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President’s Message

Happy New Year of the Dragon!

As you will have read in the recent email broadcast, there has been
a stafling change in the Gallery of BC Ceramics.

Please join me in welcoming Brenda Beaudoin as our new manager
of the gallery commencing this month. Many of you will remember
that Brenda worked with us previously, so I'm sure it won't take her
long to settle back in.

The NCECA conference will never be closer than this year in
Seattle, March 28 to 31. 1 hope lots of our members will be able
to attend. Please drop by our B.C. table in the resource hall, where
we will be promoting B.C. potters and events such as the Canadian
Clay Symposium and Fired Up. If you are holding a special clay
event this year or next, we would be happy to display informational
material. Also, we hope to see everyone at the Fraker Scott Gallery on

Thursday, March 29 for the BC-in-a-Box/FiredUp! joint exhibition
reception. More NCECA information can be found on Page 8.

We are still looking for volunteers to join the PGBC board of
directors. This is not justa one way street of giving. It isan opportunity
for volunteers to help shape the future of our organization. While we
hope you will share your skills, energy and commitment, you will
be rewarded with an opportunity to learn new skills, acquire new
knowledge, and work with people who share similar values. Please
think about it, and contact me by Feb. 12 if you want to contribute
to the future. This will give me enough time to include your name

in the notice for the AGM, taking place in March. @

—Jinny Whitehead

Gallery News

It’s hard to believe that 2011 is over and
2012 is well under way. December was a very
successful month in the gallery, allowing us
go out on a high. Talk about going out with
a bang! It has been a privilege to be able to
represent the wonderful artists in our gallery,
and your work is at the heart of our success.
We benefitted from some very fortunate
high profile and strategic advertising. Virgin
Radio ran a feature on the gallery just before
Christmas, and, through the Granville Island
“Spice” advertising campaign, the gallery was
featured on the exterior of Translink buses,
The city was treated to a vision of Junichi
Tanaka's puffer fish teapot gliding by on the
side of downtown busses!

Speaking of successes, it is a pleasure to
acknowledge the top five sellers in the gallery
for 2011: Darrel Hancock, Junichi Tanaka,
Mary Fox, Karel Peeters and Penny Birnam.
Rounding out the top ten are Bruce Nyeste,
Keith Rice-Jones, Geoff Searle, Dan Severance
and Wayne Ngan. Congratulations to all of
you, and we hope 2012 brings similar success.

The year ahead promises some wonderful
exhibitions and exciting new featured artists.
Two of our exhibitions will be open to all
guild members, so we're hoping for maximum
participation. The greater the number of
contributors, the more fun it is, and, of course,
the gallery then gets to showcase an impressive
depth of work and endless variety. Our first
retail jury for the year comes up on March 5,

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Valentine’s Day never looked so good—framed hearts by Keith and Celia Rice-Jones.

so it’s time to prepare your submission. If youd
like to apply to have your work sold in the
gallery on a permanent, ongoing basis, please
look over the details for submission which
can be found at: http://www.bcpotters.com/
forms/2010_Gallery_Jury_Application.pdf

Christmas is just behind us, and Valentine’s
Day is just round the corner. For the special
someone in your life, consider the gorgeous
framed Valentine hearts by Keith and Celia

Rice-Jones. The hearts are a limited edition and
made with love! They seem doubly romantic
because they're made together by a husband
and wife team—just perfect! We hope to see
you in the Gallery in the next month. Nothing
brightens a winter day more than seeing the
outstanding creative work made by our B.C.
potters!

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Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - February 2012

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