Open Doors 2024
by Anne Merritt – On 28 September 2024, the Guild welcomed 63 visitors to our studio for the Tett’s 2024 Open Doors event. Those who came enjoyed seeing members demonstrating throwing on the wheel, getting …
Helping Support Empty Bowls for Martha’s Table
by Susanne Ellis – Over twenty years ago Marc Lemieux, then president of the Kingston Potters’ Guild, formed a partnership with Martha’s Table. The goal was to support Kingston residents in need. A unique fund-raising event …
Wow, Did We Have Fun!!!
By Linda Fraser – The Arts & Sports Summer Camp, presented by the Tett Centre for the Creativity and Learning and Queens Athletics & Recreation, took place last week, July 15-19, 2024. This year, we …
Ceramics Reconsidered Mentorship Program
By Angelo diPetta – In late 2021, while discussing the idea of a model and mould-making workshop for the Kingston Potters’ Guild with Anna Elmberg-Wright, the subject of a mentorship came up. I had just …
How to Load a Ceramics Kiln
Hyla Nemy taught some guild members the first in a series of classes on firing your kiln. Whether they were new to firing, or experienced, there was much to find to improve your firing results. …
Family Day at the Kingston Potters’ Guild
Join KPG at our studio for a unique piece of Kingston’s cultural history. The Guild is opening its vault of unused mosaic tiles to offer visitors the opportunity to paint their piece of this historic mosaic, …
The Mosaic Project
Kingston Potters’ Guild Celebrates it’s 50th Anniversary: The Mosaic Project. This project demonstrated that when a community of artists pulls together they are able to adapt to restrictions imposed by pandemics, major changes in timelines, …
Martha’s Table – Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Martha’s Table is a soup kitchen where Kingston residents who are down on their luck, can have a nourishing meal. Martha’s Table relies on donations of food and money to provide food and pay expenses. …
Family Day 2020 at the Kingston Potters’ Guild
Come out to the Kingston Potters Guild on Monday, February 17 from 10am – 2pm and make tiles for our community mosaic! Tett Centre, 370 King St. West
Culture Days
The Kingston Potters’ Guild participated in the city-wide Culture Days, a community event held annually on a weekend in September. The event featured tours of the studio, demonstrations on the wheel and provided opportunities for …