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JOURNAL OF THE PMC GUILDCONFERENCE UPDATEWe are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for the 2008 PMCConference will be Linda Darty, Head of the Metals Department at EastCarolina University. Linda is an accomplished artist and highly respectedteacher whose credits include a Lifetime Achievement Award from theEnamellist Society and the North Carolina’s Board of Governors’ Award forExcellence. She will be familiar to many Guild members through her book,e Art of Enameling, published in 2006 by Lark Books.e title Linda has given to her talk is “Exploring the Creative mpulse:What We Make and Why We Make It.” She feels that some of her mostvaluable work as a teacher is in helping students make connections betweentheir work and their lives. rough personal examples, she will help us explorenew ways to enrich what we do.e conference will be July 17-20, 2008 on the campus of PurdueUniversity in West Lafayette, Indiana, and will include more than 20presentations covering a range of topics. As always, check back regularly towww.PMC-Conference.com for updates and details.NEW LOOK FOR GUILD WEBSITEe PMC Guild has redesigned its splash page, the screen that appearswhen you type in www. PMCguild.com. Users will have the option ofentering the site or clicking toa page that gives access to eightof the most popular and representativepages. e site nowincludes more than 1,000 pages,including a complete archive ofall magazines.Supplier of Fine Silver Findingsfor the Metal Clay Artisanwww.metalclayfindings.comToll-free 888-999-6404Phone 401-305-3999Fax 401-728- 8038Email mcf@metalclayfindings.comPAGE 17