Japanese Intern

As the manager of Wildrice I have been approached by an
organisation that places individuals in intern-type situa-
tions to promote cross cultural exchange/dialogue and a
developing/learning situation for the individual. In this
case it is a 26 yr old woman from Tokyo who wants to build
on some experience of pottery in Japan and increase her
English skills in order to go back & do some pottery teach-
ing in English in Japan.

She would live here completely independently, finding her
own accommodation etc. There is a need to find "work"
situations for her. These are of course unpaid and "free
labour" to whomever she works with.

We ( Wildrice) would only be in a position to make use of
her for specific projects but I thought if others in the Guild
are in a similar situation we might be able to cobble some-
thing together, including one day a week at the Gallery...

Burnaby Potters Guild has suggested that she could become
a member with them and as such use the facilities at
Shadbolt 3 days a week. I don't know if union restrictions
would preclude having a volunteer helping at the Shadbolt,
but I am exploring this option. This would happen in
October and continue for a year. What do you think? Is it
something that we or any individual wants to take on? |
don't mind remaining the primary contact. Call me asap if
you can or want to be involved or would like more infor-
mation.

Keith Rice-Jones 604 522 8803 keith@wildricestudio.com

Made of Clay Organizer wanted

Job description: booking venues, accepting and pro-
cessing applications, calculating budget (the next
show budget has already been done), organizing staff,
answering the madeofclay. email account, and a list of
small tasks that could be delegated to volunteers.

Benefits: For organizing the show: no charge for 5x5
presentet’s space, which is a great way to make work-
ing contacts with many new fellow potters, respect
and admiration of all the presenters.

If it sounds like a lot of work, keep in mind that a lot
of the hard work in figuring how to make the show
function has been done by all the volunteers before
you. And besides, I'll be here to answer any questions
you may have. If you are interested in this position or
just would like to help out, please contact me or one
of the board members. Without an administrator, we
will not have a Made of Clay event.

Jim Stamper

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Made of Clay @ The Roundhouse
Dec 3-5, 2004
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