Restating Clay: Making, Learning, Communicating & Collecting Contemporary Studio Ceramics
RESTATING CLAY: SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME 2019-2021
CERAMIC COMMUNITIES
This symposium explores how sharing skills and ideas can lead to more supported and sustained artistic practice.
Presented on 25 September 2019.
The symposia has been developed by National Centre for Ceramics Study,
Cardiff School of Art & Design and Cardiff Metropolitan University, in partnership with the Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network at York Art Gallery. It is supported by Arts Council England.
The Curator’s Challenge – Reinterpreting and Re-imagining Ceramic Collections.
This symposium explores the challenges and opportunities in rethinking approaches to displaying ceramics in museum collections.
Presented on 30 January 2020.
This event is a partnership between Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network at York Art Gallery, and supported by Arts Council England.
Curating Ceramics: Museums, Ceramics Collections and Community Agency
In 2020 the Shipley Art Gallery acquired the John Christian studio ceramics collection. Celebrating this exciting collection, this event explores ceramic collections and community, with leading international artists and curators.
Presented on 26 January and 2 February 2021.
This event is a partnership between Newcastle University, the Shipley Art Gallery and the Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network at York Art Gallery, and supported by Arts Council England.
Curating Ceramics: Online Collections, Community Building and Activism
As part of the Restating Clay Symposia Programme, a podcast was produced by Eva Masterman.
Production team: Executive Producer, Aiwan Obinyan, Editing and production by AiAi Studios
The Podcast can be accessed here:
Sustaining the Studio – Sustaining Self
Exploring aspects of self-sustaining studio practice & sustaining self through engagement.
Presented on 23 and 25 February 2021.
The symposia has been developed by The Leach Pottery, in partnership with the Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network at York Art Gallery. It is supported by Arts Council England.
Restating Clay: There’s much work to be done…
This online symposia explores key issues faced by the ceramics sector, most particularly from a curatorial and collections perspective.
Presented on 23 March 2021.
This is a Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network event, supported by Arts Council England.
Women and Clay: Gendered Form
A symposia exploring the research of Dr Jennio Sorkin and Dr Jareh Das into women in the field of ceramics during the 20th century. Presented on the 16 June 2021.
The symposia has been developed by Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network at York Art Gallery, in partnership with Two Temple Place, and is supported by Arts Council England.
Ceramics and Lockdown
An exploration of how ceramics performance adapted in lockdown with Andrew Livingstone, Claire McLaughlin, Angela Tait & Moira Vincentelli.
Presented on 2 July 2021.
The symposia has been developed by Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) Subject Specialist Network at York Art Gallery, in partnership with the of the International Ceramics Festival at Aberystwyth, and is supported by Arts Council England.