Welcome to the Ceramics Association of New Zealand (Inc)
Ceramics NZ is proud to present a free public programme with LA based artist and 2018 Portage Ceramics Awards judge Bari Ziperstein. This will include a lecture and three professional practice workshops at Objectspace in Auckland, The Suter Art Gallery in Nelson and The Dowse Art Museum in Wellington during her time in NZ.
In this programme Bari will take small discussion groups through her successful business model, balancing an exhibiting practice and her line of functional ceramics BZippy&Co. Don't miss this unique opportunity to take part in these Professional Practice Workshops. These are free public events, but please book as spaces are limited. Reserve your place through the Eventbrite links below or contact secretaryceramicsnz@gmail.com
Thank you to our partners Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery and The Portage Ceramic Awards for helping to make this possible.
The Doris Lusk Residency is a collaboration between the Risingholme Community Centre and the Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic. It is open to all Dunedin School of Art Graduates who have graduated with Diploma or higher qualification.
The Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award exhibition will be on show at Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui for six months commencing Monday 24th September, 2018.
Otago Art Society & Ceramics Association of New Zealand
(Otago and Southland Members Only)
Joint Exhibition 16th Nov to 2nd Dec 2018
Invitation to Otago.Southland CANZ members
Otago and Southland members are invited to take part in a joint exhibition with members of the Otago Art Society at the Dunedin Railway Station. It will be held from mid November to end of November. (Details and entry forms links below).
This is an exciting opportunity to show their work not only to the Dunedin public but also to the many international visitors who come to the iconic railway station.
I am pleased to tell you that if you elect to enter in the CANZ category you are eligible to win the following awards and prizes:
Functional Excellence Award
Sculptural Excellence Award
CANZ Award
Merit Award
People’s Choice Award
Renowned and well known Dunedin Master Potter Neil Grant will judge the works for awards.
If you have any questions at all, please get in touch with me at kolig@xtra.co.nz
Many thanks go to former editor Howard Williams for his enthusiastic support, to Pamella Annsouth for lending us the bulk of the magazines, to Christchurch City Libraries for filling some of the gaps and especially to Rick Rudd who lent us the first two, extremely rare, issues.
Also to Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu staff Janine Bruce, Airi Hashimoto and Anita Parris who stood at the photocopier.
There is gold in these periodicals: New Zealand’s ceramic art royalty writing, thinking, drawing, designing and explaining.
Any errors are mine and all comments are welcome.
Tim Jones,
Librarian
Christchurch Art Gallery
Los Angeles Artist to Judge 2018 Portage Ceramic Awards.
This year’s Portage Ceramic Awards, Aotearoa’s best-known survey of contemporary ceramic activity, will be judged by American artist Bari Ziperstein.
Ziperstein is at the forefront of a thriving ceramic scene in Los Angeles. As well as gallery-based exhibitions and site-specific public installations, Ziperstein also produces functional ceramics through her company, BZippy & Co.
Ziperstein will select finalists and winners for this prestigious event, organised and hosted each year by Te Uru in Titirangi with support from The Trusts Community Foundation.
“We are excited about bringing a judge across the Pacific, from the American West Coast to Auckland’s West Coast,” says Te Uru Director, Andrew Clifford.
Portage Ceramic Awards 2018 judge Bari Ziperstein and her work Propaganda Pots, Nino Mier Gallery, 2018
Call for Entries - 1 June 2018
UKU Clay Hawkes Bay is a new biennial National Ceramic Award to be held in the Hawkes Bay region. It will be a selected exhibition showcasing the best work from ceramic artists from around New Zealand.
Awards for 2018 will be announced soon.
UKU Clay 2018 will be held at the CAN Gallery, Napier from Saturday 27th October to Wednesday 21st November 2018.
We are delighted that ceramic artist John Parker has kindly agreed to be our first selector and exhibition designer for 2018.
Submissions are invited from emerging and established ceramic artists throughout New Zealand.
Key Dates
Call for Submissions is Now Open
Entry $25.00 limited to one entry per artist.
Friday 31st August 2018
Closing date for entries.
Monday 8th October 2018
Finalists announced.
Monday 15th-Thursday 18th October 2018
Works to be received.
Saturday 27th October 2018
Opening at CAN Gallery Napier.
Sunday 28th October 10-11am
Floor talk with John Parker.
28th October to 21st November 2018
Exhibition Dates.
Thursday 22nd November 2018
Collection of unsold local work.
Sponsors
Napier City Creative Communities NZ.
Hastings City Creative Communities NZ.
Primo Clays.
Tennyson Gallery.
Join Peter and Julie Collis on this trip of a lifetime through Japan. Discover a rich and varied history of pottery and
ceramics, art, culture, temples, gardens and food over two weeks in May 2019. Starting in Tokyo and visiting the ceramic centres of Bizen, Kyoto and Kanazawa as well as a little time on the edge of the Seto Inland Sea.
The Rooms - a special exhibition at the Elms Exhibition
Saturday August 4, 2018 - Wednesday October 24, 2018
15 Mission St, Tauranga
Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award Exhibition
Monday September 24, 2018 - Monday March 25, 2019
Quartz, Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui
Free public programme with LA based artist and 2018 Portage Ceramics Awards judge Bari Ziperstein. Workshop
Friday October 26, 2018 - Saturday October 27, 2018
Auckland - Objectspace
The Dunedin Art Show Exhibition
Thursday November 1, 2018 - Sunday November 4, 2018
The Edgar Centre, Dunedin
Free public programme with LA based artist and 2018 Portage Ceramics Awards judge Bari Ziperstein. Workshop
Friday November 2, 2018 - Friday November 2, 2018
The Suter Art Gallery - Nelson
Fiona Tunnicliffe: Sculptural Animals 2 Workshop
Saturday November 3, 2018 - Sunday November 4, 2018
Waikato Society of Potters, 2 Seddon Road, Hamilton
Free public programme with LA based artist and 2018 Portage Ceramics Awards judge Bari Ziperstein. Workshop
Saturday November 3, 2018 - Saturday November 3, 2018
Wellington - The Dowse, Nelson
BayClay Exhibition 2018 Exhibition
Friday November 9, 2018 - Sunday November 11, 2018
Baycourt Exhibition Hall, 38 Durham St, Tauranga
Complete Crystals Workshop with renowned Australian potter, Bill Powell. Workshop
Tuesday January 22, 2019 - Friday January 25, 2019
Waikato Society of Potters, Hamilton.
To celebrate 50 years since incorporation we are constructng a mosaic of current members work. Simply click on an image to enlarge it and discover the name of the potter.
Registered as an incorporated society in 1965 by an enthusiastic group of potters in Wellington, New Zealand, Ceramics NZ has grown to become a significant international voice in New Zealand ceramics. The affiliation of about three dozen independent pottery clubs throughout New Zealand together with a number of corporate businesses greatly increases its effective membership. We are a national, not-for-profit organisation representing the interests of practising potters and ceramicists, students of ceramics and all those interested in New Zealand ceramics. We actively support and promote quality, and we encourage and support specialist ceramics education nationally.
This year’s Portage Ceramic Awards, Aotearoa’s best-known survey of contemporary ceramic activity, will be judged by American artist Bari Ziperstein.
Calling all potters and pottery lovers. 
