NWP MEMBERS' EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS

Note that ceramic events not organised by NWP, and may be of interest to members are advertised on the Notices page.

9 MAY Sunday, NWP AGM, venue to be arranged

2 June 2013, Sunday. A Raku event has been arranged for NWP at Pau at Paul Lloyds’ home, St Asaph, Denbigshire LL17 OEL. Members £12, non members £20. Contact Bev for details

June 28 th – 30 th 2013 International Ceramics Festival 2013 NWP & SWP members’exhibition Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Deadline for application is Monday 29th April 2013. No late applications will be accepted. This event is only open to members attending the full festival. There is no selection of work, but it must be of good quality and fit for purpose. Exhibitors will set out their own work in conjunction with the event organiser, who may re-arrange material, etc to balance the overall exhibition. Organisers reserve the right to exclude work deemed inappropriate. Participants can anticipate an allocation of space approximately 1M square, risers may be used, please use ONLY white matt plinths. This is to ensure continuity of the whole exhibition. A few risers will be available to borrow. If you have spares please share. Exhibitors must monitor their sales and restock, if bringing extra pieces for restocking , this must be stored in their own rooms as there is no space for storage at the venue. There will be a participation fee of £25 to cover costs. This year it will be non-returnable. Sales commission will be 30%. Once applications are received and all spaces are filled, any unsuccessful application forms will be returned. The success of the exhibition is very dependent on the efforts of all exhibitors helping with the assembling, manning and dismantling of the exhibition. Manning of the exhibition will be organised on a rota system, slots are likely to be 1 hr 45mins and will overlap for hand over. Delivery of pots for exhibiting is likely to be on Friday 28th June 2013 at 2pm till 6pm, to the chapel in the Aberystwyth arts centre. Collection of pots will be from 4pm on Sunday 30th June. Contact Louise Schremppft on 07702265723 or email louschrempft@gmail.com

International ceramics Festival tickets now on sale- Full Price £130, SWP / NWP £120, Students £90 via the website or Festival box office at Aberystwyth Arts Centre: Tel: 01970 623232 http://www.internationalceramicsfestival.org/tickets/

Demonstrators include- Takeshi Yasuda, Virginia Scotchie (US), Richard Notkin (US), Rafael Perez (Spain), Beth Cavener Sticher (US) Sung Jae Cho (Korea), Doug Fitch (UK), Jeremy Stewart (UK) and more...

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Potclays are running some courses by various ceramic artists. Click here for more details.