President’s Message

With this month’s newsletter, we are sending the annual report for 2006. If you take a few minutes to glance at it, you will notice that guild revenues were lower than anticipated and we had to rely on the gallery to keep us in the black. This year we have to find an extra $9,000 to cover the rent increase, visitor numbers to Granville Island continue to drop, so the guild cannot afford to go below budget again.

There were two main reasons for our deficit last year — long delays in renewing memberships and difficulties 1n collecting advertising money. At the recent AGM we made a move to resolve the first problem by agreeing to establish a fixed membership-year, commencing in September. You will receive more information about how this will affect you in the near future. The procedures to collect advertising money were adjusted to deal with the second problem.

Unfortunately, these measures take time to kick in so, 1n order to fill the gap, the Board has decided to hold a “seconds” sale (probably at Lougheed Mall.) We haven’t fixed the date as yet, but I wanted to get the message out to you so that you could start to collect some seconds for that event. They shouldn’t be cracked or chipped — but simply be work that didn’t meet your expectations. More info about this event will come later on.

Thosewho were unable to attend the AGM misseda great presentation by Gillian McMillan and Eric Metcalfe on their collaborattve work. They stepped in at the last minute for Carol who was unable to make it on Sunday. Isn’t it nice to feel that warm sun our faces?

Jinny Whitehead

VANCOUVER COLLECTS: September 14 - 30

I’m proud to announce the first-ever Collector’s Exhibition at the gallery. I wanted to do something new and exciting to celebrate the Year of the Craft at the gallery. Vancouver Collects will be an exhibition featuring works selected by Scott Watson, director and curator of the Belkin Art Gallery and a professor in the department of art history, visual Art and theory at UBC. Showcased in this exhibition will be works from Bernard Leach, John Reeves, and Wayne Ngan, among others.

Brenda Beaudoin

Project Empty Bowl

In Support of A Loving Spoonful

Coming June 14th at the Pacific Palisades Hotel. If you have a piece of art that you would be willing to donate to Loving Spoonful for sale at this event, please contact Catherine Ewing at 604.669.4397.

For information about ticket for the event check the website:

www.alovingspoonful.org or phone at the above number. a

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Gallery News

We welcome and wish success to our newly juried retail artists at the gallery: Heather Dahl, Lise Kuhr, Allysha Hurd and Sarah Lawless.

Important Cheque information

As of June 2007, gallery cheque formats will change in order to comply with the new CPA regulations that go into effect July 1, 2007.

What does this mean to your

All cheques issued prior to May 31, 2007 must be deposited and/or cashed before June 30, 2007. After this date, any cheques presented to the bank on the format prior to May 31, 2007 will be rejected and returned with a “non-compliant” cheque fee. We thank you for your assistance in making this format change over smooth and trouble free.

CMHC leasing changes to Granville Island.

As many of you ate aware, the gallery’s rent has increased substantially this year and it’s only going to keep increasing at a dramatic rate. CMHC stated at their recent leasing meeting, held on Thursday, April 26 that the corporation wants to see leasing rates on Granville Island equivalent to the market rates of Kitsilano and Robson St. This, of course, is devastating news for many artists, co-op studios and non-profit organizations on Granville Island. Our current lease expires Dec. 31, 2008, we sincerely hope there is

a future for us on Granville Island. | Brenda Beaudoin

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