• AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – May / June 2025 Ceramic Events

    Auckland Region Pottery Suppliers: Bot Pots CCG Clay Centre Glass Station Please check venues for Opening Event dates. Title: Call Out: The 61st Ceramic NZ National Exhibition Exhibitor: Various Artists Where: The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead When: 15 April -15 August (Exhibition Dates 24 Oct -18 Jan 2026) Title: Call Out: Portage Ceramic…

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  • Nelson news

    Nelson news

    McGlashen’s has new owners The famous Brightwater pottery started by Royce McGlashen has sold to new owners from Christchurch, Josh Jones and Coral Denize. They are in the process of taking over the production from Royce. They will continue making functional ceramics in the Brightwater studio. Royce is teaching the new owners how to ram…

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  • Central North Island Mar/Apr 2025

    Driving Creek Pottery The Search for an Apprentice Kia ora from Driving Creek Pottery. We have some very exciting news to share with the clay community this month: we are searching for an apprentice to join the production pottery team! Two years ago, Cornish production potter Callum Trudgeon traded The Leach Pottery for Driving Creek.…

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  • Global Networks Update

    International Opportunity Ceramics Now is launching an open call to spotlight ceramic artists and new perspectives that may not yet be on their radar. Ceramics Now will select 15-20 artists working with ceramics whose works reflect new directions, unique perspectives, and the creative potential of the field to be featured in the 15-year anniversary issue…

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  • Northland / Te Tai Tokerau Mar – Apr 25

    KeriKeri TAUS Ceramics, Waipapa Kerikeri Tim Grocott at Taus Ceramics offers mould making workshops, dates are already up on the website. Website address in the flyer below. Congratulations to Rosie and Rich, Northland ceramic artists as one of the finalists in MMCA 2025 Title: DUSK Terracotta, underglaze, glaze + gold lustre H 720 x W…

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  • 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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