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GALLERY REPORT

We are now heading into our busy sea- son.on Granville Island, ard it is time to do some spring cleaning in the Gallery. Iwill be contacting Gallery artists about. removing work that has been im the Gallery more than six months, and re- placing it with new.

We would like to remind Gallery artists to PLEASE TELEPHONE us before coming in with new work. Unannounced visita are often difficult for us to deal with, especially when the Gallery is filled with people.

lam presently in the Gallery from Mon- day to Friday. Please pre-arrange with me to make celiveries early in the week (Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday). De- liveries on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday are very difficult to handle efficiently. Making sure that the work is labelled and priced accurately is neces- sary, and this takes tne.

FEATURE

Nathan Rafla’s recent show [5 a sensi- live tribute to his father. Baskets for my Father's Bedside is a change from the earthenware pots with majolica glazes and painterly surfaces we are familiar with to an exploration of porcelain with celadon and tenmouku glazes. The larger works are soft flowing bowls balanced an incised pedestals and then glazed. The smaller basket surface treatments vary from inclaed walls to sensual curved. bowls, all with handles that have been pulled and twisted to complete the bas- ket form.

Showing in the Gallery until May 20 is New Work by Mary Daniel. Daniel's pleces are delicate slab built vessels, wall pleces and platters, low-fired with slips and lustres. The pastel colours make the feeling light. airy and up-

lifting.

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| EXHIBITIONS AND SALES |

Sale at the studio of Kybor Dancer on Barnston Island, Surrey. The sale will be hosted by Kybor's sister Jana on Friday May 10, 12pm - 8pm and Satur- day May 11, 12pm - Gpm. Alternate times may be arranged by calling 585- 4752. Offered for sale are 300 pots Kybor created during the last 3 decades of his life, his extensive Wbrary amd his tools. Directions to the studio will be pasted al

the ferry.

The Thompson Valley Potters’ Guild is presenting its SPRING SALE together with the Weavers’ Guild. This festive event will be held tn (he Grand Ballroom af the Stockman's [an in Kamloape on Sunday May 5 from 10am to 4pm.

Creck Clayworks Studie Opening and Pottery Sale: Work by Elaine Futterman and Mike Allegrettl, Saturday and Sunday May 25 and 26, 1Oam —- 4pm at 1738 Lockyer Rd., Roberts Creek, on the Sunshine Coast, Phone 885-2995 for more information and for directions.

Culturally (dis)Placed: An investiga- tion of ethnology through contemporary phelography; Sharyn Yuen, Oladele Bamgboye, Manuel Martinez-Polo. Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave.. Burnaby, May 2 - July 1. Tour & Talk First Sunday, May 5, lpm.

Robin Peck, 1971-1991: Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. May 2 = July 1. This twenty year retro- spective of Robin Peck's sculpture brings together many of the Ideas that have tetated the conceptual aspects of 3- dimensional art in Canada amd around the world,

Marcella Niccoli & Geraldine Santiago; June G6 - 17. Opening @pm June 6. Richmond Art Gallery, 5951 No. 3 Road, Richmond.

Peter Kiss: June 20 - July 1. Opening 8pm June 20. Richmond Art Gallery, §951 Ne, 3 Road. Richmond.

Tour of Artists’ Studica: Richmond Art Gallery will be visiting the studios of Ree Maté, Pat O'Hare and Marcella Niceold, June 13,

FIRED UP! CONTEMPORARY WORKS IN CLAY, May 25 and 26, 199] at the Metchosin Community Hall, corner of Happy Valley Rd, and Metchosin Rd. Hours 10 am to 5 pm.

Pleasures of the Teble ia this year's theme of one of the West Coast's major Clay events. The Fired Up group consists of Judi Dyelle, Pat Webber, Gordon Hutchens, Sue Hara, Gary Merkel, Alan and Meg Burgess, Dianne Searle, Art Brendon, Susan LePoidevin, and Loulse Card. This year the glass artist Morna Tudor, Tam Irving and Sandra Millott Will be featured guest artists.

Conference & Workshop featuring Clay Artists: Suzan & Curtis Benzle

Susan & Steven Kemenyffy

Glass Artists: Andy Magdanz

Susan Shapiro May 23, 24.25 4 26, 1991 Erindale Campus University of Torania Presented ny

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For more information call Fusion | (416) 323-7406

NEXT GUILD MEETING

Thursday, June 20, 7:30pm at 1359 Cartwright

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