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Gallery of BC
Ceramics

www.galleryofbcceramics.com

Representing the best
of BC Ceramics

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Interim Gallery Manager
Laura Carey
galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com
604.669.3606
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Gallery Hours as of May 1:

10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Gallery Assistants
Amanda Sittrop (Ast. Mgr.), Carito Ho,
Sasha Krieger, Samantha Knopp

staff@bcpotters.com

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Exhibition Committee:
Jinny Whitehead, Sheila Morissette,
Maggie Kneer, Denise Jeffrey,
Celia & Keith Rice-Jones
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The Gallery of BC Ceramics is

a Zallery by potters for potters.

i The Gallery coordinates and curates

several exhibitions a year.

@ Every month we showcase an artist,
usually someone just starting

his or her career.

& We also sell the work of more
than 100 artists in the retail shop.
Artists must apply to be juried;
there are three deadlines annually.
To download and print a Gallery
Jury Application, click here.
For information on Gallery

Policy, click here.

2013 Gallery Exhibition

February 7 to March 4

Evocativa Curiosa

Debbie Cheung, Diane Espiritu, Darcy
Greiner, Leon Popik, David Robison and
Clive Tucker. Opening Reception: Thursday,
Feb. 7, 5 to 7 p.m.

March 7 to April 1
PGBC Members “Dish it Up”
Opening Reception: Thursday, Mar. 7,

5 to 7 p.m.

April 4 to 29

Excellence in Graduating Student
Work from Kwantlen Polytechnic
University

David Lloyd and
Reception: Thursday, Apr. 4, 5 to 7 p.m.

students.

Opening

May 2 to June 3

Around the World in 80 Plates

Maggi Kneer. Opening Reception: Thursday,
May 2, 5 to7 p.m.

June 6 to July 1

Shoes
Shelley
Thursday, June 6, 5 to 7 p.m.

Holmes. Opening

Reception:

Deadlines

Gallery Retail juries

Tentative dates for drop off of new work
to be juried next year are the first weeks of
March, June and September. Exact dates
will be confirmed in January 2013.

Exhibition juries

This is a reminder to members that
you can now apply for an exhibition at
the Gallery of BC Ceramics at any time
during the year.

For more specific information on either
jury, please refer to the Guild website www.
bepotters.com/Guild/. Select “Forms
/Get a Form,” which will take you to a
page with forms. For the gallery, select
“Gallery Jury Application,” and for
exhibitions, select “Exhibition Jury
Application.” The direct link is:

www.bcpotters.com/Guild/forms.php

July 4 to 29
Junichi Tanaka
Opening Reception:

Thursday, July 4,

5 to 7 p.m.

August 1 to September 2
Group Show: Gallery Staff Picks

Representing the Best of BC Ceramics.

September 5 to 30

PGBC Retrospective

Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept. 5,
5 to 7 p.m.

October 3 to November 4
Vancouver Collects:
Collector David Carlin
Thursday,

Opening Reception: Oct. 3,

5 to 7 p.m.

November 7 to 25

Shoerealism

Kinichi Shigeno. Opening Reception:
‘Thursday, Nov. 7,5 to 7 p.m.

Face lift -
donations requested!

The Gallery is getting a face lift in
January 2013! We will be taking the
time to spruce up the space by repairing
and repainting all the plinths in order to
showcase your work as best we can. If you
have any of the following supplies that
you are no longer using, please consider
donating them to be used in the gallery.
We are accepting:

* Clean, usable paint trays and paint tray
liners

* Clean, usable paint rollers and roller

handles

* Nylon or other synthetic _ bristle

paintbrushes
* Sanding sponges , blocks, or sandpaper
¢ Aprons (plastic, fabric, etc)

As always, your support and donations
are greatly appreciated!

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