• 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…

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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…

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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).…

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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…

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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…

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  • Central North Island | May / June Updates

    Updates from DCR: Off The Rails Exhibition With the arrival of autumn, Driving Creek shakes off the summer fire ban and all the potters get very excited, as the smell of wood smoke returns to the air! The pottery team kicked off the first of the wood firings this year with a group firing in…

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  • Wellington Western region | Te Whanganui-a-tara May-June update

    Kia ora koutou Welcome to your regional news update. Over the coming two months we can look forward to an exhibition of residency works by Shigemitsu Ohara at Toi Mahara Gallery Waikanae; Star Glaze Matariki event at Ōtaki Pottery Club, and a clay workshop with Sydney-based artist, Alana Wilson at The Kilns at Te Horo.…

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