Q CLUB MEETINGS

Quimper Club meetings are an annual opportunity for Club members to get together, share, learn, and have fun. Meetings usually include visits to private collections, excursions to local points of interest, the annual business meeting, and the always-exciting sale among Club members. Club meetings take place in the early fall and have been held in a wide variety of locales. The choice is generally made two years in advance at the annual meeting and depends in large part on the commitment of members to host an event in their city. The spring issue of the Journal presents the meeting in the fall,and the fall issue devotes four pages to a report of the meeting and its activities.

1999 - The first Q Club meeting was held in Santa Monica; it was a one-day affair and was a huge success!

Photo: Sale table

 2000 - This year's meeting in Washington, DC was the start of the tradition of visiting private collections.

Photo: Detail from Wilson Platter.

2001 - We met in Quimper this year and were feted by the faïenceries and the Musée de la Faïence.

Photo: Plomelin's Cercle Celtique

2002 - The meeting in Dallas included the opportunity to create one's own piece of hand-painted Quimper-style pottery.

Photo: Welcome plaque from artist Cathy Schermer.

2003 - The Boston meeting was particularly memorable for the splendid day we spent visiting collections on Cape Cod.

Photo: Private collection.

 2004 - This year, we met in Bath, in the UK; the historical ambiance of the city added a special flavor.

Photo: Private collection.

2005 - In Chicago, we were introduced to the renowned architecture of the North Shore.

Photo: Private collection.

2006 - New York was another banner year for visiting important collections of Quimper pottery!

Photo: Sale table.

2007 - This year, we discovered Rouen and La Baule, in France. Malicorne and Desvres played an important role in the meeting program.