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The Best of Show for the 2009 Wildfire Show were Corrine Vegter in the sculptural category and Eleanor Murphey in the functional category. (above)
Wildfire Pottery Showcase 2010
Come to the next Wildfire Meeting on Monday, April 12th at 6:30pm at the Art Station to help get the 2010 show rolling.
Wildfire 2010
The Sixth Annual Pottery Show and Sale will be:
November 6th and 7th
Highland Elementary School (Old Kenwood School) in Bend
After four tremendously successful years in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, Wildfire All Pottery Showcase
returned to Bend in 2009 with an opportunity for you to buy directly from some of Central Oregon's finest potters, two days of demonstrations, and chance to support the Alyce Hatch Center. Clay Guild of the Cascades sponsors this event to promote our passion for clay and to further clay education in the community. This is the biggest and most exciting ceramic show and sale of the year in Central Oregon!
Who is the Clay Guild of the Cascades – Formed in 2004, the Guild members share a passion about pottery and their role in the community. They have an active membership that supports educational workshops, participates in charitable projects in the community - they work to promote the appreciation of handmade pottery and ceramics.
Who will be exhibiting – Twenty five local and guest potters will display and sell their work from individual booths. A selection of the best pieces, the 'Best of the Show' chosen by the artists themselves, will be available for viewing in the gallery in the center of the show. Most pieces in the gallery will be available for sale.
What will be happening – Along with pottery for sale by individual artists, we are featuring continuous ceramic demonstrations in the event hall. There will also be a selection of mugs donated by the individual potters and the students, the sale of which will be donated to the Alyce Hatch Center.
This year the Guild will sponsor six $25 gift Raffles. Three raffle drawings will be on Saturday and three on Sunday.
What can I do – Come along to Highland Elementary School and browse the fine works in the gallery, shop 'til you drop, see the demonstrations, see how you can become more involved by talking with Guild members. Children's Clay area will be open throughout the event.
Facts:
The pottery extravaganza will be held on:
Saturday November 6th, 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday November 7th, 10 am to 4 pm
Highland Elementary School (Old Kenwood School)
701 NW Newport Ave. Bend, Oregon
Contact:
Linda Heisserman Wildfire Chairperson
linheiss@msn.com
Steve Provence Clay Guild of the Cascades President
sprovence@hotmal.com
Sign up for the 2010 Wildfire Show!
Date & Time:
Saturday, Nov 6th 10am - 5pm
Sunday, Nov 7th 10am - 4pm
Location:
Highland School (Old Kenwood School)
701 NW Newport Ave., Bend, Oregon
We will be continuing our 2010 Show at the same great location that our 2009 Show was held. Those of you who live in Bend know of Highland School (old Kenwood) on 701 Newport Ave. Newport is a major East /West artery on the West side of Bend. Great Visibility!!! The application for Wildfire is below (click on the link). Send in your applications to CGC/ Wildfire, PO Box 172, Bend, Or. 97709.
Deadline for entries this year is June 10th so we can get a head-start on our publicity. If you are applying for the show and have some good quality (neutral background) photos of your art, please send them to David Warren, david@clayarchitexture.com or 25387 Elk Lane, Bend, OR., 97701. He is our publicity guy!!! Only high-resolution images (1.5MB and larger) will be considered. Send the files in one of the following formats: JPG, JPEG, EPS or TIFF. We want to get the postcards done early this year so those of us who are going to craft fairs can pass them out all during the summer.
Wildfire Policies
Participation Requirements
Membership in CGC is required to participate in Wildfire. If you are not already a member of CGC, please go to our website (http://www.clayguildofthecascades.com/), download a membership application and send it along with your Wildfire application.
Unless work shown at Wildfire is 100% collaborative, each participant must have an individual membership, separate registration form, enough points to participate, do committee work and work shifts.
Two participants may share a booth. Both will be assigned committee work and three work shifts.
Committee Work and Work shifts
Wildfire is a cooperative show with every member doing his/her part to produce the show. Production of Wildfire is a year-round commitment for many. Since that is not possible for everyone, committee work and work shifts are our opportunity to participate.
Committee Work
All booth participants are required to complete committee work. Committee chairs are responsible to contact members of their committee, assign jobs, follow up on job completion and report to Wildfire Chair and/or co-chair. Committee chairs receive points for performing their duties as chair. Committee work is assigned by Committee Placement chair Helen Bommarito. We try to assign work to accommodate your skills, but sometimes we end up learning new skills on jobs we did not expect.
Work shifts
Work shifts are jobs completed during Wildfire.
Note on Work shifts and Committee work.
Production of Wildfire is a year-round commitment for some of our members. We hope everyone will participate as much as possible.
Full, Half and Group Booth participants are required to complete three work shifts. Failure to fulfill a work shift assignment may result in a 5% increase in commission paid to Showcase. In cases of emergency, commission penalties will be at the discretion of the Steering Committee.
Gallery Only Participants must work two work shifts during Wildfire.
All Clay Guild of the Cascades members are invited to show one piece at a time in the gallery.
At Wildfire
Artists are encouraged to be present during Wildfire. They may not employ professional representatives or agents to market their work.
Breakage During Wildfire
Wildfire does not carry insurance to cover breakage or theft. Artists are encouraged to carry their own insurance. Wildfire will only consider payment for losses due to breakage which occurs due to participants acting in the performance of official Wildfire duties, such as wrapping, sales, aisle hosting or assisting customers. Wildfire will not cover missing pots or switched or altered price tags. Should work be damaged or broken, the Steering Committee will consider net payment (price after commission) to artist. NFS pottery is not eligible for reimbursement.
Commissions and Payments
All Wildfire sales must go through the centralized sales system, except artist-to-artist sales and trades. Wildfire is a commission-based show so booth fees would be low enough for everyone to participate. Commission for full and half booth participants is 15%. Commission for group booth and gallery only participants is 20%.
Cancellations
If after being accepted into Wildfire, you need to cancel for any reason, you need to contact the Registrar: Jolene Cap jolenecap@q.com 541-317-1952 . If you cancel before Sept 15th, you will receive a refund of your booth fee ( these checks will be mailed after Wildfire Pottery Showcase). If you cancel on Sept 15th or afterward, you forfeit all fees. Even though you forfeit fees after Sept 15th, please contact Jolene if you cancel. This will allow someone who is on the wait list to get into the show.
Poster/Postcard
We create both a poster and a post card. We would love to have current photos of your work to use in our advertising. Digital images must be excellent quality and high resolution on a neutral background. We need these ASAP. Please send images to David Warren, david@clayarchitexture.com or 25387 Elk Lane, Bend, OR., 97701. Only high-resolution images (1.5MB and larger) will be considered. Send the files in one of the following formats: JPG, JPEG, EPS or TIFF.
Sponsors for the 2009 Wildfire Show:
We wish to thank our sponsors:
A & E,The Source, Georgies, Skutt, Clay Art Center,Becky and Jim Powell,
Mike and Michelle Gwinup
