Melting Pot 2024 - Cairns Potters Club 50th Jubilee National Ceramics Exhibition
Exhibition: Fri 29 Nov - Sun 12 Jan 2025
Launch: 6pm, Fri 29 Nov
Cairns Potters Club is one of the longest running artists’ initiatives in Cairns, providing studio, equipment and support for ceramicists for fifty years.
This jubilee exhibition celebrates a passion for pottery with entries from all over Australia, making Melting Pot a significant national event.
The exhibition will also feature ceramic works from the Cairns City Collection, which have been gathered since the early days of the Cairns Potters Club and are now managed and cared for by the Cairns Regional Council.
Volunteer members of the club will demonstrate their techniques every Saturday morning throughout the exhibition and encourage anyone interested to join as a member.
Saturday pottery demonstrations
30 November – 10am to 12pm with Karen Charlebois
7 December– 10am to 12pm with Nigel Perera
14 December– 10am to 12pm with Geoff Riley
21 December– 10am to 12pm with Annette Tranter
28 December– 10am to 12pm with Carole Lomax
4 January – 10am to 12pm with Geoff Riley
11 January– 10am to 12pm with Ellen Terrell
Exhibition Launch: Melting Pot 2024
Come along to the exhibition launch of Melting Pot 2024 on Friday 29 November 6pm.

Last Updated: 4 June 2025
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