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The Potters Guild of B.C.

is published 10 times a year as a
service to the Membership. Sub-
missions are welcome, and should
be in the Guild office by the last
Friday of the month. Material may
be eciited for publication.

Managing Editor: Jan Kidnie.

Editorial Committee: Boab
Kingsmill, Hiro Urakaml, Nathan
Rafla.

Mailing: Gillian McMillan,

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The Potters Guild of B.C. mem-
bership is $20.00-tndividuals,
$30,00-groups, January to De-
cember. See application form else-
Where In this Issue.

Potters Guild 1991 Board of
Directors: Tam Irving. President;
D'Arcy Margesson, Vice President;
June MacDonald, Secretary;
Dona Nabata, Treasurer;
Rosemary Amon, Bob Kingsmill,
Elwin Lowe, Nathan KHafla,
Fredi Rahn, Terry Saimato,
| Elsa Schamis, Debra Sloan.

Staff: Jan Kidnie, Guild Office
Administrator, Coralie Trianee,
Manager, and Lea Price, Assiatant,
Gallery of B.C.Ceramics.

HELP?!

The monthly publication of the Newslet-
ter depends upon the good gracea of
you, the Membership. [nm the last three
years, a number of you have come to the
office on the first Friday of the month
(from September to June) for approxi-
mately two hours to help stuff the news-
letter into envelopes. apply addreas la-
bels. and feed the envelopes through the

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The Crafts Association of B.C., CABC,
announced in July the appointment of
Busan Jackson as the new Executive
Director. She steps into the shoes of
Gall Rogers whose presence alnce 1974
we Will mias. Suaan is queted in the
recent tsaue of Craft Contacts, “] think
two of the most important Issues that
are of concern to the CABC are main-
talning a leadership role in the crafts
community, and ensuring the public is
informed and appreciative of crafts and
craftapeople. The first issue Involves
effectively serving our membership, and
the second involves a commitment to
education and public programming.” We
welcome Susan, and ifyou need tomake
contact, CABC's number is 687-6511,

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The Canadian Craft Museum shows its
last exhibition at the Granville [sland
Cartwright Gallery until September
29th, with “Customs and Costumes:
The Ethnic Diversity of China". This
summer the Museum opened its new
headquarters at Cathedral Square
downtown al Hornby and Georgia Sts.
Michelle Frosch has been appeinted
Executive Director, with Terry Lewis
continuing on as Gallery Coordinator.
Al this point. no announcement has
been made on the future of the

flower vases.

postage machine at the CABC office
across the street. Many thanks to Savite
Eshatrija, Jackie White, Rosemary
Amon, Gillian McMillan, and Terry
Saimote for pitching in so willingly. as
wellas to Coralie and Lea for those thmes
when we netded extra help. Jobst
Frohberg has also looked after keeping
the membership lst up to date on his

MISSED: Asolo show by Eric Hettema containing retrospective and current
ceramic work was shown at the Station House Gallery in Willams Lake,
B.C. from June 27-July 27th this summer.
stoneware, as well as with large planters, wall tiles and Ikebana-inspired

Carteright Gallery site on Granville Is-
land. We'll do our best to keep you
posted,

The Canadian Craft Museum opened
with “Masters of the Crafts", an exhi-
bition of the masterworks by the first ten
reciplents of the Saidye Bronfman Award
from the Canadian Museum of Civiliza-
tion in Hull, Quebec, and this exhibition
will have closed by the Ume you receive
this newsletter. “Art That Works", a
dazzling collection of American craft de-
sign in the ‘60s, opens on the 27th of
September, and runs until November
lf.

For more information abel. the Mu-
stum, Phone Laura at 687-8266.

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Mutual of Omaha will be contacting
Guild membership this fall regarding
thelr insurance poselbilities for the self-

employed.

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Congratulations to Nathan Rafla and
Beverley Mills who were married In Au-
gust, and to Greenbarn’s Dave Doble

and Val Friesen on their marriage aa
well.

Ene: works in functional

computer and providing us with labels
and to him ] am also grateful, We now
have put such Ust on the In-house com-
puter, 60 Jobat can have a reat, but we
can't de without assistance for the mec-
easarily personal task of getting the
newsletter into the mall. Please contact
me at the office or drop by on a Friday.
Give yoursell a Granville Island break!

September, 199]