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NEWSLETTER

JANUARY 1989

ISSN 6319 812x

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Granville Island
Information Centre Theatre,
1592 Johnston St., Granville Island,
Vancouver, B.C.

AGENDA
1. Minutes of AGM, January 20, 1988

2. Annual Reports from President, Treasurer, and
olher members of the Board of Directors

3. Election of Directors

4, Questions; Discussion of current activities, future
plans, etc.

15. New Business

Billy Wittmann, and Maria Zaron.

Nominations for the open positions on the Board as
teceived from the Nominating Committee are Theota
Dancer. Tam Irving, June MacDonald, and Laurel
(McGregor. Nominations may also come from the floor
prior to the election at the AGM,

‘Tea and coffee will be served at the social period
following. Please bring a bit of snack food if you can.

Plan to attend this important meeting of your Guild!

Wednesday, January 25, 1989, at 7:30 pm.

Retiring directors are Daniel Matera, Anne Tolmie, |

NEWS ITEMS

The Potters’ Guild of B.C, ts happy to welcome Philip
Robbins as the artist-in-residence for 1989 tn the
back studio behind the Gallery of B.C. Ceramics.
Philipisa recent graduate of Emily Carr, and has been
working in clay and metal at the Harman foundary
until recently. We also wish our friend and departing
artist, Nathan Rafla, the very best forthe future, and
thank him for his thoughtful contributions to the
Guild. We hope you aren't too far away!

From the fall, several newspaper clippings have been
brought to our attention.

From the Province:
“Ceramics Donated

Philanthropist Walter Koerner has donated a $2.9
million collection of renaissance and medieval ceram-
ics to the University of B.C."

And from the Globe and Mail:

“Potter's escapist handiwork embarrasses prison
officials

A diminutive potter proved he did not have feet of clay
when he apparently smuggled himself out of a maxd-
mum-security prison near Montreal last week.

The daring escape by the Houdini-like prisoner, who
was serving a 3 to 4-year sentence for armed robbery,
has embarrassed local prison authorities... Jean
Lajeunesse, 34, ts though to have eluded prison quards
by hiding in a box that was handed over to a member
of his farniy after a visil last Thursday aftemoor. An
avid potter, the prisoner had obtained permission to
give his family a box containing some of his work made
over the years, in the the Penitentiany's arts and crajts
shop... Assistant warden Claude Chevrier of the
Archambault maximum-security penitentiary in
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines acknowledged that Mr.
Lajeunesse was an ‘astute and ingenious prisoner, I'd
give hima medal for this one; it was aveny, very smooth
escape, very Subtle’. Mr, Lajeunesse ts still at large,
but Mr. Cheurier said he is not considered temibly
dangerous.. ."(underlining Ed. }