President's Report Continued BED AND BREAKFAST NETWORK On a personal level, a few of us are members of the USA Studio Potters B&B Network. We've had people stay here, and have stayed with others on travels. We had some great visits staying with potters in New Zealand. It’s brilliant! Wouldn't it be great if we could get that going for ourselves. Now that we have our directory, including B&B information will be simple. In order to participate, you would have to be a member of the BC Guild and have some sort of accommoda- tion to offer which does not have to be fancy. In return, you could phone up fellow potters on your BC travels, and request a brief stopover with them. Shared interest and immediate dia- logue over a bite of food. Now that’s real dialogue. All contacts through Keith Rice-Jones, he can be contacted on either 604-522-8803 or via e-mail to keith@wildricestudio.com News from Washington Potters Association This group was part of the recent Guild to Guild discussions. Our cousins are actually closer to Vancouver than many of our own groups. A couple of items from them : @ They are having a juried show of members’ work at the Northwest Craft Center in Seattle Center for the month of June. Opening night is June 4th 6:00-9:00. ® Quite a few of their members are part of the Studio Potter's Bed & Breakfast exchange and would be willing to put up members of our Guild. See www-washingtonpotters.org Our Guild is affiliated with the Studio Potter so individual members can register for the B&B exchange at: www.studiopotter.org Looking a little further south, NCECA will be in Portland in 2006. Keith Rice-Jones, President 7 Linda Lebrun challenged Darrel Hancock for the most pots donated. Penny Birnam's Zebra drew the highest price with 2 pieces of Keith Rice-Jones follow- ing close behind. It was very inspiring to see the many boxes arrive at the Shadbolt Centre during the Symposium. Donations came from: Maggi Kneer, Linda Lebrun, Rona Hatherall, Jackie White, Judy Weeden, Jan Too Good for the Shard Pile Sale - Thanks to: Darrel Hancock, Sharon Reay, Vincent Massey, Penny Birnam, Keith Rice-Jones, Celia RiceJones, Lin Richardson, Debra Sloan, Elizabeth Claridge, Jeanne Hungar (Meadow Creek Pottery), Merle Box Pottery, Pia Sillem, Jinny Whitehead, Joan Barnet, Markian Kyba, Keith Lehman, Linda Reedman, Gillian McMillan, Sue Griese and Carolyn Howard (Ghost River Pottery Alberta). It wasa little difficult to get help to man aN the table as busy schedules put time at a premium. A very special thanks to Sharon Reay for coming every day, Linda Lebrun staying longer than planned and Keith and Celia for filling a large gap of time Al Sather, a potential new member, sat in and was amazed at the variety of work. Jeanne Sarich, Joan Conklin, and Pia and Jinny all gave of their time. Sorry if I missed any- Linda Doherty Wee Joan Conklin, Heather Cairns, : J Gallery of BC Ceramics News - Lots of Thanks! Thanks to everyone (over 70 pot- ters!) who in one day responded and donated pieces for the fire relief auction for the 5th and Yukon studios. Together we raised over $4000.00 at the Symposium! This month, Sheila Morissette gracefully steps down as exhibi- tion caterer. Sheila has been pur- chasing, preparing and serving the food at our openings for over 6 years! The gallery is very grate- ful for her help and support of the exhibiting artists. We wel- come Shari Nelson, who has kindly offered to step up to the punch bowl. Our BCIT volunteer, Jennifer Fowlow, has completed her work term, but you may see her friend- ly face or hear her voice on the telephone. She has been of great assistance and we look forward to her ongoing help. Dale Delansen has left the gallery to pursue her field of social work, and we wish her all the best in her endeavours. Heather Cairns will be helping out on Saturdays, and we look forward to her cheerful help! Thanks this month go to Don Jung, our communications board member who also doubles as our computer technical support at the gallery. He's installed new software for us and has spent many hours pulling the gallery systems together! And while I’m at it, one of the unsung heroes that I notice is Ronna Ander. She comes in dili- gently every month, updates the membership database, finds the strange returned addresses, reminds everyone of their dues, helps me with jury eligibility and generally keeps the newsletter in the flow, labeled, stamped and ready for stuffing. Bravo, Ronna, it wouldn't be the same without your assistance! WHEW! So there you have it, a few of the many heroes and hero- ines that cross my path. Please join us this month for Element, an exhibition in con- junction with Asian Heritage Month. Priscilla Chan, Mas Funo, Jung-Hong Kim, Sam Kwan and Sandra Ramos com- bine their efforts for a fabulous show. Tamara Ruge, Gallery Manager May 2004 Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter