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Potters Guild of British Columbia

1359 Cartwright St., Granville Island
Vancouver, B.C. W6H 3IR7

NEWSLETTER

JANUARY 1991

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

ISSN 6319 812x

The beginning of a new year is an appro-
priate time to take stock of our achleve-
ments and to consider what might lie
ahead. Your Board of Directors was
responsible in 1900 for a number of
important initiatives which are themizedt
bet bone;

1.

Organization: in order to facilitate
Guild business, standing commit-
tees with defined responsibilities
were established as follows:

- Finance: Supervision of acoount-
ing. preparation of financial state
ments and annual budgels, Gen-
eral advice to the Board comcerm-
fry? Fira races.

- Gallery; Supervision of Gallery
and assistance to Gallery Man-
Ager.

- Exhibition: Planning. organiza-
tion ared financing for the exhibi-
tion “Choosing Clay*.

- Programs, Workshops, and Stu-
cio 5: Planning and organization
of workshops and meetings. Su-
pervision of Studie 5 and annual
advertising for selection of new
candidates.

- Publications; Planning and edi-
torial assistance to managing Edi-
tor of monthly Newsletter. Spe-
Gal publications.

- Librane: New acquisitions, cata-
Joguing, Library policy.
- Selections and Awards: Jurying

and selections of exhibiters in
the Gallery. Scholarships.

“Choosing Clay" Exhibition: A sur-
vey of ceramics tn British Columbia
and Washinglon by Glenn Allison
and Jim Theomsbury indicated that
the field was so diverse that they
were unable to define a clear cura-
torial premise. Rather than cancel
exhibition plans, the Board decided
to make diversity a theme in itself
and the current show, which was
organieved in collaboration wilh the
Cartwright Gallery, is the result of
that decision, Printed catalogues
are a major expense and the
Cartwright Gallery was fortunate in
receiving a $2000.00 grant from the
Keerner Foundation to partially
defray costs. The Board hopes that
“Choosing Clay" will be the precur-
sor of olher exhibitions with cata-
lague documentation and more
focussed points of yew.

Awards: $2000.00 was moved inte
a Scholarship Fund with plane te
add $2000.00 in each of the next
four years. The long range objective
is te builel cap the fund so that schol-
arship commitments can be met by

disbursing interest rather than
depleting capital. The Board also
decided to consolidale scholarships
into two major $500.00 awards, -
the Olea Davis and David Lambert
Memorial awards, which will be open
te second year students on a com-
petitive basis beginning this year.
Submissions, in the form of st slices
and a reaume will be juried by the
Board In March. All students sub-
mitting applications will receive a
one-year membership in the Guild.

The Board approved a $2500.00
award to Catherine Hahn ane Cris
Giuffrida te complete their film
“Painting with Fire", about wood
firing im ris’ anagama Kiln. The
Guild will receive a video copy for
the library in due course.

Gallery: In view of the advent of
GST and the increasing complexity
of Gallery business, we have pur-

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

January 24, 1991
see Page 5 for details