The Potters Guild of B.C.
NEWSLETTER

ig published 10 times a year a6 a
service to the Membership. Sub-
nussions are welcome. and should
be In the Gulld office by the last
Friday of the month. Material may
be edited for publication.

Managing Editor: Jan Kidnie,
Editorial Committees: Bob

Kingsmill, Laurel McGregor, Hiro
Urakami, Nathan RBafla. Anne
Fleetham.

Mailing: Rosemary Amon, Jobst —
Frohberg (lists), Savita Kshatrija, |
Gilllan McMillan and Terry
Salmote.

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The Potters Guild of B.C. mem-
bership is $20,00-individuals,
$30.0-greups, January to De-
cember, See application form else-
where in this issue.

Board of Directors: Tam [rving-
President, D'Arcy Margesson-Vice
President, Kathryn Youngs— Treas-
urer, June MacDonald-Secretary,
Heather Chapman, Bob Kingsmill,
Carol Klasen, Elwin Lowe, Dona
Nabata, Nathan Rafla, Elsa

Schamis, Laura Taylor.

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| GALLERY JURYING

The next submission date for furying ir
the Gallery will be mid-April. Applicants
are requested to bring six pieces of their
work, or slides, if the former is impos-
sible, and a fyped blography,'c.v., to the
Guild office, More information to follow
in February.

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chased a computer which will moniter sales and inventory. The new equipment
will be installed shortly, The Gallery was improved with a new cash and wrap
desk, acditional Wghting and roll-out drawers for extra storage space. Coralie
and her assistants have greatly improved display standards by creating more
open ane less cluttered spaces.

Workshops: The Guild organized in collaboration with the Emily Carr College
of Art and Design, three very successful weekend workshops: Richard Notkin
in January, Anne Hirondelle in March and Akio Takamon in Ovtober.

Studie 5: Friederike Rahn was the resident artiat in Studio 5. We are pleased
that she made such good use of the space and we welcome Sarah Coote aa
199 1's resident.

Newsletter: Jan Kidnie continued her excellent work with Lhe Newsletter anc
has improved the graphic layout. We bact some lively letlers to the editor about
the possibility of a name change for the organization. The debate remains
Inconchasive lo dale, and we're sill open to discussion om the subject

Future Plans: The Board met in November for an informal no-agenda session to
exchange ideas about future possibilities. A number of areas for consideration were
identified:

1. We would like to make a clearer separation between the retail and exhibition
areas of the Gallery. We hope to discuss internal re-organization with an
architect. Our ultimate pipe dream is to have facilities which inchode space
for relating, gallery, library, office, meeting and workshops.

2. Fresh ideas for the Newsletter include: Feature articles on members and
their work; a technical corner: and cartoons. Jan meeds a more active
publications committee to provide assistance,

3, Exhibitions: it was agreed that the next exhibition should have a more
distinct curatorial point of view. A number of ideas were put forward.

4. In view of the relatively low attendance at meetings, consideration will be
given to increasing the number of workshops which seem to stimulate more
interest.

Finally, | would like to encourage members to become more active in thelr
organization. We would weloame articles for the Newsletter, letters to the Editor,
ideas for workshops and any other suggestions.

A happy ancl prosperous New Year to all!

Tam [ndng,
Presicert.

As detailed in the December Newsletter, two workshops are upcoming.
Hank Morrow at the Burnaby Art Centre on the January 19 & 20
weekend, and Paul Mathieu at ECCAD in February. Contact
Burnaby Art Centre for the first. and see registration form on p. 5
for the latter.

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January, 1981