Gallery of BC Ceramics www.bcpotters.com Brenda Beaudoin, Gallery Manager galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com 604.669.3606 || Hours 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. || Gallery Assistants Anne Moore Amanda Sittrop Jessica Gilmore-Groome (Summer Gallery Assistant) staft@bcpotters.com || Gallery Committee Maggi Kneer Sheila Morissette Pia Sillem Jinny Whitehead Celia Rice-Jones || The Gallery of BC Ceramics is a gallery by potters for potters. The Gallery coordinates and curates nine exhibitions a year (artists must apply to be juried, 2009 deadline is Sept. 17), showcases one featured artist monthly—usually an emerging artist—and sells the work of over 100 artists in the retail shop. To download and print a Gallery Jury Application, click here. 2008 Featured Artists ‘The featured artist spot provides an opportunity for one ceramic artist / PGBC member to have a small display of non-juried ceramics for sale at the gallery for the period of one month (one time only.) Artist must comply with and sign the Gallery Policy before they can be listed as a featured artist. Sign up for 2008 is complete. ‘The featured artists for this year are: ¢ June: Nathalie Strul ¢ September: Dawn Vachon ¢ July: Stephanie Simpson * October: Jackie Frioud ¢ August: Marianne Chenard ¢ November: Gabrielle Burke 2008 Gallery Exhibitions Exhibition Openings/Artists Receptions are on Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m., the first day of the exhibition. Refreshments served. June September Laura McKibbon & Group Show of Jasna Sokolovic Kootenay Artists June 7 to July 1 Sept. 6 to 29 Se Souvenir / Creating Memories July Matthew Freed July 5 to 28 Contemporary functional pottery for everyday August Holly McKeen Aug. 2 to Sept. 1 Crystals, Colour and Curves Are you attending a workshop this summer? Did you have an interesting visit to a fellow potter’s studio while travelling around or outside the province? KSA Out There: Samantha Dickie, Robin Dupont, Maggie Finlayson, Julia Gilmore, Garry Graham, Katharine Hofmann, Lise Kuhr, Sarah Lawless, David Lawson, Pamela Nagley-Stevenson, Donna Partridge, Tanis Saxby October Second Annual Vancouver Collects Oct. 4 to 27 November Meg Ida Nov. 1 to 24 New works NOTE: Summer 2008 newsletter schedule: * July 25, submission Share your experience with fellow guild members by writing about it for your newsletter! deadline July 8. For information on Gallery oe Policy, click here. * September 1, submission deadline Aug. 15. Send your stories to: editor@bcpotters.com COLUMBIA Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - June 2008 2