Australian Ceramics Museum

In its largest and most significant purchase valued at over 8 million the national museum has acquired objects including artworks furniture jewellery and ceramics which explore australia s history culture and identity.

Australian ceramics museum. Read more what s on our community join now. About the exhibition ceramix is an exhibition that invites ceramic based artists to work in collaboration with invited artists of their choice working in other mediums to create new works. Their contemporary styled rural gallery is nestled in the coastal mountains of bemboka in the far south coast of nsw australia in a purpose built wing of their home. The national museum of australian pottery is the only museum dedicated to 19th and early 20th century australian pottery and is the culmination of many years of collecting and research throughout australia.

In september 2006 after a move from wodonga they opened the new and permanent home of the national museum of australian pottery in holbrook nsw. In 1910 the australian museum purchased 54 peruvian pots from mr thomas colston. The australian museum respects and acknowledges the gadigal people of the eora nation as the first peoples and traditional custodians of the land and waterways on which the museum stands. Colston was engaged in establishing a sugar mill in cayalti southeast of chiclayo in the lambayeque province of peru probably in the last years of the 19th century.

In 2014 barkley s ceramic sculptures were included in the exhibition glazed confused. The australian museum is a new south wales government funded cultural institution. We publish the journal of australian ceramics organise nationwide open studio events support ceramic artists in their studio practice. Anyone can become a member.

Cayalti was an estate and sugar plantation owned by the aspíllaga family. The association the australian ceramics association or taca fosters a lively engaged ceramics community throughout australia. Gadigal yilimung shield made by uncle charles chicka madden. The australian ceramics association exhibition 2020 manly art gallery museum sydney nsw guest curator.

In 2015 barkley co founded experimental ceramics studio kil n it in glebe sydney where he is currently a resident studio artist. These items will become a part of the national historical collection for all australians to enjoy. Judith pearce and david rofe are a couple who have been collecting australian pottery since the mid 1970 s.