Guild News

Another summer has come and gome, and.
while sore folks refer to che summer
months a ‘Lazy’ | certainly don't think
theyre potters! The Guild office has been
busy over the lasc couple months with the
plate drive for September's fundraising
dinner (more plates are still needed, please
see notice on page 3); the shard sale and
subsequence equipment purchases;
continuing with the adjustments from the
old financial statements system to the new;
and of course trying to squeeze in a week or
so of vacation!

Thanks to everyone who brought in their
‘seconds’ for the shard sale, and to Linda
Doherty for organizing the event - as Linda
has mencdoned in her column, the morues
raised have been pur to great use in the
ottice!

As mentioned in the last newsletter and in
the mailing that went out early August, the
Petters’ Guild had a complimentary booth
at the PNE on Sunday, August 24th. With
the help of six volunteers (Martha Melling,
Rona Hatherall, Dorothy Kelba, Heather
Chapman, Julia Maika, Jamie Gubbins and
myself} the booth was intended to be an
information source to the public abowt our
Guild and pomery in general.
Unfortunately, the public we hoped fer
were more interested in where the
washrooms were located! Oh well, you
have to try these things...

One positive outcome of the PNE booth
was that a brochure of the Guild and
Gallery was produced for distribution,
which we now have in the Gallery.
Included in the brechure, which evencually
will be produced with photoes and one
colour like the newslecter, is a membership
application farm and a form to ke on che
Gallery's mailing list. This will take the
place of the newsletter which has uncil now
been given away in the Gallery free of
charge; a3 of this issue, the newsletter will

be priced at $2.75.

Earlier in the summer, the Guild was
pleased to have another workstudy student,
Cynthia Cheong, from South Burnaby
School. Cynthia spent a great deal of her
week in the office on the computer,
inputing the membership list inco che new
system (please notify us of any corrections)
and sending out lecters co those Gallery

artises whose bios needed updating or for
whom we had noching on file. (A subtle
reminder to those of you whe have nwt
sent in the requested information!) South
Burnaby School is so pleased to have an
arts organizacion willing to hest a
workstudy studese thar the Guild can
probably expect bwo or three students «
year to come and have an inside look at
our workings!

And, lostly, a belated thank you is due to
the Shadbole Cencre for the Ares for chest
work in organizing the John Leach
Workshop. ‘Me apologize for the
oversight of not recognizing the
involvement of this important link in the
workshop 'chain' in che Last newslecrer.

‘Gallery News

Early in the summer, Rosemary Perry from
the New Zealand Sociery of Potters visited
the Gallery. She had brought with her a
number of copies of her book “Potters
Beware - Conrral of Hazerds Encountered im
Maling, Glazing and Finry: Ceramics”. A
review by Howard Williams in Claynews
(MarchApril 1994) describes the book as
a quick and easy reference and should be
mandatory reading for every person
involved with clay. The book retails in
the Gallery for $12.50.

The fall line-up ef Gallery exhibits
promises te be an exciting finish to the
year, This month, the Gallery is honored
to present “New Works On Clay” by
Walter Dexter. Although this newsletter
won't be our in cme tio remind you of che
opening, | do recommend a visit fo the
Gallery before September 28th to see this
impressive collection of twelve large,
handbuilt vessels. Walser has used the
surface of the vessels as a canvas for his
revisitation to painting - the layering of
glazes gives each piece a cexcured surface,

Upcoming Gallery Openings

Thursday, Qeeober 2 (6 - Spm)
Margarer Hs
“Searching”
Qletober 2 - November 2

Thursday, November 6 (6 - 8pm)
Kinichi Shigeno
“Levitation”
WNoewermber 4 - 30

Thursday, December 4 (6 - 8pm)
“Stems, Steins & Servers”
December 4 - January 4

and the imagery used was evoked by a
recent crip to Spain.

Margaret Hsu's “Searching” will follow in
October. Margaret creates delicate
porcelain teapots, teabowls and other
vessels, which all have intricanely
handbuilt dragons weaving in and out
around the piece. And in November,
Kinichi Shigeno's “Levitation” wall be
exhibited in the Gallery. Kieichi says cee
inspiration for this show came from the
spherical shape of our planer; the
repetitive detailed images presents a vision
of constant flotation, movement with
pattems which are unable co be held
down.

The upcoming “feature ardsts of che
month” will be: September - Deidre
Blackmore, October - Gunilla Ekberg, and
November - Pierre Belanger.

Gallery sales have been brisk over the
summer, with July's monthly total secang
anew record, Ac the end of August, sales
are up 4% over the same period Last year,
bur we are just short of our target to dare
by 1%.

Jane Matthews

Gallery of BC Ceramies - Upcoming Submission Deadlines

October 15 - Deadline for next Jury Session

Submission to include: 6 pieces ef work (of the same body of work), cypewritten
biography and artise statement, typed and number list of pieces with information about
the pieces and retail pricing. Non-refundable jury fee: $25 + GST = $26.75

November 21 - Stems, Steins & Servers (Please RSVP by this date)

This exhibit is open co all members of che Pocters Guild to submit their goblets, beer
steins, jugs, pitchers, trays, etc. Work should be here by December Lat at the very latest!
Please call Jane (669-5645 iregarding invenror; lists and tagging of the work,