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Saturday, May 3, 2008
10 acm. -4 p.m

4397 West 2 Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.

Don’t forget your boxes or cloth bags to carry your pots home!

Emily Carr Institute:

Ceramic Auction Great Success
By Leon Popik

MP WHISTLER POTTERY CLUB PRESENTS

RAKU + NAKED RAKU + HORSEHAIR RAKU
FIRING AND DEMO we with Kay Austen
a nr a ~) ak This year’s Emily Carr Ceramic Department annual auction / fundraiser
; was held March 7, 2008 and was a great success. The auction was well
attended by many ceramic artists and other members of the arts community
who helped raise over $2,000. Funds will go towards sending students to
the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference,
as well as bringing in visiting artists for workshops and lectures.

One of the most positive things coming out of this event was the
experience students gained. It takes a lot of organization and time from
many students to put together an event like this. The whole arts community
benefits: ceramic professionals see what is going on within the school,

and students get to meet experienced artists, share information and make

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Whistler RAKU: Contact Laurie Maccallum
604.935.0540, lauriemaccallum@yahoo.ca

ArtsConnect’s
OTH Annual
STUDIO TOUR

April 12 and 13+ Free!

Port Moody's vital and diverse

arts community will be opening

its doors to the public for the 9th

Annual Studio Tour:

* 50 artists; paint, clay, ceramic,
stone, mixed media, wood,

valuable connections.

‘The ceramics department would like to thank all of those who con-
tributed work, our sponsors Greenbarn and the Mad Potter, and all of those
who attended and purchased work. We hope to see all of you next year.

If you would like to be informed of future events from the ECI ceramics
department please send your email address to: ceramics@eciad.ca

photography, fibre, and metal
* 19 venues
Opening Reception / Preview:
Fri., April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at
the Old Mill Boathouse, 2715
Esplanande (by Rocky Point Park)
Studio Tour: 12-p.m. on both
Sat., April 12 & Sun., April 13
The TriCity Potters have a venue
to show the work of six of their
members, with two other potters
opening their home studios also.
Venue map @ at the Port Moody
Arts Centre, the Port Moody Library,
other participating venues and

Survey says...

Thank you to the almost 80 members who responded to our online survey
last month! We found that a majority of you read the newsletter cover-to-
cover, and that the guild is valued most for the connection it provides to
our provincial clay community. About the newsletter, members want to see:

* personal stories about other guild members/potters

* photos of pots

* technical and “how to” articles, including fixing kilns

* information about ceramic events, calls for submission, educational/
residency programs throughout the province

¢ small business advice

On Guild membership, you want:

* events and exhibition opportunities, particularly those outside of the
lower mainland

¢ learning opportunities

online at: www.artsconnect.ca

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COLUMBIA Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - April 2008