The Potters Guild of B.C. NEWSLETTER

ig published 10 times a year a6 a service to the Membership. Sub- nussions are welcome. and should be In the Gulld office by the last Friday of the month. Material may be edited for publication.

Managing Editor: Jan Kidnie, Editorial Committees: Bob

Kingsmill, Laurel McGregor, Hiro Urakami, Nathan RBafla. Anne Fleetham.

Mailing: Rosemary Amon, Jobst — Frohberg (lists), Savita Kshatrija, | Gilllan McMillan and Terry Salmote.

Desktop Publishing by CFH Lid. Printed by The Printing House,

Advertising rates: $75.00 full page: $40.00 half page: $25.00 quarter page: business card $15.00; classified $5.00 for 3 lines; additional lines $2.00 each. All ads mist be prepaid.

The Potters Guild of B.C. mem- bership is $20,00-individuals, $30.0-greups, January to De- cember, See application form else- where in this issue.

Board of Directors: Tam [rving- President, D'Arcy Margesson-Vice President, Kathryn Youngs— Treas- urer, June MacDonald-Secretary, Heather Chapman, Bob Kingsmill, Carol Klasen, Elwin Lowe, Dona Nabata, Nathan Rafla, Elsa

Schamis, Laura Taylor.

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| GALLERY JURYING

The next submission date for furying ir the Gallery will be mid-April. Applicants are requested to bring six pieces of their work, or slides, if the former is impos- sible, and a fyped blography,'c.v., to the Guild office, More information to follow in February.

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chased a computer which will moniter sales and inventory. The new equipment will be installed shortly, The Gallery was improved with a new cash and wrap desk, acditional Wghting and roll-out drawers for extra storage space. Coralie and her assistants have greatly improved display standards by creating more open ane less cluttered spaces.

Workshops: The Guild organized in collaboration with the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, three very successful weekend workshops: Richard Notkin in January, Anne Hirondelle in March and Akio Takamon in Ovtober.

Studie 5: Friederike Rahn was the resident artiat in Studio 5. We are pleased that she made such good use of the space and we welcome Sarah Coote aa 199 1's resident.

Newsletter: Jan Kidnie continued her excellent work with Lhe Newsletter anc has improved the graphic layout. We bact some lively letlers to the editor about the possibility of a name change for the organization. The debate remains Inconchasive lo dale, and we're sill open to discussion om the subject

Future Plans: The Board met in November for an informal no-agenda session to exchange ideas about future possibilities. A number of areas for consideration were identified:

1. We would like to make a clearer separation between the retail and exhibition areas of the Gallery. We hope to discuss internal re-organization with an architect. Our ultimate pipe dream is to have facilities which inchode space for relating, gallery, library, office, meeting and workshops.

2. Fresh ideas for the Newsletter include: Feature articles on members and their work; a technical corner: and cartoons. Jan meeds a more active publications committee to provide assistance,

3, Exhibitions: it was agreed that the next exhibition should have a more distinct curatorial point of view. A number of ideas were put forward.

4. In view of the relatively low attendance at meetings, consideration will be given to increasing the number of workshops which seem to stimulate more interest.

Finally, | would like to encourage members to become more active in thelr organization. We would weloame articles for the Newsletter, letters to the Editor, ideas for workshops and any other suggestions.

A happy ancl prosperous New Year to all!

Tam [ndng, Presicert.

As detailed in the December Newsletter, two workshops are upcoming. Hank Morrow at the Burnaby Art Centre on the January 19 & 20 weekend, and Paul Mathieu at ECCAD in February. Contact Burnaby Art Centre for the first. and see registration form on p. 5 for the latter.

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January, 1981