Playscape, British Ceramics Biennial 2025. Credit Jenny Harper

Transform young lives through clay with Big Give

SAVE THE DATE: Donation portal opens 17-24 March. Read more

Neil Brownsword, Alchemy and Metamorphosis exhibition, British Ceramics Biennial 2021. Credit Jenny Harper

Creative Youth Engagement Worker

Freelance opportunity with BCB and Stoke Creates. Deadline for applications is 12 noon, Monday 9 March 2026

Ode to the Midlands

Call for Artists

BCB Patron Receives Knighthood

Tristram Hunt, Director of V&A, is recognised for services to museums, heritage and culture.

(Not) Guilty Pleasures by Jo Taylor, British Ceramics Biennial 2025. Credit Jenny Harper

Winner of £10,000 BCB Award Prize 2025 announced

Jo Taylor awarded UK’s largest ceramics prize for her Bridgerton-inspired vessels

Tile-making workshop, BCB Playscape. Credit Jenny Harper

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British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) is a leading contemporary ceramics charity based in Stoke-on-Trent — the historic heart of the UK ceramics industry.

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