• Register for our 2025 AGM – 9 November!

    Ceramics Association of New Zealand

    Please join our 2025 AGM where we will report on our 2024 activities and finances on 9 November 2025 at 5pm. 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…

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  • Canterbury udate Sept/Oct 2025

    Ceramics Association of New Zealand

    From Jo Gilmore: “I am currently showing my work along with others from the South Canterbury Pottery Group, at the Aigantighe Gallery in Timaru. It is the annual show that the group put on, and the Aigantighe are very kind to let us have such a wonderful venue for our work.  The exhibition goes from…

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  • Global networks update September 2025

    Ceramics Association of New Zealand

    “Save thousands of studio hours learning and travel bucks ‘A challenge with learning ceramics in New Zealand is the distance from countries with wider and deeper pools of ceramic experts and educators. (Of course, this also means we have the advantage of not being constrained by stifling traditions or excessive peer pressure within larger clay communities. Instead, we can…

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  • AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – September / October 2025 Ceramic Events

    Siriporn Falcon-Grey

    The 61st Ceramics NZ National Exhibition 2025.  The 61st judges, Moyra Elliott, Grace Lai and Peata Larkin, faced the demanding task of narrowing down 279 entries to a selection of 61 works. The quality of submissions was exemplary, making the blind judging selection process by consensus even more difficult. The emails have been sent and Congratulations…

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  • Otago / Southland September – October 2025

    Kate Fitzharris

    Otago Potters Group Exhibition The judge for this years exhibition was Julia Hutchinson, owner and director of Ōtepoti/Dunedin gallery Hutch. Premier Award – Liz Rowe Oxygen Bars (non-recyclable) (sponsored by Nelson Pottery Supplies) Sculpture Award – Locke Jean-Luc Unhold for his piece  Intra-action Domesticware Award – Shelley Brigit Harding for her piece Kissed, Green Soda Vase Emerging Artist Award –…

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  • Central North Island Update Sep/Oct 2025

    Judy Chappell

    Driving Creek Pottery Ahi Kaa: Ngā Kaihanga Uku and Friends Return to Driving Creek, November 2025 We are thrilled to announce that Ngā Kaihanga Uku (the Māori Clay Artists Collective) and friends will be returning to Kapanga to rekindle their long-standing relationship with Driving Creek. The rōpū will be at Driving Creek from November 2…

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  • Northland/Te Tai Tokerau Sept/Oct 25

    julie

    Whangarei Quarry Arts Centre Cone 9 – 10 Stoneware Wood-Firing  Experience Soda Firing with the QAC Phoenix Kiln Step into the world of soda fired ceramics with our Community Phoenix Soda Firing workshop at Quarry Arts Centre. Whether you’re a hobbyist or an experienced clay artist, this hands-on workshop will introduce and deepen your understanding…

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