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The Ice Skater, by Lilach Lotan of
Nanaimo received a 2008 NICHE Finalist
nomination in the Ceramics: Wheel-
thrown Category.

Are you taking part in a

Studio tour this summer?
Potters take holidays too, and we're always
on the lookout for studio tours. Send us
your info by the 15th of the month and
we'll get it into ClayLines. Contact the
Editor at editor@bcpotters.com

Niche Awards

NICHE Magazine announced the
winners of the 2008 NICHE Awards
competition on Feb. 17, 2008, during
the Buyers Market of American Craft.
The NICHE Award is open to any
craft artist who is actively involved
in the design and production of
craftwork supplied to galleries and
craft stores. It can be a good option
for artists wanting to get their work
into the U.S. wholesale craft market.
‘Two B.C. artists won honours at this
year’s awards:
¢ Judy Weeden of Saltspring Island

won in the Ceramics: Hand-Built

category for her Pilgrim Jar (see
cover photo.)

Lilach Lotan’s The Ice Skater

received a Finalist nomination

in the Ceramics: Wheel-thrown

Category, and her Driving Teapot

received a Finalist nomination in

the Home Furnishings: Teapots
category.
For more information see:
www.americancraft.com/NICHE_
Awards/introduction_page.html

First Thursday:

Artist Talk by Sally Michener
June 5 at the Surrey Art Gallery

The Surrey Art Gallery Association is presenting an illustrated talk
by artist Sally Michener on Thurs., June 5, 7:30 p.m. at the Surrey Art
Gallery. Sally will focus on her experiences during a trip to China in 2007.
Highlights include being one of ten Canadian ceramic artists who did a
month-long residency to create permanent artworks for the opening of the
Canadian Ceramic Museum (www.ccca.ca), located in the Fuping Pottery
Art Village. Michener also did a residency in the city of Jingdezhan, which
has long been known as the ‘capital of porcelain.’

There will be time for questions and conversation after the talk. The
event concludes by 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome and admission is free.
Refreshments are provided. This event is presented in partnership with the
Surrey Art Gallery, and with support from the Arts Council of Surrey.

‘The Surrey Art Gallery is located at 13750 - 88 Avenue, one block east

of King George Hwy. @

Hungary Dog

Dog Figurine Supersized, by Debra
Sloan; 20” tall by 24” long, 11” depth,
2007. Solid build with extensive hollow-
ing, coloured slips and colemonite
wash, cone 3, based on a Staffordshire
figurine.

One of Debra Sloan’s large ceramic
dogs has been selected for the
“International Triennial of the Silicate
Arts - Symbolic and Narrative,” an
exhibition in Kecskemet, Hungary.
‘The premise of the show is “... To
give scope to the industrial and
artistic application of new materials
and technologies, encouraging the
widening of directions in the 21st
century in the silicate arts.” The jury
was: Aage Birk, Denmark; Monika
Gass, Germany; Janet Mansfield,
Australia; Imre Schrammel, Hungary;
and Janos Probstner, Hungary.
Seventy-one pieces in clay, porcelain,
glass, or cement, were selected. ‘The
show runs from May-June 2008. For
more info see: http://www.kitsa.org

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May 3 to 19 11:00 to 5:00 Daily
5000 Genoa Bay Rd. Ph. 746-5506
Duncan, Vancouver Island

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