Contents

Fantastic Service: A Rocketship
Adventure

President’s Report April 2004
“Stellar Service”

Annual General Meeting

Review: The Potter's Professional
Handbook

Gallery of BC, Canada, North America,
Earth, Milky Way Galaxy

Canadian Clay Symposium
‘Reinventing the Wheel’

Elaine Brewer White

‘Clay 2004
‘Tozan Firing Schedule Change
Honey, I Blew-up the Kiln

Announcements

Membership

Communications Committee

International
Acclaim

Three BC Potters, Judy
Burke, Rachelle Chinnery
and Cathi Jefferson have

been accepted in to the

international juried show,
The Sydney Myer Fund.

International Ceramics
Award, Shepparton Art
Gallery, Australia,
2004.

President’s Report April 2004 - “Stellar Service”

In the AGM notice below is some information about Dave Kruyt who has
stepped up to take over the treasurer's job from Ron Feicht. We feel very blesssed
to have secured his help for this key position on the board. Dave inherits a
transformed situation thanks largely to the financial leadership of Ron Feicht
and the tremendous response from membership to his red-flag alert of just over
a year ago. Enlisting, at his insistence, the help of Quantum Accounting, Ron
unravelled a web of compounded errors and set us on a straight course. We owe
a great debt of thanks to Ron for all his time and dedication through a long
spell as a board member, not only connected with finances, but also as organ-
izer of the Made of Clay show for several years.

It is my huge pleasure to be able to announce that the board unanimously
approved the selection of Tam Irving as Life Member. Tam will be presented
this award for exceptional service to the Guild and BC Ceramics at the AGM
on April 30th, so come and congratulate him. I have been connected with the
Guild.a long time and Tam has always seemed to be there. After earlier training
Tam set up a production pottery in the 60’s and also explored sculpture before
devoting 20 years to teaching at ECIAD. Many fine BC potters were influ-
enced by him. Also, being so close to the Guild office meant he was always first
to be called on. During his time as President, Tam took on a revitalization of
the Guild and was instrumental in the formation of the Northwest Ceramic
Foundation. Ona more prosaic level, ’Tam has always been there as a volunteer,
from organizing events to Gallery renovations. Thank you Tam for all your
contributions.

Keith Rice-Jones, President

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Annual General Meeting

As noted in the last newsletter 4 board. positions are to be filled.

Dave Kruyt is standing for Treasurer. Dave was Treasurer with the Canadian Craft
Museum for 31/2 years. He is currently the Controller at Jericho Tennis Club
where he has been for 3 years. He’s married. with a young family. Dave has a long
time love of Native Art and a deep appreciation of art and functionality in the form
of craft. Personal favourites are clay and wood. His personal collection includes
several pieces by Guild members.

The 3 other positions are non-specific, depending on areas in which new board.
members would feel best able to contribute. Nominations will be accepted up to
and including from the floor. Now that we are a larger guild it would be wonderful
if we revisited the past and had too many nominations, necessitating real elections!

We are still looking for someone to look after the library, which sits as a valuable
and vastly under-used resource. This could be a board position but could well be
handled in an ex-officio capacity.

Keith RJ

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April 2004

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter