EXHIBITIONS AND TALKS CELIA and KEITH RICE-JONES Fac- ets: Segments of a Compound Eye Au- gust | 1- September 19. Seymour Art Gal- lery 4360 Gallant Avenue, North Vancou- ver 64-924-[ 378 TALK: August 29 [ 340) Keith Rice-Tones gives a shdevtalk presentation illustrating the general studio process and the devel- opment of an idea; also demonstrates the ritual of Runes and I Ching. Seymour Art Gallery RACHELLE CHINNERY Homage to Gwatt Haanas a series of sculptural vases inspired by the marine sanctuary and park of Gwati Haanas in the Queen Charlotte Islands, The Crafihouse Gallery across from the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Open- ing Thursday, September 2 from 18:00- 20:00 and continues to October 5. 64- 687-7270 KINICHI SHIGENO Slue Birds, Sep- tember 24 - November 14, ceramic blue on while place setting commissioned and de- signed for Government Howse, Canadian Craft Museum 639 Hornby Street, Van- couver, 604-687-3266 CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline: Friday, September 10 City of Vaneouver, phase one: a call for ideas; Place Marker for the Chinatown Memorial Square at Keefer amd Colur- hia Streets, Objective is to raise the site’s prefile “through the placement of art work identifiable with Chinatown, providing a meeting place and point of reference for residents ond tourists.” Open to artists of any ethnicity or gender who are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants residing in Canada. Complete details are in the Guild office or contact Barhara Cole, Office of Cultural Affairs, 604-871-6038 or email: Submissions to: Place Marker, Office of the City Clerk, 3” floor, Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12° Avenue, Vancouver, BC, VSY 1V4 Deadline; September 24 Register and fee payment for Third An- nual Juried Nordic Art Exhibitand Sale, October 15-18, Friday to Monday. All media accepted. Scandinavian Commu- nity Centre, 6340 Thomas Street, Burnaby, V5B 4P9, Sonja 604-294-2777 Deadline: September 30 City of Kelowna, public art competi- tion. One artist of a team of artists will receive a cammrssion 16 create a work of art to be located on a major wall in the lobby of Kelowna Community Theatre. For bref, send $15 cheque payable to City of Kelowna, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BCVIY 4, 250-862-3339 local 386 or fax 250-862-3392 Deadline: October 31 Ninth Biennale nationale de céramique June 9-September 3, 2000. Theme: voy- age, evoking ideas of adventure, journey, passage, crossing, pilgrimage, tour... voy- age across time, space and life. Media: primarily clay or works integrating clay in asignificant manner, Colwured catalogue. Biennale nationale de céramique, 864 rue des Ursulines, PO Box 1596, Trois- Rivitres, Québec, GOA S3L9, tel: 819-691- 0829; fax: BL9-374-1758; email: website: www. rapidus.net'gap available through: The only clays made from Canadian clay deposits A complete line of products is PLAINSMAN tnres Box 1265, Medicine Hat, Alta, T1A 7M9 Phone 403-527-8535 FAX 527-7508 Internet: http://digitalfire, com/plainsman Greenbarn Potters Supply Surrey, B.C. Phone: 604-888-3411 Island Pottery Supplies Nanaimo, B.C. Phone: 250-753-1633 Brickhouse Pottery Supply Cobble Hill, B.C. Phone: 250-743-5839 Potters Guild of British Columbia September 1999