The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development.

The Australian Woodfire Ceramics Conference is an international event for woodfired and other ceramic arts that will celebrate the triennial gathering of the tribe – its stalwarts and its newcomers, under balmy Sunshine Coast skies.

A competition for all Southern Downs artists showcasing the wealth of talent in the region. Entries across many mediums and techniques including Drawing,Ceramics, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Textiles.

Entry instructions:

Entry forms + fees: due by 4 pm, Tuesday 5 September 2017. No late entries will be accepted as labels are compiled from entry form information well in advance.

Delivery: to Warwick Art Gallery no later than 4 pm Thursday 21 September during opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10 am – 4 pm. Late work will not be accepted. Works are not to be delivered before 5 September except by prior arrangement.

Opening: Friday 29 September, 6.30 pm

Collection: from Tuesday 31 October (work to be collected within 30 days)

Terms of Entry

DUE TO SPATIAL RESTRAINTS ARTISTS ARE PERMITTED TO ENTER ONE WORK ONLY

1. The entry fee is $10 per artist. No work will be accepted or exhibited without payment of the entry fee. Works for sale will attract a commission rate of 20%. Entry fees are to be submitted with the entry form. Payment for works sold will be made within 30 days of the close of the exhibition.

2. Items must not have been previously exhibited at Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery or Warwick Art
Gallery.

3. All work submitted must be labelled on the rear or base with artists’s name, title of the work and
contact details

4. 2D and Textile artwork must not exceed 150 cm in any direction including the frame. 3D artwork must not exceed 200 cm.

5. The Gallery Director reserves the right to not exhibit work if space is limited or if the work is deemed inappropriate or if the work is not suitably framed and/or presented. If an artist’s work is not selected to exhibit the entry fee of $10 will be refunded.

6. All paintings must be dry. 2D works without “D” rings will not be hung. A stretched canvas is considered framed, but must have “D” rings attached. Our hanging system requires two “D” rings positioned 6 cm from the top of the work. Textile works must be ready to display - by rod, pin, fishing line or 3MMM Command strip. Self installation of Textile and 3D work will be allowed only if prior arrangements are made.

7. The winners of the Major, Commendation and Encouragement Awards will be announced at the opening on Friday 29 September.

8. By entering the competition artists give permission for their work to be reproduced by any form of the media related to the promoting of the event.

9. Entrants are responsible for packing, freighting and insurance charges. The Warwick Art Gallery accepts no liability for loss or damage in the course of transit. Transit Insurance remains the responsibility of the exhibitor. All due care will be taken of entries submitted. Appropriate security will be in place during the Gallery’s possession of art works.

Entry Form CLICK HERE  

Call for Artists 2018 17th SEASON

The schedule for 2018 artist residencies programme is now available. Applications are open to all artists (fine-arts, crafts, design, sculpture, architecture, filmmakers) seeking an opportunity to present and realize a project in a rich cultural environment.

Following the enormous success of the inaugural Klytie Pate Award for Ceramics in 2017 we are now calling for entries in the 2018 competition and exhibition

A4 Art Australia is an exhibition of 2D and 3D A4-sized artworks, open to established and emerging contemporary artists across Australia.

The 2018 Clarence Valley plunge Art & Culture Festival runs from 28 March to 30 April. The Official Opening of the Plunge Art & Culture Festival will be at the Yamba Museum on Wednesday 28 March 2018 at 5.00pm

Set on 120 acres in the heart of the Yarra Valley at Yarra Valley Estate the Ceramic Conference Victoria is an exciting 3 day event for artists, collectors, educators, art students and everyone who appreciates and enjoy ceramic art.

Clay Gulgong - Australia’s great international ceramics festival. April 15-21, 2018

Come along and see a wonderful collection of hand made ceramics from local artists. Just in time for Mother's Day!

Entries are invited for the inaugural open international exhibition ‘Response to Place’, which will be the centrepiece of a dynamic new bi-annual event - the Craft Biennale Scotland.

A round-up of world-wide events of interest to potters and ceramic artists.

Since 1981 La Meridiana offers residential Ceramic Courses and Pottery Workshops of one or two weeks for beginners, advanced and professional potters.
The programme for the year 2018 is now on-line, with a variety of topics that refer to the ceramic processes:
hand building, throwing, trimming, decorating, study and application of glazes and the various firing techniques (majolica, raku, high temperature, salt & soda, wood, etc).

The Ceramic School is set in a restored 17th century farmhouse, in the centre of Tuscany, land of Etruscan and Roman culture, medieval architecture and renaissance splendour. Our goal is to offer a facility dedicated to a continual education in the ceramic art, a meeting ground in a place rich in Italian culture.
On Centre is a twelve week residential course based on throwing techniques, study and experimentation of claybodies, glazes and firings.

PROGRAMME 2018 - 37th year !

	ON CENTRE January 7th – March 31st 2018 The residential twelve week course for an in depth training on throwing, clay bodies, glazes and firing. FULL: Application for the 2019 edition will open in May 2018
	01 Throwing Marathon One more ton of clay to be centred! Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it January 2nd – 6th 2018 Throwing. For all
	15 Understanding Porcelain Understand the peculiar qualities of porcelain in order to throw, alter and hand build successfully beyond the wheel. Antoinette Badenhorst www.porcelainbyAntoinette.com April 8th – 21st  2018 Throwing and decoration. Intermediate and advanced
	17 Porcelain: Colour and Light The extraordinary potential of vitreous porcelain. Curtis Benzle - www.benzleporcelain.com April 22nd – 28th 2018 Handbuilding. Beginners/Intermediate
	117 Hand of the Maker - Touch of Soul A Woodfiring experience Stephen Mickey April 29th – May 12th, 2018 Throwing, Woodfiring. Beginners and advanced
	19 Jewelery in Porcelain Design, make and assemble sophisticated jewellery in fine porcelain. Luca Tripali www.lucatripaldi.com May 6th – 12th 2018 Hand building. For all
	20 Spring Throwing Marathon Non-stop throwing! Franco Rampi - www.francorampi.it May 13 – 19, 2018 Throwing. For all
	23 Clay, Gnocchi & More Learn how to make and use flameware. With Italian cuisine! Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it Lucia Zucconi May 27th – June 6th 2018 Throwing, handbuilding, cooking. Non beginners
	24 Slip Ware Masterclass A glorious decoration technique in a contemporary interpretation. Richard Phethean www.richardphethean.co.uk  June 9th – 16th 2018 Throwing, decoration. Masterclass
	25 Terra Sig and Soft Raku A modern interpretation of an antique technique Rosana Antonelli http://rosanantonelli.blogspot.it/ June 17 – 23, 2018 Terra Sig and Raku. For all
	Woodfiring Symposium with Diagonal 11 Creation of a common piece, to be woodfired in the “Bagnano Express” June 17th – 30th 2018 For detailed information please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Initiated by Evelyne Schönmann
	26 Inlaid Porcelain Coloration and stratification of slips and porcelain bodies to obtain intriguing. Susan Nemeth www.susannemeth.co.uk June 24th – 30th 2018 Handbuilding. For All
	27 Mould making & Bone China Paper mould making techniques and casting pieces in bone china with a master of materials. John Shirley www.johnshirleyceramics.com  July 1st – 7th 2018 Mould Making and Casting. For all
	28 Watercolour on Porcelain The use of soluble metallic salts, for captivating colour effects.  John Shirley www.johnshirleyceramics.com  July 8th  – 14th  2018 Decoration techniques. Intermediate
	29 Naked Raku and Mica Infusion related Bare Clay Techniques Naked Raku over colourful surfaces. Kate & Will Jacobson www.jacobsonartstudio.com July 15th – 28th 2018 Raku. For all
	30 Summer Throwing A throwing and glazing intensives Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it July 22nd – 31st , 2018 Throwing. For beginners and intermediate
	32 Stoneware Throwing Two intense weeks with instructors of great experience. John Colbeck Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it August 5th – 18th 2018 Throwing. For all
	34 Porcelain Throwing Throwing and finishing porcelain vessels. John Colbeck Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it August 19th – September 1st 2018 Throwing. For all
	136 Summer Throwing II A throwing and glazing intensives Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it September 2 - 11, 2018 Throwing. For beginners and intermediate
	36 Tuscan Sculpture Symposium Sculpture from the life model. With possibility for casting Facilitators: Lorri Acott and Adam Schultz September 2nd – 15th 2018   Sculpture. Intermediate and advancedl
	37 The infinite vessel A vital approach to coiling, pinching and surface decoration. Rachel Wood www.rachelwoodceramics.co.uk September 9th – 15th, 2018 Handbuilding. For all
	138 Advanced Jewelry in Porcelain Further techniques for sophisticated jewelry in fine porcelain. Luca Tripaldi www.lucatripaldi.com September 16th – 22nd 2018 Hand building. Advanced
	38 Shape’n Shake in Tuscany Ellen Shankin - www.ellenshankin.com September 16th – 29th 2018 Throwing. Intermediate and advanced For information and booking please write to Ellen Shankin: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;
	39 Screenprint on Clay: The Ship Transferring images with the possibility of superimposing colour. Maria Geszler-Garzuly September 23th – 29th 2018 Handbuilding. For all
	40 The Layered Figure Coil-building the human form and developing surface imagery through drawing, carving and texturing. Adrian Arleo http://adrianarleo.com September 30th  - October 13th 2018 Sculpture. Non beginners
	42 The Ceramic Animal Figurative sculpture with special techniques of surface treatment. Andreas Hinder www.andreas-hinder-keramik.de October 14 – 20, 2018 Handbuilding. For all
	43 Fire Works La Meridiana’s “Bagnano Express” on an ideal journey David Trueb October 12th – 19th 2018 Woodfiring. Non-beginners
	ON CENTRE. FORM AND DECORATION A two-month intensive course on throwing and decoration techniques for stoneware. John Colbeck & Franco Rampi www.francorampi.it October 21 – December 15, 2018 Application to this course will open on December 1st, 2017.

For anyone looking for that special gift for themselves or somebody else, The Australian National Brooch Show 2018 is the place to be. The brooches are individually unique mini artworks to wear and enjoy.

Join Marian Howell in France in July 2018 for this 16 days Pottery Tour to Southern France. The tour will also cater for non-potting partners who would like to explore surrounding places of interest with our French speaking guide.

The Conference Ceramics NZ Conferences are held every other year in various parts of the country and 2018 will bring the event to Upper Hutt.

"Sharing this contagious passion for clay..."

A residency in which the artist stay is based entirely upon a contract of mutual benefit—and exchange of creative energy, inspiration, ideas, contacts, concepts, techniques and general enthusiasm for clay…

Artists are invited to submit entries for the 16th SWELL Sculpture Festival to be held along the iconic Currumbin Beach ocean walkway on Australia’s Gold Coast between 14-23 September 2018.

The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts offers residencies for two weeks to two months for ceramists, mixed media artists, painters, printmakers and sculptors from March through December.

Celebrating twenty years in 2018, Artlands is the biennial event that shines a national spotlight on Australia's regional arts.

A two-month intensive course on throwing and decoration techniques for stoneware at La Meridiana, International Centre of Ceramics in Tuscany from 21 October – 15 December 2018.

JamFactory is seeking expressions of interest for a Creative Director/Ceramics Studio Part Time Position commencing January 2019.

Every year the Leach Pottery hosts national and international residencies. As part of these residencies they offer a schedule of related talks, exhibitions, presentations and demonstrations.

Project Manager Australian Ceramics Online Masterclasses 2019, Series 2

Rome Residency 2019 applications are now open for The William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship & Rome Residency.

Makers working across all styles are invited to submit proposals for MANIFEST, The Australian Ceramics Association Members Exhibition, Tasmania 2019 Curated by Damon Moon.

The Triennale is Australia's landmark national ceramics conference, bringing artists, educators, theorists and collectors from around the country, and the world, together to interrogate the field of contemporary ceramic practice.

 Ceramic Arts Queensland is delighted to announce a call for entries for the 2019 Siliceous Awards.

c.r.e.t.a. Rome's residency in the countryside is still in Rome, but lies on the border with the nearest town, Anguillara Sabazia,  one of three Medieval towns on the lake of Bracciano.

Combine your passion for ceramics with Korean culture, tradition and sightseeing. Enjoy a 4 day workshop with demonstrations by leading artists such as Young Taek Shin, Ki Ho Lee, Hyun Kyu Shin, Young Me Ohn and then practice new skills and fire pieces to take home.

A residential twelve week course for an in depth training on functional ceramics - 5 January - 28 March 2020.

An opportunity for ceramic artists to exhibit on the world stage at Clay Gulgong 2020.

"The Keramikpanorama 2020 invites you to approach the works in an unusual way, probably hoped for by the public, with the invitation: "Please touch!"

Join Ceramic Arts Queensland for an exciting day discovering the many aspects of this practice, and sharing your tips and tricks.

We would love to see our members participate in this - your event. Please consider participating and displaying your creative efforts this strange and crazy year.

The Ceramic Arts Qld Annual Members' Exhibition will take place between 1-13 October at Brisbane Institute of Art, 41 Grafton Street, Windsor.

PLEASE NOTE: there is no physical opening Friday 2 October at 6.00pm, you can join us for a virtual tour on the CAQ Facebook page at 6pm.

Noosa Open Studios Art Trail provides locals and visitors to our beautiful region on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast with the unique chance to visit artists in their private studios over several days in October. Whilst there, visitors can learn about the artists’ creative processes, see their work and perhaps even make an art investment to call their own!

This year there are 97 artists participating, with 17 ceramicists. All artists can be seen on the website. https://noosaopenstudios.com.au/

Download the Art Trail Guide HERE

Australian Ceramics Open Studios (ACOS) is an annual nationwide weekend held event that celebrates clay, community and creativity. Hosted by The Australian Ceramics Association, over 100 ceramics studios – including many in and around Australia’s capital cities and regional centres – open their doors to offer insight, practical demonstrations and the chance to take home a handmade piece.

Mark your diaries for a road trip and check for open studios near you HERE

The Gold Coast Potters Art and Crafters Christmas Market 

is a much loved annual event with 30 stalls of handmade craft, food, music and pottery demos throughout the day.

MORE INFO ON THE GCPA FACEBOOK EVENT