President’s Message September is here again. I’m sure you remember that it’s time to renew your membership. In a move to streamline administrative aspects of the guild, we are installing a new program to manage our membership database. It will make it easier for us to keep the list up to date. New memberships will be prorated on a monthly basis to the following September. A feature of this new program is that only Gallery News By Sharon Cohen It’s been such a treat to host the Karel Peeters Fruition exhibition. Karel’s work has always made for eye-catching displays. We'd been really looking forward to being able to showcase and highlight the work in solitary splendour. Can you say IMPACT?! I’ve been conducting an informal survey, watching people’s reactions as they walk in, figuring out what the most common responses are. Widening eyes are a given, that happens in all cases, smiles are frequently seen. The word “wow” is frequently heard. Showing Karel’s colours on a larger scale makes for a really spectacular display. We're just loving it, and so are the gallery customers. Karel custom- built a wall rack to display his bowls. ‘They look perfect. He’s brought new patterns and colours we've not seen before. There’s a huge range and great diversity. I challenge customers to pick a favourite, and virtually nobody can (it would be like asking a parent to pick their favourite child.) It cannot be done. Each is so unique and special! The colours outside the gallery are getting brighter too— we've had all our window frames and doors repainted, and it’s all looking very spiffy with new bright coats of yellow and blue paint, perfect timing to coincide with Karel’s show. But this month we shake things up totally. No more bright and colourful, on to the fabulously stark contrast of black and white for the Black-White 100 Potters’ Guild Members’ Show. Time is tight, please send your submissions (via http://www.bepotters. com/Gallery/forms/2009_BW100.pdf) immediately, we're anxious to reach our goal of 100 submissions, and we're not close enough yet. The show opens on Sept. 12, so youll need to hurry. While you are in submissions mode, please ~~ remember to apply for the annual exhibition COLUMBIA Karel Peeters’ love affair with colour. jury—2010 is closer than you think. It’s time to start allocating exhibitions for next year. Application details can be found on http:// www.bepotters.com/Gallery/forms/2009_ Gallery_Jury_Application.pdf. If this year’s exhibitions are anything to go by, next year should be even more exciting. Maybe we should plan a members’ show for February, something special for the Olympics. If you have any ideas for a group or individual show, please let me know. I'd love to have something special happening in the gallery for all the tourists that will hopefully pack our city. " \ ‘, Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - September 2009 those members who are paid up will receive the ebroadcasts and be allowed access to the members-only section. So don’t wait till you've missed three newsletters... —Jinny Whitehead "Too Good for the Shard Sale" Fundraiser Cancelled By Jinny Whitehead The Lougheed Mall has just informed me that they cannot accommodate our fundraising sale this Fall. Please contact me at vwhitehead@shaw.ca if anyone can come up with a suggestion for a new venue that will accommodate us without any costs. It is pretty short notice to find anything before Christmas, but we could aim for next year. Congratulations to Guild members ...Lynda Jones, Lilach Lotan, Margaret Matsu- yama, Kaitlan Murphy, Jan Phelan and Laurie Rolland, whose work will be representing B.C. ceramics in the Canadian Pavilion at the Korean International Craft Biennale. The show runs from September 23 to November 1, and Canada is the featured guest.