Calls For Entry, Cont. 1998 Coombs Country Arts & Crafts Fair will take place July 17 - 19 near besutiful Qualicum Beach. Last year’s successful event had 78 high qualicy exhibitors, so this year's jury will have their work cur our for them! A salmon barbecue presented by the Qualicum Band of the First Nations will also draw in patrons. [f you are interested in. applying please call Les Crimp at 250/468 ~ 7072 for entry forms. Castles & Crafts Craft Market will be held during the Harrisen's World Championship Sand Sculpture Exhibition. September 19 & 20, Booth fee $45, plus 10% commission an all sales. For enery form contact Harrison Festival Society, Box 399, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, VOM 1K0 or call 604/796 - 3664, fax: 604/ 796 - 3694. Entry deadline July 31, 1998 “The 2nd Mashiko Ceramics Competition *98", Oct. 4 - Nov. 29, 1998. Juried from actual work. No entry fee. Cash awards. Contact: The Secretariat, Mashiko International Pottery Contest Executive Commitee, 2030 O-aza Mashkio, Mashiko-Machi, Haga-Gun, Tochigi-Ken, JAPAN 321-42 or fax (81) 285 - 72 - 6430. Entry deadline June 1, 1998 Ceramics Monthly International Competition, (March 1999), Columbus, Ohio. Open to ucilirarian and sculptural ceramics.No entry fee, juried from slides, cash awards, Color catalogue. For entry form write co CM Intemational Competition, PO Box 6102, Westerville, OH, 43086-6102 or fax 614/891-8960. Entry deadline September 30, 1998, Signatures Craft Show & Sale is accepeing applications for their Novernber and December shows in Ottawa, London, Quebec Ciry and Toronto. Depending on location, the shows aterace 20,000 to 50,000 customers. Contact: The Signature Group, 37 Langley Ave., Toronto, Ont. M4K LBA, tel, 416/465 - 2379 of fax 416/465 - 6561. Applications accepted until show is sold out (usually by end of June). Workshops May 10; Majolica Glazing Workshop with Julia Maika. $32.10. Shadbolr Cencre for the Arts. Tel. 291 - 6864. May 15 & 16. Sculpting the Figure in Clay with Martin Williams at Malaspina College. $35 to Nanaimo Pottery Co-op members, $40 others. Contact Anita Lawrence, (250) 722 - 2037. May 22-24: Clay In Architecture with Peter King of Florida. Building of fireplace facade & sink demo. Also making, glazing and inseallation of major architectural piece. $185. Vancouver. Sonja at 604 - 278 - 0864, June 8-12; Alsered Extrusions, A hands-on workshop building on and throwing extruded forms. $210 plus materials, Mudslinger, 688 - CLAY June 15-19; Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner & Peter Callas -Low Fire Salt. They will also cover kiln building, firing, forming techniques & glaze striking. $350 (US), Portland, Oregon. 503/297 - 5544, June 15 - 19: Ceramic Wall Murals and Handbuilding workshop in picturesque Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast. Instructors Pat Forst and Patricia Logie (Portraiture). $250. sel. 604 - 556 - 1543, June 15 - 26: Handbuilding & Explorations of Low Temperature Firing Techniques with Denys James. Introduction to form generation, surface treatmenc and firing possibilities (wood, electric, soda,raku, saggar & pit}. $495. Salt Spring Island, Tel, 250 - 537 -4906- June 23; Sculpting Workshop: The Figure in Clay with Martin Williams, a hands-on workshop using a live model. Ac Mudslinger Clay Studios,#7 - 425 Carrall 5., Vancouver. $55, 688 - 2529, June 27: Everything But Round - Thrown & Altered wich Parrick Horsley. A one day demonstration features throwing, forming and altering funcrional forms, slip decorating , a slide presentation and clay and glaze information, Patrick combines handles, spouts and lids int work that dances, Presenting a new view and triage of a familiar form, $49.15. At the Shadbole Cenere for the Arts, Burnaby, Register at (604) 291 - 6864. June 29 - July 10: Kiln Building & firing with Randy Brodnax- Focus on kiln building, a high-fire down draft kiln and designs to build sawdust kilns. $595 at Metchosin Int'l Summer School, Vancouver Lsland. (250) 591 - 2420 June 29 July 10: Throwing -Everything but Round with Patrick Horsley. Hands on wheel-work in a non-traditional way. $565. Metchosin. (250) 391 - 2420 June 29 - July 3: Crack Pots wich Parrick Crabb. Explore clay vessel forms with surface enrichment using several firing techniques in electric, raku, low- temperature salt and sawdust -possibly all onone pot! $345. Metchosin. (250) 391 - 2420. June 29 - July 10: Figure Seulprure with Bill Porteous. Basic modelling techniques using live model. $607. Metchosin, (250) 391 - 2420 July 4 - 5: Raku with Sceven Forbes- deSoule. Hands-on learning a variety of raku rtechniqures, including post-firing reduction. $125. Metchosin. (250) 391 - 2420 July 4: Photo Images on Clay with Andrew Wong. Technical demo of screen printing photographic images on damp clay-slabs. Complete process. Mertchosin. (250) 391 - 2420. $60. July 6 - 10: Sculpting the Figure with Martin Williams. Use live model in series ed gestural and sustained figure studies in clay, A practical course for all levels. $120. Mudslinger. (604) 688 - 2529. july 6-17; Extending Your Creative Force. Break pacterns and restimulate your “beginners” creative enchusiasm through intensive exploration with Denys James in a supportive yet critical environment on Salt Spring Island. $495. Contact (250) 537 - 4906 co register. Next Newsletter Deadline: May 13 More Workshops if