- the profound changes to the gallery. With these changes, the board's focus has been on structure: survival strategies, This year we must concentrate on pulling together the whole Guild and several initiatives have already begun, - A new committees has been struck for programs and includes previous considerations of exhibitions and workshops as well as the new component - outreach. Rosemary Amon has agreed to Serve as a member at large on this committee wilh a special interest in outreach, This is a great exarnple of some one unable to make commitment to full board involvement but wanting to volunteer some involvement in an area they feel is important or can make a contribution. Thanks, Rosemary. - In an initial attempt to move focus from the lower mainland, each board member is now a contact person for a particular area in the province. (See map prepared by Carol). Dialogue is two way, so we would like to have an area contact representative. - Planning is already going ahead for next years Made in Clay. - Renovations have begun in the Guild office to make it more practical, efficient and very much more comfortable and user friandly for all Guild members to visit and spend time there. {It is now Aon-smoking. } - Considerations are under way for a 1/2 yearly meeting (so it doesn't all have to be bottled up for the AGM) which would have more of @ social Dias (but with a potting focus) Any suggestions? - On June 18, the board is planning a full day "retreat" with the aim of formulating coherent, 1 year, 5 year and 10 year plans for the Guild. Please get hold of your area board member or write into the office with your Guild wish list, concerns and practical suggestions. Bearing in mind that “you can't please all the people all the time’, yes, the board will make decisions: & is why they were elected, However, the board was elected by you and you must join the dialogue. You must make your voice heard (not just complain, but suggest, offer help and do your bit for your Guild.) To sum up, | hope this year will be one of coming together with a real sense of cooperation, to make the Guild an exciting and vital organization to which we can all feel proud to belong. - Keith Rice Jones, Chair Person Gallery News The Gallery of BC Ceramics \ reeoat jure’ ortots deanna Boriss= Alison Fasraries 2 uses both and slab builder te jk 1 ai eartinenware pieces which are Jecnraiwe, axtes avid animated. Alison handbuilds one-of-a-kind teapo en & sugar sets, and also functional everyday earthenware | ne sets ait designed to have a personality and imply a physical or emotione! interaction between each piece Alison's earthenware is intended to be fun to use and celebrates the moment of use. Anita Wong uses @ terra cotta colored clay, which she has dug and developed, for her illustrative and folk inspired tonco-shaped bowls. Welcome to the Gallery! Thank you to the eleven members who brought in their flower pots for"PLANTERS PARADISE". Over 50 pots showcasing an incredible variety of designs were displayed - faces peeked through the overflowing greenery of a few, surface decoration (either sgraffite or applied) created a design eemant on some, and the classical simplicity of form was the subtle key component of others. Visitors to the Gallery were attracted by the display (the terra cotta clay showed well against the blue wall) and approametely @ third of the pieces were purchased for summer planting! The Gallery is currently preparing for the arnval of ELAINE BREWER-WHITE’s exhibit "SMILES OF THE ENRAPTURED* {June 1 - July 16, 1995), a show of new figurative sculpture which explores the private moments of solitude when an individual becomes “enraptured” with the positive patential of a particular situation. The opening reception will be hald Saturday, June ard (2:30 - 4:30) and will feature special live entertainment. SIMON HO's featured work received a very positive reaction from the public during the month of May. Thanks Simon fer bringing such exceptional pieces to the Gallery!) SUE KAVANAGH will be featured in the Gallery throughout June, Upcoming shows include YUKIO YAMAMOTO in August, possibly a 10 year anniversary show in September, and the WEST COAST CLAY SCULPTORS' ASSOCIATION's juried show “METAMORPH®.) ~ SCULPTURE OF THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX" for © “te; od feature artists during this time include Maggi k..--. 1) Augus od Darlene Naime in October. ADVANCE NOTICE: this years Christmas exhibit will be in December with a theme along the lines of preciousness, treasures, the extraordinary rather than the ordinary. By next manth we should have a specific title far the sho’) but wanted to ensure @l| members had as much notificath: . os possible ta Cieate these special pieces! lf you have any questions please call hin “tthe Gallery. Jane Matinews Guild News Earlier this year we completed the first inventory of pots on hand that anyone on the board can remember having taken place in racent Gallery history. Somewhat to the surprise of everyone this revealed that $10, 329.00 retail worth of pots were missing or damaged. This means that Gallery artist revenues were missing the commissions owing on the missing or damaged pots. To deal with the problem, we have adopted the policy of paving for known new loss or breakage in the month of discovery. We have san determined to pay au artists for missing or damaged work identified in the inventory by the end of this operating year. To further reduce such expense, we will relocate the sales desk next to the Gallery entrance to ensure that all customers must pass by the desk on entrance and exit. We are also planning to place work that is regularly stolen behind and above the new sales desk location to restrict accass to the work, Additionally, we are investigating an electronic security system to determine whether ac a a a ey