Table of Contents Forever Egypt 1 President's Report 2 Thanks 1 Gallery Report 3 Alison Britton Lecture 3 Paul Davies Workshops 4 Japanese Intern 5 Made of Clay Report 5 Sheila Morissette 6 BC Art Teachers Conference 7 2005 Pottery Events Catalogue 7 BC in a Box Call for Entries 8 Howard Kottler in Tacoma 9 Call for Member Info 10 Top Hat Kiln 11 Proyecto Arte Del Fuego 12 Tozan Kiln News 13 Parksville “50th” Plans 13 Techno-tip 14 Announcements 15 Sa Ikebana display at the Gallery of B Ceramics, Canada Day, July 1, 2004. Photo courtesey Deb Taylor President's Message In response to comments and suggestions from the members regarding work- shops, the Board is pleased to announce a new initiative to benefit the member- ship. Our intent is twofold: to facilitate learning opportunities for our members and the pottery community in general; and to set aside any profits realized from workshops to establish a professional development fund for Guild members. For our first initiative, the Board has entered into an agreement with the Shadbolt Centre and the North West Ceramic Foundation to bring renowned Australian potter, Paul Davis, to British Columbia. The Guild and the Shadbolt Centre is jointly funding a two-day workshop, from which any profits will be set aside to establish the professional development fund. The Shadbolt is also put- ting on a wood-firing workshop. The North West Ceramic Foundation has agreed to sponsor an evening lecture at Emily Carr as part of their lecture series, and we are presently exploring the possibility of Paul conducting a workshop on Vancouver Island or in the interior. The professional development fund is to be administered by the Board and our first disbursement will be a 10% rebate to guild members who register for the Paul Davis wood-firing workshop to be held the week of February 16th. Upon completion of the workshop, Guild members who attend are invited to forward a copy of their fee receipt to the Guild and they will receive a cheque for 10% of the workshop fee (pre-tax). This is an exciting opportunity for members -- it is not often we can meet with a potter from as far away as Australia! Look further in the newsletter for more information. Sign up early! Sadly for the Board, we will be losing a valued member. Joan Conklin is resign- ing from the Board because of personal commitments. Joan has worked tireless- ly to reach out to the membership, establish a membership database and produce that most valuable document, the Guild Directory! I don't know about you, but my copy is always by the phone and very dog-eared. I think I can speak for everyone when I say thank you Joan for your hard work and contribution to the Guild. If you have any queries regarding membership issues, send them to member- ship@bcpotters.com. Jinny Whitehead \ Va Thank you to all those who contributed to the fire relief fund on behalf of all the potters at Fifth and Yukon studios. Thanks also to those who gave their time to dividing the money up among the people in the building. We are grateful for the rapid response that the clay community had for us when we were in need. It shows the strength that we have as a clay community and will continue to have. We'll keep you posted of the future of the building. Tanis Saxby N A Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter September 2004