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Vincent Massey: Award By Stephanie Graves

Following up on a short news
item in our February newsletter,
here is an exceptional story and one
of interest to fellow potters, as well
as Canadian history bufts:

Ceramic artist Vincent Massey
of Whistler, B.C., will be awarded
the Governor General’s Medal of
Bravery this year. On March 5,
2005, Massey (a trained search and
rescue technician), helicopter pilot
Steven Flynn, and mountain rescuer
Paul Skelton teamed up to rescue a
stranded ice sailor who had broken
through the ice on Green Lake, in
Whistler. As he drove past the scene,
Flynn soon realized that responding
emergency personnel needed assist-
ance and that a helicopter rescue
was needed. He rushed to a nearby
heliport where he met with Massey
and Skelton. All three boarded a
helicopter and, within minutes,
they flew to the scene. While
Flynn performed a precision hover,
allowing the craft to get close to the
ice, Massey and Skelton reached for
the hypothermic victim and pulled

CALL FOR ARTISTS:

The Community Arts Council of
Kamloops needs Artists for Art in
the Park, held annually on July 1 at

him safely into the helicopter.

All three are being awarded
the Governor General’s award for
bravery. This award is Canada’s
most honoured recognition for
outstanding courage, and is given
to members of the public who have
risked injury or death in an attempt
to rescue another person.

A Canadian history note: Massey
was named for his great uncle,
Charles Vincent Massey, the first
Canadian to serve as governor gen-
eral (1952-59.) Governor General
Massey was a passionate supporter of
the arts in Canada and instrumental
in the creation of the Canada
Council.

Vincent's wife Cheryl, daughter
Michelaand very proud father, Geoff
Massey, will attend the 2008 award
ceremonies at Rideau Hall. For more
information on this award see:
http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.
asp?lang=e&DocID=5258

Congratulations, Vincent, from
your pottery family.

Riverside Park in Kamloops, B.C.
Up to 30,000 people attend annual-
ly. Early Bird deadline Mar. 15, final
deadline Apr. 1.
www.cackamloops.ca

250.372.7323

‘This year the Emily Carr Institute
of Art + Design auction is being held
on Friday, March 7, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
in the brand new Intersections Digital
Media Studio. The auction will feature
artwork from local artists, alumni
and current students. It will be a great
evening of good food, good music
and of course exciting bidding wars.

Why should you donate work?

Youll be supporting the ECI
Ceramic department. All proceeds
will go towards educational fieldtrips
and lectures from visiting artists.
Plus you'll get free admission to the
auction. To donate contact us by email:

ceramicauction@gmail.com
by Monday, March 3, 2008

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - March 2008

500 Ceramic Sculptures:

Call for Entries

Lark Books seeks images to publish
in a juried celebration of international
ceramic sculpture to be released
May 2009. Open to contemporary
ceramic sculptural practice, from
representational and figurative, to
abstract, non-narrative work. Submit
high-quality transparencies, _ slides,
or digital images with entry forms;
no entry fee. Entries must be
postmarked by Mar. 14. Guidelines
and entry forms can be found at:
http://www.larkbooks.com/
submissions/ArtistEntryForm-
Sculpture.asp

Cassie Moore, Assistant Editor
Lark Books

phone: 828-253-0467 x730
fax: 828-253-7952
cassie@larkbooks.com

Blackberry Gallery

There is still time to check out
these pottery-related shows until
March 23 at the Blackberry Gallery
in the Port Moody Arts Centre:

Inthe 3D Gallery:
“A stream of
Consciousness”,
by Jacqueline
Sheridan. A clay

“blog” inspired The Forest |,
by nature: coral, by Jacqueline
Sheridan.

barnacles, fungus
and flowers; her influences are from
the forest and the sea. Sheridan is the
Artist in Residence at the Port
Moody Arts Centre.

In the Display Case: “Here’s my
Spout!” by Patricia Haley-Tsui. Made
from molds, these one-of-a-kind
teapots are functional and collectable.
Haley-Tsui was born and brought
up on Cape Breton Island, and now
lives in Burnaby.

2425 St. John’s Street, Port Moody B.C.
Tel: 604-931-2008
http:/Avww.pomoartscentre.ca/pages/
gallerycurrent.html