Table of Contents
Kootenay School of the Arts Clay

Studio Expands ............ 1
President’s Message ............ 2
Gallery Manager's Report ....... 2
Claylines . 1... cee eee eee 3
Ceramicycle 2005 ............ 4
Phil Rogers... ee. eee eee 5
Selecting the Work ..... 00.0... 6

World’s Largest Ceramics Festival .6
The 50/10 Masters Series #3 Report 6
Our Written Tradition ......... 7
Proposed Wood Firing Conference8
Guild Member Webpages ....... 8
Variations on the Theme of Clay .9
More Mysteries Solved ........ 10

President’s Message

Time is racing ahead and we are
already half way into our 50th
anniversary year.

BC in a Box opened May 5th at the
Blackberry Gallery in Port Moody
and during the month of June it will
be at the Fran Willis Gallery in
Victoria. It is an exquisite show and
a definite “must see” when it comes
to a location near you. If you are not
sure about dates and locations, check

the Guild web-site.

Carol Mayer and Darrin Martens
(Burnaby Art Gallery) are working
hard on our exhibition
TransFormations, which will be held
at the Burnaby Art Gallery in
August. The opening reception will
be held Wednesday August 10th, 5 -
8 pm. This will be a great opportuni-
ty for a get-together so pencil it into
your agendas now!

TransFormations

TransFormations is the Guild’s 50th
“flagship” show, and will be at Burnaby
Art Gallery, August 9th to Sept 10th with
an opening reception Aug 10th, 5 - 8 pm.

Everyone in the Guild is invited, and
everyone in the Guild will get an invita-

tion in July. We want everyone to come!

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

Dont forget that the AGM is sched-
uled for Friday June 17th. It is an
opportunity for members to meet the
Board and participate in the direc-

tion of the Guild.
Help Wanted

The gallery is looking for someone
who can do post office runs with
parcels. Pia Sillem has been doing
this for two years, but she is going to
be out of town a lot this summer and
it would be better to have two people
to spread the load. You need to have
a car and be available perhaps once a
week. The post office is quite close
by, and the parcels are not very
heavy, though they can be bulky.
These are the kinds of task that make
a difference to the efficiency of the

gallery. Please contact Brenda if you
can help. Thanks.

Jinny Whitehead

Gallery Manager’s Report

A huge Thank You to our wonderful
Gallery Committee for all their
efforts & work towards the gallery’s
new look. These new displays and
artists updating their selection of
ceramics regularly keeps the gallery
engaging and fresh to our visitors

and staff.

Have you seen the new gallery web-
site? Information on Gallery juries
(retail & exhibition), policies and
inventory sheets can now be down-
loaded easily from the site.

Congratulations Linda Doherty on
“a tisket..a tasket..”. All of Linda’s
efforts paid off; it was a well-attend-
ed and successful opening! For
members who are unable to attend
exhibitions you can now view
images from gallery openings on our
web site.

Brenda Beaudoin

June 2005