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LAST DATE UPDATED: AUGUST 7, 2025
LEARNING
The Decorated Plate - Image Transfers & Beyond - In this special 3 week workshop students will learn how to use commercial underglaze transfers, and how to create their own transfers using silkscreens, monoprint plates and more with simple handbuilt plates as a canvas. Instructor: Natalie Waddell.
AUGUST 11 - 28, 2025 | TORONTO, ON
Mosaic Art - Using broken plates/crockery, stained glass, or found materials, this course will guide you through your creative journey in mosaic art. You will create unique pieces, using techniques such as glass on glass and/or pique assiette (stolen dishes) mosaics.
AUGUST 18 - 22, 2025 | HALIBURTON, ON
MISCHIMA/BUNCHEON WORKSHOP - Join Karina Bates for a 6 hour workshop on how to decorate your pots using two different but very similar techniques. This workshop will be in two, 3 hour sessions with a break for lunch. No prior surface decoration experience required. There will be example pieces to work on, but if you have a mug or bowl you would to try working on during the workshop time, please bring them (they should be medium leatherhard). COST: $ 100.00 + Tax = $113.00 / Member
$ 120.00 + Tax = $135.60 / Non-Member Send e-transfer to administrator@kawarthapottersguild.com with a message that you are
signing up for this particular workshop.
AUGUST 27, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | PETERBOROUGH, ON
5 DAY KOREAN ONGGI MASTERCLASS WITH TEACHER KWAK KYUNG TAE - Join us for an intensive 5-day masterclass where Teacher Kwak will share and teach the traditional techniques of Korean Onggi making in a focused and engaging format.
SEPTEMBER 2 - 6, 2025 | TORONTO, ON
1 DAY WHEEL THROWING DEMO WITH TEACHER KWAK KYUNG TAE - Join us for an intensive 1 Day Wheel Throwing Demonstration, where Teacher Kwak will share and teach the traditional techniques of Korean wheel throwing in a focused and engaging format.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 | TORONTO, ON
PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP WITH JULIE MOON - Join Toronto-based ceramic artist Julie Moon for a unique mentorship designed for emerging and mid-career artists ready to deepen their relationship with clay. Open to both functional and sculptural makers using handbuilding and surface design techniques, this program offers a supportive space to refine your creative voice, strengthen technical skills, and explore new professional directions in clay.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
DEVELOPING SURFACES WITH APRIL GATES - Join ceramic artist April Gates for an inspiring two-day workshop focused on developing rich and layered ceramic surfaces through resist and print techniques. Participants will explore how to bring imagery, depth, and texture to clay surfaces, while gaining hands-on experience with stamps, underglazes, and resists.
SEPTEMBER 27 - 28 | CALLANDER, ON
Come Fire With Us: A friendly Wood-fired Pottery Retreat in the heart of PEC. This workshop is geared towards those with clay experience and an interest in exploring atmospheric firing; wood firing experience is not required.
ONGOING DATES | 4 DAY WORKSHOPS | PICTON, ON
OPPORTUNITIES
Hintonburg Pottery Studio is on the lookout for full-time or part-time pottery lovers to join our amazing team! We're looking for someone who’s passionate about ceramics and community — someone who’s just as excited to help in the shop/gallery as they are to help us grow online through social media and marketing!
OPEN UNTIL FILLED | HINTONBURG, ON
SEEKING ENERGY EXCHANGE MEMBERS- Our Energy Exchange Program is an opportunity for you to actively contribute to our studio while enjoying the benefits in return.
OPEN UNTIL FILLED | TORONTO, ON
Applications for the Executive Director and Artistic Director positions are open. Workman Arts is a multidisciplinary arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction issues through creation and presentation. The organization supports artists living with mental health and addiction issues through peer-to-peer arts education, public presentations and partnerships with the broader arts community.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 19, 2025 | TORONTO, ON
Career Launcher Artist Residency Call For Submission - The Cotton Factory is pleased to announce an open call for submissions for the Career Launcher Artist Residency is designed to support the individual artistic practices and professional ambitions of emerging and mid-career artists/creatives in Hamilton.
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 | HAMILTON, ON
The FUSION Scholarship Fund offers up to $3,500 in 2025 to support clay and glass artists in furthering their education and advancing their practice. Awards ranging from $200 to $500 may be used for workshops, courses, formal education, travel, studio purchases, or research. FUSION membership is not required to apply.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2025
CALLS FOR ENTRY
Vessels + Sticks invites submissions for the open call portion of What Holds, a group exhibition exploring the box and lidded form in contemporary ceramic practice. This show considers containment as both function and metaphor—asking: What does it mean to hold, to protect, to conceal, or to reveal?
DEADLINE: AUGUST 10, 2025
Applications are now open for City of Craft 2025. City of Craft aims to build community in the Toronto craftscape, support independent artists and craftspeople, and encourages the larger community to get involved with crafty happenings in the city.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 12, 2025
Calling all local Emerging Young Artists and Craftspeople! Apply for an online exhibition with the Carnegie Gallery in conjunction with the 39th annual Arts Dundas Weekend. We are looking to host an online exhibition in any media of a young and emerging Hamilton and neighboring municipalities-based artist. This opportunity is open to all artists and craftspeople ages 18-40 of any background.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 12, 2025
Micak Contemporary is a commercial art gallery located in Aurora, ON. We are currently seeking submissions from early, mid-career and professional individual artists or collectives for the exhibition and sale of original art, craft or design objects for our gallery and boutique.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 15, 2025
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Ontario Biennial Juried Exhibition - This exhibition invites new generation and emerging artists living and working in Ontario to submit up to three works for jurying and exhibition. This exhibition will identify and offer a survey of new works by new generation artists with a particular focus on emerging artists living in the Southwest Ontario region.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 17, 2025
CALL FOR ENTRY: The Museum of Dufferin invites makers, artists, and craft-persons, working in any medium, to apply to participate in the Holiday Treasures Craft Market. Holiday Treasures is a juried sale, showcasing 60+ vendors in the Main Gallery of the museum for two weeks.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 22, 2025
The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is thrilled to announce the return of Convergence, its juried exhibition dedicated to contemporary artwork with a renewed focus on environmental themes. These may include ecology, climate change, sustainability, natural landscapes, and our evolving relationship with the planet. This dynamic exhibition will showcase the work of both emerging and established artists from across Ontario.
DEADLINE: AUGUST 27, 2025
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) invites emerging and established artists living and working in Ontario to apply to its Fifth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts. This year's jurors are Lyla Rye, Gary Taxali, and Tamara Toledo.
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
To celebrate 15 years of Ceramics Now, we are delighted to invite ceramic artists from around the world to be part of a landmark issue of Ceramics Now Magazine.
For this anniversary edition, we’re launching our first-ever open call to spotlight ceramic artists and new perspectives that may not yet be on our radar.
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
2026 CALL FOR INDEPENDENT PROJECTS: The DesignTO Festival brings people together to celebrate contemporary design across the city January 23 – February 1, 2026. Independent Projects are exhibitions, events (e.g. tours, talks, workshops), and window installations that are wholly created and executed by an individual or organization during the DesignTO Festival at a venue of their choice (in-person or online).
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 10, 2025 *Apply by August 31, 2025 to receive $25 off your registration fee
ONLINE LEARNING & EVENTS
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS WITH NAOMI CLEMENT- Naomi teaches workshops and gives lectures across Canada and the US. These days she is teaching a wide range of virtual workshops—from instructional how-to sessions, to professional development workshops, or longer mentorship sessions, there is something for everyone.
ON DEMAND WITH PURCHASE
GEEX TALKS SEASON 5: GEEX SHORTS
The GEEX (Glass Education Exchange) Talks lecture series features outstanding artists and researchers within and beyond the field of glass.
ONGOING
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
FRESH VISIONS IN GLASS - The show will feature innovative new work by:
Jason Christian · Dan Friday · Kelly O’Dell · Aya Oki · Benjamin Cobb · Trenton Quiocho
JULY 26 – AUGUST 30, 2025
The Neighbours are Wild, a ceramic art show by Annette ten Cate and Terri Del Signore, on view from July 23 to August 13. With unique styles and a shared love for nature, their work invites you to see wildlife in a new light.
JULY 23 - AUGUST 13, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION JULY 26 1PM–3PM | SOUTHAMPTON, ON
FIREWORKS 2025 - Since 1984, Fireworks, organized by FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association, has celebrated excellence in clay and glass art. This biennial exhibition showcases innovative works by Canadian artists and serves as a platform for showcasing the evolution of contemporary ceramic and glass practices. Over the years, it has become one of the most prestigious exhibitions in the field. Fireworks will be at the following locations in 2025: The Great Lakes Museum, Kingston, from May 30 - August 6, Gagne Contemporary, Toronto, from August 15 - September 13. The Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON from October 3 - November 9.
COMING TO GAGNE CONTEMPORARY AUGUST 15, 2025 | TORONTO, ON
RODMAN ART INSTITUTE OF NIAGARA
jangle[d]: Susan Low-Beer & Yael Brotman- A special exhibition by sculpture artist Susan Low-Beer and printmaker Yael Brotman, exploring the containment of chaos and finding comfort in chaos culture.
JUNE 20 - SEPTEMBER 13 | ST. CATHARINES, ON
45th Artist Member Exhibition 1980 - 2025- In recognition of 45 years of artistic excellence in the heart of Dundas, Carnegie Gallery is proud to present our annual Artist Member Exhibition. The exhibition brings together the work of 76 artist members working across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting the breadth and vitality of the creative voices that comprise the Dundas arts community.
JULY 4 – AUGUST 24, 2025 | DUNDAS, ON
The Art Gallery of Burlington’s 50th Anniversary Permanent Collection Exhibition, A Curve, Not A Line, continues the AGB’s quest to trouble time. In our golden anniversary year, we are railing against the prescription of timestamping. Instead, we are choosing to bend time, curving it into the belly of a vessel, because, as we’ve learned, history is a circle, a spiral, a helix, a loop, a curve in time—anything but a straight line.
MAY 9 - AUGUST 10, 2025 | BURLINGTON, ON
ART COMP is a not-for-profit organization that hosts an art competition open to all local, national and international artists, both professional and amateur.
One hundred artists will be chosen to have their art displayed throughout the property at 100 Kellogg Lane from May to September 2025.
MAY 30 - SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 | LONDON, ON
The Museum of Dufferin is thrilled to host the inaugural Earth & Fire: Clay and Glass Festival, a one-day celebration of artistry and craftsmanship.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 - 10 AM - 5 PM | MULMER, ON
KAWARTHA POTTERS GUILD: 30 YEARS OF CLAY, COMMUNITY & CREATIVITY! Drinks & delicious bites, live music, event ticket holders take home a stunning one-of-a-kind pottery piece! This is more than an event - it's a celebration of our incredible ceramic artists and the community we've built together.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 - 7 PM | PETERBOROUGH, ON
