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OTAGO/SOUTHLAND – Nicole Kolig
Planning continues for the 60th National Exhibition. Our team behind the retrospective exhibition are looking to conduct short interviews of key figures in Ceramics NZ/New Zealand Society of Potters history. If you are a life member or have been involved in...
CANTERBURY/WEST COAST
GESTURES – ELENA RENKER 5 June - 25 June 2021 Form Gallery Elena Renker has been making for approximately 40 years. This solo exhibition focuses her work creating shino glazed bowls and cups - by faceting the exterior of the pot. Through this process Elena creates an...
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OTAGO/SOUTHLAND – Nicole Kolig
Planning continues for the 60th National Exhibition. Our team behind the retrospective exhibition are looking to conduct short interviews of key figures in Ceramics NZ/New Zealand Society of Potters history. If you are a life member or have been involved in...
CANTERBURY/WEST COAST
GESTURES – ELENA RENKER 5 June - 25 June 2021 Form Gallery Elena Renker has been making for approximately 40 years. This solo exhibition focuses her work creating shino glazed bowls and cups - by faceting the exterior of the pot. Through this process Elena creates an...
NELSON/MARLBOROUGH – Bronwyn Jones
Nelson Potters Association recently held its AGM. Membership this coming year is expected to be up 20%. Advantages of membership include the ability to be included on the Nelson Potters pamphlet and map, which is available at key tourist information centres, and to be...
WELLINGTON/WESTERN DISTRICTS – Karla Marie
Karla Marie joins the Ceramics NZ Council as the newly appointed Regional Council Member for Wellington. I’m incredibly excited to be taking over the role of Wellington/Western districts RCM (regional council member), I will know some of you from my time at WPA and...
CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND – Yasmin Fransmayr-Davis
Entries open for Waiclay on 21 June 2021. This year’s selector is Melbourne based ceramic artist, Prue Venables. Waiclay is working within Covid restrictions but are optimistic that Prue will be able to travel. Additional events include a demonstration/workshop with...
AUCKLAND – Emily Siddell
This month in Auckland the ASP volunteers are out in force with the help of Duncan Shearer to build a new wood kiln. 'Making a Mark' is an exhibition by Elena Renker at Public Record in Ponsonby featuring her signature bold and elegant wood fired vessels. The show...
NORTHLAND
Entries are now open for the 4th Annual Open Ceramics Art Awards, hosted by the Quarry Arts Centre. The Great Plate Annual Fundraiser for the Quarry Arts Centre is happening again this July. Around 100 artists support the fundraiser by contributing to design planes...
Local Focus: Ceramics Association warn of silica dust danger to potters
Newly appointed Wellington Regional Council member, Karla Marie discusses the topic of silicosis in this article by the Whanganui Chronicle. Drawing on her experience as an industrial health and safety professional, Karla highlights a key health and safety concern for...
The Kilns at Te Horo : an update from The Mirek Smisek Arts Trust
Real progress has been made at the site of Mirek Smíšek’s historic beehive kilns at Te Horo, Kāpiti Coast. When the section of expressway between Peka Peka and Ōtaki was under planning consideration it was clear the new road would track directly through the land where...
Quartz – the Museum of Studio Ceramics
The name Quartz may seem odd for a museum devoted to ceramics but for its owner Rick Rudd, it's perfect. He quotes A Potter's Book, by Bernard Leach: "Quartz, raised to a red heat, quenched in water and ground to a powder is a most valuable material to potters both in...