TWO SLIDE TALKS AT ECIAD BELGIAN CERAMIST AND SCULPTOR JOHAN CRETEN Tuesday, November 9 19:00 Room 328 Johan Creten, a Belgian ceramist and sculptor, isatthe forefrontaf recent devel- opments in European ceramics. Produced in residencies all over the world, his large scale figurative works combine his inter- ests in culture and nature, and are usually presented in sensitive and nchly evocative installations in specific buildings or the outdoor, Last year he worked in Mexico for many months and he will be coming to Vanoouver after a stay in Oakland at the California College of Art and Crafts. He shows slides of his work and reveals to us their complexity. NOT BE MISSED. Admission at the door $5.00 CATHERINE HESS FROM THE GETTY MUSEUM Tuesday, November 23 19:00 Room 328 Catherine Hess, associate curator of deoo- ralive ars at the Getty Museum in Los Angelos, has recently published a book on the acquisitions by the Museum of the Genuli archives, an important and unique ensemble of documents related to the pro- duction of Marolica in Italy during the Renaissance, She explains the importance of this material and shares with us her knowledge and expertise in that important period for ceramics in Europe. She com- pletes her lecture with slides on her re- search in Italian Majolica decormted with sexual subjects; see her article Seapors in the summer issue of Ceramic Review. This event promises to be altogether in- formative and exciting. Admussion al the door 35:00. For further information about these two presentations, contact Paul Mathieu, 604-844. 3800 ext: 2846, at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, 1399 Johnston, Granville PROJECT EMPTY BOWL February 24, 2000 The Canadian Craft Museum is hosting the second Project Empty Bowl for A Loving Spoonful on February 24, 200) and weareactively collecting donationsaf soup bowls. The Fraser Valley Potter's Guild and a potter-come-wood turner have pledged donations of portable, food-safe bowls. A Loving Spoonful is anticipating 300 guests; please do encourage all your potter friends to donate a bow! or ten tothe cause, We'dalsa love to have glass, wood, metal and even stone bowls! The Project Empty Bowl tn February 98 raised over $20,000. All procecds went to A Loving Spoonful, a charity that deliv- ers nutritious meals tothe homes of people house-bound with AIDS. The recipients of the food packages are sometimes parents whose children are also the Spoonful's clientele, Tomake this article short; Project Empty Bowl is a worthwhile cause that needs the support of the clay community. Bow! donations can be dropped off at the Gallery of BC Ceramics on Granville Is- land or A Loving Spoonful, 1300 Richard Street in Vancouver. For information call ane ae Rachelle Chinnery at 604-874-8518, ¢ Clays * Materials POTTERS SUPPLY LTO a « Glazes Serving Western Canadian * Tools Potters for the past 30 years + Seance « Wheels On Vancouver isiand see our dealers: — Isiand Pottery Supply: 250-753-1633 in Nanaimo Books Brickhouse Pottery Supply: 250-743-5839 in Cobble Hill + Videos * Magazines 9548 - 192 Street, Surrey, B.C. V4N 3R9 Phone: 604-888-3411 Fax: 604-889-4247 E-mail: greenbarm@be. sympatico.ca Intemet: www.greenbarn.com November/December 199° Potters Guild of British Columbia