Certificates - Marian McCrea. ... "
      From "Diplomas Awarded to Art Students"
      Vancouver Province, September 2 1939

HOME