ICF 2023 TICKETS ON SALE Season’s Greetings! We are delighted to announce that tickets and accommodation for the International Ceramics Festival 2023 are now available to book! Various changes to Arts Council funding post-Covid and a necessary restructuring of our organisation mean that tickets have gone on sale a little later than in previous years. Apologies for the wait but we are back with a great
Join our team! The International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth is offering an exciting employment opportunity. After a period of re-organisation, we are establishing two lead positions in the organisation of the next Festival which will take place 30 June- 2 July 2023. The Festival Coordinator and the Festival Administrator will work with the Board of Directors to deliver one of the foremost ceramic events in the UK
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a new member to join our festival team as a voluntary director. The ICF is traditionally run by a board of six directors on a voluntary basis. Members of the Board of Directors work closely together with a team of self employed contractors to organize and deliver the festival and are expected to attend once a month board meetings on Zoom with additional involvement around th
Dear Friends, We hope you are well and have had a good year despite the ongoing challenges. As Directors of the International Ceramics Festival we have made the difficult decision again to postpone the traditional festival, this time with the aim of holding the next event on June 30th to July 2nd 2023. For various reasons we believe it will be better for us to return to holding this biennial on odd numbered yea
Join us on July 2nd! We are so excited to be partnering with COCA York for an online discussion of how ceramics performance has adapted in lockdown, featuring Andrew Livingstone, Professor of Ceramics at the University of Sunderland and artists Claire McLaughlin and Angela Tait. Our director Moira Vincentelli will also be discussing memorable performances from our archives in a lead up to our online archive showcase
Over the past months we have been exploring our archives dating back to the festival’s beginning in 1987. On Saturday July 3rd we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting ‘REWIND – Over 30 years of the International Ceramics Festival at Aberystwyth’ an online showcase of cherry-picked archive highlights selected by you and focusing on memorable performances and spectacular live firings. The programme w
Do you have a favourite demonstration from our past festivals? Or a lecture you would love to revisit? We will be sharing some of our archive footage at our event on July the 3rd 2021 and are keen to hear your feedback. If you have a standout International Ceramics Festival demonstration or lecture whether from recent years or bygone days please let us know through the link below. Deadline for feedback is May 24th.&n
We want to hear from you! Do you know of a ceramic artist who has made an outstanding contribution to the world of ceramics? A potter who has worked hard during their life to promote the ceramic arts? Previous recipients of the ICF Potterycrafts Lifetime Achievement Award include Magdalene Odundo, Ruth Duckworth, Emmanuel Cooper and Michael Casson. We are now on the lookout for 2021 nominations. Please email your rec
The International Ceramics Festival is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join the festival team as the Administration and Marketing Officer in delivering the festival in July 2021. This key role will focus on the development of a marketing campaign for the 2021 festival and include development of the festival website and social media activity including Welsh language content in order
