-

Arrowsmith Potters Guild

Parksville, B.C.

Plans to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the
Potters Guild of B.C. and the 10th
Anniversary of the Arrowsmith Potters Guild
in Parksville, B.C. are well under way. The
big day will be on Easter week-end on
Saturday March 26th, 2005.

Meetings have been held in Parksville and
with the B.C. Potters Guild in Vancouver to
get things organized for probably the "biggest
party” in many years for all our B.C. potters.
We are hoping many of our fellow members
will be able to join us from all points of the
province for this big event. It will be a great
way to spend the Easter holiday (and where
better than Vancouver Island).

At this point, the new, luxurious Parksville
Community Centre has been reserved for the
Saturday March 26th, 2005. This new cen-
tre is a great addition to the new City Hall,
Parksville Public Library and the Parksville
campus of Malaspina University. The venue
provides plenty of space with several meeting
rooms, kitchens and a large main hall which
will seat approx. 700 persons. The main hall
is equipped with a stage and a great sound
system.

At this time, our plans are to have 5 presen-
ters that will cover a wide range of styles and
techniques. We have confirmed the atten-
dance of the following presenters:

Bob Kingsmill - Okanagan
Don Hutchinson - White Rock
Gillian McMillan - Port Moody
Vic Duffhues - Ladysmith

We will be adding the 5th presenter soon.

Keith Rice Jones has contacted our B.C.
Bronfman winners, e.g.:

Robin Hopper
Walter Dexter

Wayne Ngan

The plan is to set aside a separate room for
these great potters to show pieces of their
work, published books and hopefully some
videos and photographs of their life in the
craft. We, of course, are hoping to have each
of them present so we can all get to meet
them on a personal basis.

As far as the day is concerned, we hope to get
started as early as possible, between 9:30am -
10:00am. Lunch will be provided. There will
be a Celebration Dinner commencing at
7:00pm. We plan to have a great keynote
speaker. Keith is working on this right now.

Charges for the day will be published as soon
as possible after we work out our costs. It is
planned to have a set rate for members and
non-members, with an "Early Bird" price.
We would like to see as many students of the
colleges and universities attending this some-
what once in a decade day. For this we will
have a student rate with an "Early Bird". All
the details will be forwarded in a further
communication.

If all works well, we will have a photogra-
pher(s) to record the day and we plan to
make DVD's available to all our fellow
guilds.

On Easter Sunday and Easter Monday we
plan to have maps available for everyone to
take a studio tour in the Ladysmith to
Courtenay/Comox areas. Believe us, there is
a lot to see and we will be happy to help you
plan your tour.

Please mark your calendars and talk it up at
your regular guild meetings. It will be great
to see you all at this Anniversary Masters
Series.

HAPPY POTTING!!!

Les Crimp

\

N

A

July/August 2004

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter