Welcome to the Ceramics Calendar — A list of contemporary ceramic competitions, biennales, festivals and ceramic art fairs taking place in 2024.
NEW! Check out the 2025 Calendar of ceramic competitions.
Current and upcoming events:
(the calls for entries are marked in bold lettering)
European Ceramic Context 2024
Ceramics triennale
September 14 – November 7, 2024
Bornholm, DENMARK
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Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2024
Competition
September 6 – February 2, 2025
Gyeonggi Province, SOUTH KOREA
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International Ceramics Competition Carouge 2024
Competition
September 14 – December 1, 2024
Carouge, SWITZERLAND
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2024 Westerwald Ceramics Prize
European Competition
September 27, 2024 – June 15, 2025
Keramikmuseum Westerwald, GERMANY
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2024 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale
Competition
October 4, 2024 – April 6, 2025
Yingge Ceramics Museum, TAIWAN
International Ceramics Festival MINO, Japan
Competition
October 18 – November 17, 2024
Tajimi City, Gifu, JAPAN
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Bizen Contemporary Ceramics Biennale 2024
Competition
October 19 – December, 2024
Bizen City, JAPAN
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Vitality Clay – The 2024 Shiwan Cup’s International Youth Ceramic Arts
Competition
October 13 – November 2024
Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum, Foshan, CHINA
International Ceramics Biennial of El Vendrell
Competition
November 8, 2024 – January 11, 2025
El Vendrell, SPAIN
Upcoming in 2025:
Past events:
Ceramic Brussels 2024
Ceramics fair
January 25-28, 2024
Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BELGIUM
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Indian Ceramics Triennale 2024
Ceramics triennale
January 19 – March 31, 2024
New Delhi, INDIA
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NCECA 2024 – Coalescence
Conference & other events
March 20-23, 2024
Richmond, Virginia, US
5th Siegburg Ceramics Award
Competition
February 4 – April 7, 2024
Siegburg, GERMANY
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CCACA 2024
Conference & other events
April 19-20, 2024
Davis, California, US
Clay Gulgong 2024
Ceramics festival
April 15-21, 2024
Gulgong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Ceramic Art London 2024
Ceramics fair
April 19-21, 2024
London, UK
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CLAY LA 2024
Ceramics fair
May 4-5, 2024
Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, US
Buongiorno Ceramica! 2024
Ceramics festival
May 18-19, 2024
Organized simultaneously in multiple cities, ITALY
Ceramic Market Andenne
Ceramics fair
May 19-20, 2024
Andenne, BELGIUM
Manises International Ceramics Film Festival
Film festival
May 31 – June 2, 2024
Manises, SPAIN
Giroussens Contemporary Ceramics Market
Ceramics fair
June 1-2, 2024
Giroussens, FRANCE
LOEWE Craft Prize 2024
Craft competition
May 15 – June 9, 2024
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FRANCE
2024 International Ceramic Art Fair
Ceramics fair
May 23 – June 2, 2024
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, CANADA
cerARTmic Madrid 2024
Ceramics fair
June 6-9, 2024
Madrid, SPAIN
Saint-Sulpice Céramique
Ceramics fair
June 27-30, 2024
Place Saint Sulpice, Paris, FRANCE
The Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair
Ceramics fair
June 29-30, 2024
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
Independent Ceramics Market
Ceramics fair
June 29-30, 2024
London, UK
Argillà Argentona International Ceramics Festival
Ceramics festival
July 5-7, 2024
Argentona, Barcelona, SPAIN
European Ceramics Festival TERRALHA
Ceramics festival
July 12-14, 2024
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE
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5th Officine Saffi Award
Competition
May 28 – July 31, 2024
Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan, ITALY
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International Ceramics Fair Oldenburg
Ceramics fair
August 3-4, 2024
Oldenburg, GERMANY
Austrian Pottery Market 2024
Ceramics fair
August 23-25, 2024
Gmunden, AUSTRIA
Argillà Italia 2024
Ceramics festival
August 30 – September 1, 2024
Faenza, ITALY
International Ceramics Biennial of Manises 2024
Competition
June 14 – September 14, 2024
Manises, SPAIN
CAOLIN International Contemporary Ceramics Festival
Ceramics festival
September 11-15, 2024
Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
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International Competition “Ceramics in Love”
Ceramics competition
August 24 – September 15, 2024
Castellamonte, ITALY
International Academy of Ceramics 51st Congress
Conference & other events
September 16-20, 2024
Alcobaça / Caldas da Rainha, PORTUGAL
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Parcours Céramique Carougeois 2024
Ceramics biennial
September 14-22, 2024
Carouge, Geneva, SWITZERLAND
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Concurs International de Ceràmica de l’Alcora
Competition
May 18 – September 30, 2024
L’Alcora, SPAIN
International Biennial of Vallauris – Contemporary Creation and Ceramics
Competition
July 6 – September 30, 2024
Vallauris, FRANCE
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CERCO International Festival of Contemporary Ceramics
Ceramics festival
September 25-29, 2024
Zaragoza, SPAIN
C14 Paris 2024
Ceramics fair
October 3-6, 2024
Paris, FRANCE
31st Mediterraneo Contemporary Ceramics Competition
Competition
July 13 – October 6, 2024
Grottaglie, ITALY
Sydney Ceramics Market 2024
Ceramics fair
October 19-20, 2024
Carriageworks, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Biennale of Contemporary Keramics Santorini
Competition
June 7 – October 26, 2024
Santorini, GREECE
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