Jean Barbni receives the Avalone Robertson
Volunteer Service Award

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Jean Farhni
Honoured

‘This year the Vancouver
Museum honoured one of its
most dedicated and generous
supporters: Jean Farhni.

Jean Farhni joined the
Board of Trustees in 1974 and
served until 1979.

In 1992, the Board of
Trustees named her Honorary

Curator of Asian Ceramics.
Vast portions of Jean’s personal collection of pottery and
ceramics form part of the Vancouver Museum’s Asian Studies
collection and are frequently featured in Museum exhibitions.

Jean has lent her expertise to the Museum on numerous
occasions, including curatonal contributions to exhibitions
such as The Talking Jars 1971), Within the Potters House (1976),
Clay ¢» Cloth: Celebrations of Life and Death in Borneo (1993-94),
All about Blue (1999-2000), China ¢» Beyond (2003). As well, she
has provided numerous lectures, workshops and exhibit tours
for museum patrons and staff.

Jean Fahrni is a founding member of the Guild and in 2005
her contributions were recognized when she was awarded a life
membership. ca Jinny Whitehead

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A new major exhibition gallery will afford optimum
space for international travelling exhibitions as well as those
developed in-house. There is an att of expectation and
excitement at the museum as we begin to build partnerships,
meet with community members, scholars and other interested
parties to discuss how we might rethink the storage of objects
in this new space that moves beyond just storage to include
interpretation and visible activities. What themes would be
appropriate for different audiences? Who are the different
audiences? How do we choose what 1s included in the new
Research Centre and what might be placed in closed storage?

If you are interested in being involved and/or being kept
informed please contact me at mayer@interchange.ubc.ca.
I will happily do a presentation for your group—if I can get
there!—or answer your questions. This is an exciting time
for ceramics in British Columbia. The new
Research Centre at MOA will endow UBC
with the most advanced and comprehensive
ceramics research facility in Canada and
offers a world of potential for those of you
who are practitioners, researchers or just
lovers of ceramics. (9

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Carol B. Mayer, Head, Curatorial Department

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