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ClayLinesCelebrating Success in our communityExhibition, CoquitlamJan. 5 to 28When Imagination Meets Clay, by KwaiSang Wong (Winnie Chen). Teapot &Reliefs. Opening Reception: Thursday,Jan. 5, 2012; 7 to 9 p.m. at the Place desArts Atrium Gallery, 1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3K 1G2,604.664.1636, www.placedesarts.caCall for Entry:2012 Wearable Art AwardsDeadline: Dec. 2The Port Moody Arts Centre Wearable Art Awards is not afashion show it is a multi-media performance where the humanbody becomes a living, breathing, moving canvas. We are lookingfor more than a “pretty dress.” We are asking you to go deep intoyour imagination to create a wearable piece of art that challengeswhat most consider wearable or everyday fashion. More info:http://www.pomoarts.ca/events/wearable-art-awardsCALL FOR ARTISTS, CoquitlamDeadline: Feb. 3, 2012Place des Arts is currently accepting proposals for its 2013gallery exhibitions. Deadline for submissions is Friday, February3, 2012. Place des Arts welcomes submissions in 2D and 3Dmedia and techniques including fibre arts, pottery, sculpture,painting, photography, prints and drawings. For details see:www.placedesarts.ca or call exhibitions programmer MichelleChan at 604.664.1636 ext. 32 or mchan@placedesarts.ca.Call for Entry, PGBC MembersDeadline: Mar. 1, 2012Exhibition: Up the Garden Path, April 7 to 30, 2012A juried group show open to all PGBC members, to be hostedby the Gallery of BC Ceramics. The exhibition will showcasevessels and sculptures specifically for use in the garden.We’re looking for planters, sculptures, rocks, bird baths, birdhouses, bird feeders, lanterns, fountains, frogs, snails - anythingthat can be used in a garden setting. All work must be for sale.Application forms will be posted on the guild website atwww.bcpotters.com/Guild/callsforentry_guild.php early nextyear. Applications must be received by Mar. 1, 2012, and physicalwork must be delivered to the gallery between Mar. 15 and Mar.25. Jurying of pieces for the exhibition will take place on Mar. 28,2012. Please let the Gallery know by the end of January 2012 ifyou wish to take part in this exhibition. Notices of intention toparticipate can be emailed to galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com.—Gallery of BC Ceramics Exhibitions CommitteeSubmissions for the February2012 PGBC newsletterPlease get your articles and ads in to Melany by Jan. 20 at thelatest for the Feb. 1 newsletter. If you submit your material afterthat date, it may have to wait till next month's newsletter. Submissionscan be sent to editor@bcpotters.com.Remember, there is no newsletter in January.The first newsletter in 2012 will be published Feb. 1.The Slab ManCometh Closer!By Keith Rice-JonesSign-ups for Jim Robison’s workshop at the Shadbolt Centre inBurnaby on March 24 and 25 are well underway, so don’t delay!Jim will also be part of the North-West Ceramics Foundation’sSpeaker Series, and make a note of this: his free presentation at EmilyCarr University will be on the Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m., not onthe Friday as previously advertised. For more info, see www.nwcf.ca.Jim, who is actually an American, will talk broadly about his ownlong-time situation as a potter in Britain as well as the studio potteryscene there, including the remarkable Ismay collection of British studiopottery. He knew Bill Ismay, a Yorkshire librarian who built up oneof the world’s biggest and best collections of 20th century ceramics,and was involved in getting the collection to York Art Gallery (see:www.yorkartgallery.org.uk/Page/ViewCollection.aspx?CollectionId=5). Jim is also a Fellow of the Craft PottersAssociation in Britain.Jim Robison has an enormous fund of knowledge and his ways ofworking with slabs will really push your ideas. He is the author ofLarge Scale Ceramics and more recently, Slab Techniques, both in the A& C Black series. He is also a fixture at the International AberystwythFestival in Wales, both organizing and demonstrating, so his workshopwill be both informative and entertaining—especially his “slam-dunk”dishes which he literally drops on the floor. Jim works very directlyboth with the slabs themselves and with the surfaces, using slips,scoring and texturing with a vast range of found tools and materials.Make sure you don’t miss out on either of these opportunities in thenew year!A “slam-dunk” potby Jim Robison.Potters Guild of BC Newsletter . December/January 2011/1211