ClayLines Celebrating Success in our community Artisan Tours: Chilliwack area With the support of our Chilliwack Tourism team, we now have a great new Artisan Tour brochure featuring four potters and several galleries, a metal sculptor and other visual artists in the Chilliwack area. You can download the brochure from a link on the homepage of www.tourismchilliwack.com And another tour: Come and visit Greendale Pottery and Country Guest House on August 23 for our “Greendale Country Sampler” Tour, just west of Chilliwack. This very popular day in the country offers an interesting sampling of local artisans, gardens and agricultural stops, including honey, herbs, soaps, organic grains, cheese, alpacas and more. Pick up your button and passport to win a huge grand prize basket, at Greendale Pottery where you will find, along with Holly McKeen’s crystalline and stoneware pottery, guest artists specializing in glass work, silver jewellery, fabric sculpture and more! Come out to the country for the day—find a map and more details at www.greendalesampler.com Greendale Pottery & Country Guest House 42245 South Sumas Road. Chilliwack, British Columbia V2R 4W3 604-823-6430 American Craft Council Opens Shows to Canadian Artists For the first time in its 65-year history, the American Craft Council is inviting artists who are residents of Canada to apply to the organization's legendary wholesale show and six retail shows. Canadian artists making functional and non-functional sculpture, jewelry, clothing, furniture, home décor and more, can now apply to any and all of the 2009 wholesale and retail shows by submitting digital images via the Council’s online application system (www.zapplication.org) which will be reviewed by a jury of 21 professionals in the field. To apply and/or download a prospectus, visit: www.craftcouncil.org/apply Applications due: July 31, 2008. Artists will be notified mid- September. For more information: 1-800-836-3470; 212-274-0630 Phone 212-274-0650 Fax shows@craftcouncil.org CUSTOMER APPRECIATION 25% off everything in stock Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A huge thank you to our loyal gallery patrons for your support! Sale applies to in stock items only. All sales are final. No holds, no returns, no exchanges. Shipping fees are calculated on regular retail value before discount, and discount does not apply to shipping fees. As by popular request, for those of you who cannot make it to the COLUMBIA Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - July/August 2008 YOU TOO CAN RAKU! (@ Potters Guild of 8.. and Gallery of B.C Gane @e § Cartwright Street, Granville +, U 2 Can Raku was a Smokin’ Success By Donna Partridge The sun was shining on July 1 as over 10,000 people packed Granville Island to Celebrate Canada Day and we had a great day full of fun and raku firings as part of those celebrations. The U2 Can Raku Fundraiser on Granville Island was a huge success measured not only in the 100 or so pieces we fired but also in the smiles on the faces of the volunteers and participants. I want to give a big thank you to those volunteers; Joan Barnet (and her § friends Mike and Judi), Heba Ghobrial, Dan Severance, Winnie Chen, McMichael, Jackie — Frioud, Lawrence, Diane West, Nancy Cramer, Michael Massia, Phyllis Schwartz, Zhana Nedelcheva, Etka Nadeau, Dorothy War- wicker, Christina Peressini, Deb Sloan and Hisae Beverly Kathryn Youngs. Thanks also to our tireless firing coordinator, Lolli Cook and to our Guild President, Jinny Whitehead, for her support. Don't miss out. We're already, planning a bigger and better event next year so be sure to join us. Hurry on down, July 26! SALE: Gallery of BC Ceramics gallery in person, we will do our best to respond to phone voice mail messages and emails in the order we receive them on Saturday, July 26. The gallery is extremely busy on sale days. As such, we cannot guarantee we will be able to answer and process phone calls or emails on July 26, although we will certainly do our best to accommodate all of our valued patrons. 12