New look, new name for the Newsletter You may have noticed the newsletter has a decidedly crisper look this issue, After doing a lite number crunching and seeing the Last of our expensive photocopier con- tract, the Communications Committee in- vestigated the viability of having the news: letter printed at a printing house. The re- sult is that we can publish the newsletter more efficiently; we hope with better photo reproduction than we were able todo at the Guild office. The best part of all is that having it professionally done will actually be cheaper than publishing it with our own office resources. Por all you numbers peo- ple, we print 400 copies of the newsletter per month. This run of 400 used to cost $909.87 to produce in-house. Now it will cost $46.83 per 400 copies, The Printing House on 6" Avenue in Kitsilane will be our publisher. They cur- rently do all our Gallery invitations, We approached The Printing House charttable office in Toronto about underwriting part of the casts. They were able to give us a $2.54), 00 voucher to use against publishing costs, soa big thank you to Jamice O' Born al the Toronto office. TABLE OF CONTENTS Reith Rice-lones Directions for newsletter Gallery Exhibition Schedule Board list Made of Clay, Spring Jeremy Hatch Canadian Craft Museum Ex. Canadians in Mexico Guild workshops and events Call for Entry to Gallery Techno Tip Fraser Valley Guild Ex. Altentiov Empty Bowl Office Position Faculty Positrons Canada Council deadlines 10 Wanted 10 For Sale 10 ee i ee = Next Newsletter Deadline Wednesday February 14 There 1s also a new name. As innovative and highly imaginative as the old name Newsletter was... the Communication Committee felt it was time for a change. Peter Hendrie, Letia Richardson's hus- band, came up with &C Potter, which we all felt identified the reader directly with the publication. We will start using the name with a new design in issues later this Spring. Meanwhile a volunteer designer is preparing a new template for the newslet- ter giving it an even better look. All we need now is more of you out there tosend in your written contributions to the &C Potter to fill owt our content wath stones from and about BC potters. Contact Letia Richardson at 922.3306 or for information on how to get material into your newsletter. Rachelle Chinnery Chair, Communications Commitice GALLERY OF BC CERAMICS EXHIBITIONS February Jeremy Hatch industrial Fecility February 2 - 27 Opening: February 2 March Weter, Water Everywhere Juned Members Show March 2 - 27 Opening: March 2 April Elaine Brewer-White Animal Attraction March 30 - May 1 Opening: March 30 May Judy Weeden Spit of Fire May 4-29 Opening: May 4 June Junichi Tanaka Larger Scale and Beyond June 1 - 26 Opening: June 1 Potters Guild of British Columina Jeremy Hatch continged from opposite page The pots in /ndustrial Facility at the Gal- lery of BC Ceramics refer to a series that | started last year. For centuries, teapxs have been used by artists and craftspeople as a means of expression. The rich history and diversity surrounding this single oh- ject is fascinating and motivated me to respond with my own contribution. Al- though my studio shelves are crowded with machine parts rescued from city scrap yards my work never directly replicates them. 1] use wheel thrown elements to build impossible inventions that mimic the hard- edged components from engines, space- craftand architecture. The surface | choose is non-decorative and serves to reinforce the metallic qualities of the teapots, Each piece is static but suggests the potential for activily; | imagine them serenading us with the urban background noise of cars and industry that we have become inumune to. Unlike most domestic objects in this Martha Stewart world, my pots do not offer an escape from the modernization and industnalization that surround us, rather they are a reflection of it. Lastly ] wanted to say that I leave for Japan very soon. | was invited to do a three month artist-in-residence at the Takumi Art Center in Gifu, starting in February. Funded by the Gifu government, tt in- cludes airfare, apartment, studio, maten- als, a gallery to show and sell my work and an opportunity to teach. | look forward to the challenge and adventure. Jeremy Hatch BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ronna Ander 604.921.7576 Ron Feicht 604.921.6677 Ronda Green 6(4.921.9888 Maggi Kneer 614.929.5206 Rosemary Leavitt 604.939.3141 Dona Nabata 6(h4.222 2927 Cela Rice-Jones 6M. 522, 8803 Debra Sloan 604.736.3039 Jim Stamper 604.450.4602 Ron Vallis Past-President iS a Pale a February 2001