PublicationsThe NWCF has financially assisted with the publications seen below, following our mandate to illuminate the BC ceramic practice to the general public.
1998- Financial assistance to the publication, Made of Clay, an award winning book, compiled by Linda Doherty, published by the Potters Guild of BC, and distributed by Douglas and McIntyre in 1998. It is a survey of ceramists in BC, with essays by Carol E. Mayer and Jane Matthews.
2005- Funding of the PGBC 50th Anniversary Catalogue, Transformations -Ceramics 2005, published by the Burnaby Art Gallery, documenting the 50th Anniversary Exhibition of the Potters Guild of BC at the Burnaby Art Gallery. Curator Carol E Mayer assisted by Darrin Martins, curator of the Burnaby Art Gallery; jurors, Carol E Mayer and Hiro Urakami.
2006- Financial Assistance for the publication Transitions of a Still Life: Ceramic Work by Tam Irving , jointly published by the Burnaby Art Gallery and Anvil Press in 2007. Written by Carol E. Mayer and photographed by Ken Mayer. This book embraces ceramics as a visual art through a thoughtful survey of one of BC’s most respected and beloved potters.