British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) embraces the heritage of the Potteries as the home of British ceramics.
We want everyone in the city to benefit from the social, educational and health benefits of our work. Since 2009, we have worked with partners across the city in cultural, heritage, education, health and community sectors to develop Stoke’s profile as a creative city and ensure this positively impacts on residents.
Together, we deliver an exciting year-round programme of artists’ commissions, education and community engagement projects. These projects feed into the festival programme of exhibitions and events.
Projects
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Factory
What is Factory, and who is it for? Factory is a free programme for creatives in Staffordshire. It supports artists, designers, makers and other creatives to…
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Talent Development Programme
The Talent Development Programme aims to secure a better and more sustainable future for emerging artists and to help anyone, whatever their background, to…
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Community of Practice Workshops
What are they about? The Community of Practice workshops (formerly known as the BCB National Summer School) supports the development of creative practice. Workshops…
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How to Exhibit With Us
Exhibition opportunities with BCB There are a few different exhibition opportunities available with BCB. We work with local, national and international artists through different…
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Artist Development Surgeries
What are the Artist Development Surgeries about? The April Artist Development Surgeries are an opportunity to talk about a project or idea that has…
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Open Studio
British Ceramics Biennial provides open-access ceramics facilities in Stoke-on-Trent. We run our studio from the historic Spode Works factory site in the centre of…
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Adult Learning Courses
We have set up a new partnership with WEA for delivering both hands on and conversation courses about clay and ceramics. What are…
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Hire Kiln Space
Do you have clay work that you need to fire? Hire kiln space in one of our electric kilns at our studio at Spode…
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Recast
The Recast project combines creativity, addiction recovery and clay. Recast is a collaboration between Stoke Recovery Service and BCB that’s been running since 2017. …
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Stoke Makes Plates
Stoke Makes Plates connects local communities with the heritage of Stoke-on-Trent’s high street. What is the project? Stoke Makes Plates is a heritage…
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Generation project
The Generation project seeks to answer the questions; What does the ceramics heritage of Stoke-on-Trent mean to young people in the city? What parts…
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Foundations
Foundations is an ambitious project. It aims to make a difference in Stoke-on-Trent as children build essential skills, have fun, improve their health outcomes,…
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Clay Museum
Clay Museum is a two-year programme funded by Arts Council England. It is a collaboration between The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and the…
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Clay At Home
What is Clay at Home? This project is an online creative learning programme to get people experimenting and engaging with clay in their homes….
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Growing Cultures
Artists: Joanne Ayre, Peter Jones, Joanna Hejmej, Anjum Malik, Thea Stallwood & Alice Thatcher. Participating groups: Haywood Hospital, Burslem Jubilee Group, OLGBT Group and…
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Moulding Memories
What is Moulding Memories about? Moulding Memories is a project in partnership with Approach Staffordshire. It provides support to residents of Stoke-on-Trent living with…
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Transferer
What is this project about? Transferer is an innovative project that explores cross-curricular approaches to art-based learning. Additionally, this will build confidence and key…
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