NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NAME THAT NEWSLETTER Win a one year membership in the Potters Guild of B.C. Just submit your most creative name for the monthly newsletter on or before October 31. A mame will be selected from entries received and the winner's name will be published in the first new newsletter, GUILD PROGRAMS The program committee met recently to discuss future programming and we came up with two ideas we would like to share with you and ask for your input. First, we would like to think about creating an exhibition of B.C. pot- ters’ work with the title OFF THE WALL! The title says it all. The exhibition would be mounted to coincide with the next AGM and Made in Clay sale, We would like to se- cure a venue on Granville Island so that all these events can be within walking distance. So...what do you think? VVould you accept the challenge offered in the title of this exhibition? Second, we would like to put together an annual publica- tion that would contain potters’ profiles, technical and other papers, exhibition critiques, ads and so on. This would be in a well-illustrated journal format. Many associ- ations have journals that are published quarterly or three times a year and these serve as excellent vehicles for ma- terial that is outside of the newsletters scope. So....what do you think? Would you be interested in this type of pub- lication and, as importantly, would you be willing to con- tribute material? We look forward to hearing from you. Committee Members: Carol Mayer, Tam Irving, Ron Val- lis, Patrick Taddy -REMINDER- THE OCTOBER JURY FOR THE GALLERY OF B.C. CERAMICS CLOSES ON OCT, 15. CONTACT THE GALLERY FOR DETAILS AT 604-669-5645 GUILD NEWS Recently, the Vancouver Sun published an article by David Bond, Chief Econornist for the Hong Kong Bank of Canada that deals with subsidies to the arts in Canada. (Vancouver Sun, Aug. 30, 1995) Bond suggests that be- cause grants and subsidies currently go directly te “performers, producers or arts organizations ..."the recipi- ents worry less whether the public has any taste or de- mand for the product than whether the granting agency approves.” Bond also notes that it ts often argued that this approach is necessary to ensure creative freedom, but feels that this position fails to make the arts community accountable for its activities. Bond's suggestion for deal- ing with this is to provide tax relief for anyone who sup- ports the arts by purchasing the products of the arts com- munity. This would, he argues, have the benefits of keep- ing the government out of the creative sphere, allow mea- surablie public input into the determination of what is Sub- sidized, provide more balanced tax relief for all persons in that the true benefit would be greater proportionately for those with lower incomes, be acceptable within the current intemational trade environment, and make it truly difficult for government to engage in overspending and bailouts, PROPOSED NEW LEAD AND CADMIUM REGS. No product... shall exceed the specified lead or cadmium levels for that product category set owt in the Table to this section unless the product ts labelled or identified as specified in section 5. Product Category Lead level Cadmitu in me./litre in my_/litre Flatware: 3,0 0.50 Stal] holloware other lhan cups or mugs: 2,0 0.50 Large holloware other than pitchers: 1.0 0.25 Cups and mugs: 0.5 0.50 Pitchers: OS 0.25 No drinking vessel with an exterior decoration within 20 millimeters of the rim.,.shall release led in excess of 25 milligrams per litre or cadmium in excess of 1.75 milligrams per litre.