MADE OF CLAY the eighth annual Spring show

May 4 - 6 at Performance Works, Granville Island

The next Made of Clay will be held, as in past years, Mm the Performance Works on Granville Island, This is a wonderful site that has served us well. This wall be the eighth consecutive Spring show at this location. OF course, we continue to look for new ideas to enhance quality and to increase allendance. Following a meeting at Maggi Kneer’s home on January 3, a publicity committee will be established to increase our exposure to the public; this is welcome news Indeed, and should hope- fully provide me with a much needed respite! By the ime you receive this news- letter, a financial plan will have been pre- sented for approval by the Board wt its meeting on January 11.

The 2001 show will run from Friday, May 4 through to Sunday, May 6. "This was the date suggested by the majority of respond- ents lo.qur questionnaire al the 2000) Spring show, This year will feature even greater selection in the availability of rental spaces, We are reducing the number of 1 x 10 booths to only 7, and will feature | 1 free- standing islands (3' x 4°), and 7 freestand- ing duplexes (10'x 5‘). Booths will rent for 3450, islands for $173 and duplexes for $300, Participants may rent one half of a

duplex for $1); they wall be encouraged to work with their fellow partner in the remaining half to develop a cohesive dis- play. We will not be using the # high drapery dividers as in previous shows: this change is by popular demand. As evi- denced in our just concluded Christmas show, the absence of the rigid grid system creates a spaciousness that is both friendly and inviting; in other words, there are no hard to see spaces!

We hope that once again we will have our Raku demonstrations and sale acthe Ceean Place site on the Island, and will use this as an opportunity to promote the show. We will also request permission to move our throwing demonstrations from the Per- formance Works site to a more prominent Jocation either within the market itself or immediately adjacent.

An application form is included in this newsletier and should be completed as soon as possible. Space will be assigned on Monday, February 19 onan as received basis with the earliest date mark receiving priority of allocation. Please include your chegue(s) in the correct amount payable to: Potters Guild of British Columisia, 1359

JEREMY HATCH Industrial Facility

Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R7. Ifyou require more information please phone me at G4. 921677.

Only a brief ward on our latest show, Made of Clay at Christmas, at the Round- house near downtown Vancouver, | found the Exhibition Hall to be a very exciting venue. It was well lil, spacious, and easily accessible within the complex, Under- ground parking was available both on site, and inseveral neighbouring buildings. The majorty of respondents to our question- naire were favourably impressed. Attend- ance, although still not as great as we would like, increased by more than 1% from the previous show. | think that with additional focus on promotion, this 1 ca- pable of being a premier arts event in Vancouver, The demonstrations by Mrs. Yukawa of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana were very popular and added an important highlight! [, for one, certainly hope that is repeated at our next Christmas show. Ron Feicht Show Chair

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Laok for the application form in this newslet- fer, Please reply ASAP for the Sect focarion,

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Opening Friday February 2, 18:00 - 20:00. Continues to February 27

Gallery of BC Ceramics

Jeremy Hatch Industrial tegpor 2000, porcelain wheel thrown, brome glaze, cone 62h 1900, w 15.0.0 25.0cm. Photo: Ying Yuch Chuang

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[recently arrived home after an inspiring and rigorous semester #5 aspecial student at the Nova Scotia College of Ant and Design in Halifax. While there, |] focused on developing two seemingly disparate bodies of work to bring back to Vancouver. In January I displayed several large plates in Marrew, a two person show with Mike Haller, at Dyname Art Gallery, Vancouver. This series combines everyday ceramic forms with the anonymous imper- fections of the urban landscape in an attempt to-explore the notion of failure, My goal was to monumentalize the common dinner Plate, remove it from the domestic sphere and situate it within the gallery context, Embedded in the surface of these plates are negitive impressions of cracks that | cast from the city streets. I see broken windows and fissures in the sidewalks as the unseen and accepted imperfections of everyday public life. By making the emply space within these cracks tangible, hidden secrets are exhumed and put back on public display.

mene cee Jeremy Hatch on apposite page