Portage Ceramic Awards 20/20

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery is a regional gallery locally rooted in West Auckland but globally minded. We have a distinctive West Auckland focus but a national and international perspective. Through our programmes, we create a world stage for art that is relevant for our audiences, to put local art, artists and ideas in conversation and context with national and international developments in contemporary practice. We present a diverse programme of contemporary exhibitions, events and activities, including art, craft and design, to reflect and strengthen the full diversity of cultural identities, interests and potential of our community.As a destination gallery, Te Uru operates from an award-winning, building in the recently re-opened Lopdell Precinct. The gallery originally opened in 1986 as the Waitemata City Arts and Cultural Centre, later known as Lopdell House Gallery, sited in the historic Lopdell House building in the heart of Titirangi, gateway to the Waitākere rain forest and en route to Auckland's famous west coast beaches. We reopened as Te Uru on Saturday 1 November 2014 in our new purpose-built facilities, offering extraordinary exhibitions and spectacular views of the surrounding area.Our name, Te Uru, makes reference to Te Hau a Uru, the wind that blows from the west, a powerful characteristic of the region and an important story for local iwi, Te Kawerau ā Maki, who have bestowed us with this new kaupapa. The west wind shares the messages and vision of the people that live in the west, brings change, sets direction and influences Auckland City from its mountainous perch atop the Great Forest of Tiriwa. Te Uru will be a source of information and ideas that will project across the region - a fitting framework for a contemporary gallery.420 Titirangi Road, Titirangi, Auckland, New ZealandPhone:+64 9 817 8087Open: Monday-Sunday, 10am-4:30pmhttp://www.teuru.org.nz/Parking available on the street or behind the gallery.Public transport - buses and trains available from New Lynn transit station

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery

Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the Portage Ceramics Awards, which have become Aotearoa’s premier showcase for ceramic practice, organised annually by Te Uru. The challenges that have arisen this year from the COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa, particularly with regard to timing and budget constraints, have meant that a competition is not possible. But we still have plans for this to be a special year.A 20th anniversary is traditionally celebrated with the gift of pottery (technically porcelain, but who’s complaining, we’ve all got bigger fish to fry) and the Portage 20/20 exhibition will be no exception. A special exhibition is planned to replace the traditional awards competition.Fondly known as ‘The Portage’, this year’s survey exhibition will display all twenty winning works from previous years, spanning large scale installation to fine porcelain sculpture. Each year, the Portage Licensing Trust has purchased the premier award winner for their collection, and this will be the first time all winning works have been publicly displayed together.The very first winner was Tony Bond, followed in subsequent years by Richard Parker, Penny Ericson, Raewyn Atkinson, Merilyn Wiseman, Peter Lange, DeAnne Lawford Smith, Matt McLean, Philip Jarvis and Madeleine Child, Jim Cooper, Kirsty Gardiner, Bridie Henderson, Robert Rapson, Louise Rive, Caroline Earley, Richard Stratton, Sang-Sool Shim and Keum-Sun Lee and Mark Mitchell. [There were two joint winners in 2009, and both Jim Cooper and Raewyn Atkinson have won twice.]Established in 2001, and first presented at the former Lopdell House Gallery, the awards are a hallmark event for the New Zealand ceramics community, showcasing some of the best contemporary work, and serving as a platform for dialogue about developments in the ceramics field. We hope you will join us to celebrate twenty years of The Portage with this interesting twist in what has become a very unique year.

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