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Arrowsmith Potters Guild is happy to
announce thac Sarurday, November 14/98
saw the Ciitcial Grand Opening of cheir
new P.O.T.S. (Parksville Old Train
Station) Pottery Gallery.

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The Gallery was opened co che music of
Highland Pipes & Drums. Our Mayor,
Julia MacDonald officiated by curting a red
nikbon. Other local dignitaries included
Councillor Jon Walters, Geoff Corbett of
the local rowrism association and members
of the Parksville Chamber of Commerce
and Downtown Improvement Association.
Many members of the Arrowsmith Potters
Guild were also there for the festivities and
to cheer the opening of their new store.

This is anocher big step in the renovation
of our local CPR, Station which had lain
dormant for several years and is now able
ro take on a whole new life as a place for
eeople to meet to further cheir artistic
journey bur also to give a whole new
meaning to travel by train. The passengers
now have a warm place co sit down, but
also someone to greet them and help where
itis needed. The POTS Gallery is open
every day from 10am-3pm.

Cariboo Potters Guild November
newsletter reported chat Debra Broaseuk
and Lesley Lloyd atrended the Poeters
Guild of BC's fundraising dinner in
September, delivering the plates donated
by che Cariboo Potters Guild members.

The Guild has approached the Community
Arts Council about having their insurance
cover our kiln, with che Guild paying for
additional insurance fees. Debra Brosseuk
will represent the Guild ar these meetings.

Their Novernber meeting will include a
demonstration by Barb Bugg.

The Guild Christmas Show and Sale will be
held on November 7th in conjunction with
the Art Society and the Weaver's Guild.
The Guild takes a 20% commission to fund
equipment purchases and Guild activities.

The Medieval Market is on Novernber 21
& 22. The Guild has reserved 2 booths at
this evenc.

At the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Galleria in Burnaby, an exhibit entitled
Ceramic 5 opens November 27th and runs
until February 7th. The five young,
emerging artists are: Sharon Kallis, Sabrina
Keskula, Jay MacLennan, Aaron Nelson,
and Alison Perey. These artists use pottery
ag an investigation of gesture through clay -
relationships between volume and fluidiry,
shape and colour.

The Fraser Vallery Potters Guild
newsletter includes a wonderful article by
member Harmeny Vissers about che first
firing of fellow member Audrey's new wood
kiln. Eighteen people (members and
spouses) built and subsequently fired 90
pots in seven hours to cone 10-

Connie Glover, a member of both che
Fraser Valley Potters Guild and the BC
Porers Guild, has been chosen te do a
major installation of a mural of her design
depicting an inner tidal zone (“Slice of
Seashore”}. The mural will be 42 feet high
and 9 feet wide, soda fired to cone 8, and
will be mounted on an exterior elevator
shaft, located at one end of a courtyard in a
new building in Richmond. There will be a
stairwell wrapped around the elevator, so as
people ascend or descend, they will see the
mural up close. Congratulations Connie!

Joan Bruneau, the new instructor at
ECLAD, was the guest speaker at their last
meeting. Joan showed slides of her work
which is primarily earthenware, thrown,
altered or assembled, decorated with lots of
slips on primarily functional pots with a
number of more sculptural pieces included
as well. Joan also gave an idea of the
pottery scene in Nova Scotia as she
currently maincains a studio there. She
had a slide of che heritage building chat
houses her studioyhome and of her display
area. Many thanks Joan for a lock inte
your ideas of form, design and their
integration in lively and useful pots.

And in the November issue of their
newsletter, which was just received in the -
mail, the Fraser Valley Potters Guild had
Rachelle Chinnery as guest speaker ar their
last meeting. Rachelle's coil buile/altered
pots, fired once to cone 3-5 can be seen at
the Gallery of BC Ceramics unul December
Ind. Rachelle doesn’t use glazes, but likes
ro use oxides and other finishes that keep
people wondering what she did.

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ice to all membs

This month's newsletter comes with an
invitation to three events. We hope you
¢an participate in all of them.

The first és for the Launching of "Made of
Clay" on Thursday December 10th at
7pm. Plans are still being made, but there
will be wine, food, and media - in general a
party. Of course we'll also have BOOKS.
You'll be able oo plek up your pre-ordered
copies and buy more for all your friends. A
free directory will be given with every book.
[é this isn’t reason enough to come out,
Sugar and Spice - little extras for the
holiday table opens at the same time and
place. It all happens at the Gallery of BC
Ceramics on Granville Island. Dress - like
a celebrity.

The follewing Thursday the Porters Guild
of BC holds its Christmas Gathering at
Mudslingers. Ronda Green has planned
an exciting evening for us all to enjoy. We
will be entertained by Solo Flamenco
Guitarist Jamie Clark and a Mystery Santa.
Bring your favorite dish for the pot luck
buffet, and your favorite beverage. [f you
don't like paper plates, bring your own.
The handmade gift exchange is optional so
if you would like to participate please bring
a wrapped gift with a value of around
$10.(pots are good) Dress - like a potter.

Letter to the Membership II

I wonder how many potters there really are
in BC. If we have roughly 350 members, |
bet there are at least 200 unjoined! In the
last newsletter [ listed numbers and groups.
I missed out the Kootenay School of the
Arts with 38 students and 4 clay
instructors. Thank you Pamela Nagley
Stevenson and my apologies. And Dianne
Wilson called for the Fraser Valley Guild.
They have $5 members at the end of
October, and go up to about 90 members
when all che dues are paid - not many of
these members are individual members of
the Potters Guild of BC (PGBC). The
West Coast Clay Sculptors Association has
berween 35 - 45 members of whom 9 are
PGBC members (1 know cuz I'm the
membership chair!}, Juse chink - if a
majority of the regional groups’ members
joined the PGBC, we would be ar lease 100
stronger. And then, just chink, of all those
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