Ann Hoberts, President of Ceramists Canada, has
requested that the following NEWS RELFASE reach &.f.
potters, She invites your comments and questions.

(FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, UNIVSRSITY OF WATERLOO, WATERLOO,
ONTARIO N2L 361)
DG YOU REMEMBER THE CANADIAN GUILD OF POTTERS?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF CERAMISTS CANADA?

Ceramists Canada is the grandchild of the old Canadian
Guild of Potters and is undergoing a strongly motivated re-
juvenation and revitalisation. The best of the old Canadian
Guild of Potters will be brenght back into action with a
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP open to everyone in the ceramic community. Ceramists Canada
These members will have the right to vote at the Annual Céramistes Canada
General Meeting, receive publications and participate in
activities of the association. The Full Juried Membership
will continue to be selected for their professional standing.

They will enjoy the same membership rights but only they may
hold executive office and thereby control the direction of
the organisation. Their names and portfolios will be made
available to Provincial, National and International organisa-
tions. Jurying and Invitational selection will be held
annually, with input from the General Membership.

4A new wagazine, The Journal of Ceramists Canada will link
all provinces and territories with photographs and articles.
It should be communicative, informative and academic, as well
as enjoyable pictorially. The first edition will be released
early in the new year and will showcase the work of Canadian
ceramists with articles by reviewers across the country.

A national gallery of the ceramic arts has been a topic
raised and contemplated in diverse areas of Canada at various
times over two decades. Potters, glass blowers, clay sculptors,
stained glass workers and enamelists have voiced the need for
their art work to be displayed, collected and recorded in a
gallery of national stature somewhere in Canada. They sense
their history te be dribbling away umrecorded and in some cases
unexhibited. The emerging excellence of craftspeople and
artists needs to be curated and viewed in group and solo
exhibitions at a level suitable for, and acceptable by the
mainstream art galleries of Canada.

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4n sesociation for Clay, Glass and Enamels
Une Association dédiée aux Arts du Feu