Our thanks this time to all those who
participated in our busy Made of Clay
weekend. Particular thanks are due to Ron
Feicht who has done an outstanding job of

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Thanks also to the Raku team, Ronda
Green, Ande Axelrod, Ronna Ander,
Andrea Richmond, Dona Nahata, Debra
Sloan and especially Frank Turce who at
one point during the Sunday moming
monsoon was up to his ankles in water,
Frank and Debra were alone for nvost of
Sunday. Thanks again to Dave Dobie of
Greenbarn for the donation of clay. Every-
one's efforts are greatly appreciated.

There was a fairly good turncut of mem-
bers for our AGM, which was short and
sweet. Cur Potters Guild Education Schol-
arship was awarded to Denean Chadsey
who is a sentor student at Robert Bateman
Secondary School in Abbotsford. Denean's
work showed a remarkable achievernent
for a young person and we hope she will
have a bright future in the arts. Congratu-
lations Denean! Thanks to Les and
Maureen Beardsley forshowing their slides
and videos and telling us their story of

curated ones with a focus on a single
theme, These shows could also be sent to
other small public galleries around the
Province. This approach relieves us of the
pressure and expense of organizing larger
shows for other institutions when we do
not always know that we will get suffi-
cient response to our call for entry,

Once our Gallery renovation is complete
we will have a first class space for small
exhibits, perfect for ceramics, The new
areca Will be more visually separated from
the shop than it is now and will be a fine
litle gallery. Qur mandate as an organiza-
tion is te promote ceramics in British
Columbia and to show the best work cre-
ated in the Prowines. We feel our exhibit
space is a good place to do precisely this
and particularly because we as ceramic
artists will have total control of what hap-
pens and not be at the mercy of other
institutions,

organizing Made of Clay: he has earned a building the Tozan kiln, Ron Vailis
well-deserved cans before embarking on [T want to follow up briefly on what Jane President
eur fall sale, Customer tumout for this Matthews had to say in her column last
year's show was lowerthan estimated but month about open theme shows in the
those that came were t(reatedtoavery good = Gallery of BC Ceramics, We are rethink- TABLE OF CONTENTS
shew: T think it was the best overall work ing this idea, and discussing our Options
yet. [ will get on my hobbyhorse again to for the future because these shows have Gordon Hutchens I
ia | T would like tO Bee individual potters yet been successful in attracting enough — | Corner Chair 2
prominently identify themselves andor participation. Individual artists are increas- Guild News 4
their studios. People can buy anonymous — ingly requesting toshow inthe Gallery and Ciallery New 4
crafts just about anywhere but am con- — gemand for one-person shows is growing. ai iebiciy
vinced buyers, especially the elusive non "This is all very good but we would still like Profiles: Rachelle Chinnery 5
tourist local client, place ahighervalueon tm have organized group exhibitions, We | Made of Clay Exhibition & Sale §
@ personal connection with the artist. are thinking that instead of open shows we Made of Clay Book Sales 6
sould have occasional small juried or Membership News 7
Call for Entries 8
GUILD NEWS Closure at U of Alberta F
Around the Province News 9
GUILD OFFICE Out of the Province News 9
The office and meeting room are slowly being transformed as a result of Shawn Klein's Esther Shimazu workshop i0
planning, perseverance and elbow grease, Our new office assistant has been busy this | New Kiln Opening 10
last month making sense of chaos, and she is winning! As the meeting roomresource Techno Tips a
aren is organized, we can then focus on the office itself, which involves moving the copier wy
cut and moving in a second desk. The library will be housed in a ‘new’ bookcase, orkshops I
courtesy of Mudslinger Clay Studios. We also adopted two other bookcases; we could Summer Schools ll
only have done this with the serendipitous chance of Keith and Celia Rice-Jones Far Sale iz
dropping by at the nght time with their traileremply afler unloading their booth at Made Rinses foe Sade 12
of Clay. The other shelving will be put to good use in the office: soon we may be able
to see the entire carpet again! Employment 12
Please see MADE OF CLAY BOOK SALES page 6 and TOO GOOD FOR THE — | Board of Directors 12
SHARD PILE page & Newsletter Submissions 12

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