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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Madeline Child’s Seven Long Planks will be at Brett McDowell Gallery from Friday March 6th. City Planners:The Dunedin Hospital Project 343 George St Dates: 17th – 21st March Hours: 10 am – 4.30 pm “Internationally recognised and award-winning consultancy the City Planners will be back in Dunedin to provide pivotal and decisive input into the development of…

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Vessels an exhibition by Wakatipu Potters Group at Te Atamira in Tahuna Queenstown until January 17th The Whakatipu Chronicle at Milford Galleries Queenstown, features work by ceramic artists Mark Mitchell & Aaron Scythe. Keep an eye out for Peter Hawkesby at Dunedin Public Art Gallery in February! Suite 2026: Part One – Peter Hawkesby A…

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The ILT Murihiku Art Awards features several ceramic artists from around our region. Congratulations Jess Nicholson from Ōtepoti for winning Second Prize! Each year, Dunedin School of Art opens its doors to the public to showcase works by our emerging artists. An unmissable contemporary art experience, at SITE you can converse with the artists, purchase…

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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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The Otago Potters Group is holding our Annual Exhibition from 16-22 August at the Dunedin Community Gallery, 26 Princes Street, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016 .  Join us for the opening night on Friday 15 August, 5.30 – approx 7pm. There will be drinks, nibbles and beautiful pottery and ceramics on display. The show will be running daily…

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The Caselberg Trust Creative Connections Residency Open Studio: ‘Come and meet our current Creative Connections resident Jess Nicholson at the Caselberg house to find all about what they’ve been up to during their residency. Jess and the Caselberg Trustees welcome friends, supporters, neighbours, and anyone wanting to find out more about our Trust or Jess’s…

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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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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…

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CLAY MARKS: A POTTERY EXHIBITION | SILENZIO POTTERY | ANDREW KILLICK Discover the beauty and timeless allure of Silenzio Pottery, where creativity takes shape in every fired masterpiece, and art and earth unite.   “My work is a balance of quality and art; it is the expression of the pure, simple imperfection of handmade pottery, each…

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