World Women: On the Horizon An international juried exhibition, October 7- November 12, 2006. Baltimore Clayworks seeks submissions of functional and sculptural ceramic works by women about women, works that consider our history and our future; works exploring domesticity and daily ritual; works that reflect on what it means to be a woman, a sister, a daughter, a wife, a mother - and how that affects us as artists. What is our art about? What do women throughout the world have in common? Does that come through in our work? Is there a female aes- thetic? Are we artists or women artists? How does being a woman in modern society impact how we look at the world, our surrounds, our futures? World Women is open to women 18 and older. Work must have been completed in the past two years and be composed of more than 50% fired clay. Jurors are: Janet Mansfield, Heeseung Lee, Lydia Thompson. Deadline for entries should be postmarked June 16, 2006. For a prospectus or more information, visit www.baltimoreclayworks.org, or contact Leigh Taylor Mickelson at 410-578-1919 ext 18 or leigh.mickel- son@baltimoreclayworks.org. Archival Group Last year’s 50th Anniversary brought home just how quickly time flies and just how ephemeral the physical links to the past can be. The pots themselves may survive, but the link between potter and pot may fade from memory and be lost. Over the past year Debra Sloan has been having conversations with many people about forming a group to tackle this important historical task. Recently the group was officially launched by having its first meeting on February 10, 2006, in the Guild offices. Gisela Kaempffer has very generously donated several hundred dollars towards our initial projects. Among the intial tasks is the preservation of the documentary material we already have. We have several books of photos, many slides and 10-20 videos, and voice tapes . All of these need to be properly stored and many need to be transferred to DVD. We are looking for a slide scanner so that we can digi- tize the slide collection. We have a reasonably complete collec- tion of BC Potters going back about 20 years, but the collection is spotty for earlier copies. Maintaining and extending that valu- able collection is a project in itself. We have a small database of potters marks and chops - less than 10 records so far. But this is an important part of the ephemeral information that we would like to capture and we hope to find a way to efficiently gather it. Anyone interested in participating in the Archival Group should contact Debra at 604 736-3039 Martin Hunt Question of the Month In an effort to keep our province-wide clay community inter-connected, and to make the best use of this newsletter as a venue to share ideas, we would like to create a "Question of the Month" section in the newsletter where a relevant question is posed to you the mem- bership. Please write back with your responses so that we can exchange ideas, learn new perspectives, and support each other in our interest in ceramics. As this newsletter issue is being prepared for printing, many of you are off to the NCECA conference in Portland Oregon. For those of us who did not attend this annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference for clay enthusiasts, please share with us your answer to this month's Question. Do have any future questions you would like to propose for upcoming months? Please email us your suggestions! newsletter@bcpotters.com Question of the Month What was the most valuable tip/insight/inspiration you gained at NCECA in Portland that will directly influence your work and/or studio practice? Send us your answer! Please email your answers to: newsletter@bcpotters.com 6 Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter April 2006