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Well, summer holidavs are over and it is
time to knuckle down to work again. At
our last board meeting we finalized the
commirtees and had a general discussion
about what each group will be focusing on
this year, Here is a brief overview of our
program for 93 - 99:

The Gallery committee consists of Faye
Hickey, Jane Matthews, myself and Laura
van der Linde. Our main gual chis year is wo
stimulare business by reorganizing the space
and execuang a renovarion that will
include enlarging inco the former Studio 3

space.

The Newsletter committee (Rosemary
Amon, Heather Caims, Gillian MacMillan,
Karen Opas and Frank Turco) will
continue to oversee and improve the
production of the Newsletter.

The Events committee of Rhonda Green,
Aaron Nelson and Celia Rice-Jones, will be
coordinating workshops and special social
events (like “How do they do thar?").

| These events take considerable time and
effort to organize and we appreciate the
commitment of these guild members.

The Resource Centre committee (Rhonda
Green, Celia Rice-Jones and Debra Sloan)
have agreed to spruce up the library and
meeting roam oo make ic more user-
friendly. The storage space created by the
Gallery renovation will help in this goal.

Ron Feiche is the new board liaison and
organizer for "Mace of Clay". He will be on
a steep learning curve initially, and would
welcome your support and suggestions.

Debra Sloan will look inte a possible
relocation for the Guild Studio. Frank
Turco, Dena Nabaca and Debra Sloan will
be lecking into ways of increasing our
membership, as it seems there are a
significant number of potters who are not
members. We welcome any suggestions
from you on hew to make the Guild more
relevance and attractive to new members.

Aaron Nelson will be investigating
alternative sources of funding for che Guild,
ie, public or private funding bodies.

Janet Turpin continues as our Treasurer,
und Gilliam MacMillan remains our
Secretary

And we must noc forget Linda Doherty,
who is continuing with che book
publication and has already devored an
immense amount of time to the project.
Anyone who would like co help,
parcicularly with the book sales, should
contact Jane or Linda,

These and upcoming fund-raisers should
keep us out of trouble for a while. A final
thought, [ hope all of those hordes who
ire mad about mud cur into buyers.

Ron Vallis _
Seay

North West Ceramics
Foundation

We are delighted to announce that the
Foundation has received a donation af
$10,000 for the endowment fund. The
denor wishes to remain anonymous, This
generous gift has given us a wonderful
boost and we anticipate thar once the
fund reaches $25,000 we can begin to
disburse additional scholarships through

the interest.

Work had continued throughout the
summer on our next fund-raising event
“From the Oven and the Kiln!", As
outlined in the last newslecter, several
plane decorating workshops have taken
place. Participants came with ar least
three biscuit fired plates which they
decorated using techniques demonstrated
by visiting artists. Two of the plates and,
in many cases, all three, were donated to
the Feundarion for the upcoming event.
Special thanks to Vincent Massey, Ronda
Green and the students of Eagle Harbour
Community Centre; Don Hurchinson,
June MacDonald and the sradents of
Place des Arts; Leslie Lloyd and
members of the Cariboo Porrers’ Guild
(Tam’s too madest te mention it, but he wars

the also involved, ed}; D' Arey Margesson,

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Sabrina Keskula and the students of the
RoundHouse Community Centre. A final
workshop will take place in early
September, organized by Winifred Yang of
the Richmond Potters’ Guild. Daryl
Hancock had volunteered to demonstrate
his brushwork cechaiques.

Team BC will be cooking a five course
dinner with accompanying wines in the
Grand Pacific Ballroom of the Delta
Pacific Resort and Conference Cenrre on
Friday, Seprember 25, There will be a
reception and silent auction at 6:30 PM,
followed by dinner at 7:30 PM. The
dessert will be served on the donated
plates, yours to take home. Tickets ($98)
ean be purchased at the Gallery of BC
Ceramics. Every four years, the IKA
HOEA World Culinary Olympics -che
largest and mast prestigtous cooking
competition in che world - is held in
Berlin, Germany. Here, thousands of
leading chefs from every continent gather
together and compete in a huge variety of
culinary competitions. Team BC has set
its sights on being the best regional team
in the year 2000 so thar it can be
designated the national team for che year
2004. Ticket holders can expect a
fantastic meal! The profits from the sale
of tickes will be allocated to the Potters
Guild of BC's Scholarship and Education
fund, and profics from che silent auction
will be donated to the book “Made of
Clay -che Ceramics of BC",

We are very pleased to announce that the
Jumpstart scholarship, originally a three
year commitment, will be continued for a
further period by our donor, Guidelines
for application are currently being
reviewed and any changes will be
announced in the next newslerrer.

A warm welcome is extended to Nicole
Schouela who has joined the NW'CF
board. Nicole is a Vancouver artist
working primarily in clay. Her work is
currently on display in the “Made By
Hand" show at the Canadian Craft
Museum. She has a Masters degree in
dance from Mills College, California and
is now entering her senior year at the
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design as a
Ceramics Major.

Tam Irving