Sur La Table: A Celebration of Tableware

Canadian Clay Symposium, March 21, 2026 
Venue: Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby

Eligibility  

• This NON-juried exhibition is open to all members of the Potters Guild of BC in good standing.
• Applications must be received by 11:59 pm on March 15, 2026 to participate.
• There is no application fee for this show. 
• It is NOT required to have a ticket for the Clay Symposium to submit for this show. 

Exhibition Details

• Sur La Table is a 1 day pop-up exhibition taking place during the Canadian Clay Symposium at the Shadbolt Centre in Burnaby, BC on March 21, 2026.
• Works in this exhibition may include but not limited to: plates, platters, bowls, cups, candelabras, vases, salt and pepper shakers and other forms of "tableware". 
• We have opened up the parameters of the submissions.
• Each artist is welcome to submit up to 5 submissions.
• The artist may decide to price the work individually or as a set(s) 
• All works in the exhibition must be for sale. Not for sale work will not be included in the exhibition. 
• Artist consignment is 75% of the retail amount for any work sold.
• Each submission must be delivered by the artist with a sticker with artist name, retail price and code on bottom of work. Email to follow with specific labelling details.
• The PGBC reserves the right to refuse work for technical reasons, at the discretion of the Board of Directors and Exhibition Committee. 

4.  SUBMISSION

Use the fields below to provide information about the piece(s) you will submit to the Sur La Table exhibition. You can submit up to 5 pieces. You may sell them individually or as a set. *Salt and Pepper shakers are the exception. They would be considered as 1 piece. 

Note that artists will receive 75% of the retail price for any work sold. If you are selling individually, title and price in individual submission fields. 

If you are selling pieces as a set. Please list each piece individually as well with the added detail of item in set. 

ex: 2 bowls as a set. Submission 1 Title of Work Item 1 of 2, Submission 2 Title of Work Item 2 of 2

For Pricing sets put the total cost of the entire set in each of the retail fields. For added clarity in section 5. Just note which pieces are a set for the volunteers. 

* Put a 0 in any of the fields for retail price for any submissions you do not need to fill in (ie: you are only submitting one item). Select N/A for any submissions not needed as well. 

Delivery of Work 

Works must be dropped off at the Shadbolt Centre 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby on either 

Friday March 20 2026 : 3pm-5pm (volunteer will be on hand to check in, for non ticket holders and ticket holders)

OR

March 21, 2026: 9am-9:45am on the morning of the CCS  (volunteer will be on hand to check in, for ticket holders only, unless you have arranged for a friend to bring)

Return of Work 

Unsold work must be picked up by artists from the exhibition on the afternoon of March 21 between 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm.

The show will be struck and all items removed by 4:30 pm. Please ensure you are there to pick up the work within this time frame.  

 Eligibility  

• This non-juried exhibition is open to all members of the Potters Guild of BC in good standing
• Applications must be received by 11:59 pm on March 15, 2026 to participate.

Artist Consignment

• Artist consignment is 75% of the retail amount for any work that is sold. 
• The artist consignment payment will be made by cheque or e-transfer from the Potters Guild of British Columbia to the individual artist.
• The artist can indicate whether they want their legal name or business name used for payment. 
• If you collect GST, provide us with your GST number above and we will include 5% GST on your artist consignment portion for any works sold. 
• Payment to artists will be made within 30 days of the exhibition.   

 

Liability

• Packaging suitable for transportation is the responsibility of the individual artist. 
• Each work submitted will be inspected by the PGBC Board of Directors during the exhibition setup. 
• Any works that arrive damaged will be photographed and documented. Artists will not be paid artist consignment for any works that arrive damaged. 
• Artist consignment (75% of retail price) will be paid by the PGBC to the artist for any work in the event that it is damaged or stolen during the exhibition. 
• Individual non-members of the PGBC are responsible to pay the full retail amount to the PGBC for any work they damage or break. 
• Members of the PGBC are responsible to pay the artist consignment portion (75% of retail price) to the PGBC for any work they damage or break that is not their own, in order to compensate the artist whose work was broken or damaged.