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CERAMISTS CANADA The structure will be located on an unused parcel of land directly be- hind the Waterloo Memorial Arena overlooking Silver Lake (in Water- loo Park) which was donated by the city to the ceramists association. Organizers expect the gallery will he completed in two years at the earliest. Ceramists Canada is a four-year- old organization, an outgrowth of the former Canadian Guild of Pot- ters. It was established, said' Ann Roberts, founder of the Waterloo Potters Workshop and president- elect of the association, "to help give a forum (for ceramists) to meet on. to help the whole ceramic field and to try and get a national or international organization going." The association decided approxi- mately a year ago to research the feasibility of a gallery and to begin looking for a site, Roberts said. Members felt a gallery was need- ed not only as a Showplace for the work of contemporary Canadian and international artists. but also as an archives where records on artists of the past and historic collections could be stored and preserved. Since 1940, Roberts explained, museums in Canada have not been keeiring records of Canadian ceram- ie artists' work. 128th Your No. 30 "The information about Canadian ceramists is being lost," she said. 'There are few people writing or doing research on the subject. There are also people who have collections (of these works) but have nowhere to leave the collection." By Pat Arbuckle _ Waterloo has barely started construction on the $4 million Seagram museum, the city's first core area museum, and a second museum is already in the works. Ceramists Canada, a 50-member association of ceramic artists working in clay, enamel and glass, announced plans Monday to build a $2.5 million, 24,000 square foot museum/gallery in Waterloo. Roberts hopes the gallery/muse- um will be the solution. The structure will consist of three main gallery rooms. One will tea.. ture exhibits of stained glass, the only one of its kind in the world. The second will display the work of contemporary artists, either Ca- nadian or international. Roberts expects that these will be travelling exhibits that circulate throughout Structure will consist of three gallery rooms --t. SEE PAGE 20 Mike aids Optimist triumph Major museum to be built in Waterloo core THIS WEEK INSIDE Wodncsday, July 28, 1%2 galleries in Canada and, in some cases, internationally. The third room will be reserved for large works, free-standing sculptures or murals, for example. Roberts expects that passage- ways will also be lined with shelves to house the gallery's permanent collection of historic works. There also will be lots of places for people to sit in the gallery, she said. Plans will include a 60-seat theatre for slides and demonstra. tions, a library, board room and a tea room. Members were also impressed, she said, with the efforts of city officials, who, spearheaded by the efforts of Alderman Doreeii"rhom, as, located a suitable parkland site for the gallery and prepared an effective information package about the city that was distributed to each of the organization's members. The Waterloo site was also fa- vored, in Robert's opinion, because of the area's “strong craft orienta- tion and feeling for indigenous crafts." . "We want them to get the feeling they can spend time in the gallery and just sit." Roberts feels that Waterloo was chosen "because of the enthusiasm that came from the business com- munity in Waterloo." "Members of the organization who visited the city went away feeling that the city wanted them." Waterloo was once a centre for pottery production in the province during the mid-18005 and had more German and French putters work- ing here than in any other county in Ontario. The next step for the organization will be to set up a board composed of representatives from Ceramists Canada and interested local citi- (Cominuod on page 3) Waterloo chosen 'because of enthusiasm of business community' Welcome to Waterloo, a 132-page illustrated history of the city written by Marg Rowen, Ed Devin and Pat McKegney. is now available in outlets throughout the city. "There has never been a history of the city in one volume," said Bowel! in an interview with the Chronicle earlier this year, explaining the rationale behind preparing the book. "There has been a lot of research done and numerous In this, Waterloo's 125th year, what better way is there to “celebrate our proud founda- tion" than by compiling a history of the com- munity. b The book, says its authors in the volume's preface. is meant to be an introduction to the history of the community, a "drawing to- gether" of existing research. Authors Ed Devitt (left) and Pat Helgegney (right) with Alderman Jim em (centre) peruse one of the first copies printed of Welcome to Waterloo, an illustrated history of the community written to commemorate the city's 125th anniversary. And that is what three local historians have Waterloo history book is hot off the press Story and photo by Melodoe Martinuk 26 cent: at the Newsstand - SEE PAGE " Kurt's bat is coming on strong histories completed ... we've brought them all together." - FF - - A Welcome to Waterloo traces the history of the community back to its roots, back to 1805 when Abraham Erh first arrived in the area and settled on the two lots which would one day be the site of uptown Waterloo, documents the community's growth and concludes with a look at the modem-day municipality. It briefly presents the growth of Wttterloo's major industries and businesses, the es- tablishment of its schools. the development of the city's two universities, recounts major events in the community’s past and pays tribute to outstanding citizens. The book is organized into three sections: Waterloo. the village. nation“ by Bowen; Waterloo, the town, 1876-1947 by Devitt; Waterloo, the city, “was: by McKegney. 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