6:30pm: Ceramic Showcase Meeting: If you are planning to do Showcase, it is highly recommended that you attend these meetings, since this is one of the main ways we disseminate information to participants

6:50pm: OPA Business Meeting: Call Nancy Hart (503-292-2165) to put items on the agenda. Bring items for the swap table, donations for Empty Bowls, written announcements to hang on the room divider, etc.

7:30pm: There will be no program, instead we will have Showcase booth allocation. See more information later in the newsletter.

NEXT BOARD MEETING: Tuesday April 11, 6:30pm at Ginger Steele’s nursery/studio, 3285 NW Susbauer Rd, Cornelius. From Portland, take Hwy 26 west, take Glencoe/North Plains exit, turn left over freeway, go 1 mile to stop light, turn right on Zion Church Rd, go 1-1/2 miles to flashing yellow light, turn left and travel 2 miles to New Leaf Greenhouse (just past the Hornecker Rd intersection on rt, there is a picket fence around the retail yard in the front). The meeting will be in the green building behind the greenhouse. From the south take scenic Hwy 47 to Forest Grove, turn right on Hwy 8, go about 3 miles to 19th St in Cornelius. At BP Station at 19th, turn left, travel 1.6 miles on 19th St which magically turns into Susbauer Rd. The nursery is on the left just after you cross Dairy Creek, come past the retail parking to the green office building behind the retail greenhouse.

NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: April 16, 2000. Send written submissions to Janet Buskirk, 3624 SE Yamhill, Portland OR 97214

MEETING DATES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR: General Meetings will be March 10, May 12, July 14, Nov 10 (plus party on Sept 16). Board Meetings will be April 11, June 8, Aug 8, Oct 10, Dec 6.

MEETING DATES: General meetings will be on alternate months, Feb, April, June, Aug, Nov, on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, beginning at 6:30pm. The next meeting will be at ELEX 112 (or maybe it’s 102? There is a misprint here somewhere. -ed) at Lane Community College. Future meeting sites will be decided at the Feb meeting. Other meetings (Clay Fest, studio visits, etc) will be scheduled in the off-months. Next meeting Feb 16.

GENERAL DIRECTION FOR THE GROUP: Rhoda is examining this groups’ general direction. Some possible focus for this year are: ClayFest; Education; Holiday Studio Guide; Storefront in December; Wholesale Representation for the group?

JUSTICE CENTER WINDOW DISPLAY: "The OPA Permanent Collection is now on display in the Justice Center Window in downtown Portland. As we approach Showcase, I would like to augment this display with some current pieces from people who are represented in the collection, or strong work by other OPA members. If you have something wonderful you would like to have on display in downtown Portland, call me at 360-573-6087. You will get it back by Showcase. Good seconds are fine, since these can only be seen from one side." -Sandy Lauser

20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY: OPA is holding its 20th year Anniversary Celebration at the Pittock Mansion in NW Portland on September 16th, 2000, 6-10pm. Tickets will be on sale at the March OPA General Meeting. Tickets will be sold to OPA members on a first come, first served basis, limit of two tickets per member. Tickets are $20 each. To keep expenses down, we are asking you to bring your own dinner plate & cup (this saves $3 per person!), and we are planning to have a dinner plate exchange at the end of the evening (you can take home someone else’s dirty plate instead of your own. This could be fun).

We are looking for recommendations for a dance band for the party. If you know of a band, please get a demo tape to Dan Sheridan, Paul Bush, Natalie Warrens, Cynthia Spencer or Sandy Brown before May 31.

EMPTY BOWLS, EUGENE: The Eugene Empty Bowls will benefit Food for Lane County, and will open Friday, March 3 at the Temporarily Maude, the Maude Kerns Art Center storefront on the downtown mall, 68 W Broadway. We will be open during the Art Walk, 4-8pm Friday, as well as 10am-4pm Saturday. We could use another 100 bowls, 400 have already been committed. There will be no silent auction this year, because f the small space. We will sell higher-end and non-bowl work, price items to the nearest $5 or $10. There will not be room to display hanging items, as there is already a 2-d art show there.

EMPTY BOWLS, PORTLAND: For those of you who are not familiar with the Empty Bowls projects, they are a loosely-affiliated series of projects which occur throughout the country to benefit local organizations to feed the hungry. The OPA has been involved with several Empty Bowls sales in different parts of the state. If you would like to start an Empty Bowls event in your area, contact any of the current chairs for information. These events can take any form, but a "typical" event is selling bowls (sometimes full of soup) for around $10, with all of the money going to a nearby soup kitchen or their food distribution center.

We are starting to gear up for Empty Bowls at the Waterfront Park Blues Festival in Portland, and some exciting new developments have occurred. A throw-a-thon is going to be held at Georgies on Tuesday, May 16, 10am-5pm (with trimming on Friday, May 19, 10am-5pm). Please call and sign up to participate. You will be done with Showcase and might want to have a little fun with throwing! Spend part of your day making pots with some really nice people! In most cases, pots will be thrown, trimmed and glazed by three different potters, so they will be truly OPA group bowls. For the non-throwers, a slab roller and extruder are also available for your use. Georgie’s is providing the clay (Trail Mix), use of their 12-whell studio, bisque & glazes kilns (they may need help with this phase), and they use of their wonderful new ^6 textural glazes that give a ^10 look. Glazing sessions will be scheduled some time in June, once all of the pieces have been bisqued.

The Empty Bowl Publicity Committee still needs someone to head it up. Call us or email at paulbush@sprintmail.com if you can help.

In addition, the Portland chapter of the Oregon Glass Guild has asked if they can participate in Empty Bowls. This is a newly formed organization of glass artists (OPA member Alex Farnham is an active member). They are enthusiastic and want to get involved in a charitable project, and it is a natural fit with OPA. Alex donated a number of blown glass pieces last year, and they sold quickly for good prices.

We still need your bowls! Please do not forget that everyone can donate to Empty Bowls even if you do not make bowls. We can sell functional, non-functional, pet bowls, raku art, tiles, garden art, tea pots, wall pieces, vases, sculpture, or anything else. If you have not already done so, bring some to the March meeting, or call us and we will pick them up from you. Paul Bush, Empty Bowls chair (293-2420, paulbush@sprintmail.com), Marylyn Holland, co-Chair (360-694-8881)

Ceramic Showcase will be May 5-7,2000

The Publicity and Demonstration Committees are working together to have Caprial Pence (the famous PBS cooking show hostess and OPA members’ Pat & Artheen Horsley’s daughter) put on a Sunday cooking demonstration at Showcase using our pots.

We will have an extra sales table on Friday and Saturday with an "express line" for people with one or two pots.

Customer comment from last year said that more potters needed to have business cards in their booths.

BOXES FOR THE WRAPPING TABLE: Please be saving boxes for us! With our increased sales, we will need more than ever!

STEERING COMMITTEE SECRETARY: Gail Heymann is resigning from this job. This is a 9-point job which requires that you attend 12 meetings per year. If you are interested, please contact Margie Adams, 235-0586, 4011 SE Taggart, Portland OR 97202 (she is out of town until March 1)

NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING: Feb 24, 6:30pm at Gail Heyman’s, 2774 NW Thurman, Portland

GROUP BOOTH SHELVING: Does anyone know where part of the Group Booth has gone? Last year when they set up, they found that several shelving ladders were gone. Hopefully they were loaned out and not returned. With Showcase nearing, they need them! If anyone knows where they are, contact Sandra Neufeld, 360-686-8632

INFORMATION PACKET: Barbara Hertel will be doing the info pack this year. All committee chairs who need to get their information into this packet should mail it to her by March 17 (St Patrick’s Day). Please have it copy ready and keep it brief. Mail to Barbara Hertel, 2685 NW 3rd Ave, Hillsboro OR 97124

PARKING: The Convention Center will not be breaking ground for expansion until October, so the anticipated lack of parking lots will not be a problem yet.

SPACE ALLOCATION: The booth selection "lottery" takes place at he general meeting March 10. It will be similar to last year's. The process will be:

1. You will be called in order of your point ranking.

2. You will either have to attend the March meeting or send a proxy to choose your booth space. See the December newsletter for a booth map. If you do not have a proxy, we will choose a booth for you.

3. If you are sharing a space with someone else, your points will be averaged. A lottery has been done for applicants with the same number of points.

POTLUCK: Please bring "Finger Foods: Sweets & Savories". This will provide munching and socializing, but reduce the need for silverware! We will provide coffee, drinks and music for swing dancing.

PIPE & DRAPE, TABLE, CHAIR ETC RENTAL: If you want to utilize pipe & drape in your booth at Showcase, if you are a committee chair that uses the same, contact Doug Hively at PO Box 175, Monmouth OR 97361, 503-838-3989, fax 503-838-1653 to place your order. We will be using the white drapes again. Your order needs to be placed by April 15th to guarantee getting everything. Increasing numbers are using pipe & drape, and the set-up job is getting more difficult- imagine trying to set it up around booths already full of pots. So those of us who want to use it, please help Doug and his crew.

POINTS: If you think your points total is incorrect, contact Tony Hackenbruck (points chair, 235-4417) NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 28. Committee chairs wishing to award "bonus points" to particularly helpful and deserving committee members please contact Tony Hackenbruck directly. He will bring the recommendations to the Steering Committee.

DROPPING OUT OF SHOWCASE: If you must drop out of Showcase for ANY reason, PLEASE call:

1. Your committee chair

2. Workshift chair, Patty Maly, 503-452-9618

3. Committee Placement chair, Mark Heimann, 503-631-8686

4. Building chair, Farshad Barman 503-223-2302

5. Registrar, Linda Bourne 503-682-2228

(If you are in the gallery only, call Gallery Registrar, Susan Roden, 541-459-0772)

Yes, you must make a lot of phone calls, but when you drop out of the show, all of these people must adjust their rosters and schedules. If you do not call every single one of them, you create havoc with the show and people will not say nice things about you.

COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITIONS: Committee Chair jobs are NOT permanent. Any OPA member aspiring to a Chair position is encouraged to:

1) Make a specific request to the Committee Placement Chair to be assigned to the desired committee.

2) Work diligently on said committee for at least one year, demonstrating abilities and willingness to be involved, make decisions and be a leader.

3) Indicate to the current Committee Chair the desire to be a Co-Chair or Chair Trainee.

4) Submit a letter of intent and qualification to the Showcase Steering Committee. A letter of support from the current chair would also be helpful.

The Steering Committee will select the most qualified applicant. As in all things, making the effort is the bottom line. Many new members are already finding ways to get points and get into Showcase by getting involved. For the record, the Steering Committee encourages this turnover in order to generate new ideas and give current chairs a break.

PUBLICITY PHOTOS & SLIDES: Thanks to Audrey Graham's organization, the bulging-at- the-seams old slide book will be set aside to preserve a great historical archive of OPA heritage.

Showcase Publicity Co-Chairs Audrey Graham and Linda Haworth are still requesting NEW AND CURRENT quality black & white prints and color slides.

The Publicity Co-Chairs have a new, more current slide file. PLEASE LABEL SLIDES WITH AN ARROW IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOUR NAME, DATE, SIZE AND STYLE (stoneware, raku, woodfire, etc) or title of the series. When we know that he work is current by date, we can readily use it on a short publicity timeline. Send slides and prints to: Audrey Graham, 32493 Juliette Dr, Wilsonville OR 97070. You can also bring these to the March meeting where we will bring the files so that you can exchange photos and slides as you wish.

Publicity is coordinated with the OPA/SHOWCASE WEBSITE as well as putting magazine and newspaper presentations together. Jim Sloss, our hard-working WebMaster, will return all photos, slides and prints to publicity files. Our web address is www.ceramicshowcase.com

WORKSHIFTS: The Showcase info packets will be mailed in mid-April. Please check all 3 days for possible workshifts (each person should have 3). If you are unable to work the shifts listed on the workshift schedule, please call Carol Lebreton at 503-238-0394 ASAP. If you switch workshifts with someone, please call Carol (or send a postcard) with those changes so the printed schedule at the show can be accurate. It is important for each participant to know when their workshifts occur and to see that those shifts are covered if a last minute crisis prevents you from doing your shift. Showcase is a joint effort and every little bit matters. If any newcomers or volunteers would like to help, there is still time to donate your invaluable time & energy by working a shift. It's a great way to see fabulous pottery, meet marvelous mud mavens and be part of this awesome show.

LOBBY DISPLAY: The display in the lobby (outside the doors to Showcase, in the lower level of the Convention Center) will feature larger, more dramatic work. If you have any such pieces, call Lyn Sedlak-Ford (360) 834-9366.

RESUME/PHOTO BOOK: Barbara Hertel is still updating the notebook of OPA members' photos and resumes/artist statements. If you have not sent her any recent information, please do! She will work on this until March 31st, So send it now to 31300 NW Lenox, Hillsboro OR 97124

SELF CONTAINED SLIDE PROJECTOR: this will be at the information booth. Please send a few slides for the continuous slide show to Nan Tupper Malone, 12736 SW 55th Pl, Portland OR 97219 by April 15th

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea (International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art) in Faenza, Italy, May-Dec 2001. Deadline June 10, 2000. Juried from 3 slides of one piece of work. Accepted work needed by Dec 16, 2000. Contact 52nd Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea, Museo Internazionale della Ceramica, Via Campidori 2, 48018 Faenza, Italy, www.racine.ra.it/micfaenza

CALL FOR ENTRIES: "Crafts National 34", March 10 deadline, show June 2-July 21, $20 fee, send SASE to Crafts National, Zoller Gallery, 210 Patterson Bldg, Penn State Univ, University Park 16802, email raa139@psu.edu

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Allied Art Assoc Annual Juried Show, May 2- June 2. Deadline March 1, $8 per entry fee, 89 Lee Blvd, Richland WA 99352, 509-943-9815

CALL FOR DONATIONS: The Studio Potter Network is having their annual show of donated work to raise money for their newsletter. The show will be at the 2000 NCECA Conference. This year, the theme is "Millenium Pots", pieces which best represent the spirit of your work. Pieces coming from the OPA should be sent as one group if possible. You can contact Nancy Hart (292-2165) or Janet Buskirk (231-2810) to send pieces. They need them in Denver by March 20.

ARTS IN EDUCATION for Marion, Polk & Yamhill counties for 2000-02: This program hires art teachers for schools and other institutions for 2 days to 3 weeks. Contact Salem Art Association, 600 Mission St SE, Salem OR 97302 or Oregon Arts Commission, 775 Summer St NE, Salem OR 97310. March 1 deadline

ARTIST IN RESIDENCY: Oregon College of Art & Craft is accepting applications for their Junior Residencies for 2000-01. Ceramics residency is Sept 5-Dec 16. Deadline April 1. Resident is paid a nominal amount and can take workshops when space is available. Send SASE to Junior Residency program, Oregon College of Art & Craft, 8245 SW Barnes Rd, Portland OR 97225 (indicate what medium you are applying in).

SOME RANDOM WEBSITES FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Tullis Russell Brittains is a leading supplier of specialty decal papers. If you use a lot of decals, this might be of interest. www.brittains.co.uk. Eclipse Combustion (the manufacturers of the venturi burners that we all know and love) has a variety of product information brochures at www.eclipsenet.com. Ceramic Fiber reclassification (that is it’s carcinogenic properties) is among the things on Leaders in Ceramic Fibre Engineering at www.tfwdixon.co.uk. This is all from Global Ceramic Review #2, 1999.

INCOME, SPENDING AND SHOW FREQUENCY AMONG CRAFTSPERSONS: The Feb 2000 Crafts Report has an article about this. According to their informal survey, 59% of their respondents derive their entire income from their crafts. The median ceramic craftsperson does about 7 shows per year, makes about $4000 per show, spends about $2000 per year on materials and makes about $42,000 per year. For more details on this, look at their website, www.craftsreport.com

ORIGINALS VS REPRODUCTIONS: This topic and the position of the National Association of Independent Artists (NAIA) on the subject is covered in an article in the February Crafts Report. This is about artists selling reproductions of their own work at shows, in other words pieces made not by the actual vendor, but made by an artist’s employees or contracted out by the artist to someone else. This has been a subject of increasing controversy among show promoters recently. Many art festivals allow a percentage of work to be reproductions, some allow no reproductions, and some allow as many reproductions as the artist wants to sell. Some shows enforce their rules, others do not (90% of their survey respondents asked for more rule enforcement here). The NAIA does not take a position about whether reproductions of work or work made in ensemble studios should be allowed in art fairs, but that shows should be clear about the difference between originals and reproductions, and that the customers should know what they are buying. The NAIA has developed an Artist’s Information Statement (AIS) which they hope will become widely used as an educational vehicle to connect the artist and the public. For those of you who are not familiar with the NAIA, they are an artists’ advocacy organization which works toward universal application procedures for art festivals and other similar things.

SHINO GLAZES and the soluble salts that are in them are the subject of an article in Clay Times Jan/Feb 2000. They say that the more solubles (soda ash, for instance) that is added to a shino, the more carbon trapping you will have, with less orange-rust color. There are a couple of ways to manipulate the way in which soda ash migrates to the surface of the glaze. One is to dry your glazed pots at different speeds, another is to wax some areas of the shino before it is completely dry, thus forcing the soda ash to migrate to the surface of an unwaxed area of the piece. There will be more articles on shinos in future issues of Clay Times.

ESSENCE OF FIRE GALLERY closed its doors permanently in December. This had been their sixth year of business, and although they had done well the first few years, the last two years had seen lower sales. The potters who participated in this co-op gallery are sad to see it go!

CELADON GLAZES: The Guan glazes used on ancient Chinese pots are featured in an article in the March 1999 Pottery in Australia. These glazes are feldspathic celadons that are similar to the somewhat opalescent Chun blues, but are more opaque and not as glossy as the Chun glazes. They recommend 10-20% whiting to develop the color and the microscopic bubbles which promote the opacity, and 10-20% fine silica. They also discuss small additions of talc, dolomite, bone ash and wood ash for variation. The same issue also has an article on dry glazes in the cone 08 range. Most of these use barium and strontium, and thus are possibly toxic, but the colors are dramatic and vibrant, and the dry textures are great.

GERSTLEY BORATE DISCONTINUED: On January 1, 2000, the gerstley borate mine closed. Laguna Clay and Hammill & Gillespie purchased all of the gerstley borate from US Borax, and apparently there is a one-year supply still available (about 300 tons). The usual distributors are getting their normal annual supply, but everyone anticipates a run on the material. There are several possibilities for substitutes: colemanite is still present in California, and a mine could re-open; colemanite from overseas is available; frit 3134 is a pretty good substitute; Cady Cal is a boron-containing precipitate (as opposed to a ground powder). Currently, 50# of gerstley borate costs about $21. Cady Cal costs about $35 and frit 3134 costs about $45. The frit is more consistent than any of the other materials, and is a nice fine mesh. Cady Cal is more affordable than frit, but it is screened to 80 mesh and thus is coarser than what we are all used to. It seems to work ok in high-temperature glazes, but may not be as useful at lower temperatures. This info is from Joe at Clay Art Center in Tacoma and the Jan/Feb Clay Times. They plan to have a future article by Pete Pinnell which will be more in depth.

CLAY ART CENTER has a new web site which has a lot of great information (that’s what they tell me- I haven’t quite gotten around to looking at it). Check it out at clayartcenter.com. It is the largest on line pottery website in the world, has a great international links section, on line gallery, discussion group (ala ClayArt), and they can host the WPA website. You can join the online gallery for 10% commission if you are completely ready in digital form, or 20% if they need to digitize the images (photos or slides that need to be scanned or pots that need to be shot). For this they would need descriptions of items, cost, artist’s bio. They can build individual artist domains, these prices are quoted individually. Contact them at 2636 Pioneer Way E, Tacoma WA 98408, 253-922-5342, email clayart@clayartcenter.com

RESPIRATORS & MASKS are discussed in the Jan/Feb Clay Times. Apparently there is now a larger variety of filter types for respirators than there used to be. For most clay-related uses, the "N" filters or the "P" filters are the most useful. "N" series filters are only useful when no oil-based particulate is present. They have a useful life of only eight hours, which can be continuous or intermittent. The "P" filters are more expensive, can be used with or without oil present, and have no time use restrictions (use them until they are dirty or breathing becomes more difficult). These are assigned the old magenta color which you are probably used to seeing. Due to the somewhat varied and unknown size of the particulate that we use, you should use filters with an efficiency of 100 (P100 or N100). There are also efficiencies of 95 and 99, but these should not be used with finely ground materials. If you use respirators a lot, read the article or contact the author, Monona Rossol, at ACTS, 181 Thompson St #23, New York NY 10012, email 75054.2542@compuserve.com

CADMIUM LEACHING was included in the "Questions" section in the January Ceramics Monthly. The question was about the newer cadmium-encapsulated stains (DeGussa, etc), and whether they were indeed food safe. Ron Roy, who answered the question, said that they are supposed to be, but depending on the glazes with which they are mixed, you never know. Since cadmium is a very potent toxin, you should get your wares tested. He recommended the Alfred labs, send a typical piece to Alfred Analytical Laboratory, 4964 Kenyon Rd, Alfred Station, NY 14803. Specify what metals you want leach-tests for (they do other metals, too). They charge $10 to set the test up, plus $10 per metal you want tested ($20 for one metal, $30 for two, etc). They also ask for a copy of your glaze formula, because they are trying to create a database of glazes with which to establish safe limits.

DAVE SHANER has been featured in the DecemberStudio Potter magazine. The section on Shaner has also been published as a separate monograph. This has been a huge project which the magazine has undertaken to honor Shaner, who is suffering from Parkinsons-like symptoms (possibly from manganese use). Shaner has been a big influence on ceramics in this country, and all of use who fire high-temperature reduction have used his glazes at some time, and owe him a debt of gratitude. For your own copy, contact Studio Potter at box 70, Goffstown, NH 03045, www.studiopotter.org

DISPLAYING YOUR WORK: At the last OPA meeting, Alan Zell gave a talk about effective display techniques for shows. Some of the points that he stressed were:

1. Group your work. Small clusters of work draw the eye to them better that work which is spread evenly across a shelf.

2. Use the eye-level areas in your display. They are the first thing a person sees, especially the areas at eye level nearest the aisle.

3. Keep your display simple. In a show, you are part of a "cacaphony of vision" which he compares to having a different orchestra playing in every booth. If your display is confusing, your customers will not understand it.

4. Talk to customers. Find out what they are looking for. Explain how your work can fit their needs. Talk loud, so that all passers-by will know how this lovely pottery could benefit them.

5. Do not stand empty-handed. Hold a clipboard to keep your hands busy (at our table we wondered how we could hold the clipboard and our glass of wine...)

6. Have good signage

There was much, much more. Anyone who missed this might want to take one of his workshops elsewhere. Many of us have taken his workshops periodically, and your editor thinks of him every time I set up any kind of display.

WORKSHOPS AT CLAY ART CENTER in Tacoma: They have various raku classes, as well as extruder, slab roller, electric kiln basics, raku kiln building, crystalline glazes, glaze calculation software, large scale throwing and more. Most classes are quite inexpensive. Call them for more details, 800-952-8030

HIKARIGAMA: 10-day wood firing workshop. Bring 10 cu ft of bisqueware, $750 ($500 for OPA members) includes meals & camp-like lodging. March 9-18 & June 1-10 with Barb Campbell & Terry Inokuma, June 15-24 with Steve Sauer & Tate Shields, Oct 12-21 with John Harris & Chris Knapp. Call Hiroshi Ogawa, 1264 Wells Rd, Elkton OR 97436, 541-584-2857

SANTATSUGAMA: Applications are being accepted for workshops with Steve Sauer, Ken Lundemo & Mel Wallis in the woodfire kiln in Seabeck, WA, May 6-21. Firings will also be scheduled for September and November. Contact Steve at 1142 Baby Doll Rd SE, Port Orchard WA 98366, 360-871-4788, s.sauer@worldnet.att.net

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ARTISTS will be offered at PCC, Tuesdays 7-9pm, March 28-April 18, held at Wilson High School, $34. Call 731-6622. This class covers lighting, equipment, filters, backgrounds, special effects and copying.

FAMILY SUNDAYS at the Ceramics Center in Salem: From noon to 3pm families can stop by to work on projects with a ceramics teacher. $5 for up to 5 people, at least one parent must be present. 1220 12th St SE in Salem. For more info call 581-7275

NCECA 2001 (yes, next year) is looking for proposals for the March 28-31 2001 conference in Charlotte, NC, on the theme "Evolving Legacies". They are looking for the following topics: aesthetics/criticism/philosophy; art history; education; professionalism; technology. Deadline May 1, 2000. For info on how to apply, contact Jeremy Jernegan, Newcomb Art Dept, Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 70118 (NCECA 2000 will be in Denver March 22-25. Call 800-99NCECA)

WOODFIRING SYMPOSIUM: Steve Sauer is trying to organize a wood firing symposium in Seabeck, WA for late 2001. He is hoping to incorporate firing the four woodfire kilns near there, workshops, lectures, slides, exhibitions, etc. If you want to offer help or support in organizing this, contact him, 1142 Baby Doll Rd SE, Port Orchard WA 98366, 360-871-4788, s.sauer@worldnet.att.net

CANADIAN CLAY SYMPOSIUM, March 25 at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby BC, V5G 2J3, 604-291-864, bepguild@intouch.bc.ca. There will be demonstrations, film festivals, shows, firings, panel discussions.

HARRIS LIST of the Nation’s Best Arts & Crafts Shows is available for $55. www.designelk.com/artshow.html, Dr Larry Harris, Dept N3, PO box 142, La Veta CO 81055, 719-742-3146

ART FEST, Spokane, June 2-4, March 10 deadline, $10 jury fee, $30-40 booth fee + 20% commission, Cheney Cowles Museum, 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane WA 99204, Barbara Racker, 509-363-5325

INLAND CRAFT WARNINGS: Spokane, Nov 10-12 (these are NEW dates), deadline April 1, 5 slides, for prospectus send SASE to G Freuen, 15205 Shady Slope Rd, Spokane WA 99208, email freuen15@iea.com

PARK CITY ART FESTIVAL: Aug 5-6, deadline Feb 28, 5 slides, $20 application fee, $300-625 booth fee, www.kimball-art.org, Kimball Art Center, PO Box 1478, Park City UT 84060-1478

ART IN THE PEARL Portland, Sept 2-4, deadline March 31, 4 slides, $15 application fee, $350 booth fee, www.artinthepearl.com, PO box 5906, Portand OR 97228-5906

SAUSALITO ART FESTIVAL: Sept 2-4, deadline March 1, 5 slides + photo enlargement of booth, booth fee unknown (if it was on that application, this girl never found it...), www.sauslitoartfest.org, PO Box 10, Sausalito CA 96966-0010

DISCOVERED (& UNDISCOVERED) POTTERS SALE: May 11-13 in Redmond, June 16-18 in Seattle, Sept 14-16 in Redmond, Oct 12-14 in Seattle, Nov 15-18 in Woodinville. $30-40 booth fee, 20% commission, 4411 211 Ct NE, Redmond WA 98053, 425-868-3989

CHOOCHOKAM in Langley, WA, July 8-9, $240 booth fee due with application, PO Box 580, Langley WA 98269, 360-221-7494

SUE ORLASKE will have a show with Jerry Sticka at Valley Art Association (2022 Main St, Forest Grove) March 6-April 28, opening March 18, 2-4pm.

PATRICK HORSLEY has a photo in the "Up Front" section of the February Ceramics Monthly for his participation in the "Winterfest 99" at Baltimore Clayworks in December 99, and former OPA member ED THOMPSON is one of the potters throwing with a bag over his head in the same section, in the article about "Mudfest". Ed won an award for throwing the best piece while having a bag on his head.

KATY McFADDEN & DON ADAMAITIS are featured in an article on raku kiln building in the winter 2000 Pottery Making Illustrated

GYLLIAN DAVIES "Spirit Journey-an Exhibit of Ceramic Works" at ONDA Gallery, 2215 NE Alberta, Portland, Jan 27- Feb 22

KISS OF FIRE- A COLLECTION OF WOOD FIRED & SODA FIRED VESSELS Feb 1-25, closing reception Feb 25, 4-6:30pm, Mt Hood Community College Gallery (closed weekends). Includes work by Barb Campbell, Jim Koudelka, Stephen Mickey, Hiroshi Ogawa, and many nationally famous, great wood- and salt- fire potters

KATY McFADDEN & NATALIE WARRENS are both in "Reflections of the Northwest" at Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Jan 18-Feb 17

VICTORIA SHAW is in several shows: a two-person show at Guardino Gallery, 2939 NE Alberta, Jan 27- Feb22; "Ceramics 2000" at Central Oregon Community College (this also includes OPA members RICHEY BELLINGER & MARIANNA CRAWFORD), Jan 18-Feb 11; and she was in the Vancouver Marketplace benefit for the American Heart Association on Feb 3rd.

LOST SLIDE PROJECTOR & SCREEN: We have lost, forgotten or misplaced our projector & screen. Did anyone borrow it? They have been missing for a while, and we cannot remember who has them. The projector box says "Doug & Jeanne" on top. Jeanne Henry 503-232-9473

CERAMICS MONTHLY MAGAZINES WANTED: Do you want to get rid of old ceramics or other art magazines? My art students at Glencoe High School could sure use them Call Tony Hackenbruck, 235-4417

SLABROLLER WANTED Marylyn Holland 360-694-8881

FOR SALE: Bottom ring of Skutt 1227 kiln. New, includes coils, band, bricks, plug, $100 obo. Marylyn 360-694-8881

WANTED: STUDIO TO SHARE. Experienced potter/sculptor in the Sherwood-Tigard-Newberg-Tualatin area looking for existing studio space or place to establish studio with other people. I have a wheel & kiln. Brishni Goldstein, 628-2098

WANTED: IDEA & INFORMATION EXCHANGE I am a sculptor & would like to get in touch with other sculptors. I do 3-d & bas relief. I want to exchange ideas & find out where to show & display pieces. Would anyone like to share ideas? Shela Polivka, 7834 N Willamette, Portland OR 97203

STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE in basement. Plug available for kiln. V Shaw 331-0950 (N Portland)