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A_RAKU WORKSHOP by Dave Toresdahl will be heldMay 21st-24% at Marjorie
Powell's place in White Rock. Handcraft House is mailing notices soon.
Fee for the four days is $45.00.

SHAWNIGAN SUMMER SCHOOL of the ARTS will include a pottery class by
Wayne Ngan, “July 27m to Aug. 278 at St. Michael's University School in
~- Victoria. Write to the Registrar, Shawnigan Summer School of the Arts,

3307 Denman Place, 1733 Comox St. Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1P6 or phone
681-6812.

WANTED: Assorted Pottery for new arts and crafts centre at the Mall
Book Bazaar, 850 Granville St., between the Orpheum and Capitol Thea-
tres. Contact Cherie Smith at 685-6321 during the day or days and
evenings at 922-1089.

LIBRARY: We have a number of interesting new books in our Guild Library
which are very much in demand. If you can't return them at the meeting

please mail them to Frances Fraser, 4316 Capilano Rd. North Vancouver ,

B.C. V7R 437. Others are waiting to borrow them. Our most recent addit-
ions are:

CREATIVE CERAMICS Ryu Naguma

CHINESE STONEWARE GLAZES Joseph Grebanier

SHOJI HAMADA, a POTTER'S WAY and WORK Susan Peterson

RAKU - C.Tyler and R. Hirsch

NEW CERAMICS E. Leawenstein and E. Cooper
GLAZES FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS Herbert H. Sanders

POTTERY ON THE wHEEL Elspeth S. Woody ©

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Steven Smolker

KILN BUILOING with SPACE AGE MATERIALS Frank A. Colson

CERAMIC REVIEW, copies of a pottery magazine from England.

BUDGET: When Barbara Beach brought down her budget at the March execu-
tive meeting we were rather surprised to find that we are going to he
very low on funds before September. In early 1975 the Guild was faced
with a reduced income (no Hycroft Sale in 1974) and escalating expenses.
We held a special meeting recently to discuss the budget and reluctantly
decided that we must increase our membership fees.

As of September, when memberships are due again, the new fee structure
will be: $10.00 for members in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, $7.00
for other areas in 6.C., $5.00 for students and $10.00 for group member-
ships.

Printing and mailing costs are our higgest single expense. In the past
year members fees have not covered the cost of printing and mailing the
Newsletter and the Western Potter. The last issue of the Western Potter
cost $619.00 for printing alone. Fred Owen, the editor of the Western
Potter, is trying to come up with cheaper printing rates as we hope to
put out four issues a year.

We feel it is very important to maintain the annual juried show, the
travelling show, workshops and additions to keep our library up to date.
We feel it is these things that make the Guild worthwhile and are reluc-
tant to curtail any of them. It was suggested that we make Hycroft Sale
a two-day event. Come to the meeting and let us know your feelings in
this matter.

Lately we have potters coming and going in this area: Kathleen Hamilton
has moved from Richmond to Sardis. Don Hutchinsanplans to move
soon. A potter from Russia, Galena Pischemitckhya, has recently setti-
ed in Vancouver and is looking forward to becoming part of the potting
community here. She is an Art School graduate and has done production
work in a pottery in Russia.

RUTH MEECHAN has finally got a studio set up in her daughter's basement
in Vancouver and Hiro must have got inspired on his recent trip to Japan
as he is now working at Tansar Crafts. Hiro has a number of beautiful

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