"The WESTERN POTTER" No. 13. September, 1968.

EDITORIAL

There is a new publication for all Canadian craftsmen. It arises
from the spring meeting of the Council of the Canadian Craftsmen's
Association where it was agreed that one of the greatest needs of
craftsmen is that of communication, and that the Association would
attempt to fill this need by means of a magazine.

The first issue of CRAFTSMAN/L'ARTISAN was published in July,
1968. Miss Sheila R. Stiven, Secretary of the C.C.A., is editor.
She has produced a magazine of simple and attractive layout. The
feature article deals with Keewatin Eskimo Ceramics. This issue
mainly provides information about crafts and craft organizations
throughout Canada, and this coverage will expand. Although the
French content of this first issue was small, the magazine will be
bilingual.

Miss Stiven closes her first editorial as follows: ''... without your
co-operation and interest we are nothing. We are anxious to have
your suggestions and contributions, to hear what you want to read,
to provide what you want to see." It is hoped that members of the
B.C, Potters' Guild who feel that organization and communication
are valuable for the craftsmen of Canada will give their support to
CRAFTSMAN/L'ARTISAN by sending in information about activities,
shows, workshops, and individual achievements. Additionally, the
B, C. Potters' Guild has given the C.C.A, free access to the
material published in the WESTERN POTTER.

However, I hope that the new magazine will do more than be a resume
of things that have happened and a means for a few contributors to
advertise their own work and names. I hope that it will in some way
be able to remedy the justifiable criticisms exemplified by the open
letter to the Executive Bodies of the Canadian Craftsmen's Associa-
tion and the Sculptors’ Society of Canada which was written by Anita
Aarons. This letter is published in full in CRAFTSMAN/L'ARTISAN
--here, the following quotations will suffice: '"'... I set to wondering

whether either society was indeed effective in my professional life...
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