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President’s Message

I am thrilled to introduce you to Denise Jeffrey, our newest

member of the Board of Directors.

Denise brings extensive board experience from her ten years with
the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council. In addition to her service
on the Board, the Standards Committee and the Market Advisory
Committee, she was also a generous volunteer of her time and talents

to other projects and special events.

Since we are on the subject of the Board, this is a reminder that

you don't have to wait until the AGM to join. There is always a

questions.

I look forward to working with Denise and I know that she will be

a great asset to our organization,

Ga | le ry N @wWS By Sharon Cohen

Spring comes early to the Gallery of BC
Ceramics. Well, if not spring, then at least
spring cleaning! During our January “closed
on Mondays” times, we used the opportunity
to paint each and every plinth in the gallery, as
well as our wooden display cubes. Everything
looks so fresh and new I expect daffodils to
bloom between the plinths! Penny Birnam
and Heather McCulloch were the painting
superheroes, so a big thank you to both of
them. The new paint coupled with our leaner,
scaled-down look has the gallery looking better
than ever—very chic, very classy!

Gallery assistant Sarah Cannon left us
recently. She'll be having her baby very soon,
and that’s pretty much the only excuse we'd
consider accepting in allowing her to leave
us! (Well, that and the fact that she and her
husband and the baby will be moving back to
the U.K. soon.) It’s been a pleasure working
with Sarah, and we'll really miss her. In Sarah's
place, we have Karen Lew, and I’m delighted
to welcome her to the gallery. Karen is a
ceramics graduate from Emily Carr University,
and we look forward to benefitting from her
expertise and ceramics knowledge. Apart from
that, Karen has extensive retail and customer
service experience that will be of great benefit
to the gallery.

While Karen (and our other part-time
newcomers, Linda Lewis and Amy Johnson)
learn the ropes, our seasoned veteran gallery
assistant Carita Ho is hard at work on her
new project, which is building the gallery's
Facebook page. We'll be launching that early
in March, so there is big excitement and lots to
learn and discover! No doubt this will raise our
profile and benefit us in many positive ways.
‘This will be good for the gallery. Getting it all
up and running will be a big thrill.

Til err on the side of optimism here and

assume that many guild members already have

A feature area for larger pieces.

their Spottery submissions ready to go (see
details in previous newsletters and on www.
bcpotters.com/Gallery/forms/Spottery_
Application_Form.pdf.) I hope you'll be
participating. The higher the participation, the
more impact the exhibition will have, and the
more fun it will be.

Apart from Spottery submissions, there’s
another submission deadline just around the
corner. The annual retail jury takes place, as
always, in April. Please apply if youd like to
sell a line of work in the gallery on an ongoing
basis. Details and criteria are listed on
www.bcpotters.com/Gallery/forms/2010_
Gallery_Jury_Application.pdf.

Jeanette Moore and Dan Severance were
last year’s new additions after the jury, and
both have done extremely well. We look
forward to welcoming more new artists into

our wonderful gallery.

place for someone who wants to contribute their time and talents to
our organization. If you want to learn more about Board activities,

just contact any member and they will be pleased to answer your

—Jinny Whitehead

The exhibition space is currently allocated
to various artists.

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - March 2011