MEETING

Our meeting take place on Wednesday tre 18°" of June at 1359 Cartwright St.
Starting time is, as usual, 7:00. This is an important brief meeting to pass the
changes in the constitution and will be the potters last farewell] til September.

We want to thank Daniel Materna for his very informative demonstration on decoration,
Daniel impresses the firm clay pots with stamps and a variety of tools, pizza cutter,
bolts, serrated metal, etc., then covers the pot with an iron oxide slip. This is
allowed to dry then scraped of with a rasp & rib to reveal his design. Sometimes
he sprays another colour over using a stencil to black off some areas. Daniel
recommends an airbrush from Spain that is unexpensive and very high quality.

GALLERY —]

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Ten months has passed {nce the Gallery opened last August. Ouring this time the
Gallery has been successfully managed by a very keen and capable temporary staff
and myself.

Soon we are getting one of three full-time staff members for the Gallery with the
assistance of a government grant. That means some of our excellent temporary staff
have to go and I will certainly miss them. With their support the Gallery has made
considerable progress, and we have received lots of media attention, newspapers,
magazines, TV and radio. This has stirred much interest and excitement fn the
Ceramic art scene.

During this summer there will be no regular exhibitions with opening nights, but
I will be featuring one or two artists for two weeks periods. The fall shows start
in the middle of September with Sam hwan and Jane Williams.

Featured this summer will be: May 26 - June 8 Melissa Searcy
June 9 - June 22 Cherie Markiewicz
June 22 = July 6 Roger Stribley
July 7 = July 20 Terry Ryals
July 21 = Aug. 3 OPEN
Aug. 3 - Aug. 10 Margaret McClelland
Aug. 11 = Aug. 17 [Invitational Show

Aug. 18 - Aug. 31 Pat Webber
Sept 1 - Sept. 14 Hiro 77?

Sales are improving. We have no comparison to make with last year, but certainly
we are doing well. Let's hope we can do even better

Hira Urakami

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