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The British Ceramics Biennial is back for a third time. The 2011 event was brilliant , it seems to get better each time. The 2011 festival attracted over 40,000 visitors to Stoke-on-Trent.

Ceramicists, designers and artists working with clay are now invited to make applications for a number of opportunities in the 2013 programme within the areas of AWARD, FRESH plus RESIDENCIES and FELLOWSHIPS.

For more information …. read on …

Amazing Brigitte Jurack figure displayed at the Spode site

AWARD

At the heart of the British Ceramics Biennial, the AWARD exhibition will again be presented at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. A single prize of £10,000 is on offer.

Applications are invited from artists working in the following categories:

DESIGN - Ceramic design for manufacture

CRAFT - Studio production

ART - One-off ceramics, ideas, installations

Deadline: Friday 15 February 2013.

FRESH
Graduates from BA and MA courses in 2012 and 2013 are invited to submit their work for selection for FRESH 2013, to be presented in the China Hall on the original Spode factory site. A single prize of £3,000 is on offer.

What is FRESH?

A major event in the BCB calendar
An exhibition of new ceramic work by recent graduates of UK universities
Organised by the British Ceramics Biennial BCB and the National Association of Ceramics in Higher Education NACHE

FRESH 2013 will

Promote the high quality work of graduates to a professional and public audience through a combination of visitors to the show, symposium, journal articles and reviews, an illustrated catalogue
Represent the range of activity of graduates within the field, which is anticipated to include work from across the ceramic spectrum, studio pottery, tableware and industrial design, figurative and abstract sculpture and installation
Provide an invaluable launch pad for the exhibitors – through exposure, networking opportunities, BCB promotion and the connected NACHE forum

Deadline: Friday 5 July 2013.

BCB RESIDENCIES and FELLOWSHIPS

A number of residency and research opportunities are being offered for artists to work with the BCB in Stoke-on-Trent in partnership with Industry, Museums, Education and Community. These include:

ARTISTS INTO INDUSTRY
A residency with Johnson Tiles to explore the technological innovations and architectural applications. Fee £3,000.

EXPLORE
Three short-term research residencies to explore the potential of the original Spode factory site, the City and it’s ceramic resources. Fee £1,000 each.

Deadline: Friday 15 February 2013.

To download your application form and to read the ‘how to apply’ details from the BCB website - use this link Artist Opportunities :: British Ceramics Biennial.

Here are a few images I took at the British Ceramics Biennial back in 2011 :