MADE OF CLAY AT CHRISTMAS
November 19 - 21

The date of this much-awaited event is rapidly approaching, tantalizingly at the
beginning of the Christmas buying spree. While there are still several booths and spaces
available registrations re slightly above our initial projection. Just a reminder that a
booth (100 square feet) rents at $450 and a space (25 square feet) is $135, Rentals
continue unul Movember 18, whech is when set-up commences.

A listing of parici-
pants, set-up instr
lions amd a layout plan
were muiled to regis
trants on October 7.
Announcement cards
and posters are being
pointed and should be
distributed not later
than October 25. Press
releases have already
been forwarded lose -
eral art magazines and
will be dispatched to
newspapers im early
Novem ber.

To our many guild
members, please re-
member to pay a visit
lo the event, Show
umes are: Friday, No-
vember 19 from 12K) noon to 21:00; Saturday and Sunday, November 20 and 21 10:00
to 18:00. This is a great opportunity to invite your family, fiends, and associates to
accompany you to an event of your peer group featuring their newest masterpieces,

Ran Feicht, Show Chair

Works by Meg Burgess (lop) and Gary Chernejf (bottom) are available for sale at
Made of Clay at Christmas

CANADIAN CLAY
SYMPOSIUM

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
March 25, 2000

The brochure/registration form for Cana-
dian Clay should becompleled by the time
you get this newsletter and will hopefully
be in the mail to you via your local guild
Very Soon,

It's an exciting all Canadian line up of
lepends from British Columbia and talent
from wcross the country giving single and
joint demonstrations in throwing,
handbuilding, extruding, glazing, firing,
and hands-on. You same it! We're plan-
ning @ film festival, pancl discussions,
slide presentations, two exhibitions and
even Dr D'arcy, Diarcy Margesson, to
salve yourclay and glaze protiems, Walter
Dexter and Gordon Hutchens raku fire
together. Elaine Brewer- White hand builds
her humourous figures. Laune Rolland
demonstrates her umque approaches to
handbuilding. Gary Williams from the
Alberta College of Artin Calgary, known
to do rooam-size installations, talks about
his approaches io clay. Vineent Massey
extnides elements to works in progress as
well as working with hand-formed
styrofoam moulds. Suzanne Greenaway,
owner of Prime Gallery in Toronto, shares
her expertise. Glenn Lewis from Sechelt
has an amazing history in clay and other
adventures. Sam Rowan throws sections to
produce tag pats. Brace Cochrane throws
and assembles his elegant forms. Peter
Flanagan shows us an amazing range of
glazing techniques. Quite a line up! March
25, 2000 will be a full and exciting clay
We want the Canadian Clay symposium to
be accessible for everyone .Early bird reg-
istration is $64.20 including GST. After
February (5, the fee is $74.90. Fora brown
bag lunch, add $10.70. What a deal! Reg-
istration is limited to 200 and we encour-
age you to register carly. To register in
person or by phone using Visa or
Mastercard, visit or call the Shadbolt Cen-
tre for the Arts, 604-291-6864, of any
Burnaby Parks and Recreation location.
Or send cheque payable to the City of
Bumaby, toCanasdian Clay co the Shadbolt
Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Av-
enue, Burnaby, BC, VSG 23.

If you have questions, call me...
Cathi Jefferson 604-929-9175

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