MEETING

The next general meeting of the Pottera Guild of B.C. will take
place at Van Dusen Gardens, 37th and Oak Street, Vancouver,
beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2let. The usual tea,
coffee and goodies will be served from 7:00-8:00 p.m. followed
by a short buaineea meeting. Saliy Mtehener from Emily Carr
College of Art will be giving a talk on luatres.

COMMENT

CANADIAN CRAFTS COUNCIL CONFERENCE

The firet ever Canadian Crafte Conference will take place
September £0-28, 1982 in the Maritimes and has been well received
acrogs Canada.

Each provinee was allocated a certain number of spaces and
to date two thirds have been apoken for. Brittah Colwnbia ie
mot only the furthest avay it te aleo the only provinee NOT
providing any financtal assistance to it's delegates. And this
from a provinee who boaste of tt's strong economy, hae twice had
Bronfman Award winners in five years and has the greatest
number of craftspeople per capita in Canada. Saskatchewan te
fully finaneing thetr delegates. Out of our quota of 20 delegates
we have 9 people indieating they will attempt to pay their oun
way. Applications to the Cultural Servicee Branch and the Lottery
Grants Branch were both turned down, and while we haven't given
up we're already anguishing over the lost opportunity for B.C.'s
craftemen to meet and study with some of Canada's top flight
artiats/craftepeople. We join Robin Hopper (B.C.'e represent-
ative on the board of CCC), the Craftsmene Aeaoetation of B.C.
and other concerned people in urging you to write your loeal MLA
and your Federal MP about this situatton. Hopefully, at leaet
tt will inerease awareness within the government members of the
disservice this does to the craft community, as well ae the
provinee of B.C, At beat, it may produce some aaatetance for
our eraftepeople.