Once Again...

Members of the Potters Guild of 8C host their third annual patlery and
artist exhibition, Made in Clay.

Held again at the Performance works Building on Granville Istand,
Made in Clay '96 is setting the stage for what promises to be the
biggest year ever for allanders and exhibitors alike,

Open to the public from May 3-5, 1996, Made in Clay “96 is also
holding a retailers evant on Thursday May 2nd. This year advertising
for the show has been stepped up to include a direct mail campaign
and targeted advertising in publications and on the internet.

The 1996 show will feature a video presentation of the construction
and firing of tha Tozan Kiln in Nanaimo. This vill be accompanied by
a display of recently fired works, information on glazes for the Tozan
kiln, membership forms and ail the other things you need to give ita

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Hours: Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4: 10am - Gorn

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Studio 5 Space

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_Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C, !

The Potters Guild of B.C. offers the use of an
equipped studio on a subsidized basis toaperson
working in clay in Canada and who is al an early
stage in their Career. The space is ane of five in a
large group studio with tenure from May tstto April |
30 the following year. The 1996 monthly cost,
inciuding utilities, is $200, plus GST

Board of Potters Guild fram those applications
Ireceived at the Guild Office by March 20, 1996.

Interested persons please send at least six slides of
A current work and a typed resume to the Guild at

iThe succesful applicant will be selected by the 3

Sunday, May &: 10am - 4pm

1359 Cartwright St., Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3A7

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- Participant Jofe

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Only 2 booths and 7 tables left!!

Please note: Balance of booth fees due now!! ($294.25 - $175 deposit = $119.25 owlstanding; includes $19.25 GST)

Each booth will soon be receiving an exhibitor’s package (includes sample inventory sheet, general info, etc.), a list of the
various committee job descriptions, your booth number and floor plan, and workshift sign-up sheets and participant info
table sheets (the latter two will need to be returned asap). For further info, please call Jacqui al 254-1908.

Guild News

January has been a month of planning,
organizing, and generally developing ways
{fo consoltate our posiion and enable us to
move forward in the coming year.

The Guild had to activate the line of creat at
the and of last year in order to maintain &
positive cash flow and, although the Gallery
had record sales and a profa for 1995, the
Guild finished the year with an operating
loss. The revenues for the onganization es
a whole were overinflated in last paar's
budget to justify expenses; this led to the
double negative effect of not reaching
projected revenue and having higher
expenses than were budgeted. This year,
the Budget presented to the board Includes
a conservative projection for Guild and
Gallery revenves, and a tighter comtrol on
expenses. By maintaining much more
accurate data on a month to month basis, a
new reaperting system is being imroducad to
the board to enable this, the Guild will be in
amuch better financial postion at the end of
the coming year,

The board has officially appointed Karan
Opas as editor of our newsletter! Yeah!
Karen will be resigning fram the board to
take on thig position, | think everyone
agrees that the newsletter has improved

tramendously, Bath in layout and coment,
since Karan took it under her wing. Thank
you Karen!

Lastly, don't take your invitations and
mailouls to Kinko's to copy, bring them to
the Gulld office! A new service being offered
to members is the apperurity to do your
photocopying on the copler here for only
dq@copy (with your own paper, which can be
up to the equivalent of SOI bond paper).
Please call Jane at the Guild offica to
arrange at least one day in advance.

Gallery News

1996 is starting out in the right direction as
far as sales in the Gallery go! January
ended with a 10% increase in sales over
fast January's total, and a 24% Increase
over this month's projected revenue. Tha
fact that the Gallery remained well stocked
aven after ihe holiday rush certaivy
contmbuted to #$ success last month,
Thanks go to all Gallery anists, and to those

members who participated in Everything but “Clay Things for the Tree”

the Pudding, tor providing the Gallery with
perhaps its best selection of work seen in
recant limes, and therefore contributing to
ina best yaar aver in sales for 1995 anda
good start for ‘967

ther newsy items are that the Gallary (and
Guild) will be featured on an upcoming {I'm
not sure of the actual date!) CHEK Around!
program oon CHEK TV; we've also
tematively planned to do another featura on
Made In Clay closer to the time. Also, the
Galery has been approached by the aimor
to submit a proposal for e display in the naw
terminal - stay tuted for further details.

The exhib schedule for 1996 has bean
finalized and appears esewnera in this
issue. There are still a lew spaces available
for the non-juried feature artist display -
please call Jane far more information.

A reminder that individuals wishing to show
work in the Gallery of BC Ceramics must
submit the following fore April 15, 1996:
6 pieces of work, beography and artist
statement; ratai price ist; and, Re54$1-75
GST non-retundable jury fee.

Other jury ideas in the works inchde a
special jury for jewellery, and also one for
More details will
be provided as they are worked Gut!

Jane Matthews