GALLERY OF BC CERAMICS REPORT The mug wall was successfully installed in mid-November, Thank you to Keith Rice- Jones for building it. Thanks to the follow- ing members who delivered mugs to the Gallery: Marguerite Kotwitz, Lyane Graham, Meg & Alan Burgess, Sheila Morissette, Ronda Green, Keith Lehman, and Ron Vallis. There is sull plenty of room formore! Please send or bring a mug of cach style you wish losell, The mugs are selected depending upon functionality and holding comfort; they are not juried, New books now in the Gallery include the recently published A Potter's Workbook by Clary Illian. [t retails for $34.50. Cop- ies are selling quickly; please call to re- serve your copy! The Gallery can mail books for about $5 or less, depending on where you live. The Gallery was festively festooned for the holiday season with the Stems & Steins exhibtt making quite a visual splash. Thank you to the members who participated in this exhabit. Gallery renovation is again under review. This committee is planning to complete the renovation in three stages with volun- teer labour (the materials have already been purchased). Do you love swinging a hammer, or know someone who does’? Give Jane Matthews at the Gallery a call 604.669.5645 to sign up for this urgently needed activity! Our sincere thanks ta Emese Kadar, Susanne Kuhnholz, Rachelle Chinnery, Debra Sloan, Cynthia Dong, Dona Nabata and Ronda Green for volunteering time in the Gallery before Christmas. Wishing you all a merry millennium cel- ebration and the best for the new year, The Gallery Committee Ron Vallis, Celia Rice-Jones, Jane Matthew's BEAT THE POST-HOLIDAY BLUES SALE For the month of January the Gallery is holding its annual Bear the Post-Heliday Bines Sale with a 106% discount on all pottery. As usual, the discounted amount is taken from the Gallery's share of the sale, not the artists. Come between Janu- ary Zand 9 with the Gallery flyer from the last newsletter und reecive 15% discount off all potlery purchases. EXHIBITIONS 2000 January 2 - 31 Heal the Post-Holiday Blues Annual 10% Discount Sale February 3 - March 8 Alossoming Stane works by RacheleChinnery Manch 10 - tha Comadian Clay Pretents works by the presenters of the Canadian Clay Symposium April 8 - May 10 Lynne Johnson May 13 - June 1-4 Garden! plant! flower Potters Guild members June 17 - July 5 Clive Tucker July 8 - 27 Keith Lehman July 29 - August 30 Kei Rice-Jones Seplember 2 - October 4 Vincent Massey October 7 - November & Debra Sloan November 11 - 29 iba December | - January 2 Holiday Exhibit Potters Guild members TOO GOOD FOR THE SHARD PILE We are planning another seconds sale in the next few months, Do you have any pottery that you can't quite destroy butare reluctant to sell. [f'so please bring them to the Gallery anytime for our Shard Pile Sale. January 2000 Potters Guild of Bntish Columbia OUT OF PROVINCE Medicine Hat, Alberta Digitalfire Corporation Publish youown ebook. Digtialfire is jook- ing forauthors to write clectronic books on ceramic theory, techniques and problem solving. The same site bis a potter" s pert ogy ebook, which es the first of a senes focussing on how-to. This book gives in- formation on haw to find clay body and glare materials and process them to a useful form, Colour illustrations and help- ful tips. See http://cenumic-matenals, com Waterloo, Ontario Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery Visual Feast: a samptuous selection of plates and platters, December 10 - April 23, 200%), The exhibiuion links works with the sensual qualities and social rituals sur- rounding food and eating. Works are hand- made and mass-praluced, Canadian and international and are both historical and contemporary. 25 Caroline Street N, Wa- terloo, Ontario 514-746- L882, Seattle, Washington Washington Potters Association The Guild newsletter announced the con- ference: Higher Ground, 34" National Council on Educason for the Ceramic Arts, March 22-25, 2000in Denver. Con- tact: Regina Brown, executive secretary NCECA, POBox 1677, Bandon, OR 97411 or |-8D0-9695-2332 There are woodfirings of the Santasugama tentanvely scheduled for February, May, October and December 2000. The goal of the three owner/operators is to broaden the awareness, interest and understanding of woodfire, continue the tradition and its Spirit producing fine-quality wares, Con- tact: Steve Sauer, 1142 Baby Doll Rd E, Port Orchard, WA 98366 or email: