VANCOUVER ISLAND NEWS LETTER

There is no news of great strides having been made in any direction
whatever, summer being an unambitious scason. Speaking for myself,
the tourist influx Liked the stone-ware pottery and I have had a number
of people back who were here last year. I must admit though that our
property attracts them too; the house is log and will be 100 years old
in November,

We put up a sign made in ceramic, saying simply, "POTS", This is
directly behind the name Weld on our driveway. Several visitors
wore confused as to whom they were meeting .,. Mr. Pots and

Mrs Wold... ?

The Sannich Arts and Crafts exhibition carlicr in the summor was
excellent. Mrs Buck demonstrated throwing on the wheel and had a
good crowd round her; Xenneth Bloomfield's large, garden-type, clay
sculpture was very strong and yct had an appealing whimsical quality.
Nr. Bloomficld is teaching in Duncan at l.re Peggy Hagar's hous:
during Coptember, and we hope will continue for longer.

In the middle of September we had the Cowichan Exhibition. This,
I believe, has the largest arts and crafts section of any show cn
the Island and the attendance runs around cleven to thirtcen thousand.

I made three identical (7) stoneware bowls with lids to show the

stages through groenware, bisque and glazed, with explanatory cards.
Last year we had a big entry in ceramics, but many were bought molds,
only finished by the exhibitor, which makes judging difficult as they
were all in the same class as thrown and handmade pleces.

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NEWD ETSEWHERF

An important announcement has just boen released by the National
Gallory of Canada, They are organizing a large exhibition of crafts
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which will be national in scope. This is new for Canada. There has
never been a national exhibition of all the crafts before. Miss Norah
McCullough is organizing this exhibition which should ensure an
excellent and representative choice. Miss h.cCullougch will travel
across Canada to seek the best work from Canadian craftsmen,
between now and the New Year, Wiss McCullough is visiting our area
to make a selection. This selection will then be sent to the National
Gallery in January and February, 1966 for final choice. This
exhibition will be shown in Ottawa and will then travel across
Canada. In all it will entail » period of two years. This will be a
milestone in the progress of Canadian crafts.

Mr, Moncrieff Willamson, Director, Confedcration Art Gallery, will
also be organizing a more selective craft oxhibition for exhibiting in
the Centennial year, 1957 at EXPO '67.

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Mrs L_arjory Feimann has left for about a month to visit various places
in 2urope - with pottery visits squeezed in here and there, we hove.
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/ group of very interesting ceramics was shown this year at the ower
Fraser Valley Fair held at Cloverdale. They have an active potters’
guild in the Valley which ensures a lively show. Rex Calhoon won t1c
best pot in the show, Irene Berchtenbreiter, formerly potting in Los
Angeles, and now living in Cloverdale, showed some very original

low reliefs and tile work.
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come western potters won prizes at the Exposition Internationale -
Musee Ariana Geneve: Luke Lindoe of Medicine Hat, Alta, won a
silver medal and Jack Sures of .egina won an honourable mention.

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2d Drahanchuk of Calgary has just had 2 one-man show of his pottery
at the Canadian Guild of Potters shop in Toronto,

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