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Potters Guild of British Columbia

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Vancouver, B.C, V6H 3R7

NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY 1991

ISSN 6319 812xz

“CHOOSING CLAY” OPENS

The exhibition “Choosing Clay’,
sponsored jointly by the Potters’
Guild and the Canadian Craft Mu-
seum, opened on January 10th al
the former Cartwright Gallery. The
evening event was very well attended,
and to Tam Irving and Lloyd Her-
man we owe our thanks for organiz-
ing the exhibition. As well, Terry
Lewis who has recently joined the
Craft Museum, is to be congratu-
lated on his set-up of the show.

We congratulate the fourteen ce-
ramic artists and potters, whose
work makes up the exhibition, on a
distinetly strong body of work. To
Gordon Hutchens and Lea Mann,
Charmian Johnson and Jane
Williams, Sam Ewan and Lari
Robson, David Lawson and Garry
Graham, Jeannie Mah and
Friederike Rahn, Jim Thornsbury
and Gary Merkel, and to Kathryn
Youngs and Connie Glover, THANK
YOU!

The exhibition cantinues at the
Canadian Craft Museum at 1411

Cartwright St, VWaneouver, until
March 24th, and will travel to Prince
George, Kelowna, Castlegar, and to
Branton, Manitoba at dates ta be
announced later. The Craft Mu-
seum has also informed us that
Ceramics Monthly magazine will
reprint the catalogue in the March
tssuc. Loole for it.

Terry has organized an evening to
meet the artists on February 21st
from 7-9pm. Twelve of the fourteen
participants will be in attendance at
the Canadian Craft Museum. Re-
freshments will be served.

For Guild members who are unable
to visit Vancouver in the next tao
months to see the show, we would
like to make the catalogue available
to you. Rather than send the total
membership a copy and thereby
possibly double-deliver, please

phone the Guild office or drop us a
line, and a catalogue will be put in
the mail for you, It is an exhibition to
be proud of, and you are encouraged
to visit or to request a catalogue.

PAUL MATHIEU WORKSHOP

The number of registrants for this
workshop at Emily Carr College of
Art and Design on February 16 and
17 is at time of writing only seven.
This situation ts less than encour-
aging, and so to remind you of the
event, the following is a portion of
Mathieu's statement which accom-
panied his exhibition at Prime in
Toronto in June of the past year.

“Bowls, plates, vases, teapots, in
many configurations. Some single,
alone. by themselves, others in
f@roups, loosely formed or organized.
Some familiar stacked dishes pieces.
Covered with Dowers, colourful. The
immediate impact is colour, the
highly decorative surfaces.”

“Two pieces stand out from the rest.
The newer work called “Garnitures”.
Each one is composed of five pieces:
a bowl, avase, acovered bowl, avase
and another bowl, in that order,
Presented as a group, they form a

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