Upcoming Events

Phew! It's been a very busy and rewarding couple of months doing weekend shows around the country - thank you to all who came and bought and chatted and gave feedback - I love this interaction with people - it reinvigorates my practice and gives me plenty of new ideas to think about.

It's also incredibly exhausting and I welcome the chance to slow down for a bit - but not stop!

My next event is an Open Studios on the 28th November 11-4 pm. 

More info can be found at: 
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https://sheffieldmanorlodge.org/event/manor-oaks-artist-open-studios/

No need to book - just turn up. The event is Covid secure.   

As a taster, the lovely Lucy Norton at Green Estate has made a video of me in my workshop which you can see here: 

https://tinyurl.com/ptxmr239





Weekend shows for the year are overUpcoming shows: 
https://www.artinclay.co.uk/ 20-22nd August
http://www.ceramicsinsouthwell.org.uk/ 29th August
https://www.yorkceramicsfair.com/4th- 5th September
https://www.onlyclay.co.uk/6 -7th November
https://www.artinclayfarnham.co.uk/ 13th- 14th November

Please note I will no longer be doing Art in the Gardens in Sheffield https://www.sbg.org.uk/art-in-the-gardens/ 4th - 5th September and   https://festivalofceramics.co.uk/ 24th -25th September has been cancelled
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Upcoming: Chartwell auctions curated by Chinwe Russell. 11-05-2021 
https://auctions.chalkwellauctions.co.uk/auctions/1-4HJV8N/artists-on-the-rise-an-important-fully-curated-auction-sale-of-contemporary-investment-art

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/chalkwell-auctions/catalogue-id-srchal10261?archiveSearch=False&page=2


This month is Open Up Sheffield https://openupsheffield.co.uk/ My studio will ​  be open by appointment. Please contact​ me by email.

Other shows to come: 
https://www.celebratingceramics.co.uk/ 16th - 18th July
https://www.artinclay.co.uk/ 20-22nd August
http://www.ceramicsinsouthwell.org.uk/ 29th August
https://www.sbg.org.uk/art-in-the-gardens/ 4th- 5th September
https://festivalofceramics.co.uk/ 24th -25th September
https://www.artinclayfarnham.co.uk/  13th- 14th September

That's it so far! In the meantime you can buy my work on Etsy: 
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SarahVilleneau
and 
https://cambridgeceramics.com/artists/sarah-villeneau/

Also check out my Instagram page where I often post pieces for sale. 
​https://www.instagram.com/sarah_villeneau_ceramics/



I will be exhibiting with the Northern Potters Association at
Art in the Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Broomhall, Sheffield
5th and 6th September 2020, 10-30 - 5-30.  Tickets sales https://artinthegardens2020.eventbrite.co.uk
Really hope you can make it to this show, possibly my only live event of the year.

Later in the month - 25th - 26th September, check out www.festivalofceramics.co.uk  
and https://festivalofceramics.co.uk/national-pottery-lottery/
where you can participate in an online festival and take a punt on a pottery lottery to win one of the many beautiful ceramic artworks on offer, including one of my own.
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I'm really pleased to be part of the new online selling platform https://cambridgeceramics.com/ which is now up and running. Set up by Peter Ward of Online Ceramics and Innovations in Ceramic Art, it features some very well known names and high quality work. Please take a look - I will be adding new work on a regular basis.

Coming soon...Art in Clay Online opening Friday 12th June to 31st August 2020 with a Private View on the 11th June. Details to follow. 

At the beginning of 2020 I had a number of shows lined up for the year - more than my usual! However, then along came coronavirus. I do hope everyone is managing to keep safe and well, and hopeful, despite all the odds. My shows have all been postponed or cancelled, and much of what would have been physical is going digital. I am trying to update my website with more information and prices which you can see on the gallery pages if you hover over an image that you like. In due course I will have other outlets and will update here. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you see something you like and want to know more. I think in time it will be possible to visit my studio whilst still social distancing. The site is glorious over the summer months.

I have been away from my studio for the duration of the lockdown and have only returned this week and am now playing catch-up. This weekend ( 23rd to 25th May) should have been the Hepworth Ceramics Fair. I will be posting photos of work that would have been for sale on Instagram and Facebook over the next few days and updating my website. 
Hepworth Ceramics Fair  has now been rescheduled for 18th - 20th September - fingers crossed!

Check back later for more info and keep following me on Instagram where I will continue to post items for sale. @sarah_villeneau_ceramics

Throughout this period I will be participating in #artistsupportpledge whereby for every £ 1000 I gain in sales I will spend £200 on another artist's work in order to help alleviate the effects of the pandemic on the sector. You can find out more about this at http://www.matthewburrows.org/artist-support-pledge

In the meantime keep well, keep sane  and keep safe.


I've been a bit quiet on here recently. But in real life I've been very busy!
In October I travelled to Japan to take part in the biannual International Ceramic Arts Festival in Sasama, Japan. Set up by the renowned and innovative Shozo Michikawa, the festival happens in the remote village of Sasama in the foothills of the mountains - a beautiful setting! Despite arriving in the middle of a typhoon, mostly the weather was gorgeous - blue skies and lovely and warm, but not hot. There were 60 or 70 exhibitors and some demonstrators at the festival, coming from all over the world - over 30 countries were represented. This was a festival of non-functional ware, so right up my street, and my work seemed to go down very well with the Japanese visitors who had travelled miles to get to the festival. I spent some time before and after the festival travelling round Japan, and saw some fabulous exhibitions and got a real education on how much the Japanese revere ceramics! More of that in this country, please! I only scratched the surface of Japanese culture and very much hope I can go back one day. 

Follow me on Instagram @sarah_villeneau_ceramics to see photos of the trip. More will be going up as I work my way through the thousands of photos I took!

In September I was busy with an exhibition 'What is the Matter: Materials Commodities Narratives' by Material Voice, the collective of women artists from Sheffield that I set up this year with my colleague Gillian Brent. This was a very different type of show for me, and was very well received. Please see our website www.materialvoice.com for the numerous reviews and more information on the show and the collective. 

Have a look at the video of my installation at London Craft Week May 8th to 12th. I was really pleased with how the work looked in the space. 
london_craft_week_2019.mp4

​Spring Newsletter 2019
Hello!
It has taken me a while to get settled in my new studio but I am now very happily ensconced in this  rural idyll in the centre of the city. 
A reminder of the new address: 

Studio 3
Manor Oaks Studios
389 Manor Lane
Sheffield 
S2 1UL
There is a lovely cafe and parking, so very easy to visit (by appointment, please). You can find out more about the venue by visiting www.greenestate.org.uk 
Upcoming events:
'Vessel' a Northern Potters Exhibition at Cupola Gallery, 178 Middlewood Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, S6 1TD  which runs from 27th April to 1st June. The Private View is 26th April at 7-30. All welcome.
http://www.cupolagallery.com/events
This is followed by The Future of Craft for London Craft Week, 9th to 12th May. Exhibiting with Design Nation, this will feature an installation of my work at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank. London SE1 9PH
https://www.oxotower.co.uk/events/the-future-of-craft/
Private View 8th May 6-9pm. This is limited numbers - please let me know if you would like an invitation.
In other news - last year I was delighted and honoured to be elected as a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS). This is opening up a whole new world of possibilities. 
https://sculptors.org.uk/
I was also pleased to be awarded a Research and Development Award (Developing Your Creative Practice) from Arts Council England and am currently working on that. Watch this space!
Stockists:

Freeforms LLC, Gallery 215, The Showplace Antiques and Design Center, 40 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010, USA
Hnadmade Online, www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk
Staithes Studios, High Street, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS13 5BH

Upcoming Events:
Association of Cultural Enterprises, Harrogate Trade Show, 19th - 20th March 2019



Current Shows and Events: