POTTERS
GUILD

of BRITISH

COLUMBIA
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NEWSLETTER

~ bc potters

June 2004 Volume 40 No. 6

The BC Potters
Guild turns 50 in
2005!!!

PLEASE READ! THIS IS FOR EVERY MEMBER IN THE GUILD!

There will be events from April to October 2005, all over the Province. Exhibitions, sym-
posiums, studio tours, sales, articles, catalogues, and historical displays are all in the plan-
ning stages.

Keith Rice Jones, Heather Cairns, Suzy Birstein, Rona Hatherall, Maggi Kneer, Karen
Opas, Debra Sloan, and Jinny Whitehead. are the committee in the lower Mainland and
invite anyone to join in and assist us.

These are some of the plans already afoot:

A large BC Potters Guild Exhibition, "Making History" is in the works. The date will be
spring or summer 2005, and venue the is pending. This exhibition will include a variety
of displays, and themes: historical, juried, and invitational. All guild members will be
asked to send in a page, regarding their own work, with photos and statements or bios.
These will be made into several book binders and called; "NOW, WE ARE FIFTY". They
will be a part of the Exhibition, and will be kept as an archival snapshot of the BCPG at
50.

Arrowsmith Potters Guild are expanding their Bi-Annual Clay Symposium featuring BC
potters’ expertise, to be hosted on Vancouver Island. Planning is already underway
including buses to and from the ferry, billets and of course our 50th Birthday Party! The
AGM may also be held at this time.

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