GALLERY NEWS

GALLERY SALES

Sales for the month of May were down
both from our projection and from last
year's totals by about 5%. Cumulatively,
sales in May had a negative impact on our
revenues 10 date, recording a 2.4% de-
crease from last year’s sales,

I would like to thank those artists whe
have brought in some great new work to
the Gallery. lencourage these whe haven't
topped up their stock for the summer to
callthe Gallery to determine what is needed
ind to set up a delivery time. New work
has been delivered recently by: Georgina
Brandon, Jacqui Berglund, Alison
Feargrieve, Mary Fox, Susan Hirst, Cathi
Jefferson, Lynne Johneon, Jay MacLennan,
and Fredi Rahn, De stop by to see these
new p 1eces,

THANKS VOLUNTEERS

‘The Potters Guild of BC is very fortunate
to have Sheila Morrisette and Cynthia
Dong volunteer their services on a regular
basis. Sheila does a wonderful job prepar-
ing the food for our exhibit openings, and
her time, effort and willingness to pitch in
are sincerely appreciated. Cynthia has mi-
grated across the street to ws from the
Crafts Association of BC and now helps
both organizations with various adminis-
trative tasks. Thank you both.

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibiting in the Gallery until July [st is
Gordon Hutchens* work titled Comfrasts:
the rustic and refined intertwined.
Gordon's pottery has attracted a lor of
interest, both from fellow potters and the
public. It is wonderful to have his work in
the Gallery after about an cight-year gap!

The feature artist for June is Miriam Arpeste
of Vancouver, She is showing a series of
reku mirrors for display and sale, although
she does many other types of pottery.
Stephanie Craig is featured in August.

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
On July 3 Laurie Rolland of Sechelt, Sun-
shine Coast, will be opening her exhibit
Traces; the reception will be held from
2:00-4:00 PM that afternoon. Please see

her article beginning on page I. Next is
Deb Taylor from Nanaima who will be

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exhibiting some new work incorporating
hercurved designs in dad Mow For Some-
thing Completely Different. It apens Sat-
urday August 7 and continwes to Septem-
ber 2.

SEMI-ANNUAL GUILD
EXHIBITIONS: FEEDBACK

The newly formed Gallery Committee,
with Celia Rice-Jones joining Ron Vallis
amd me, in the process of addressing the
continuation of the open Guild semi-an-
nual themed exhibitrons. In recent issues
of the newsletter, we have discussed that
these have not been successful either in
terms of member participation orrevenue.
One letter received in support of continu-
ing the open exhibits has given the Gallery
Committee some food for thought, [t was
suggested that the Guild share more infor-
mation about how the Gallery operates on
a day-to-day basis, In future issues, we
will include some snapshots of the Gal-
lery, staff, displays'layout and exhibits so
that members whe live outside the irme-
diate area can get a visual sense of who we
are and what we do. In the September issue
will be details about how to send in your
work and what other information is needed,
The intent is to demystify the process. The
next open exhibit Stems & Steins, a dis-
play of wine goblets and beer steins, is
scheduled for December 1999.

Jane Matthews

General Manager

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
FOR MEMBERS

MADE OF CLAY CHRISTMAS
EXHIBITION AND SALE
November 18 - 21

Application deadline Monday July 12

FROM THE OVEN AND KILN
Friday October 29
Submit your name and ideas

by Tuesday July 20
Preceding the fundraising dinner, the Delta
Pacific Resort Hotel has offered theirlobby
to all Guild members for a pre-Christmas
exhibition and sale. For more information
contact Debra Stoan 604-736-3029 of Jane
Matthews f04-669-456-45,

Powers Guild of British Columbia

TRACES

LAURIE ROLLAND

July 3 - August 5 1999

mee? Me artist at fhe opening
Saturday July 3
POO - 16200

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Vancouver, BC VeH SRT
604-669-5645
open daily We30- 17:30

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il MUCH MORE!

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