o Gallery of BC Ceramics www.galleryofbcceramics.com Representing the best of BC Ceramics Follow us on Facebook Interim Gallery Manager Laura Carey galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com 604.669.3606 | Gallery Hours as of May 1: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Gallery Assistants Carito Ho, Samantha Knopp, Karisa Evdokimoff, Melissa Pipe staff@bcpotters.com | Exhibition Committee: Jinny Whitehead, Sheila Morissette, Maggie Kneer, Denise Jeffrey, Celia & Keith Rice-Jones | The Gallery of BC Ceramics is a Zallery by potters for potters. & The Gallery coordinates and curates several exhibitions a year. @ Every month we showcase an artist, usually someone just starting his or her career. @ We also sell the work of more than 100 artists in the retail shop. Artists must apply to be juried; there are three deadlines annually. To download and print a Gallery Jury Application, click here. For information on Gallery Policy, click here. 2013 Gallery Exhibition August 1 to September 2 Group Show: Gallery Staff Picks Representing the Best of BC Ceramics. September 5 to 30 Back to the Future Sally Michener. Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept. 5, 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibition Juries This is a reminder to members that you can now apply for an exhibition at the Gallery of BC Ceramics at any time during the year. For more specific information on either jury, please see the guild website www. bcpotters.com/Guild/. Select “Forms” and then "Get a Form,” which will take you to a page with forms. For the gallery, select “Gallery Jury Application,” and for exhibitions, select “Exhibition Jury Application.” The direct link is: www.bcpotters.com/Guild/forms.php October 3 to November 4 Vancouver Collects: Collector David Carlin Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct. 3, 5 to 7 p.m. November 7 to 25 Shoerealism Kinichi Shigeno. Opening Reception: ‘Thursday, Nov. 7,5 to 7 p.m. Last Retail Jury Sessions for 2013 For those interested in selling a full line of work in the gallery (other than mugs and salt and pepper shakers, for which you do not need to be juried), please bring/send your submissions to the Gallery of BC Ceramics with completed forms (find them here: www.bcpotters. com/Guild/ forms.php) and jury fees by Friday, Sept. 6. Jury sits during the week of Sept. 9. Letters of acceptance/non- acceptance will be sent a week following the jury session. Tentative dates for new work to be juried next year are the first weeks of March, June and September. Exact dates will be confirmed in January 2014. PGBC newsletter schedule Submissions: Do you have equipment for sale? Are you seeking some? Are you in a show you'd like to tell us about or teaching a workshop that needs more attendees? Have a great new studio tip to share? All of us have a story to tell about how we discovered pottery and became the creative, inspiring artists that we are. You can also submit a story about someone you know. ‘This is great marketing practice for letting people know about you and your artwork. Newsletter schedule: The next newsletters will be Sept. 1, Oct. 1 and Nov. 1 (submission deadlines Aug. 20, Sept. 20 and Oct. 20 respectively). If you send in your material after the scheduled date, the item may have to wait till the next month's newsletter. Submissions can be sent to Melany at editor@bcpotters.com. GUILD ee of BRITISH COLUMBIA a Potters Guild of BC Newsletter « July/August 2043 2