The 61st National Exhibition

Submissions Close
15 August 2025

opening event: 23rd of October, 5:30pm – 7:30pm


โ— Premier Award
โ— Merit Award
โ— Functional Award
โ— Non-Functional Award
โ— Peopleโ€™s Choice Award
โ— Residency Award – the residency award at Driving Creek also includes $500 towards firing and materials.

AWARDS

The 61st Sponsors

We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors for their generous support in helping to make The 61st come to fruition. If not for their dedicated investment in supporting clay artists, potters, and ceramists in New Zealand and CNZ members abroad, this event could not happen. Thank you.

The Arts House Trust, Kiwi Underglaze, Clevedon Buffalo Company, Bot Pots, Northern Lights, Glass Station Sauvarins, Driving Creek Railway, Crown Self Storage Onehunga, Auckland Studio Potters, Falcon Grey Ceramics, Creative NZ

Judges Talk

Join us for an afternoon at The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead as we meet the three selectors of The 61st. A wonderful opportunity to meet our judges; Moyra Elliott, Grace Lai and Peata Larkin. Hear their thoughts about the selected works and ask those curious questions you’ve been eager to ask.

When: 1 November, 3:30pm-5:00pm