The Potters Guild of B.C.

NEWSLETTER

is published 10 times a year. Submissions are
welcome, and should be in the Guild office by the
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for publication.

Managing Editor: Jan Kicnie.

Editorial Committee: Bob Kingsmill, Laurel
McGregor, Hiro Urakami, Nathan Rafla, Anne
Fleetharm.

Mailing: Jobst Frohberg, Savita Kshatrija, Jackie
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The Potters Gulld of B.C. meets the fourth Wed-
nesday of every month. Membership in the Guild
is $20.00-individuals, $30,.00-groups, January to
January. See application form elsewhere In this ts-
sue.

Board of Directors: Sam Kwan, Pres,, Tam Irving,
Vice-Pres.; Nathan Rafla, Secretary; Kathryn
Youngs, Treas.; Theota Dancer, Bob Kingsmill,
June MacDonald, D'Arcy Margesson, Cherie
Markiewicz, Elsa Schamis, Terry Ryals & Ron

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GUILD NEWS

During this past summer, meetings were held be-
tween Potters’ Guild directors and the tenants who
work with clay in the large space out behind the
Guild's Gallery on Granville Island.

The directors, guided by interested members, have
been attempting to come to an agreement with the
tenants so that we might use some of the common
space for monthly or bi-monthly meetings. This is
desirable because it would permit members to use the
library and to visit the Gallery on the same evening as
our meetings.

The tenants, over the years, have had some negative
experiences with Guild members and executive.
Some of these have arisen from the misconception
that the space belongs to the Guild. This ist so.
There are five separate work spaces and one of these
is taken by the Guild. It is inappropriate for aryone
to wander out back unless invited or by arrange-
ment—just as with most studios.

Aceess to the back through a proliferation of keys, as
various people took up and rotated use of the work-

space, has apparently resulted in some theft and
breakage. Because of this, the tenants could not,
initially, see any benefit in accommoxiating the Guild's
request.

There has not previously been a good mechanism for
communication between the tenants and the Guild,
Because of this there has not been a fast recognition
and resolution of problems; instead, there's been a
compounding sense of distrust. To diminish this,
each group will appoint a liaison person to develop
and maintain a dialogue, with the expressed desire of
working on problems quickly.

CMHC rents /leases to all of us and has been of service
in getting the Guild and the tenants together, They
will investigate expanding the space above the Gallery
so that we may have a permanent meeting space.

Inthe meantime, the tenants have allowed that we can
make use of part of their common space for our
meetings. We will rope off some of it, keep members
out of their work areas, allow no calls on their tele-
phone and altogether remain as sensitive as we would
in anyone's studio.

At the June 8th meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Guild, discussion about changes to Gallery show
policy and procedure took place. As a result, the
following changes were approved.

Effective September, the format for featuring new
work will change from one of exhibition, to that of
features of in-shop artists. This means that there will
be no mid-week evening openings, except on special
occasions, and a move towards a Saturday aflernoon
meet-the-artist reception. It is hoped, thereby to
enable the artist to have more interaction with the
public and with Guild members as well,

This change also allows for the introduction of new
formats such as shows of work from regional Guilds
throughout the province, to better fulfill our mandate
to the membership.

These changes are on a one-year trial basis, arid will,
at the end of that time, be assessed for their effective-
ness. The Board views this change as an ongoing
process of evolving more effective use of Gallery shop
Space.

If you have any questions about the change of policy,
please contact the Gallery Manager, Coralie Triance.

D'Arcy Margesson