Exhibition diary
- 21 August - 17 October, 2010 27th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery
- The 27th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award will be a showcase of cutting edge contemporary ceramics from around the globe. Over 190 entries were received and 2010 Judge Stephen Benwell has made a tightly considered selection of 55 finalists to be displayed in the gallery. View images
- 8 April - 22 May, 2010 Vessel
- Craft ACT Gallery
- The exhibition Vessel is a bold show challenging our concept of the vessel and craft practice in a professional arena. This presentation accords well with Craft ACT's aim to include a diverse and rich group of inter-generational artists and designers among its Accredited Professional Membership all of whom are invited to participate in an annual exhibition.
- 10 September - 17 October, 2009 Unravel
- Craft ACT Gallery One
- Patsy Hely, Senior Lecturer, Honours Convenor, Australian National University School of Art, curated the 2009 Craft ACT Accredited Professional Members' exhibition, unravel. Each year a curatorial premise is set and members respond in a variety of ways.
- This series of work, Unravel - a history explores our relationship as a society with the history of Cockatoo Island. A former imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol, personal connections to the Island are almost unnoticed, or removed from our consciousness.
- 2 September - 13 September, 2009 Place and Being
- M16 Artspace
- New work by Margaret Carlin and Avi Amesbury in ceramics and charcoal drawings.
- The exhibition, Place and Being, is the exploration of a physical manifestation of the emotions, knowledge and character of the artists working in response to landscape, either the natural environment or human (or inner) landscape. Through the use of spontaneous and direct gestures, both in ceramic and mark making on paper, the spiritual essence of the landscape is revealed.
- 12 June - 19 July, 2009 White Heat
- Manly Art Gallery and Museum
- Held in conjunction with The Australian Ceramics Triennale 2009 White Heat offers a space for discourses of social, political and cultural concern.
- Collections 2009, represented in the exhibition, was inspired by the insect collection at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The work responds to the notion of collecting for research.
- 12 June - 19 July, 2009 Contemporary Porcelain
- Kerry Lowe Gallery
- Held in conjunction with The Australian Ceramics Triennale 2009 Contemporary Porcelain features work by Avi Amesbury, Kirsty Walker and Jane Robertson.
- 18 April - 17 May, 2009 Ceramica Multiplex
- City Museum of Varazdin
- The 2009 International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics is the greatest and most important ceramic manifestation in Croatia and will take place during April and May. The festival is held under the patronage of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and the Varazdin City Council. Preview
- 16 August - 19 October, 2008 26th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery
- The inaugural Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award held in 1982 and was developed to encourage the creation and appreciation of art in clay. Today the major prize is worth $10,000 and this year's judge was Australia's own internationally renown Marea Gazzard.
- 7 March - 27 April, 2008 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award
- Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Victoria
- The Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award is held in association with La Trobe University and this year's international judge was Ah Xian. A total of 186 entries were received and 53 shortlisted for the exhibition.
- 29 February - 11 April, 2008 Stanthorpe Art Prize
- Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland
- The Stanthorpe Art Prize 08 is a major biennial art prize displaying contemporary and traditional artforms from across Australia. The opening weekend (29 February to 2 March) is being held in association with the Stanthorpe Fringe Arts Festival and the biennial Apple and Grape Festival.
- 8 March - 12 April, 2008 Cowra Festival Art Awards
- Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra, New South Wales
- The Calleen Collection is comprised of works of art acquired since 1977 and covers a wide range of styles from traditional to contemporary, and includes paintings, prints, ceramics and glass. Each year scores of works are entered in The Cowra Festival Art Awards, with the winner selected for the Calleen Acquisition Award.
- 15 June - 1 July 2007 2007 Townsville Ceramic Awards
- The Townsville Ceramic Competition is organized by the North Queensland Potters' Association Inc. with the intent to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around Australia. The exhibition attracts nationally renown artists and provides a showcase for emerging ceramic artists.
- 4 July - 4 August 2007 Tracelines
- Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Scotland
- Tracelines was developed for and will be shown as part of the New Craft Future Voices International Craft Conference during July in Dundee. The exhibition explores strategies in negotiating concepts of place and belonging and presents the work of four Canberra-based ceramic artists - Anita McIntyre, Maiju Altpere-Woodhead, Anna Gianakis and Avi Amesbury.
- All the artists have migrant origins ranging from several generations of Australian-born ancestry to relatively recent Eastern-block experience. Drawing from their diverse backgrounds they explore the reciprocal relationships between recollection and new environment; nostalgia and inherited memories; experience, memory and landscape; and observation memory and presence.
- 20 July - 19 August 2007 30th Alice Craft Acquisition
- Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- Hosted by Territory Craft - Alice Springs, this exhibition began acquiring contemporary craft in 1975, resulting in a stunning collection of 29 years of craft history in Australia. The bi-annual exhibition and the collection of acquired works enable Territorians and visitors to see work of national significance in a remote environment.
- 1 - 20 March. Convergence: A north/south discourse
- Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- The exhibition - Convergence: A north/south discourse - has been selected as part of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 41st Annual Conference - Old Currents/New Blends: A distillation of art and geography. The artists in Convergence come from diverse cultural backgrounds and through personal experiences, motivations and expectations, bring a unique hybridity to this exhibition. Artists exhibiting are Carole Hanson, Lia Tacjnar, Avi Amesbury, Maiju Altpere-Woodhead, Sarah Rice, Anna Gianakis, Mel Robson and Emilka Radlinska.
- 9 - 30 July 2006. The Colour of white
- Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, New South Wales
- A survey of eight artists selected from New South Wales and ACT who work in porcelain, with guest exhibitor from the UK, Sasha Wardell. Artists exhibiting are Nicole Lister, Avi Amesury, Sandy Lockwood, Ivan Gluch, Maiju Altpere, Louise Boscacci, Bronwyn Kemp,Tania Rolland and Sasha Wardell.
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- 17 June - 2 July 2006. Presence of memory
- Raglan Gallery, Cooma, New South Wales
- The Raglan Gallery Exhibition Award is a solo exhibition and was selected by Hiroe Swen as part of 2005 Canberra Potters' Society Members Exhibition.
- Crust - examining artists' approach to clay surfaces
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland
- Tour venues and dates:
- Grafton Regional Gallery 24 May - 2 July
- Noosa Regional Gallery 12 July - 13 August
- Redland Bay Regional Art Gallery 20 August - 19 September
- Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery 5 October - 11 November
- Warwick Regional Art Gallery 5 January - 5 February 2007
- Logan Art Gallery 20 March - 21 April 2007
- Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery 10 May - 17 June 2007
- Bundaberg Arts Centre 21 November - 6 January 2008
- Crust is a Gold Coast City Art Gallery traveling exhibition of international contemporary ceramics, curated by Stephen Baxter from the gallery's permanent collection.
- The Gold Coast City Art Gallery has an extensive ceramic collection of some 177 works, acquired mainly through the Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, an award running since 1982. This exhibition is a selection of 36 works from the collection, and will display the strength of one of the most significant collections of ceramics in regional Australia. The exhibition explores the plethora of approaches ceramic artists use when considering the finished surface of their objects.
- The exhibition will be on tour nationally from April 2006.
