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Welcome Josh Jones!
At our AGM in November 2025 we elected 3 new Regional Council Members – including Joshua Jones for Nelson Marlborough. Josh is the co-owner of McGlashen Pottery, with his partner Coral. They have a ginger cat named Coriander and are loving being involved in a creative way with clay everyday. With a background in sales as well as film & television Josh loves the face to face experiences he gets in their Brightwater studio, meeting people…
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Nelson/Marlborough May & June News
Two Icons of Nelson’s Craft & Clay Movement Tell Their Stories On Thursday, 30th April, Christopher Vine and Royce McGlashen gave a special presentation for the Nelson Science Society. Christopher Vine spoke first, in a perfectly balanced presentation – the beautiful recounting of his own path to New Zealand and into Clay upon arriving here in the mid 1960s. A Cambridge educated architect, Mr Vine explained the unique relationship he had with the Craft movement which…
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Te Tai Tokerau/ Northland May/Jun 26
Quarry Arts Centre- Whangarei Quarry Ceramic Awards – This April our main gallery space has been filled with an incredible and diverse collection of ceramic arts for the Quarry Ceramic Awards. A massive thank you to all who attended our opening night and had the gallery bursting at the seams! 49 incredible finalist works from artists across Aotearoa are exhibited, with 7 award winners thanks to this year’s sponsors Decopot, Bot Pots, Driving Creek Railway, Quarry Arts…
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Canterbury & West Coast – May/June Update
Jess Nicholson: Ka maumahara te uku (the clay remembers) Clay remembers being pounded flat or rolled into a ball, in the same way that it remembers being the basalt rocks of a mighty mauka or the silt swept along the bottom of a braided awa. 11.04.26 – 17.05.26 In this solo exhibition, Nicholson continues to explore recycled, reclaimed and collected whenua materials. Through laborious and intimate ceramic processes to create the work they pay particular attention…
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Global networks update – May/June 2026
Greetings from Oslo, Norway. My name is Karin Amdal, I have taken over the baton from Graham Hay as the global rep for Ceramics NZ. I have a background as an art director and designer, did my DCA in 2017/18 and have worked full time with clay since 2019 (you can see my work here). Based in Wellington for 20+ years, we moved to Norway in 2023. I miss NZ, the ceramic community there, and have…
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AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – May / June 2026 Ceramic Events
Auckland Region Pottery Suppliers: Bot Pots CCG Clay Centre Glass Station Auckland Studio Potters recently had their AGM. The 2026 committee is now made up of Mervyn Aitchison (President), Steve Greer (Vice President), Pennie Black (Co-Secretary), Louise Garbett (Co-Secretary), Paul McElwee (Treasurer), Steve Aitken, Diane Allen, Jacqueline Kampen, Richard Penn, Bex Plowman, Izzy Santiago, and Chris Southern— a strong and dedicated group supporting the ASP community. Auckland Studio Potters Life Membership awarded to Mervyn Aitchison. Congratulations!…
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Otago/Southland May/June 2026
We are blessed with so much ceramic activity in Ōtepoti/Dunedin this autumn! Nam Sook Chang, TransCultural Experience Dunedin School of Art Lunchtime Seminar presents Korean Artist Nam Sook Chang, TransCultural Experience Thursday May 7th 12-1pm. Dunedin School of Art, Lecture Room P152, 19 Riego Street, Dunedin ‘My work explores “TransCultural Experience,” reflecting my journey across identities, places and personal histories. At its core is a lingering question: What if I had stayed in New Zealand after graduating from…