Vision Statement
The Friends of Medalta Society is dedicated to developing the Historic Clay District as “A world-class cultural district with a heart of clay”.
Mission Statement
The Friends of Medalta Society (the “Society”) fosters an understanding and appreciation of the Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District (known as the “Historic Clay District”), its importance in the development of Medicine Hat, and its impact across Canada through collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation.
Medalta Staff
The Friends of Medalta Society is a not-for-profit organization established in 1986 which is dedicated to the restoration and development of Medalta Potteries National Historic Site and the 150 acre Historic Clay District as a world-class artistic and cultural hub. Within the District are the historic Medicine Hat Potteries, Hycroft China Provincial Historic Resource, the Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Provincial Historic Resource and the National Porcelain Site. Together, Medicine Hat’s clay industries formed one of Western Canada’s earliest and largest industries.
*Staff photos taken by James Farrell
Al Dillman
MHBT Site Manager
Curtis Windover
Maintenance Associate
Braden Kowalchuk
Heritage Conservation Associate
Emma Steiner
Education Summer Student
Caylee Marshall
Education Summer Student
Faith Minor-Kozie
Production Summer Student
Julie-Claude Vezeau-Croteau
Production Summer Student
Toby Drozdz
Museum Summer Student
Justine Wilton
Museum Summer Student
Melanie Gaudet
Events & Tours
Genevieve Mathieu
Event Staff
Jocelyne Bouvier
Event Staff
Michelle Schneider
Event Staff
Nicole Nemo
Event Staff
Terry Murphy
Event Staff
Chrissy Cruickshank
Event Staff
Friends of Medalta Society
Mr. Randy Lehr
Chair
Ms. Kimberley Knight
Vice Chair
Mr. Drew Jackiw
Treasurer
Ald. Jamie McIntosh
Secretary
Mrs. Melinda Arthur
Director
Mr. Graeme Cruickshank
Director
Mrs. Jane Mackay
Director
Dr. Dennis Schneider
Director
Mr. Lorne Simpson
Director
Mr. Roger Sept
Director
Mr. Mike Onieu
Executive Director
Ms. Laurie Switzer
Recording Secretary
2018 Supporters
BMO – Bank of Montreal
Greenbarn Potters Supply Ltd.
Yuill Family Foundation
Bill Yuill
Clayton Sissons
Dennis & LaDonna Schneider
Ian & Phyllis McLaughlin
James Marshall
Jane & Sandy MacKay
Kimberley Knight
Ken Blair
Leslie Hirsch
Short Grass Ranches Ltd.
April Ruzycki
Malcolm Sissons
Servus Credit Union
Shaw Communications
Big M Ford Lincoln Ltd
CHAT TV
Community Foundation of M.H. & S.E. AB
David Cocks
Dewayne Good
Dr. Linda Rossler
James Lehr
Kenneth MacPhail
Plato’s Superior Roofing Ltd
Dietrich & Kitt Brand
Drew Jackiw
FWBA Architects
Grant Stegen
Kevin Gregory
KIWANIS Club of Medicine Hat
Linda Lehr
Martin LaFrance
Medicine Hat Brewing Company
Mireille Perron
Patricia Horner
Saamis Memorial Funeral Chapel
Stringam LLP
Amy Gogarty
Ann Renee Lasante
Aaron Nelson
Baumann’s Ventilation & Plumbing Ltd.
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Bert & Donna Propp
Brian Robinson
Canada Helps
Courtyard Dental Centre
Derek Hirsch
Don Davis
Gordon Thompson
Grant Pisko
Hargrave Ranching Co. Inc.
Jamie McIntosh
Joanne Marion
Kaiden Vancuren
Kent Smith
Kent Walker
Kevin Gregory
Lauren Fishley
Laurie Switzer
Leanne Stega
Lenora Stein
Meghan Bidinger
Michael Benoit
Michael Bering
Mike Christie
Morgan Bath
Nurgul Rodriguez Del Ojo
P. Auger-Iannattone
Pat Borrrows
Randy A. Lehr
Robert Wanner
Robin Sherwood
Steve Pahl
Sandra Moore Consulting
Amyfit & DKFitness
Barbara Scott
Brenda Watson
Caleb Bloomfield
Catherine Young
Cathy Regier
Harvey & Loretta Fix
Ian McLean
Jayne Parsons
Jeanie Gartly
Jesse Bixby
Joan Bruneau
Joanne Marion
Joanne Pitman
Kalika Bowlby
Kerry & Brent Barrett
Karl Schwonik
Leanne Stega
Lorne Simpson
Luke Jackiw
Marilyn Pacheco
Michael Bering
Michelle Kamlocher
Nancy Bassendowski
Nathalie Lawrence
Orrie Whitford
Partek IT Solutions
Sandra Heather Black
Tiana Straga
Terrance Lazaroff
Virginia Marsh
Paula Murray
Vertical Element Ltd.
Tegan Pearen
Phillip Pype
Wayne & Rosemary Baumback
Honour Roll
Honour Roll recipients have made significant contributions to the Friends of Medalta Society. Many of the Founding Committee members continue to offer their services as advisors and volunteers for the society, as do many retired members of the Board of Directors. Volunteers are selected for the extraordinary effort they have extended to the society’s various programs, and staff are chosen for their selfless dedication and perseverance in achieving the goals of the Historic Clay District.
Cody Weiss
Dave Stalwick
“The Kiln Diners” Bert and Donna Propp & Dennis and LaDonna Schneider
Jacquelyn Penner
Gwen Strojick
Larry Switzer
Sharon Aaltonen
Wayne Baumback
Allen Dillman
Darla Sawatsky
Quentin Brehmer
Earl Morris
Len Vandervaart
Jim Adams
Phyllis Harvey
Bert Kleis
Jim Pratt
Len Mitzel
Joyce Yamamoto
Barry Finkelman
Jacquie Heard
Marilyn Pacheco
Ken Zollner
Rino Basso
Ronald Getty
Basil Leismeister
Tony Schlachter
Lorne Simpson
Laurie Switzer
Brian Unger
Bill Yuill
Paula Armstrong
Nancy Beatch
Bert Hargrave (posthumous)
Allan Jensen
Audrey Malek
Phyllis McLaughlin
John Moldon
Carol O’Brien
Rob Renner
Malcolm Sissons
Dan Taylor (posthumous)
Annette Unger
Sharon Zollner
Yvonne Anctil
Bill Bauman
Dianne Finch
Jack Forbes
Arne Handley
Darcey Howells
David Jamieson
Reiny Lehr