) Gallery of B.C. Ceramics 1489 Cartwright 54. Granville Isiamd Vancouver BO Canada (604) 664-5645 VGH 2K? We're looking forward to a busy month of December, and thank all of you involved potters for keeping us supplied, The latest entrants to the Gallery rostrum are Jack McKitterick and Colin Fraser, and we wel- come them. The Gallery will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years’ Day. January is our in-Gallery sale month, with 10 ta 20 % off everything in the place, Notify the Manager (669- 5645) if you do not want your work to be discounted, or remove your work. We take only 30 % commission and you take 50 % commission during that sale period. The next furying of work Lo sell in our shop will take place after the entry deadline of February 15th, 1989. Afurther reminder about the Mug Show: bring in 2 to 3 pieces, labelled, priced and numbered, by January 29th at 5 pm. It's an open show, so let's spread the word! GALLERY REVIEW “Content and Context” was one of the Gallery's more visually complex shows, and the public reacted with enjoyment to it. Jerry McBride offered tasty drawings on clay slabs or three-dimensional wall pieces. Subtlely shaded faces of men, women or anthropomorphized [!) foxes gazed out from back- grounds that were accented with glaze pencil shading or drawing, touches of glaze or texturing, to create assymetric patterns of quite striking effect. Two stunning figurative pieces were life-size. one of a woman's face articulated on a clay slab, suspending a modelled wire dress with bits of the same slab glued on the dress to give the attire a decorative motif. Her second work, “Bathing Sult Armour”, was an abra- sive red glaxe with touches of colour and clay slabs topped by a snappy glazed clay bathing cap. Bill Rennie presented pieces that give a tantalizing look at his versatility. A Byzantine-inspired red “Earthenware Church” flabbergasted the viewer by its detailing, nevermind the five detachable roofs which enabled one to peek inside its inner structure. This work had accents of gold paint. In contrast was his “Skyscraper”, with its hard vertical lines, with stepped layers. which because of the detailing around the entranee, gave a sense of monumentality, Counteracling its implied ‘coldness’, he wittily put touches of pink. gold, and silver om its off-white surface. A third piece was a humorous rendition of the famous “Corn Palace”, with attendant templettes of slip-cast baby corns. Ron Sawatsky offered humorous, sometimes satiric, work. Some pieces were free-standing sculpture, while others were flatter wall pieces. -all painted with a great amount of detail by his wife, Maggie Maloney. His six and a half foot “B.C, Totem Pole” consisted of a wooden base with a metal plate, with long pins to hold the angry lumberjack , which had a foreman on his shoulders, and finally a politician, or bustness- man on his shoulders. Nearby was “Grace [Mac- Carthy] Holds the Key” and an “American Pit Bull”, both with rakish, maniacal grins revealing fluores- cent pink gums. Visitors also chuckled and admired his outdoor bas-relief scenes on his wall pieces. One, his “Lion's Gate Bridge” piece, with a painted clay seagull hovering over the traffic, elicited a lot of comment, Cherie Markiewicz GUILD PLANNING At the November Board of Directors’ meeting, a dis- cussion was commenced on future plans for the Guild. Now that the Gallery of B.C. Ceramics seems well-established, and an income for the Guild rela- tively secure, with orderly book-keeping and an office routine in place, to what good use do we put our surplus income? Money could be spent on a better place for monthly meetings. On-going projects: the Newsletter, Library, exhibitions, and awards, could have their budgets increased. We might establish a video library, organ- ize a travelling exhibition, make contributions to projects such as the Cartwright Canadian Crafts Museum, or towards enabling groups outside Van- couver to use our visiting workshop people also. Or what about a paid co-ordinator for a resurrected annual sale, or members’ discounts for Gallery pur- chases, or a larger stipend for the curator, or a fee for the organizer of a major exhibition? A kiln for Studio 5 has already been decided upon: perhaps we should add a computer and printer? And how about an annual ball? But..... What do Guild members think? Activities and projects require money, and they also require people. Do we have members out there who will share in the labours? At least, lets have your comments, sugges- tions and criticisms. Write or contact the Board of Directors, or the Editor of the Newsletter. Anne Tolmie, Secretary