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Gallery of B.C. Caramics

1359 Carteright Se. Grrmile sand
Vanco, BC. Canada

(ood) 669-5045 VGH SRT

GALLERY REPORT

The past year has been a profitable
one, but our actual sales were down
from 1989 by 4%, The projected
revennues were higher than actual,
sinee back in April we were optimis-
tic that 1989 sales would be re-
peated, but we did manage to hold
expenditures to budget.

Many thanks to Lea Price for her
considerable contributions to the
Gallery's operation this past fall
The change from Exhibitions to
Featured Artists in the Gallery has
worked well, and with 70 potters
currently selling in the Gallery, we
look forward to the coming year.

Coralie Triance, Manager

Scheduled feature shows include
Laurle Rolland. a Sheridan gradu-
ate and a relatively recent from On-
tarto. Laurie will be featured Febru-
ary 4th-24th.

Maureen Wright
Feb. 26th -Mar. 17th

Jim Thornsbury
“Still Lives” Mar. 19th—April 7th

ARTIST STATEMENT

For this work I have used art histori-
eal references. Specifically, 12th
Century religious art and the art of
the early Americas, to develop a
personal vocabulary. In the past
people were more certain about the
origins of life and humankind's
destiny. Artists could deal with read-
lly accepted concepts of human
existence,

Today, in the absence of a shared
system of beliefs, there must be
invention. I seek to explore symbols
that reflect a traditional yet contem-
porary altitude to human existence.

The actual making process is very
much Uke putting a puzzle together.
Different parts are extruded, thrown
or handbuilt and then assembled.
The decorative process is similar in
that different images are juxtaposed
leaving the viewer to assemble a
Ineariing.

Laurie Rolland

ASIAN CERAMICS

WORKSHOPS

Conducted by potter and collectar
Jean Fahrni with Asian Studies
Curator Paula Swart, the series will
take place in the “Treasures from
Asia” gallery, Participants will handle
and inspect early Asian ceramics
and Jearn about the history and
techniques of manufacture. Each
workshop includes a lecture an the
art historical aspects and a hands-
on experience with the ceramics.

Early Asian Ceramics

Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm
Lecture introduces the Hongkong
Bank—Jean MacKay Fahrni Col-
lection; workshop focuses on the
development of early Asian ceram-
ics from neolithic earthenwares to
porcelaincous stonewares of the
Yuan dynasty (1260-1368).

Celadon Wares

Tuesday, March 12, 7:30pm
Workshop will focus on the green
wares of the Song and Yuan dy-
nasty, known as celadon wares.

Blue and White Wares

Tuesday, March 26, 7:30pm
Workshop will focus on the develop-
ment of the Blue and White wares
from the Yuan dynasty to the early
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), with a
strong emphasis on the Ming dy-
nasty (1368-1644) wares. Jean
Fahmi and Ms. Swart will point out
some of the popular decorative pat-
terns and discuss the influence on
the Chinese Blue and White wares
on the ceramic art of Asta.

Each workshop limited to 15
participants. For information or
to register, please call the Van-
couver Museum Public Programs
at 736-4431, local 232.

LIBRARY REPORT

The January 16th work party was a
sucecss, thanks te Rom Tribe, Rose-
mary Amon, Elsa Schamis and
friend. The Bradish ceramic library
donation was catalogued and en-
tered into the Guild library, and the
periodical collection checked. A
number of these publications are
missing, with no record of who may
have borrowed them. They are ex-
pensive to replace, and so if any of
you have copies you are willing to
part with, please check the following
list.

Studio Potter: Vol16, No.l: Vol.15,
No.2: Vol. 14, No, 1: and Vol.11, No.2,

Ceramic Reviews Nos. 107,110, and
121.

Ceramics Monthly: Feb. 84, June-
Aug. ‘85, Dec. ‘87, Feb., April, Jume-
August, September, and December,
986, and Feb., March, and June-
August, 1989.

Several issues of Fustionand Contact
are also missing. Please let us know
if you've any copies available.

February, 1991