The Ceramic Gallery at Aberystwyth Arts Centre displays studio pottery, slipware and contemporary ceramics from the collection of the Aberystwyth University.The gallery is situated on the ground floor of the Arts Centre and is open Monday to Saturday from 9am - 8pm, Sundays 12 - 5pm. Entrance is free.
Occasionally the gallery is closed while exhibitions are changed or maintenance work is carried out, please check before you visit. Click for Map
Aberystwyth University’s Ceramic Collection is one of the major collections of studio ceramics in Britain and is particularly noted for its studio pottery of the period 1920-1940. The ceramics were originally part of the Arts and Crafts Museum of the University initially funded by the Davies sisters of Gregynog, Newtown.
The collection has fine examples of pottery by Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Norah Braden, Charles and Nell Vyse, William Staite Murray and Reginald Wells . The main collection was formed between 1920-1936 and since 1974 there has again been an active acquisitions policy and there is now a major collection of contemporary ceramics, including British, European, American, and Japanese studio pottery, 18th & 19th century Welsh and English slip ware, Swansea and Nantgarw porcelain, Art Pottery and Oriental ceramics.
In 1986 the display area was extended and a purpose built gallery was created on the ground floor of Aberystwyth Arts Centre where there is an ongoing programme of exhibitions and events. The Ceramic Collection is now more than ever at the heart of teaching at the School of Art, as a teaching and research resource for staff and student.
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We are now on Flickr where we are looking for some help with information on some early studio pottery. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aberceramics/
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Association as well as a large amount of published, audio and video material
relating to the wider field of hand made ceramics production and activities.
The Ceramic Archive welcomes inquiries from students, researchers and
the public.
