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Rick Rudd Foundation – Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award 2024
Today, the Rick Rudd Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the $15,000Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award. This award was established in 2018 by RickRudd to encourage, foster and promote those makers who have not achievednational recognition. It is limited to those makers who have been working with clayfor five years or less. Its aim is to give the recipient a financial boost to enable themto progress their journey with clay.Photographic entries were submitted by…
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Eli Gray-Smith, 1927 – 2024
Eli Gray-Smith Ceramic Artist By David Josland Ian James Gray-Smith (later known as Eli Gray-Smith) was born on 24 May 1927 in Mechanics Bay in Dunedin. He was the son of William Patterson Smith, the manager of Furs, Dressers and Dyers Limited, and Isabella Donald Smith. Gray-Smith attended King Edward Technical College where he studied art and took pottery classes under Robert Nettleton Field. His science teacher was the glaze chemist and potter Oswold Counsell Stephens. …
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Nelson/Marlborough – Sept/Oct 2024
Nelson Clay Week 28 Sep – 4 Oct at various venues across Nelson www.clayweek.nz Nelson Clay Week is a celebration of pottery as a craft, an artform and an industry, with ceramicists from all over the country coming together to share ideas and techniques, and to show their work. There are talks, special events, a Potters Market, and Potters Square with free demonstrations and firings, as well as the opportunity for people to get their hands into some clay…
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Dunedin Ceramics Certificate Class of 1974
Hello fellow Potters and Ceramicists! An occasion recently gave me reason to pause and reflect on my past work. It spans decades and it reminded me of the time I had enrolled in the Ceramics Certificate Course at Otago Polytechnic in 1974. That was 50 years ago! How time has passed and how pottery changed my life! It was the first full time course in Ceramics offered in New Zealand. It was only available as a…
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Free Range
Free Range Curated by Cheryl Lucas & Caroline Billing 28th August – 28th September The National, Christchurch. In ‘Free Range’, 16 contemporary artists plunder the associations of the egg. At the invitation of Cheryl Lucas, each artist in the exhibition was given 12 ceramic eggs (made by Lucas). In a concept that is equal parts delight and curiosity, she called upon friends and makers to see how they would answer the creative challenge. “Rich with potential, eggs…
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Rangiora Pottery Group
Rangiora Pottery Group is having their bi-annual ceramic exhibition this year. Being held in the Kaiapoi Ruataniwha centre “Art on the Quay” exhibition space. Opening night Thursday 19 September. In addition to the general pottery on display we have added something a little different. A mini exhibition called “Mountains to the Sea”. There are strict guide lines for the potters to follow, size, price and theme. A challenge that creates exciting art. Kate Fitzharris is our…
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Register for our 2024 AGM
Please join our 2024 AGM where we will report on our 2023 activities and finances on 17 November 2024 at 6pm. The AGM is also a time when we elect Council members, set membership fees for the following year, and nominate people for lifetime membership. We want to hear from you – so please plan to attend! Register today and attend online via Teams.