"The Pot, the Vessel and the Object" With International Ceramics Festival

2007-03-09

To coincide with the International Ceramics Festival in June, an exhibition entitled "The Pot, the Vessel and the Object" will be showing at Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Ceredigion, Wales) between May and September 2007. "The Pot, the Vessel and the Object" will draw together new and established members of the Craft Potters Association (CPA) which will be celebrating 50 years of promoting contemporary pottery. The exhibition will encapsulate a broad range of pottery from domestic ware (the pot) to abstract (the vessel) and sculptural pieces (the object). The exhibition aims to display ceramic work produced in the UK today. The majority of the exhibition will be new work (the featured makers will all produce new work for the exhibition) but some archive pieces will be on display, for historical value, to show how far ceramics has come over the past fifty years. Selected makers for this exhibition form a who's who of contemporary British ceramics and include: Micki Schloessingk, Phil Rogers, Mike Dodd, Chris Keenan, Joanna Howells, Lisa Hammond, Margaret & David Frith, Jeremy Steward, Jack Doherty, Ruthanne Tudball, Morgan Hall, Lisa Katzenstein, Jim Malone, Terry & Beverly Bell-Hughes, David Roberts, Gareth Mason, Ashraf Hanna, Felicity Aylieff; Sandy Brown; Duncan Ross, Aki Moriuchi, Tina Vlassopoulus; David Miller, Nic Collins, Peter Beard, Andre Hess, Regina Heinz, Ian Gregory, John Maltby, Martin MacWilliam, Jane Perryman, Christy Keeny, John Higgins, Susan Disley, Sarah Walton, Clive Bowen, Simon Carroll, Emmanuel Cooper, Ian Gregory, Jane Hamlyn, Walter Keeler, Gabrielle Koch, Sophie MacCarthy, Martin Lungley, and Takeshi Yasuda. Since it began in 1987, the International Ceramics Festival has grown to become the UK's leading studio ceramics event. It offers teachers, students, ceramic artists, collectors, working potters and amateurs alike the chance to meet and study the work of distinguished, internationally known craftspersons from all over the UK and from many countries world-wide. The Festival attracts about 800 participants to a series of lectures, practical demonstrations and exhibitions over three days. The focus is both practical and inspirational – kilns are built and fired, pots made and demonstrations given. Guest artists also have their own workspace enabling more in-depth discussions and exchange of ideas.Over the years the Festival has built up a reputation for featuring some of the world's best known ceramic artists and potters, many new to this country and 2007 will be no exception. During the festival there are also selling exhibitions, bookstands and a comprehensive display of products from leading pottery manufacturers and suppliers. The aim is to make the weekend as relaxed and accessible as possible. The festival is held at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on the campus of the University of Wales on the beautiful Mid Wales coast.