call for entry (australia): Clunes Ceramic Award
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Entries are open for the $10,000 national, acquisitive Clunes Ceramic Award 2026 exhibition, showcasing outstanding contemporary ceramic practice, in partnership with the @artgalleryofballarat and @castlemaineartmuseum, supported by the Hugh D. T Williamson Foundation.
Commendation Awards also presented alongside the major $10,000 prize at the opening event.
The successful Award is celebrated for its creativity and innovation, attracting ceramicists from across Australia.
βͺEntries Close: 9 Aug
βͺFinalists announced by: 21 Aug
βͺExhibition opening: 3 Oct
βͺExhibition: 4 Oct – 1 Nov
Exhibition: Esmond Gallery, The Warehouse, Clunes, Victoria.
Further info. and terms & conditions: clunesceramicaward.org.au
residency opportunity – Yaddo
Yaddo is a nonprofit retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, New York. Our mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for writers and artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.
We offer residencies to professional creative artists working in the following disciplines: literature, choreography, film, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists apply individually. They are selected by panels of professional artists without regard to financial means.
Tertiary to our core mission, we build an engaged audience for the work of Yaddo artists and share arts programming, educational opportunities, and other resources with our local community and beyond. We are committed to a sustainable future for Yaddo.
monday morning eye candy: Xanthe Somers
Currently based in London, Xanthe Somers (b. 1992) is a Zimbabwean ceramicist whose work is a critical reading of extraction economies and notions of domesticity within post-colonial contexts, with a particular lens focused on the country of her birth.
residency opportunity: McKnight Fellowship and Residency
Last chance to apply for the McKnight Fellowship and Residency for Ceramic Artists!Β Click on the links below to learn more and apply now. All McKnight Fellowship and Residency applications are due by Friday, May 15, 2026, at 5 pm CT. Pictured in image: Dorothea Nold, McKnight Resident 2024
This program is made possible by the generous support of the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis.
interested in the how ceramics are doing in the art market?
Sharif Farragβs work on view with Jeffrey Deitch at Frieze Los Angeles 2026. Photo by Charles White/JW Pictures. Courtesy of the artist and Jeffrey Deitch, New York and Los Angeles.
“But the question remains as to whether prices remain modest for ceramics despite the lengthy tradition and the current acceptance of the material in high-art venues.”
One of those art world articles for those interested in the prices ceramics are going for these days in the art market.
Read the full article:
Ceramics Are Everywhere, in Museums, Galleries, and FairsβHas the Market Caught Up?
– By – Brian Boucher for Artnews
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