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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.
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.