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Clunes Ceramic Award – Celebrating Creativity, Culture, and Community.
The Clunes Ceramic Award 2026 is now open for entries
The Clunes Ceramic Award
is a biennial event, first held in 2009.
Prizes
- The winning artist’s work wins a $10,000 prize donated by the Hugh Williamson Foundation.
- A High Commendation Award to the value of $1000
- A People's Choice Award to the value of $1000
- Encouragement Awards
Key Dates
- Entries Open: Thursday 2 April 2026
- Entries closed: Sunday 9 August 2026
- Finalists announced by: Friday 21 August 2026
- Artworks received: Monday 14 to Friday 18 September 2026
- Installation: Wednesday 23 September to Thursday 1 October 2026
- Exhibition Opening and Award Announcements: Saturday 3 October 2026
- Exhibition Dates: Sunday 4 October – Sunday 1 November 2026
- People’s Choice Award announcement: Sunday 1 November 2026
- Work collection/delivery: Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 November 2026
Clunes Ceramic Award
The Clunes Ceramic Award is an initiative of Creative Clunes Inc. and is in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ballarat and the Castlemaine Art Museum.
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Our Key Partners
ABOUT US
Creative Clunes Inc, the producers of the Clunes Booktown Festival, Booktown on Sunday and the Clunes Ceramic Award, is supported by the Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation.
We respectfully acknowledge the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung people – traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work.
CREATIVE CLUNES INC
Home of the Clunes Ceramic Award
Creative Clunes at The Station, Clunes, Victoria
Illustration Bren Luke 2016
ALSO HOME TO CLUNES BOOKTOWN FESTIVAL