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WPA Newsletter 25 – December 1996

This newsletter, edited by Joanne Richards, includes:

Christmas Editorial by Joanne Richards
Regional Editors – Tony Smither (South Devon), Pauline Ivimey-Cook (Mid and North Devon), Joanne Richards (Central Somerset), Lionel Philips (South Somerset), Hugh West (Cornwall), Frank Penning (Avon)
Chairwoman’s Letter by Doreen Gardner

Reports by Joint Exhibition Officers, Hugh West and Lorraine Coles
Report by Activities Officer, Nancy Wells, including plans for Bickleigh Potters’ Fair
Publicity Officer’s Report by Mariette Grantham
Tips from Cranford Barn by Roger Harris
Potters’ Tips from Mark Donaldson
Light Hearted Conversations by Hugh West
Resignation of Regional Editor from Cornwall, Hugh West
Don’t Get Caught – A Warning from the Internet by Michael Gaitskell
Review of Jon Middlemiss Exhibition by Mariette Grantham
Report on CPA Visit to Ian Gregory by Pauline Ivimey-Cook

Fragments Find in Garden: Evidence of Long Lost Boscastle Pottery? by R.Irving Little
Review of Suzie Marsh’s Exhibition: “Animals of Africa” by Tony Smither
Reply to Hugh West’s Report on the Falmouth School of Art’s Degree Show by Sue Ward and Linda Styles

‘Earth & Fire’ : the CPA at Rufford June 1997, Applications from Potters
MAKERS have a Vacancy for a Potter by Mary Kembery
Potfest – an Exercise in Level Playing Fields by Geoff Cox
Christmas Sales by WPA Members Audrey and David Price, Karen Edwards and Andrew Bryden, Tim and Sandra Andrews at Woodbury Pottery, Anna Timlett and Kate Wardman and at Svend Bayer’s Pottery
STUDIO POTTERY requests your Opinion on the Subject of Building a National Centre for Ceramic Art by Joanne Richards
Please Educate this Editor – the Jerwood Prize
Visit to Sainsbury Centre, Norwich by Lorraine Coles
“The Fire Houses of Agni Jata” – film, slide show and discussion by Ray Meeker at Bridgwater College by Joanne Richards
Report on Felicity Aylieff’s exhibition, ‘The Elusive Body’ at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath by Joanne Richards
A Response to Sue Ward and Linda Styles’ Reply to Hugh West’s Review of Falmouth College of Arts Degree Show from Student Representatives of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Years at Falmouth College of Art

Calendar of Forthcoming Exhibitions in the West Country by Joanne Richards

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WPA Committee as of December 1996 (temporary list, list not available with the newsletter): Doreen Gardner (Chairwoman), Peter Lee (Secretary), Mark Donaldson (Treasurer), Joanne Richards (Newsletter Editor), Treston Holmes (Membership Secretary), Hugh West and Lorraine Coles (Joint Exhibition Officers), Mariette Grantham (Publicity Officer), Nancy Wells (Activities Officer)