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President’s Message

It is hard to believe that March is already here and it is time for the Canadian Clay

Symposium. There’s a great line-up of presenters and it is guaranteed to be an inspirin:
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day. The guild will be hosting a table and we are looking forward to adding more chops

and marks to our registry, selling our new publication Seeking the Nuance, and signing up

new guild members. I'll be around and look forward to meeting as many of you as possible.

See you there!

—Jinny Whitehead

Ga | le ry N @wWS By Sharon Cohen

As I write this, Granville Island is a flurry of see what treasures will emerge! Please join us

Olympic activity, and the mood is decidedly
festive. The amazing sunny weather has helped
too; it’s party central around here! We've been
treated to hockey players on stilts, marching
bands, a daily monster parade and concerts
and music everywhere. All the events and
performances on the island have helped to
draw the crowds and, to our delight, this has
brought many tourists into the gallery, where
we do our best to convince them that they
need to take home a beautiful piece of local
ceramic art as a souvenir of their trip. The
excitement in the air is infectious. Everyone
is buzzing with Olympic spirit and swapping
animated stories of experiences and highlights.
All very upbeat and quite delightful! Business
has been pretty good, and I hope a visit to our
gallery will be one of the positive memories
the Olympic tourists take home with them.
My only disappointment is that none of my
favourite figure skaters have come in!

Thank you to all the guild members who
volunteered to come and lend a helping hand
during the Olympics. Heather McCulloch,
Lucille Webster, Elizabeth Claridge and
Beth Marshall have generously donated their
time, and we're grateful to Janet Smith, Joan
Barnett and Joan Todd who were on standby.
‘The assistance was greatly appreciated.

Once the Olympics wind down, we'll be
gearing up for our big Vancouver Collects
exhibition in March (see Dianna's article
on Page 4). Its all very exciting. There'll
be some wonderful work from the Doris
Shadbolt Collection on loan from the Morris
and Helen Belkin Gallery. I had no idea the
collection was as large and comprehensive as
it is. It’s really impressive. A special thank you
to curator Glenn Lewis who selected the pots
for us. It will be like unwrapping Christmas
presents when we have all these magnificent
pieces delivered to the gallery. I can’t wait to

for the opening on Sat., Mar. 6 at 1 p.m.
Looking a little further ahead, I hope you
all have your blue thinking caps on, and
are figuring out your submission for the
upcoming Blue and Beyond guild members
show. For details and application forms see
www. bepotters.com/Gallery/artistforms.

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Volunteer
Needed

By Jinny Whitehead

Changes to the Society Act
‘The provincial government is conducting a
review of the Society Act, under which the
PGBC operates. The purpose of the review
is to address legislative obstacles that may
prevent societies from functioning fully
and efficiently. We are being given the
opportunity to participate in this process
and I am seeking a volunteer to assist us.
I do not, at this time, know how much
involvement will be required but, at the
very least, I need someone who can follow
the process and report to the board, as
appropriate. This is something that could
affect the way in which we operate and
it is important for us to be informed.
Email me directly if you can help:
vwhitehead@shaw.ca

Gallery staff get all
“Go, Canada, Go!”
with featured artist
Carole Henshall’s
Cuddle Cups.

The gallery was looking good for our Olympic visitors.

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - March 2010