Craft Year 2007

Canada has a spectacular contemporary
craft culture and a long history of craft
practices. You might be surprised to know
that there are more than 22,000 profes-
sional craftspeople currently working in
Canada, producing work that is worth
more than $700 million (exporting about
$100 million) each year.

Craft Year 2007 Année des metiers d’art is
a nation-wide celebration of professional
Canadian Craft. It will be a fantastic year-
long festival of events exploring Canada's
craft culture in all its diversity and creativ-
ity. Exhibitions, forums, seminars, publi-
cations, web sites, exchanges and other
ventures are being planned to enchant,
engage and educate Canadians about craft
practice as a unique cultural activity.

British Columbia's Celebration of Craft:
Did you know that BC has cities with the
highest per capita of artists in Canada so
we are literally a "hot bed" of artistic cre-
ativity? In partnership with the
Roundhouse Community Centre and
local craft guilds and associations, the
Crafts Association of BC (CABC) is
pleased to announce Celebrating
Excellence within Diversity --
Contemporary Craft in BC as its main
project to celebrate Craft Year 2007
Année des metiers d'art, September 9 -
26, 2007. This exhibition will take place
at the Roundhouse Community Centre in
Vancouver with a juried show of exempla-
ty work by BC contemporary craft mak-
ets. This show will represent a range of
mediums and diversity of traditions/cul-
tures along with demonstrations, public
participation, workshops and seminars. A
call for entry and other program details
will be sent in January 2007.

We hope this exhibition will be a catalyst
and springboard for other events and pro-
grams around the province of BC and
throughout the year. We encourage every-
one to take part and get involved in this
project and/or create one for your local
craft association, museum, gallery or
library. As a coordinating organization to
promote the development and apprecia-
tion of all craft disciplines in the province,
CABC will disseminate and promote
events/programs related to the Year of
Craft at the provincial and national levels.

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www.whereifellinlovegallery.com

A chance to participate in
"The Biggest-Ever Exhibition In The World”
The Cup & Saucer Exhibition July 14 to 31 2007.

Where I Fell in Love Gallery in England is inviting all the potters and
ceramists around the world to send us 1 cup and saucer to organise the biggest
ever exhibition in the world. Who knows we may receive 40,000 pieces in the
next 15 months. Or maybe even more...

Open to all potters and ceramicists all around the World
The cup and saucer have to be hand-made by you from clay (not mass

The piece does not have to be functional
The deadline for receiving the piece is 14th June 2007
We need your name, address including country, telephone no. and

An artist statement in not more than 30 words in English

Unsigned or unstamped pieces must come with a certificate of authen-
Prizes up to £500 will be awarded to the best three cups and saucers in the

We will photograph each piece as it arrives and it will be put on our website
immediately. If you do not see your piece on the website within three weeks of
sending, please contact us. We hope this inspires you. So start potting and
have fun. We are open for receiving pieces as from today. The gallery is a
secure site and fully insured. We will return any unsold pieces, following the
close of the exhibition. We hold no responsibility for breakages in the post.

The Shambles, Market Place, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AG

Bruno & Fiona

For those of you planning 2007 pro-
grams/events, here is an opportunity to
connect your local program or festival
with a national celebration of craft.

The Potters Guild of BC is working close-
ly with the CABC to promote this cele-
bration of craft. To include your program
information in Year of Craft 2007 please
send it to me at vwhitehead@shaw.ca .
By chanelling the information through
the Guild, we can create and promote a
concurrent "ceramics program of events”
for 2007

Jinny Whitehead

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

Otto Wichman vase.

June 2006