Northern Ceramic Society Meetings
 The Northern Ceramic Society holds monthly meetings on a Saturday at differing venues in Northern England. These meetings are free of charge to all members, and usually feature a morning lecture and afternoon lecture or lectures by speakers on a specialist aspect of antique or collectable ceramics. The Society’s programme of meetings runs from February to June, and from September to November, with winter and summer breaks. In June or July there is also a special Summer Visit to a privately owned house or to a specialist museum offering a chance to view a ceramic collection not normally open to the public.


2009 Programme of Meetings 
  
28th Feb Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
11.30 am         'Pottery Problems, Burleigh Solutions', by Jemma Baskeyfield
2.00 pm           Redecoration: when and where', by John Sandon
28th Mar Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
11.00 am         OPEN STUDY DAY on Chetham & Woolley Stonewares (please note earlier starting time)
25th Apr Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery   view map
11.30 am        'Ceramics and the Arts & Crafts Movement', by Deborah Skinner
2.00 pm          'The Limits of Understanding - what Archaeology can, and can't, tell us about pots and the people who used them' by Jacqui Pearce
  
30th May Grosvenor Museum Chester   view map
11.30 am        'Two Ceramic Archives: The Challinor & Stones Collections' by Robert Stones
12.00 pm        'An Analysis of Delftware Shards from Lancaster', by Barbara Blenkinship
2.00 pm          ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, followed by discussion of members' pots


Northern Ceramic Society Seminars
Members of the Northern Ceramic Society normally have an opportunity each year to attend one or more weekend seminars, and also a summer school. Advance particulars of all seminars, together with the relevant booking forms, are sent to all NCS members. Further details can be obtained from the NCS Programme Secretary, who is also Course Organiser. 

2009 Programme of Seminars 
  
11th - 16th Aug NCS SUMMER SCHOOL - Chester University   view map

 'Staffordshire Pots & Potters'
Note: Full programme and booking forms were sent out with the December Newsletter.

Inspired by the Rhead book of the same title (published in 1906) the Seminar will look at various aspects of this fascinating subject with Rhead’s approach in mind. This year’s expedition will take in an exhibition at the Potteries Museum followed by a visit to the new and innovative Wedgwood Museum. Course members are also invited to bring two pieces for display and discussion, and there will be an opportunity for members to present their own research by means of the Poster Boards and Members' Papers.

Speakers:
  • Paul Atterbury (Staffordshire Pots & Potters)
  • Michael Berthoud (Unsung Heroes of the Potteries)
  • Nick Berthoud (Elers to Clews: Dry Bodies considered)
  • Robin Emmerson (Was there Anything New about Wedgwood’s Ornamental Ware Business?)
  • Greg Freear (John Davenport: a Hard & Gritty Capitalist)
  • Geoffrey Godden (Ridgway Wares over Four Reigns)
  • Miranda Goodby (Enoch Wood: Potter & Collector)
  • Pat Halfpenny (Staffordshire White Salt-glazed Stoneware: “A rapid advance”, and also The Wood Family of Burslem - figures and folklore)
  • Maurice Hillis (Porcelain Comes to Staffordshire)
  • Rod Jellicoe (Innovation, Diversity & Change: Newhall reconsidered)
  • Kathy Niblett (Staffordshire Pots & Potters Today)
  • Pam Woolliscroft (The Josiah Spodes: Leaders and Followers).

NB - The NCS is offering two bursaries for this event. Each covers accommodation, meals, lectures and visits but not travel to Chester. They are open to anyone (NCS members and others). Applications should be sent to the Course Organiser and should state why the bursary would be of particular benefit to the applicant and indicate his/her ceramic interests.