The week’s news in the ceramic art world – May 13, 2025

Ceramics Now is delighted to invite you to the opening of Alive & Unfolding on Saturday, May 17, at 6:30 pm at le Delta in Namur, Belgium. Alive & Unfolding is a contemporary ceramics exhibition featuring the works of twenty-two artists from fourteen countries. Curated by Vasi Hirdo, the founder of Ceramics Now, the exhibition is organized by le Delta as part of the Perspective Festival of Ceramic Art Andenne, and will be on view between May 17 and August 17, 2025.

Belgium’s largest cultural event dedicated to contemporary ceramics starts later this week. For its 17th edition, Ceramic Art Andenne presents the Perspectives Festival, reflecting the event’s depth, its evolution into an ambitious project, and its openness to new possibilities and collaborations.

At the Andenne Cultural Centre: Authentic (open international competition), Talisman (thematic international competition), and Germany – guest country;
At the Maison des Associations: Fusion of Visions (exhibition by Benelux members of the IAC – International Academy of Ceramics);
At the Espace muséal d’Andenne – Phare: Temps Feutré (solo exhibition by featured Belgian artist Nathalie Doyen) and Connexions (in collaboration with Ceramic Brussels fair);
At Le Delta Namur: Alive & Unfolding contemporary ceramics exhibition (curated by Vasi Hirdo, founder of Ceramics Now).

Applications are open for the 4th Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Art Award (China). Held every two years, ICAA aims to bring together the world’s outstanding ceramic artists and rethink, define, and extend the dimensions and depth of ceramic art through innovative white porcelain works. Several prizes will be awarded, including a First Prize worth €50,000. The application deadline is July 31. The exhibition will take place in January 2026.

Artists and curators from across the US and worldwide are invited to apply for NCECA’s 2026 Exhibitions. Submissions are now open for the NCECA Annual Exhibition: Absence Takes Form, the 2026 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, and Featured Exhibition proposals in conjunction with Volumes, NCECA’s 2026 conference in Detroit, Michigan. The first deadlines are coming up in June.

Applications are now open for the 10th International Tea Bowl Competition 2025, part of the Festival of High Temperatures at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. Open to ceramic artists worldwide, the competition invites submissions that engage with this year’s theme: Ichi-go ichi-e (一期一会) – “One time, one meeting.” The application deadline is May 31.

Arts Mansfield invites artists based in Australia and New Zealand to apply for the 2025 Klytie Pate Ceramics Award. Now in its fifth year, the award honors the legacy of one of Australia’s most influential ceramicists, Klytie Pate, and carries a biennial prize of 10,000 AUD. The exhibition will take place between September 19 and October 6, 2025. Applications are due June 27.

The 2025 edition of Ceramic Art London has just wrapped up. Firmly established as a leading platform for ceramic art, the event draws around 6,000 visitors from over 30 countries each year. With more than 120 exhibitors from across the UK and beyond, it stands out for its direct focus on the makers themselves, offering a lively, hands-on celebration of global creativity and craftsmanship. The talks programme was a particular highlight.

The Révélations Biennial, a major event in the field of art and design, returns for its seventh edition at Grand Palais in Paris. This international event will be held from 21 to 25 May 2025 and will bring together almost 500 designers from some thirty countries, presenting a diversity of exceptional skills in ceramics, glass, textiles, wood, metal, and other materials.