Become a Member of the Salt Spring Island Potters Guild

Membership fees are due in the September of each year:

  • $20 single
  • $25 family (some families have more than one potter)

To become a member please contact: Treasurer Karen Dakin 158-B Fulford-Ganges Road Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2T8 Telephone: 250-537-8311 Fax: 250-537-1633 Email: Treasurer

Membership benefits include:

  • Annual Workshops by internationally renowned ceramic artists
  • Demonstrations and sharing ideas on decorating, forming, and firing techniques at our monthly meetings
  • Exclusive exhibition, sale and display opportunities, including collaborative shows with other island guilds
  • Annual Group Raku Firing, biannual auction and communal pug mill
  • Expertise, friendship, support, great baking and the best potluck socials
  • Access to our extensive libraries, including ceramic books, CDs, DVDs and subscriptions to a wide range of ceramic publications available at the Salt Spring Island Mary Hawkins library located in the village of Ganges
  • Sharing of local, national and international pottery resources and educational opportunities
  • Voting privileges at Salt Spring Island Pottery Guild meetings

 
Monthly meetings are held on the first Friday of each month at each other's home or studio. We have more than 40 members and are a mix of:

  • Full time professional potters who exhibit and sell in galleries and shows nationally and internationally and in their studios on Salt Spring.
  • Part time potters and clay sculpture artists who exhibit and sell on and off island
  • Beginning potters who show and sell with the Guild and primarily on island.

Please visit our Guild events and members events calendar to find out what's coming up.
 
For more information please contact: President Carol Dodd 1214 North Beach Road, Salt Spring Island BC V8K 1B3 250-538-0079 Email: President


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Salt Spring Island Potters Guild

Founded in 1969, we are one of the oldest potters' guilds in Canada.

We welcome everyone interested in clay.
Please drop in to our regular meeting on the third Friday of the month and find out more about us.

Our mission is to:

  • share the expertise and resources of our guild members
  • organize exhibitions, sales and special displays of members ' work
  • cooperate with other craft Guilds to mount collaborative shows
  • mentor and encourage beginners
  • provide learning opportunities
  • promote ceramics in our community

Joan & Bonnie Tea
Joan Warren and Bonnie MacPhail serve up tea at our annual Spring Show and Sale

Photo: Derick Lundy