The language of clay: multiple identities and cultural narratives in the ‘Shiwan Cup’. International Ceramic Art Exhibition October 13, 2024 to February 28, 2025 at the Meitao Bay Xingguanghui Art Museum, China
by Lai HuashengThe Shiwan Cup: International Youth Ceramic Sculpture and Ceramic Art Exhibition has become an important event in contemporary ceramics with its cultural background rooted in the millennia-old history…
South African Clay Awards, Clay Museum, Nov – Dec 2024
A red carpet welcomed visitors to the exhibition into the majestic old Cape-Dutch-styled (venue typical of the Wineland routes of the Western Cape), adding the final touch of grandeur one would expect…
Highlights of Formation: the 2025 NCECA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah
Formation, the 59th annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) takes place March 26-29, 2025, for the first time in Salt Lake City, Utah. Philosopher and educa…
National K-12 at Clay Gulgong 2024
It is hard not to love teaching Ceramics. It invites curiosity despite age or level of ability. When the students arrive at the art room to begin or continue their clay work, their enthusiastic, eleva…
Fred, Ferrari and Family: firing the Gulgong Racer
30 years after American artist Frederick Olsen built a kiln on a remote farm in Australia, his ‘Gulgong Racer’ continues to inform, inspire and connect Ceramic artists.