One-time Terra Cotta artist, art teacher, and gallery owner John Agg (1928-2011) passed January 11 in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. John and wife Helen, also an artist, ran The Country Gallery in Terra Cotta, up in Caledon on the Credit River. Opened in 1961, they moved to Qualicum Beach, on Vancouver Island, opening Agg Works Gallery in 1976.
His death notice mentions that "John’s works of watercolors, prints, enameling, large collages and decorated pottery were well known on the West Coast. John and Helen closed their gallery and retired in 2000." Beacon Magazine reports that the couple continued to be active members of their community. He was 82.
Read more about the Aggs from a 1967 biographical sketch, republished on the VAB website.
