February 1980 : NEWSLETTER . ' $3SN°0319 812X The Potters Guild of British Columbia 315 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1E5: MEETING, Feb. ZOth, Weds. in the Van Deusen Gardens classroom at 37th and Oak. In addition to tha regular meeting featuring Michael Huyghe who will speak as well as show slides of his year studying and working under a potter in England, the Guild executive will bring their pots. From 7 to &.pm, people are welcome to come, drink coffee and meet others as‘well as look at the pots on display. NOTE: Laila Fettersen can be contacted if people wish to form a car pool from N. Vanc. to the meeting. Message from the President First, on the behalf of the membership I'd like to thank Jean Fahrni who served Over two years as our President, who worked hard and did an excellent job. I am honoured to be your President for 1980, especially in this significant year-- the 25th Anniversary of the Potters Guild of &.C. 1 feel this is a great opportun- ity to reassess the whole matter carefully. Your executive members are already getting down to the job. I promise to work with the best of my ability and all the other members of the Executive will do so. We have already held several su- cessful meetings. Jean Fahrni, Georgina Hughes and Ruth Meechan; these past FPre- sidents of the Yuild and life members, are also helping a great deal. We are Planning and working for a '25 year Retrospective Exhibition' of ceramics in 8.C. Laila Pettersen is head of the Exhibition Committee, to have the show at Robson Square May 23 - June 4th. At the same time we are planning a Ceramic Seminar. Various committees have been formed and every single member of the Executive is working hard to make this important occasion an outstanding success. a There is to be a bus trip to Seattle to view the Exhibition of Japanese Ceramics and of Peruvian Gold. At the last General Meeting, Chuck Reynolds and "aula Locke volunteered to organise this trip. They have my thanks--we need to see more of this type of involvement by Guild members--let your Executive know of any ideas which wiil benefit cur members. This will improve Guild activity and make member- ship worthwhile. Join the Guild and come to our meetings--we quarantee you will not be disappointed. . Sincerely and love, Hiro Urakami Notes to Members: General Meeting Jan. 16. This months meeting was well-attended, and both informative and fun...a good be- ginning for 1980, our 25th anniversary year. Hiro Urakami took his place as our new president, and expressed his hopes for the new year. He said he would like to see the Guild try to reach outside the great- er Vancouver area more effectively, and asked for imput from the membership to help with ideas for a re-assessment of the needs of the Guild. Hiro also would like to encourage more sociability at the meetings, and suggested we could get to know each other through our work, talking over pots and glazes, etc., is always a good ‘ice-breaker'. —- It was agreed that ten people will bring pots to each meeting, and set them up together on a table. The Guild Executive will take their turn at the Feb. meeting and tan other potters "volunteered" for the March meeting. The meeting also decided that the library and the coffeepot will be set up at 7 pm, for those who would like to have time to choose library books and visit over cof- fee before the meeting starts at 8 pm. Laila Pettersen, chairman of the exhibition committee, told us about the plans for Ceramics 80, our spring show. Since this is the Guild's 25th anniversary year, this show will ‘be an invitational retrospective exhibition of the work of &.C.'s pozemost potters over the past 25 years....then to nou, ie., those potters who ave ex ed nationally, internationally, or who have made a specif u- tion to the field of ceramics in 8.C. ’ pecific contribu *As well the Retrospective show will have a juried exhibition section, which will be open to all 8.C. potters. The entry form, deadline, etc., will be featured in the next newsletter, however it is best to begin considering what one will enter.