President’s Message

With this month’s newsletter, we are sending the annual report for
2006. If you take a few minutes to glance at it, you will notice that guild
revenues were lower than anticipated and we had to rely on the gallery
to keep us in the black. This year we have to find an extra $9,000 to
cover the rent increase, visitor numbers to Granville Island continue to
drop, so the guild cannot afford to go below budget again.

There were two main reasons for our deficit last year — long delays in
renewing memberships and difficulties 1n collecting advertising money.
At the recent AGM we made a move to resolve the first problem
by agreeing to establish a fixed membership-year, commencing in
September. You will receive more information about how this will
affect you in the near future. The procedures to collect advertising
money were adjusted to deal with the second problem.

Unfortunately, these measures take time to kick in so, 1n order to fill
the gap, the Board has decided to hold a “seconds” sale (probably at
Lougheed Mall.) We haven’t fixed the date as yet, but I wanted to get
the message out to you so that you could start to collect some seconds
for that event. They shouldn’t be cracked or chipped — but simply be
work that didn’t meet your expectations. More info about this event will
come later on.

Thosewho were unable to attend the AGM misseda great presentation
by Gillian McMillan and Eric Metcalfe on their collaborattve work.
They stepped in at the last minute for Carol who was unable to
make it on Sunday. Isn’t it nice to feel that warm sun our faces?

Jinny Whitehead

VANCOUVER COLLECTS: September 14 - 30

I’m proud to announce the first-ever Collector’s Exhibition at the gallery.
I wanted to do something new and exciting to celebrate the Year of the
Craft at the gallery. Vancouver Collects will be an exhibition featuring
works selected by Scott Watson, director and curator of the Belkin Art
Gallery and a professor in the department of art history, visual Art
and theory at UBC. Showcased in this exhibition will be works from
Bernard Leach, John Reeves, and Wayne Ngan, among others.

Brenda Beaudoin

Project Empty Bowl

In Support of A Loving Spoonful

Coming June 14th at the Pacific Palisades Hotel. If you have a piece
of art that you would be willing to donate to Loving Spoonful for sale
at this event, please contact Catherine Ewing at 604.669.4397.

For information about ticket for the event check the website:

www.alovingspoonful.org or phone at the above number. a

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Gallery News

We welcome and wish success to our
newly juried retail artists at the gallery:
Heather Dahl, Lise Kuhr, Allysha Hurd
and Sarah Lawless.

Important Cheque information

As of June 2007, gallery cheque formats will
change in order to comply with the new CPA
regulations that go into effect July 1, 2007.

What does this mean to your

All cheques issued prior to May 31, 2007
must be deposited and/or cashed before
June 30, 2007. After this date, any cheques
presented to the bank on the format prior to
May 31, 2007 will be rejected and returned
with a “non-compliant” cheque fee. We thank
you for your assistance in making this format
change over smooth and trouble free.

CMHC leasing changes to
Granville Island.

As many of you ate aware, the gallery’s rent
has increased substantially this year and it’s
only going to keep increasing at a dramatic
rate. CMHC stated at their recent leasing
meeting, held on Thursday, April 26 that the
corporation wants to see leasing rates on
Granville Island equivalent to the market rates
of Kitsilano and Robson St. This, of course,
is devastating news for many artists, co-op
studios and non-profit organizations on
Granville Island. Our current lease expires
Dec. 31, 2008, we sincerely hope there is

a future for us on Granville Island. |
Brenda Beaudoin

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