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Professional Associations

International Academy of Ceramics

The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art (NCECA)

The Swiss Ceramics Association

Craft Potters Association, UK

KERAMEIKON, Croatian Ceramic Association

Ateliers D'Art de France Foundation

Residencies in Art Centers

European Ceramic Workcentre, Holland
The European Ceramic Work Centre is an international workplace where artists, designers and architects explore the technical and artistic possibilities of ceramics. The ekwc operates as an artist-in-residence centre and as a centre of excellence. Its aim is to promote the development of ceramic art, design and architecture.

International Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergaard DK
Guldagergaard offers an international environment and state of the art facilities. We provide professional support within a concentrated work period and encourage dialogue and the exchange of knowledge, ideas and research about materials and techniques. The Artists-in-Residence programme is the most important aspect of the center.

The International Ceramics Studio (ICS) -Kecskemet, Hungary
The mission of the studio is to promote the formal, aesthetic and technological development of ceramics and to help foster creative skills. The studio is open to the challenges of all ceramic art, research, design and experimentation.

AIR Vallauris, France
Located in the heart of the old town Vallauris, A.I.R. Vallauris (Artists in Residence), a non-profit association, welcomes artists from around the world to its lodgings and studios to meet with local artists and to research and create new works in a unique setting.

The Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Canada's arts and cultural organization providing multidisciplinary programming and advancing the practice of artists and leaders. It also serves as a centre of excellence in convening conferences and meetings.

The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Since its inception in 1992, the Institute of Ceramic Studies has provided an opportunity for ceramic artists from around the world to work freely in the environment of Shigaraki. Since there is no curriculum as such, artists are free to pursue their work in our creative space according to their own schedule.

International Galleries of
Contemporary Ceramics

OFFICINE SAFFI PROJECT GALLERY
Officine Saffi is an experimental hub dedicated to contemporary ceramics. Its audience comprises artists, designers, architects, ceramists and everyone interested in ceramics and art. The project consists of the Art gallery, for exhibitions showing works by important international artists, the Lab for courses and workshops, also used for the Artist in Residency Program.Officine Saffi also produces art catalogues and the quarterly magazine La Ceramica in Italia e nel mondo (www.laceramicainitalia.com). Part of the Officine Saffi mission is Open to Art, the International Competition dedicated to Ceramic Arts and Design. Through its operations, Officine Saffi represents a point of reference for contemporary ceramics, with a mission to enhancing the significance of ceramics in the areas of art, design and architecture.

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY, USA
SPECIALISTS IN CERAMIC ART CIRCA 1950 -- PRESENT
Ferrin Contemporary is the preferred source for contemporary ceramic art circa 1950 – present, with over 35 years of experience and expertise in the presentation for sale of primary and secondary market works by leading international artists whose primary medium is clay.

GALERIE MARIANNE HELLER
Gallery of Contemporary Ceramic Art
Established 1978. With an emphasis on England, the gallery has presented ceramic vessels and sculptures by International artists for more than thirty years. A permanent exhibition as well as presentations of individual artists and group shows mirror the various standards of individual achievement as well as the most recent trends and developments in ceramic art. Situated in the centre of Heidelberg and right in the middle of Europe the gallery has become an international meeting place for artists, collectors and all those who take a lively interest in the arts. Since 1998 the gallery is housed in light and spacious rooms with more than 180 square metres of exhibition space south of Bismarckplatz in the old park opposite the well known hotel Europäischer Hof. Meanwhile the gallery has turned into a forum of ceramic art where you will not fail to meet the most prominent artists as well as museum people and collectors.

PULS CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS
the only gallery in Brussels exclusively dedicated to ceramics
Puls exhibits only the best of international contemporary ceramics. Founded by Annette Sloth more than a decade ago, Sloth is herself a graduate of the world-renowned Danish Design School. She frequently serves as judge, curator and docent at international ceramic events.With a worldwide clientele, Puls offers the best contemporary ceramic art available anywhere to the descerning collector, museums and of course first time buyers. A Puls exhibition tipically shows work of an established artist alongside that of promising new talent. This platform has enabled emerging artists to put their stamp on the next generation of ceramic art.Puls Contemporary Ceramics has its finger firmly non the pulse of 21st century clay art.

GALLERY CARLA KOCH- Amsterdam
In April Gallery Carla Koch has been in existence for 20 years. After a flying start at the Prinsengracht, in 2007 the gallery moved to the IJ banks, where Carla Koch organises sparkling exhibitions in the Detroit Building. What makes this gallery special? And how has it responded to the declining number of gallery visits? Gallery Carla Koch has a unique speciality: ceramic and glass objects that mostley refer to the container shape, but which at the same time set themselves free from their function. As such, they move within the interesting no man's land between art and design. The gallery displays different mentalities and presents both conceptual and architectural and narrative work.

CENTRE OF CERAMIC ART (COCA) , UK
CoCA highlights and celebrates our collection of British Studio Ceramics, which is the largest and amongst the most important in the UK and covers the entire British studio ceramics movement.
Formed mainly of large gifts from significant private collectors, it retains the unique personality, passions and obsessions of its creators, providing an insight into the socio-economic development of the British studio ceramics movement.

International Museums of
Contemporary Ceramics

The International Museum of Ceramics - Faenza, Italy
The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza contains the largest collection in the world dedicated to ceramics. The culture of ceramics spanning five continents and many centuries is documented in its rooms.

The Yingge Ceramics Museum - Taipei, Taiwan
The first modern ceramics museum in the nation. Combines the essence of the wisdom of the industries, government, and scholars. It displays the masterpieces created with wind stoves, clay, and glazes, with the hope that the beauty of Taiwanese ceramics will be renowned worldwide.

The Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
at Alfred University, New York USA
The museum houses nearly 8,000 ceramic objects ranging from small pottery shards recovered from ancient civilizations to modern and contemporary ceramic art. The primary mission of Alfred Ceramic Art Museum is to collect, preserve, conserve, research, interpret and exhibit ceramic art for aesthetic and educational purposes. The museum is a research and teaching facility, which offers an engagement in cultural history via ceramic art to the student, artist, scholar and collector as well as the local, national and international community.

Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu was established in 2002 as part of “Ceramic Park MINO”. With "Modern Age of Ceramic Art" as its theme, the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu collects modern works of ceramic art from Japan and around the world and holds various exhibitions. Through ceramics, it also creates a human network and promotes activities to develop a relationship with the local community.

The Museum of Compared Art - Sangeorz Bai, Romania
A cultural space of multiple and simultaneous openings.

Architecture - Design - Projects

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