• AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – March / April 2025

    Auckland Region Pottery Suppliers: Bot Pots CCG Clay Centre Glass Station Please check venues for Opening Event dates. Title: Sculpture in the Gardens Exhibitor: An artist collective Where: Auckland Botanic Gardens – Huakaiwaka Indoor Gallery When: 16 November 2024 – 2 March 2025 Title: Pushing Parallels Exhibitor: An artist collective Where: The Arts House Trust…

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  • Wellington – Western region | March 2025

    Te Horo: Thomas Baker, Resident Artist at The Kilns at Te Horo. The Residency at The Kilns at Te Horo has let Thomas Baker “play”. That is his term for generating his ongoing excitement about working with clay andwhere it leads. The six-month residency at Mirek Smíšek’s former pottery on the Kāpiti coast hasallowed him…

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  • Global Networks updates Jan/Feb 2025

    Thinking of visiting the US in 2025? Visit the largest ceramic gathering of clay lovers! Demonstrations, talks, exhibitions, clay film festival, huge trade displays of tools, books, kilns, you name it! NCECA’s 59th Annual Conference, will be in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 26-29, 2025. Early bird registration pricing ends on February 4, 2025. Details…

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  • Central North Island Jan/Feb 2025

    Happy New Year! Driving Creek Pottery Kia ora from Driving Creek Pottery. It has been a stunner of a summer here in Coro Town. The sun is shining, the beaches are bustling and the campsites are cranking. The trains have been rolling non-stop at Driving Creek but just quietly, us potters can’t wait for summer…

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  • AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – January / February 2025

    Auckland Region Pottery Suppliers: Bot Pots CCG Clay Centre Glass Station Title: 小さな命が囁いている (whispers) Exhibitor: Kiki Hall Where: The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead (Little Gallery) When: 16 October 2024 – 16 Feburary 2025 Title: Sculpture in the Gardens Exhibitor: An artist collective Where: Auckland Botanic Gardens – Huakaiwaka Indoor Gallery When: 16 November…

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  • Welcome Stephanie Nossiter

    Huge welcome to our newest RCM Stephanie Nossiter for Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatū, Whanganui & Taranaki! You can email Stephanie at wellingtonwestern@ceramicsnz.org. Steph Nossiter is a member of New Zealand’s ceramics community, originally from Ōtautahi and now living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She is honoured to connect with the western region ceramics community and has taken on…

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  • Nelson Marlborough update – Jan/Feb 2025

    Kiln Studio is for sale Potters clay Nelson Surrender to form exhibition McGlashen’s pottery business has sold

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  • Nov/Dec update – Wellington & Western Districts

    Nov/Dec update – Wellington & Western Districts

    Whanganui Potters Art in the Garden 2024 Whanganui Potters’ yearly celebration of art and outdoors is happening soon. Wander the grounds and admire the diverse art created by local artists.   Club members and invited exhibitors display and sell their art over two day. We also offer raku firings, demonstrations and a chance to play…

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  • AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – November/December 2024

    Mirror Mirror .27 Nov – 5 DecStudio One Toi Tü “Mirror Mirror 0.2” is an exploration of the dark shadows that accompany us, charmingly dressed yetwhispering sparkling little lies. These shadows have long sat on my shoulders, reflecting the socialexpectations and misunderstandings that have shaped my sense of self. Through this series, Iconfront the feelings…

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  • Living Room: Ōtautahi, Christchurch, November 2nd – December 15th

    For the 2024 edition of Living Room, Caroline Billing and Andrea du Chatenier have curated the work of eleven artists in response to Warren’s remarkable architecture and the use for which it was designed. Drawing on our personal and cultural associations with the objects and architecture of daily life, the exhibition features work that considers how we design…

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  • Otago / Southland Update Nov/Dec 2024

    There are lots of great shows around the motu this month! Whakawhanaukataka by Jess Nicholson: Blue Oyster, Dunedin Whakawhanaukataka is an exhibition of ceramic sculptures and installation that is attentive to how earth-materials, people and other things belong to specific places; silt carried along by a river to the shoreline, rocks that erode and tumble…

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  • Central North Island Updates Nov/Dec 2024

    Bethlehem Pottery Club We’ve had a busy quarter with lots of great things happening at our club and for our members. Our membership numbers are increasing and we’re noticing the studio is being used a lot more every day. Tuesday Night – Member night was created to support our ” newbies” who have joined. Cat…

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  • Northland / Te Tai Tokerau update – Nov/Dec

    Quarry Arts Centre Congratulations on all participants and winners of the QCA Awards. PRIZE WINNERS and PRIZESJudges Merit 4 – $100 Voucher – Sponsored by Claybright Lans Hansen (Wellington) – “Unfurling” Judges Merit 3 – $100 voucher – Sponsored by BotPots Maak Bow (Kaiwaka) – “Cancelled” Judges Merit 2 – $300 voucher – Sponsored by…

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  • Nelson/Marlborough – Sept/Oct 2024

    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…

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