pe firing for adults and children as a means of raising funds for Made In Clay. We will have a raffle or some other way to physically draw people into the Gallery. | will be needing a few volunteers to help with crowd contra! so, if anyone is interested please call. Lastly, | wanted to let all entrants to the Flower Pot Contest know that I will be choosing « selection of the non-winning entries to have on display in the Gallery for the month of May, Depending on the time- frame of Source International, it may also be possible to have the winning pots in the Gallery for a period of time. The show will be advertised as consisting of entries to a design contest and will be another opportunity for the selected artists (not necessarily juried Gallery artists) to gain exposure and recognition for their work. Jane Matthews GUILD NEWS The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design presented the Guild with a selection of prototype designs for all Guild and Gallery printed materials this month. The designs were created by the senior graphics design class at the Institute. An impressive array of materials was presented. After two showings, the board has selected new designs for Guild/Gallery stationary; » new format for the newsletter layout; a design for packaging in the Gallery and a conceptual layout for refacing the front of the Gallery, Over the next few months we will begin to use these new formats. Many thanks to all the students who submitted work, We were unable to decide on an acceptable new format for the Gallery brochure from the group submitted, The task of redesigning this brochure has been picked up by Linds Doherty. Revisions to the Gallery and Jury rules and guidelines are included in this newsletter, All artists interested in showing in the Gallery please note that the spring jury will convene as soon after April 15, 1995 as can be arranged. All submissions to the spring jury must be in the Guild office before closing on April 16, 1996. We are aleo now advertising the Studio 5 annual competition. Any one interested in the Studio 5 space should review the information included in the newsletter and insure that their applications arrive on time. A quote for thought. "[We...know that an artist's supreme work is not the one in best accord with any tradition - nor even his most complete and "finished" work - but his most personal work, the one from which he has stripped all that is not his very own, and in which his style reaches its climax.” Andre Malraux in The Voices of Silence. dan Krueger BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS The following people have been nominated for the Board of Directors of the Potters Guild of B.C. John A. Cloutier. Currently President, Burnaby Potters Guild. "From an early age, | was surrounded by many art forms and had the opportunity to try different media," says Cloutier. Born in 1947, he is the son of artist S. Paul Cloutier who worked in oils, watercolours, acrylica and three-dimensional art. John Cloutier worked in the silk-screening shop in the family 6 basement as a boy and later experimented with acrylics and enamels, returning to the University of Regina m 1970 to learn more painting. “I discovered the ceramics department and was captivated by the smell of clay, It made me relax and feel comfortable. Ceramic art has been my preferred medium ever since." Fay Hickey: My eleven year background in retail development and commercial property Management has provided extensive business experience. This experience provided the knowledge that allowed me to contribute to the recent re-design of the Gallery by planning the space to reflect both gallery and retail environment. 1 welcomed the opportunity to use my skills in a way that creatively contributes to the