Title

Burnaby Millennium Sculpture Poles

Artist

Rice-Jones, Keith

Date

2001

Medium

ceramic

Type

sculpture

Dimensions

6.20m height x 1.75m width x 2.5m depth

Owner

City of Burnaby

Accession Number

PA2014.6

Location

Shadbolt Center, West Entrance

Category

City of Burnaby Public Art Collection

Collection

Public Art

Lat/Long

49.240479,-122.970246

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To celebrate the millennium, the City of Burnaby introduced the Community Clay Sculpture Project as a lasting legacy. Keith Rice-Jones, with the assistance of his wife, Celia Rice-Jones—both accomplished local ceramic artists—supervised the construction of three structural poles representing Burnaby’s past, present, and future. Built of raw clay flue liners with low relief sculptural rendering on each of four sides, the images on the three 14 foot high poles were created by Burnaby residents, young and old, novice and experienced, with their personal creative interpretations of the theme of persistence.

Keith Rice-Jones (b.1943) is a Vancouver based ceramic artist whose current focus is with large sculptural work. Born in England, Rice-Jones received his early training in England as a woodwork teacher. Discovering clay in the early 70s, Keith’s experience with the ceramic arts to date is vast and diverse. In 1988, he moved to Vancouver with his wife, Celia Rice-Jones—an accomplished ceramic sculptor herself. They opened Wildrice studio in the late 80s, and continue to work there today.