July 2, 2026
“Interactions”
Joan Bruneau
ARTIST TALK & OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 at 7:00pm. This is a free event, no registration required.
EXHIBITION: July 2nd to August 2nd, 2026.Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (by chance or appointment). Artist in attendance Saturdays 10am – 4pm.
Joan Bruneau’s work celebrates beauty in daily lived experience. Her pieces are interactive, inviting collaboration with the viewer in use, contemplation and social gatherings.
Using Lantz clay (Nova Scotia earthenware ), her skillfully crafted botanical shapes and patterned surfaces evoke harmony through symmetry while reminding us of our connection to nature.
Joan Bruneau shares her passion for experiencing beauty in daily life through making and teaching the art and fine craft of pottery. Using Nova Scotia earthenware clay, she produces wheel-thrown and assembled slip-ware informed by ceramics history, natural phenomena and ornament. Her sensuous shapes and patterned surfaces invite contemplation and inspire use.
Joan Bruneau is a studio potter and educator based near Lunenburg, NS.
She operated her Lunenburg studio/storefront, Nova Terra Cotta Pottery, from 1995- 2022 and was a Regular Part Time Ceramics Faculty at NSCAD University from 1995-2019. She was Assistant Professor at Emily Carr Institute of Art from 1998 – 2002. She exhibits and teaches workshops across North America and taught at the Distance Ceramics Diploma Programs at the Australia National University and the Glasgow School of Art. Joan was a Demonstrating Artist at NCECA in Pittsburgh, 2018. Her work is featured in Ceramics Monthly ( 2014) and Ben Carter’s books, Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors( 2024) and Mastering The Potter’s Wheel (2016).
www.joanbruneau.com
Facebook: Joan Bruneau
Instagram: @bruneaujoan