January 2005

Attention all BCPG Members!
Call for submissions!

Bowls! Teapots! Vases!

To celebrate the 50th anniversary, the Gallery of BC Ceramics
is featuring a display wall to showcase 50 items. There will be
50 display spaces for ceramic items. The initial display will be
in March 2005 and is the Gallery Manager's exhibition, which
Keith Rice-Jones is co-coordinating. Past Gallery Managers’
(including Hiro, Coralee, Jane, Kimcha and myself) have
selected 50 artists who will be invited to feature their work.

In addition, the gallery wants to feature a year-long display, let-
ting visitors from all over the world know that the BC Potters
Guild is celebrating 50 years as a non-profit society. Very few
gtoups can claim being organized for that long, especially a
medium like clay where everyone is tucked into islands, the
interior and garage studios throughout the province!

In the months after the March Manager's show, the shelves will
be used for ALL members to celebrate the diversity and quali-
ty of ceramics made in this province. There will be 3 shows
lasting for 3 months. We will feature single items that can be
displayed, and your creative opportunity to interpret these ves-
sels as you wish! The first show is in April, so you have time
to recover from the holiday bustle and get those hands wet
again.

Happy New Year!
What an exciting year it will be for the BC Potters Guild in celebrating your 50th Anniversary. |
am thrilled to be here at the gallery as the Interim Gallery Manager: coordinating exciting exhibitions, spe-

cial programming and the continued growth of the gallery. I am fortunate to have a fabulous team of gallery
assistants and I look forward to collaborating with guild members throughout this upcoming year.

1955-2005
Potters Guild of British Columbia
Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence
April, May & June - bowls
July, August & September - teapots
October, November & December - vases

As with the mug wall, the ‘50th Anniversary display wall’ is
open to juried and non-juried artists. If you are not juried in,
please make an appointment to drop off and the limit of items
submitted is three. Ensure that your pieces are free of cracks
and sharp edges, without kiln shelf debris and made with food-
safe glazes (or marked ‘not for food’). If you are juried in,
please send us a few more of the above items during those
times, and we will keep the shelves replenished in addition to
your usual display in the gallery.

Congratulations on turning 50! Let's tell the world! In 2004,
we shipped over $ 50,000 worth of ceramics. I often reflect
that we must give future archeologists something to ponder...
so bring in your bowls, teapots and vases and the gallery will
be happy to send them to good homes worldwide and in your
neighbourhood!

-Tamara

Brenda Beaudoin

Who's Working in the Gallery?

Tamara is now on matemity leave. Her interim replace-
ment as Gallery Manager is Brenda Beaudoin.
(galleryofbcceramics@ bcpotters.com)

Brenda is assisted by (who else) the Gallery Assistants
who are:

Gallery Office Assistant: Jennifer Fowlow, (staff@bcpot-
ters.com)

Gallery Assistants: Samantha MacDonald, Sarah Belley
and Dawn Haryett, Roxanne Gagnon.

Gallery hours in January: closed 1st & 2nd and Mondays.

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