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Te Uru is delighted to present the Portage Ceramic Awards 2024. This annual award provides a vital platform to showcase the diversity of contemporary clay practices in Aotearoa.
Entries open: 19 April 2024
Entries close: 10 June 2024, 12noon
Shortlisted entries notified: 2 August 2024
Shortlisted works received: 6 September 2024
Finalists announced: 7 October 2024
Awards Announced: 21 November 2024
Exhibition at Te Uru: 22 November 2024 – 2 February 2025
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The Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 2024 recipients have been announced.
There were 495 entries which were whittled down to 63 finalists, with Elliot Collins selected as the supreme winner of the MMCA 2024. Elliot collected $10,000 and plenty of plaudits at the opening of this year’s event at the Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre, presented by Arts Whakatāne.
Collins, who has a Ph.D. Visual Art from AUT and is a senior academic staff member at Taranaki’s Western Institute of Technology, has two works in this year’s finalists exhibition, and won the top prize for Did you get the watercress I left you?, made from acrylic, wood and a shopping trolley.
Ruth Vickers from BPC was a finalist – congratulations Ruth.
The award, in its 38th year, aims to highlight and celebrate excellence in fine art throughout Aotearoa.
Did you get the watercress I left you? – winning work – Elliot Collins
Dust – Ruth Vickers, finalist
Unique to Aotearoa New Zealand, Quartz, Museum of Studio Ceramics is the only dedicated museum for studio ceramics and the largest and most diverse public ceramic display in this country.
The Museum opened in 2015 by Rick Rudd, a renowned studio potter, because he was unhappy with the absence of a permanent historical collection on show in major galleries and museums around Aotearoa New Zealand. Quartz was initially established to house his substantial collection.
Teapot – Rick Rudd
The collection comprises approximately 100 works by major New Zealand potters, plus nearly 200 of Rick’s own works, from the first piece he made in 1968, as well as pieces from throughout his career.
Rick’s small international collection including works by Lucie Rie, Shoji Hamada, and Janet Mansfield, is on display too and since opening the museum, Rick has added many more works.
Works from the Museum’s Collection are lent to other museums and galleries around the country for special exhibitions.
Salt glazed pots – Mirek Smíšek
Jugs and teapots – Ross Mitchell-Anyon
Please note prices are GST inclusive and are for non-members. Clay prices and stock varies depending on current availability and the prices listed are for the most popular clays.
To buy clay call into the club on a Tuesday or Thursday club day, otherwise contact one of the members listed below to arrange an alternative day/time.
Lynda: 021 803 704
Cat: 021 163 7540
Juliet: 0212711433
Colleen: 021435330
Jules: 0274166192
Don’t miss out on the bigger and better Nelson Clay Week 2024!
Building on last year’s success and incorporating the valuable lessons learned, prepare for an incredible line-up of tutors, captivating exhibitions, interactive community engagements, and perhaps even some fiery spectacles.
Nelson Clay Week
September 28 – October 4, 2024
Royce McGlashen is one of New Zealand’s most well known potters. He received an MBE for his services to pottery in New Zealand in 1989 and has won many awards. Royce is New Zealand’s only member of the International Academy of Ceramics (Geneva).
He has recently decided to retire from his production business and take up pottery as a hobby.
In 1966 Royce undertook a five-year apprenticeship with the late Jack Laird, founder of Waimea Pottery, qualifying as a master potter in 1971.
Keen on an O.E., Royce headed to Queensland where he worked for Montville Pottery before travelling to South Africa then Great Britain, working for Le Dieu Pottery in Norwich. He returned home to Richmond in 1975 and began his business. Royce was the designer for Temuka pottery for several years, and has taught throughout New Zealand and Australia, including residential pottery workshops at his studio.
He has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and overseas with his work found in numerous private and public collections.
Based in Brightwater near Nelson, Royce makes a wide range of domestic ware which has been a cornerstone of his business. In conjunction with this he also works on ceramic art pieces. Royce likes to develop the sculptural elements in functional objects. Many methods of construction are used including ram-pressing, slip casting, hand building and throwing. Making his own clays on site, he uses mainly white stoneware and paper clay.
The 2024 RT Nelson Awards for Sculpture will be on display at the NZ Art Show to be held at the TSB Arena in Wellington. 30 finalists are vying for the $25,000 prize pool. Javier Murcia’s ceramic piece Grounding was a finalist in 2023 (see left).
TSB Arena, Wellington
May 31 – June 2, 2024.
BPC members may be interested in a group show which could be themed such as an all mug show.
There is a fee of $300 to exhibit in the space for a period of 3 weeks. This is to cover the rent and any exhibition installation costs. The Incubator takes a 15% commission on any sales for the duration of the exhibition.
If anyone is interested in a show in the Pothouse, complete the exhibition form: Exhibition Nitty Gritty | the-incubator (theincubator.co.nz)
For further details email the Gallery and Exhibition Coordinator, Kalou exhibitions@theincubator.co.nz
