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EVEN POTTERS GET THE BLUES Deadline: Dec. 30 January Blues 2013, Deer Lake Gallery

After the holiday hoopla is gone and there are no customers on the horizon you may be subject to a seasonal mood change. Join the Deer Lake Gallery in January 2013 as we intend to wallow in the Blues by hosting an exhibition with only one requirement—all pieces must be the colour blue. We are accepting video and digital work as well as painting, drawing, prints and sculptural works including pottery. Please send images and proposals to info@burnabyartscouncil.org before Dec. 30, 2012. Show will run from Jan. 11 to Feb.1, 2013. Artists are asked to join the Burnaby Arts Council, a $25 annual membership.

CALL FOR ENTRY, Lower Mainland Deadline: Mar. 13

TriCity Potters group are holding their first truly juried show in the Blackberry Gallery at Port Moody Arts Centre. We are planning to show ceramic work which has been made specifically for serving a Fantastic Feast. Your entry can be anything that might be used to enhance said feast whether it's serving dishes, drinking vessels or decorative pieces for the dining room. And you might like to decide who or what is doing the feasting! You may enter up to three pieces, some of which can be sets. The entry fee for this show is $10 and you must be a paid-up member of TriCity Potters. Bring your work to our March meeting, Wednesday, March 13 at Port Moody Senior Secondary School, 7 p.m. Fredi Rahn will be the juror but will not be giving a critique of the work. The show will open on Thursday, March 21, 2013 and be up until April 21. The theme ties in with elementum: Form, Function, Feast, the Canadian Clay Ceramic Symposium at Shadbolt Centre, on March 23, 2013. For more information go to www.tricitypotters.ca or phone Gillian McMillan 604.937.7696.

Chop Marks & Signatures

Send in your chops and have them available through the guild. For the form, click on the link here: www.bcpotters.com/Guild/ chops.php

You can email it back to Debra Sloan at debraesloan@gmail. com as an attachment. Or print and mail your sheet[s] to Potters Guild of BC, 1359 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3R7 attention: chops.

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter : December 2012

The exhibitions, calls for entry and special events included in ClayLines are just some of the items listed on the guild website. Website listings are updated regularly, so check back often here: www.bcpotters.com and click on "What's On".

EXHIBITION, Courtenay Meet the artists, Dec. 1

The Potters Place is putting on some Pottery Pizzazz this month with both Featured Artist Charlotte Schaufelbuhl and Special Guest Artist Jeff Brett.

Jeff Brett thinks of himself as a multi-disciplinary artist exploring a variety of art mediums including ceramics, photography, video and sculpture—jumping from one to another and sometimes combining them. His art practice has focused in the last few years primarily on making functional pottery. “I make pots for my family and I, pots that we love to hold, fill with food or drink and share with friends. Each piece is a simple, personal statement that I believe exhibits something about who I am as the maker. I choose to focus on a few basic forms — tumblers, mugs, plates and bowls. I invite you to hold each piece and discover a connection for yourself.” Jeff's pots are to be filled with your favourite food or drink, used and enjoyed. “Where I live and what I do in my work both have a profound influence on the art I create.”

Charlotte Schaufelbuhl’s work is strongly influenced by her folk art studies and has a European flavour. She is constantly testing new ground. She prefers to sacrifice rigid design and controlled firings for the erratic and surprising results that reduction gas firings offer. Her work is unique and a treasured find for even the eclectic collector. Charlotte has built her own kiln and has her studio in Black Creek. She also belongs to the Comox Valley Potters and continues to frequent workshops with guest artists.

On Dec. 1, please come and meet these wonderful artists and enjoy some holiday refreshments. Jeff will be in the gallery 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Charlotte will be in the gallery 1 to 5 p.m. The Potter's Place is at 180B Fifth St. on the corner of Fifth and Cliffe in the Courtyard, in the cultural heart of downtown Courtenay. It's open Mondays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is available at the Rear of the building. For more information, call 250.334.4613, or see www.

thepottersplace.ca.

Charlotte Schaufelbuhl (left) and Jeff Brett (below), showing off some of their work.

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