Table of Contents

Lattice Structures
President’s Message
Gallery Manager’s Report
Claylines

Board Changes

Medalta International
Objects of the Heart

Seasonal Sales

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Studio Ceramics in Canada 3
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Making China in China

Clay for Dummies - P2 10
NCECA Conference 11
Claylines

Suzy Birstein was thrilled to find her art
on the front Cover of the Sept./Oct. issue
of "Claytimes”, an American ceramics
publication. Her colourful portrait paint-
ing inspired by her figurative sculpture
was representing the exhibit "Potsketch”
in Missoula, Montana. This annual
exhibit and auction is curated by the The
Clay Studio of Missoula, inviting 200
ceramic artists from around the world to
create sketches of their pots. Suzy's entry
was featured in the Missoula newspaper,

alongside the entries of Akio Takamori
and Garth Clark

Joanne Copp has been invited to partici-
pate in a show of International Ceramics
entitled "One Piece-One Artist” at the
Marianne Heller Gallery in Heidelberg,
Germany, opening November 20th until
January 29, 2006. www.galerie-heller.de

Keith Rice-Jones has been awarded a 3
month Residency at Sturt Pottery in New
South Wales, Australia. He will be Artist
in Residence Feb, March and April,
2006. Ifyou are planning a trip, the hous-
ing acccomodation is quite generous.
Besides sampling a good variety of Shiraz
Keith is looking forward to a new impe-
tus and direction with his work. Past
Artists in Residence have included the
likes of Svend Bayer and Artists in a vari-
ety of other crafts.

President’s Message

I expect, like me, most of you are up
to your elbows in clay and glaze as
the time races ahead into the holiday
sales season! I hope you can take a
few minutes to read through the
newsletter as there are a few changes
occuring in the Guild.

It seems that every year we have to
organize one fundraising activity in
order to achieve that extra project
that will take us up a level. The Z-
mugs helped us raise money for new
lighting; the Too Good for the Shard
Sales helped pull us out of our debts,
and this year helped us celebrate our
50th anniversary. While the shard
sale has been successful in raising
funds, it works against one of our
main goals - that of promoting excel-
lence in our craft. Our project for
2006 is to replace the desk in the
gallery, which is desperately in need
of replacement. In order to raise the
money need to achieve this, we have

In January and February, 2006 BC in
a Box will be displayed at the Comox
Valley Art Gallery. In March it will
return to Vancouver to be the feature
exhibit in our own gallery. This has
been a very successful show and I
hope we can do another like it in a
year or two. But I the time has come
to retire this particular one and we
would like to do that by making the
work available for sale in our gallery.
While some people indicated that
their work could be for sale, not
everyone did. So I am asking you to
send me an e-mail
(vwhitehead@shaw.ca) to confirm the
price and saleability of your work.
The standard 50 percent gallery com-
mission will apply. Those works not
for sale will be returned. To save
time and energy, if you have friends
or colleagues who participated, group
your responses into one message.

I wish you all a wonderful holiday

designated the February exhibition as _ season.
a fundraiser. More details about this . .
will be appear in the next newsletter Jinny Whitehead
and in e-mail broadcasts.
Gallery Manager’s Report

bers.

‘Theme!

The Gallery’s feature wall showcasing BC Potters Guild 50th Teapots
looks fantastic, remember this is an opportunity open to all Guild mem-

Holiday shoppers are out and about! A special thank you to the artists
who actively participate in keeping the gallery fully stocked with current
and. new inventory. It’s always exciting for us at the gallery to receive and
create new displays for ceramic promotion and sales.

Stay posted for new Gallery retail jury application submissions in the
New Year. Currently our waiting lists are so long and only ten artists can
submit per jury. We want to streamline the process in order to showcase
new artists and ceramics at the gallery sooner. Stay tuned...

Guild Members Holiday Exhibition
We look forward to receiving and displaying ceramics with a Holiday

Brenda Beaudoin

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

November/December 2005