July 14th was a beautiful day for our BBQ and Brainstorm Summer Social! Members gathered for an in person relaxed evening of good food, conversation, and community. What a delight to see so many guild members in one space. We started off with a great icebreaker game some Mingle Bingo, which came with some great prizes, graciously donated by our wonderful and local clay suppliers: The Clay Warehouse, and Greenbarn Pottery Supply. As a group we were asked: Where do you see the Guild in 5...

By Eric Roberts, Founding President of the South Vancouver Island Potters Guild Throughout my ceramic career I have interacted with potters of many different creative journeys. Some started very early but didn’t ever get intrenched in the process and left for more interesting endeavours. Others felt they were getting past their creative years and stopped only to regret “retiring” too soon. Others were forced by health issues to abandon their joy with clay and then there are those like me...

1955 - 2025 - How Did We Get This Far… By Debra Sloan, assisted by Allan Collier’s pre-WWII knowledge A view of the 70th Anniversary Show at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. On until January 15, 2026. David Lambert, aka, the ‘Father of BC Pottery’, wrote in the catalogue for Retrospect 80, the PGBC’s 25th anniversary exhibition: "I do not expect the Guild to do anything for me without my doing something for it. The belonging to and enjoyment of the Guild imposes duties which I...