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British Ceramics Biennial : Welcome Festival 2009 News About Visit Festival 2009 Biennial Latest Exhibitions More Events Welcome More Platform Conference From national awards to international artists, from business support to contemporary design Free E-newsletter – and from Stoke-on-Trent, the centre of the British ceramics industry, to the world’s creative community: this is the British Ceramics Biennial. Download the 2009 Festival Programme Media Partners Official Funders “and although the current climate discourages daring, the will and potential are still present in the Potteries: this is vividly dislayed… in the plans for the British Ceramics Biennial…” Jenny Uglow, The Guardian, February 2009 “unexpectedly ambitious” Emma Crichton-Miller, The Financial Times, August 2009 Network Flickr Blurb Twitter Festival 2009 News About Visit Exhibitions BCB Projects News Volunteers Getting to the City Events BCB Event Booking BCB Projects Maps, Itineraries & Platform Conference Press Centre Gallery Festival Bus e-Newsletters FAQs Festival Offers http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/959-welcome[28/03/2011 10:51:02] British Ceramics Biennial : Welcome Contact Site designed & produced by Stardotstar. Copyright ©2009 British Ceramics Biennial. All rights reserved. http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/959-welcome[28/03/2011 10:51:02] British Ceramics Biennial : News Festival 2009 News About Visit News BCB Projects News News BCB Event Booking The first British Ceramics Biennial is now well under way. Following Press Centre the hugely successful opening night on 2 October at the Emma Bridgewater site. e-Newsletters The official opening night included speeches by Biennial Co-directors Free E-newsletter Barney Hare-Duke and Jeremy Theophilus together with a special guest appearance by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon – arriving fresh Download the 2009 from his showpiece ‘Chess’ installation designed for the London Festival Programme Design Festival and now showing in Trafalgar Square. Media Partners Official Funders The Emma Bridgewater site was brought to life with a swathe of spectacular lighting, projecting the BCB colours and logo across the venue. Coupled with the great turn out of guests, the atmosphere at the venue was positively vibrant. Festival visitor numbers have been exceptional so far with a number Network of international visitors to the festival, some from as far away as Canada and Russia. Flickr Each weekend of the remainder of the festival there will be something Blurb happening, sometimes for visitors, sometimes for the city itself, Twitter always though for anyone with a curiosity about clay and a willingness to explore – guided tours, activities with clay, master classes, open studios, demonstrations – and some great retail sales. Be sure to sign up the E-Newsletter to keep up-to-date with what’s happening each weekend. You can also stay connected to the festival through Facebook and Twitter. http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/960-news[28/03/2011 10:52:17] British Ceramics Biennial : News Festival 2009 News About Visit Exhibitions BCB Projects News Volunteers Getting to the City Events BCB Event Booking BCB Projects Maps, Itineraries & Platform Conference Press Centre Gallery Festival Bus e-Newsletters FAQs Festival Offers Contact Copyright ©2009 British Ceramics Biennial. All rights reserved. http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/960-news[28/03/2011 10:52:17] British Ceramics Biennial : Welcome to the first BCB festival. Festival 2009 News About Visit About Volunteers BCB Projects Welcome to the first BCB festival. Gallery Being in at the start FAQs of anything is always Contact a heady combination of excitement and Free E-newsletter tension. Having been given the privilege to Download the 2009 create and deliver Festival Programme the first British Ceramics Biennial for Stoke-on-Trent has Media Partners taken us both into new terrains beyond the crafts, design and visual arts. It has also given us the opportunity to get to know the city and embark on explorations with some of its creative people and industries. The presence of some of the greatest names in ceramics history is also unavoidable as you travel through the city, which we want visitors to experience through the Biennial programme. The Biennial has grown from the legacy of the Stoke Ceramics Festival, setting ambitious aims as a festival and as an ongoing part of the city. Funding commitments from North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership give us a unique opportunity to programme in the knowledge that there is more to come, but it also demands a Official Funders commitment in return through a strong legacy of sustainable impact for the residents of Stoke-on-Trent. Ceramics can reveal Stoke-on-Trent to the world, as well as revealing the world back to the city. From Jaime Hayon’s vibrant ceramic designs that owe much to his skateboarding youth, through the traditional rural potters of India’s Gujarat region, to the cream of current UK artists in both exhibition and site-specific installation, we hope we have made the argument for the cultural value of a medium that is currently threatened within Higher Education as well as within Industry and the global marketplace. There is nothing like the British Ceramics Biennial in the UK: it is a first for Stoke-on-Trent and the start of what will doubtless be a significant journey towards a new way for the world to be thinking about the city, and for the city to be thinking about itself. We hope you enjoy your own journey of ceramic revelation… Co-Directors Network Jeremy Theophilus & Barney Hare Duke Flickr Blurb Twitter Festival 2009 News About Visit Exhibitions BCB Projects News Volunteers Getting to the City Events BCB Event Booking BCB Projects Maps, Itineraries & http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/961-welcome_to_the_first_bcb_festival[28/03/2011 10:53:39] British Ceramics Biennial : Welcome to the first BCB festival. Platform Conference Press Centre Gallery Festival Bus e-Newsletters FAQs Festival Offers Contact Copyright ©2009 British Ceramics Biennial. All rights reserved. http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/961-welcome_to_the_first_bcb_festival[28/03/2011 10:53:39] British Ceramics Biennial : Visit Festival 2009 News About Visit Visit Getting to the City Visit Maps, Itineraries & Festival Bus Enjoying the festival Festival Offers The festival is city-wide. To make sure you make the most of your time with the festival, we’ve created some maps, itineraries and links Free E-newsletter to help you. Download the 2009 Festival Programme Media Partners Official Funders Enjoying the city The official tourism website for Stoke-on-Trent is where you can discover the best of the city in one place. Whether its searching for the best place to stay and eat out, or attractions to visit and ceramic factory shops to get the best bargains, Visit Stoke should be your first destination. When you arrive in the city, take the opportunity to pop into the Tourist Information Centre for the latest information on places to visit, tour itineraries and things to do when you’re taking a break from the festival. Visit www.visitstoke.co.uk for more information. Network Flickr Blurb Twitter http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/962-visit[28/03/2011 10:54:59] British Ceramics Biennial : Visit Enjoy Staffordshire Enjoy Staffordshire has negotiated a superb range of amazing special offers, especially designed for Enjoy Card holders. As an Enjoy Card holder you can get discounts, deals and exclusive benefits such as “2 for 1”, “Kids go free” or money off at participating tourism businesses in and around Staffordshire. Remember, these offers are only available to Staffordshire Enjoy Card holders. If you don’t yet have an Enjoy card, then don’t miss out on these fantastic offers, from Alton Towers to the thrill of the races at Uttoxeter. Check it out online. Festival 2009 News About Visit Exhibitions BCB Projects News Volunteers Getting to the City Events BCB Event Booking BCB Projects Maps, Itineraries & Platform Conference Press Centre Gallery Festival Bus e-Newsletters FAQs Festival Offers Contact Copyright ©2009 British Ceramics Biennial. All rights reserved. http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/962-visit[28/03/2011 10:54:59] British Ceramics Biennial : Exhibitions Festival 2009 News About Visit Festival 2009 Biennial Latest Exhibitions More Hayon Ceramics Exhibitions Earthen Vessels More Our Objects Aiming to reveal Stoke-on-Trent to the world and the world to Stoke- Awards on-Trent, the Biennial is presenting a series of major new ceramics Fresh exhibitions on a scale and in a context never seen before in the UK. Events Platform Conference Free E-newsletter Download the 2009 Festival Programme Media Partners Official Funders Hayon Ceramics promises to be one of the gallery events of the year. Earthen Vessels sees literally hundreds of Gujarat water pots and vessels travel across the continents to be presented in Stoke-on- Trent. Our Objects – Contemporary Ceramics in Context turns our understanding of the traditional domestic ceramic object on its head. Award celebrates the finest talent across a wide range of ceramic disciplines. Fresh showcases some of the most talented new makers and designers emerging from the country’s higher education establishments. Network Flickr Blurb Twitter Festival 2009 News About Visit http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/965-exhibitions[28/03/2011 10:56:18] British Ceramics Biennial : Exhibitions Exhibitions BCB Projects News Volunteers Getting to the City Events BCB Event Booking BCB Projects Maps, Itineraries & Platform Conference Press Centre Gallery Festival Bus e-Newsletters FAQs Festival Offers Contact Copyright ©2009 British Ceramics Biennial. All rights reserved. http://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/stories/965-exhibitions[28/03/2011 10:56:18] British Ceramics Biennial : Events Festival 2009 News About Visit Festival 2009 Exhibitions Events Events Guerrilla Ceramics Artists into Industry The festival is much more than a series of major exhibitions and Connect premieres. We have a superb events programme, some generating Future - Forward their own exhibitions across the city.