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Third International Small Teapot Show

25 FEB through 27 MAR 2007

By Clive Tucker

Saddleback College

| sent two entries in for the Third International Small Teapot Competition in
California recently. Not only did | get one of the pictures on the invite postcard (see
the blue teapot top left, above) BUT | also received an honourable mention for my
teapot on said invite. Check out the virtual gallery and list of winners at:
http://gallery.saddleback.edu/shows/25F EB08/virtualshow/
http://gallery.saddleback.edu/shows/25FEBO8/winners_list.htm

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BNWCF
North-West
Ceramics
Foundation

Maureen Wright Scholarship

The Maureen Wright Scholarship
was originally set up by the North-
West Ceramics Foundation and the
Wright family to honour the self-
taught Vancouver potter, Maureen
Wright.

The North-West Ceramics Found-
ation is a charitable foundation
associated with the Potters Guild of
BC and is dedicated to educational
initiatives in the ceramic arts.

The Maureen Wright Scholarship
bursary is distributed by the NWCF
for the benefit of potters and sculptors
working in clay throughout British

Columbia and is supported by sales
and donations of mugs at mug wall
events. Ihe Maureen Wright Scholar-
ship has assisted many B.C. ceramic
artists over the years.

The scholarship will pay up
to $200 towards any short-term
educational activity. It’s easy to apply
for funding, and every self-taught
novice or established potter, sculptor
or ceramist can apply.

Please see the following web page
for application details and eligibility.

http://www.bcpotters.com/
NWCEF_Home.htm

COLUMBIA Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - April 2008

Handle Happening:
Tri City Potters

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At last month’s Tri City Potters
meeting everyone got involved in
attaching handles. ‘The Handle
Happening gave members a chance to
try out someone else’s handle method
or to test their handles on some one
else’s mug. The Tri City Potters meet
the third Wednesday of every month.
Anyone interested in joining in on the
fun, email Linda Lebrun for details,

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course in the near future? Could you use some assistance to 7
make it happen? Here is an opportunity for B.C. ceramists,
beginners or established, to apply for a grant to help defray

the costs of continuing education.

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May 3 to 19 11:00 to 5:00 Daily
5000 Genoa Bay Rd. Ph. 746-5506

Are you part of a studio

tour this summer?

Potters travel too, and we're always on the
lookout for studio tours. Send us your info
by the 15th of the month and we'll get it
into ClayLines, Contact the Editor at
editor@bcpotters.com