Summer is bere again and | hope the towr-
ists are arriving in droves to buy all the
ceramics in the Gallery,

T want to meniion sone issues ihe mew
board has begun to discuss.

Ron Peicht pointed out last nyonth that
attendance was lower than projected for
the Made of Clay spring sale: conse-
quently revenue to the Guild was less,
Book sales were also fewer than antici-
pated. The Board tn its collective wisdom
has opted to be conservative and not con-

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sider any further spending until substan-
tially more of our line of credit is retired,
This means we have suspended Gallery
renovalions for now, We will be concen:
trating on selling books to our tourist cus-
tomers this summer Any members who
have high summer traffic in their studpos
can help this cause by having lots of books
on haricl

It has been pointed owt tous that we are mot
using the Performance Works to our full
advantage when we rent it for a week but
use it for only the four days of Made of
Clay. With this in mind we have decided
to hold Lottery for Pottery immediately
before the next spring Made of Clay sale
and not in November at the Roundhouse
where lime and 4 lack of a truly sauiteble
space are against us. Rachelle Chinnery
will be coordinating this event which we
still hope to de in conjunction with the
Dubrulle Cooking School, Please be think-
ing of making a pottery donation for the
henefitof the Guild when you are working
over the next few months. Meanwhile

prepanctions are full steam ahead for Made
of Clay at Christmas.

We are organizing our conumittees for the
next year ated should have them com-
pleted after our June meeting, We will
publish a list of committees and who is on
them in the September issue, Anyone is
welcome wha may have some ure to
comribute or a special interest in one of
our initiatives, particularly workshops,
exhibitions and fundraising.

Another topic of discarssion is our website,
As you may be aware our site is currently
par of Margaret Hsu's and is managed by
her. We are wondering whether it would
not be more sensible and convenient to
have aur own. As these things cost a fair
amount i is net an ewsy decision. If any-
one has thoughts on the relative value of
websites and what real value we could
derive from having one, we would love to
hear from you.

Alon Vallis

President

MADE OF CLAY CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION AND SALE

The Board has approved a number of
changes to our pending Christmas event.
including the above heading.

The most exciting feature is that we will be
hosting a preview exhibition and sales
event on Thursday, November 18, from
6200-900 PM at the Roundhouse, This
provides an expanded opportunity for ex-
hibitors. Admission will be free to any one
(orcouple) with an invitation. Weestimate
that about 2,500 invitations were distrib-
wed for our May show. Hors d'oeuvres
and beverages will be available.

The preview sales event is one of anumber

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of changes incorporated in our Made of
(Clay program resulting from the responses
by exhibitors to our questionnaire at the
conclusion of the May show. [ wall not
discuss at this time those changes which
apply only to the Granville Island spring
show as it may tend to confuse; suffichent
to say, however, that we will continue to
hold our May show at that venue because
of overwhelming support.

Our Christmas event will be promoted
with approximately the same budget as
eurspring show, This includes advertising
in three newspapers and two arts maga-
zines and the distribution of 200 posters,
We have established a small committee to
ensure that we capitalize on all free promo
Opportunities in craft publications, bulle-
ins, billboards, etc. To this end, we are
now working on the design of our invita-
tion cards and posters; the cards will be
larger, 4°x9°, and will feature armap show-
Ing aceess to the Roundhouse.

We will continue our $2.00 admission fee
for the exhibition and sale on November

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19-21; the preview eventis free for invited
guests. Our promotion will state that chil-
dren under 12 will be admitted free. Ex-
hibitors were evenly splitin theirresponses
lo the questionnaire on this matter, [t is
essential that, if we are going to have a
budget for promotion, that an admission
fee be charged, | personally believe that it
is non-issue to any person interested in
socing such a broad ceramics presenta-
thon.

The deadline for registration is Monday,
July 12. Included in this tesuc- of the news-
letter is an application form included pre-
viously with the May tssuc. This event
represents a great opportunity to expose
artists’ work during a prime lime al a cost
well below such events as Circle Craft.
Vendors at the May Show cited the satis-
faction of camaraderie. For additional in-
formation, see page | of May, 1999 news-
letter.

Ron Feicht

Director

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