Th er Chai

Well, another month has flown by and a
busy time ir was. Time to look up and draw
a breath before the AGM and Made of Clay.
Clay ‘98 (Our Finest Work is now over and it
looked good. Thanks to Ann Rosenberg of
the Community Arts Council of Wancouver
Gallery and her volunteers for installing our
show. A sharp installation made our finest
work look great. Thanks also to Debra
Sloan, Laura van der Linde and Jane
Marthews for cheir organizational efforts

Plans are underway for another social event
scheduled to be held Wednesday, May 27
at Capilano College in North Vancouver.
See page 6 for more details. If you are
interested in helping owt contact Ronda
Green at 921 - 9888,

John Cloutier informs me that now is the
time to appeal to potters for plates for our
second “From che Oven and the Kiln”
event, to be held in October, A tax receipt
will be issued. Money raised by this event
goes into the scholarship fund administered
by the North West Ceramics Foundation.
Although it seems that potters are
constantly asked for donations from all
quarters, it is through your generosiry thar
these initiatives are successful. If everyone
chooses a couple of events ro swpport each
year, it will not seem too onerous. It is
through these fundraising events that the
Porters’ Guild is able ro fulfill irs
educational mandate, Because of the
success of last year’s event, we have been
able to re-establish our scholarship program.
So, a plate or plates!

Foundation

Lottery for Pottery was a grear success and
we succeeded in raising over $9000 -final
accounting to be reported in the next
newsletter. A special thank you to all the -

donating artists and the many volunteers
who worked so smoothly. Thanks also co
our special guests Katherine Grecsinger
and James Barber, who emceed, and to
Ken Mayer for allowing us to store
donated pieces in his studio. We would
love to get some feed-back from those
who participated in the event.

The board will be considering the future
of Lotrery for Pottery. Can we really
expec artists co donate so frequently!
Should we consider at least paying artists
the wholesale price of their work? Might
the Lottery evencually become an
importance forum for displaying new work
to a wide audience? Should the
exhibition formar prior to che Lorrery be
extended over a longer period? These
and other issues are under review. Please
write to us if you have opinions.
Incidentally, the early bird draw for early
donations was won by Jane Wolters from
Chemainus,

A letter from Melanie Corbin abour che
unfairness of excluding part-time Gallery
of BC Ceramics staff from applying for
Foundation Scholarships has been
considered by the Board. It was agreed
thar the policy would be changed so that
part-timers can apply.

The deadline for scholarship applications
has com and gone and we have on hand
seven applicants for Jump Seart and four
for the Potrers’ Guild Scholarship. These
submissions will be juried shortly and
awards will be announced at the Potters’
Guild AGM, Priday May 1, 7 PM in the
Quarterdeck Room of the Granville
[sland Hoel.

A Maureen Wright Scholarship was
awarded to Sarah Beck to attend a
workshop on majolica given by Karen
Opas in Williams Lake.

A meeting with the head chef of the
Delta Pacific Hotel, Wolfgang Leske, has
been scheduled for April 22 in
preparation for the next “From the Oven
amd the Kiln" fundraiser. Last year we
were able to raise $3400 for the
scholarship endowment fund and support
for the Potters’ Guild Scholarship and
Educarion Fund. Seay tuned for details as
plans develop,

Tam Irving

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Letters to the Editor

[ would be most grateful if anyone could
give some informanon concerning
insurance. | have aneleceric Skuct kiln in
my basemenc studio. Many home
insurance companies don’t seem to even
want to talk to me aout insurance when
they learn this. Would potters be able to
let me know a few specific company
names that they have successfully
Purchased home insurance from, Also
knowing whac the actual underwriting
company name is would also be helpful.

Thanks from Neil Callow
(604) 583 - 1782 (Surrey)

My husband and | are ineerested in
building a wood-fired kiln. . We want it to
be small enough for two or three people
to handle comfortably, say 40 to 50 cubic
feet. The design should be fairly simple,
preferring the anagama style. Can you
put us in touch with anyone who has
experience in building a kiln like this?
We have done some studying and [ myself
have assisted in firing one a few times
over the years. We would really like to
have someone help wich the construction,
maybe this person putting on a workshop
at our home with us providing all the
materials, etc, We are involved in a
pottery club that has a few people
interested in che construction of such a
kiln.

Thank you.

Frank and ‘Wanda Costa
Comp. 21 Sire 18 B.R. 1
Sorrento, B.C. VOE 1WO
email: frvent@shuswap.net

I teach ceramics in a large secondary
school in London. [would be very
interested in making contact with potters
and/or teachers of ceramics to share ideas
and broaden awareness of che potential of
clay as an educational medium on a
world-wide basis. Have you a view on
this!

Phil Tootell

Wanstead High, Redbridge lane
Londen, Ell 2)Z ENGLAND
email: PTeol6792@acLcam