CORNER CHAIR On Thursday March 2, | spoke for the Guild at Project Empty Bowl, the fundraising event that the Guild organized with A Loving Spoonful, Their major activity is todeliver meals free to men, women and childsen living with AlDS. | thanked all the potters and students whe generously contributed to its great success. In my remarks, [ made note of the fact that Guild members have an almost fifty year history of supporting worthwhile causes like this, The vast majority of pieces in the auction part of the event were pots by Guild members. These works were very well received with most fetching encouragingly high prices. [11s interesting tosee ceramic art acknowledged and valued in swch a publee fasheon. [ believe that these Guild activities raise the profile of pottery, exposes its high quality and demonstrates that the Guild contnbutes to the betterment of the community, Again | wart ta thank all those artists who donated works to Project Empty Bow. We showed the community how generous potters ane to worthy causes like A Loving Spoonful. | ask that you continue with your penerosity and help make other Guild events like Lottery for Pottery and Too Good for the Shard Pile sales equally as successful. It is time to begin thinking about oar AGM. We are planning an interesting evening and we look forward to secing old fmends and new faces. See you there. Ron Vallis President We Filled Empty Bowls!! This time we really did it! Project Empty Bowl brought in clase to $30,000! There were pols [rom all over the Province and even one from across the Pacific from Martha Johanson in Japan. In fact there were so many donated pots that nobody had an exact bow! count, We certainly had enough for the event. One man actually bought all the left over bowls in one fell swoop for $1000. For those who could not make it to the evening, it was an enjoyable one indeed, The Nile Restaurant, Capers, and The Irish Heather served some great soups, There was a bwo- man bluegrass band entertaming before the live auction began and the silent auction spanned one full side of the Craft Museum. Everyone | spake with was really excited about their bow! and many people went back to the bow! lable to inquire about the maker of their piece, Cheryl Stapleton was giving out the bowls and was able to inform them about the process and frequently about the maker. A giant thank vou to each and every volunteer potter who helped out at the event und to all of you wha donated bowls. You made this event happen! We should really be proud of our clay community. The proceeds from this event are not pockel change and we, as potters, have contributed to our own community in a very significant way. The event in 2002 will truly be some- thing toanticipate. We have created a Vancouver tradi- tion! Again thank you, Rachelle Chinnery AM B74 S518 Martha Johanson living in Japan demated work to Project Empty Bow April 2000 Powers Guild of British Columbia MADE OF CLAY MAY 3-7 Weare inthe final stages of organizing our Made of Clay extravaganza. All but one al the booths has been reserved, Closer to the event, We gare confident thal some eq- ger member will want to put their name to it! Details including the layout and setup schedule with helpful hints will have been mailed to participants pnor to the publica- tian of this newsletter. In our March mewsletler, we requested volunteers for our informalian lable in the Market on Granville [sland dunn the [ull week Monday, May 3 through Sunday, Mav 7. Westill needafew. We planon two shifts a day, [00 to 14:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, preferably two persons per shill. Please be generous wilh your time. Re- member, this is a major fundraiser for the Guild helping to keep membership fees at their current levels. Our fees do not come even close to covering Operaling expenses of the Guild_ The design of the announcement cards has been finalized and they will be available before Apnil |. The reverse side of the card features a map of Granville Island high- lighting parking areas. Geir over 200 prst- ers, identical to the front of the cards, will be displayed in prominent locations throughout the city. in recogmivesd of Tam Irving's lengthy and outstanding contn- bution to the Guild, the cards and posters feature a detail of his fine assembly of ceramic pieces from the Made of Clay book ilJustrated on page 79. Twenty thou- sand cards are being printed: the major partion of which will be disinbuted by Canada Post as unaddressed mail wo pre- sclected households, There will also be advertisements inthe Georgia Straight and the rest of the media will be advised well in advance. Please come and bring all your frends! Help make this an outstanding event Ren Fetcht Show Chair 64.92 L6oT?