The Biennial is the Guild’s juried exhibition of members work.

Attitude Biennial 2026

March 6 to 29 Carnegie Gallery

Our jurors are Naomi Clement and Wayne Cardinalli.

Schedule of Events Sunday, March 1, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Take In. Monday, March 2, 7:30 pm Jurors' Comments. Friday, March 6 7:00 - 9:30 pm Opening Reception and Award Presentation. Sunday, March 29 Exhibition Closes. Tuesday, March 31 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Pick-up unsold work.

Thanks to our sponsors: Carnegie Gallery, Pottery Supply House, Tucker’s Pottery Supplies, FUSION and Craft Ontario

Taylor Goldsbrough *Anne Sneath Best in Show* Biennial 2024

Awards Anne Sneath Best in Show $1200 Award of Merit $800 Honourable Mention $600 Memorial Award $500 Pottery Supply House Award $400 Tucker's Pottery Supplies Award $400 Fusion Design Award One year Membership, admission to the FUSION Conference and an Awards Certificate. Craft Ontario Community Award One year Maker Membership. Carnegie Gallery Award Opportunity to host an exhibition at the Carnegie Gallery within the next two years.

The 2024 Biennial NEXT occurred March 1 to 30 at Carnegie Gallery. Jurors were Laura Kukkee and Denis Longchamps. Seventy nine works were submitted, forty five were chosen. Thanks to our sponsors: Carnegie Gallery, Pottery Supply House, Tucker`s Pottery Supplies, FUSION, and Craft Ontario.All photos Photohouse Studio

Awards
Anne Sneath Best in Show: Taylor Goldsbrough
Award of Merit: Joseph Pancci
Honourable Mention: Marina Van Raay
Memorial Award: Brenda Nieves
Pottery Supply House Award: Eekta Trienekens
Tucker’s Pottery Supplies Award: Magy Hara
Craft Ontario Community Award: Bard Sachs
FUSION Design Award: Andrea Poorter
Carnegie Gallery Award: Andrea Vuletin

Overview

Award Winners

Anne Sneath Best in Show

Taylor Goldsbrough Candelabra Woodfired 41 cm ht

Award of Merit

Joseph Panacci Landscape torso Woodfired 58 cm ht

Honourable Mention

Marina Van Raay Untitled 33 cm ht

Memorial Award

Brenda Nieves Graffiti Angel 36 cm ht

Pottery Supply House Award

Eekta Trienekens Vase with birds 40 cm ht

Tucker's Pottery Supplies Award

Magy Hara Bottles Woodfired 30 cm ht

FUSION Design Award

Andrea Poorter Dad and Mum Woodfired 34 cm ht

Craft Ontario Community Award

Barb Sachs Heads or Tails Raku 40 cm ht

Carnegie Gallery Award

Andrea Vuletin Next left 56 cm ht

The Show

Andrea Poorter Family Utensils Woodfired 60 cm ht

Andrea Poorter Dad and Mum Woodfired 34 cm ht

Annika Hoefs Blooming in Scarlet Red 37.5 cm ht

Andrea Vuletin Next left 56 cm ht

Brenda Nieves Graffiti Angel 36 cm ht

Barb Sachs Heads or Tails Raku 40 cm ht

Calvin Kellendonk BEHOLD! 12.5 cm ht

Carol Zic Untitled 1 6 cm ht

Brenda Nieves Into the Forest I go to Lose My Mind & Find My Soul 37 cm ht

Brenda Nieves Fractured 43 cm ht

Christie Gruppe Resilience Raku and stoneware 30 cm dia

Christine de Takacsy Vase Woodfired 14 cm ht

Crystal Warner Hawley Sunset Flower Raku 78 cm ht

Eekta Trienekens Party animal II 22 cm ht

Eekta Trienekens Vase with birds 40 cm ht

Gise Trauttmansdorff Options Raku 33 cm ht

Emily Gabriel Return to Eden 18 cm ht

Hana Balaban-Pommier PIcnic Paper Clay 59 cm ht

Indira Singh Passage-2 Raku 142 cm ht

Jacqueline Cowden-Scott 1000 Tiles Say a Single Word 68.5 ht x 122 cm w

Jane Paterak Lichen glaze lidded jar 41 cm ht

Jane Paterak Ginkgo Vase 44 cm ht

Jennifer Claydon Plana Cicada 46.4 cm ht

Joseph Panacci Landscape torso Woodfired 58 cm ht

Joseph Panacci Long neck vase Woodfired 37.5 cm ht

Joseph Panacci Granite jar Woodfired 26.5 cm ht

Jung Do Lee Buncheong Jar;WonAng Bird & Lotus pattern 35 cm ht

Kai Eichenbaum Seed Pods II 43 cm ht

Kathy Maxwell Lost Wisdom Raku 34 cm ht

Laura Wagner Heavy is the head 21 cm ht

Magy Hara Bottles Soda Fired 30 cm ht

Marina Van Raay Untitled 33 cm ht

Natalie Waddell Nesting 12 cm ht

Neslihan Pakkal Istanbul Woodfired 13 cm ht

Neslihan Pakkal Byzantine Woodfired 10 cm ht

Nikola Wojewoda Bumblebee Dream 16 cm ht

Sandra Zuidema Leaf Matter Bowl 13 cm ht

Sandra Zuidema Chinese Lantern Cycle Woodfired 8 cm ht

Taylor Goldsbrough Set of three Woodfired 24 cm ht

Taylor Goldsbrough Candelabra Woodfired 41cm h

Unha Hill Joyful 38 cm dia

Tamara Kwapich Reckoning 54 cm ht

Unha Hill Richness 26cm dia

Tamara Kwapich Reckoning 54 cm ht

Vanesa Trillia Balance 66 cm w

Wendy Nichol Cruise Ship 18 cm ht

Altered Elements

The 2020 Biennial Altered Elements occurred March 6 to 27 at Carnegie Gallery. Jurors were Carmela Langanse and Sequoia Miller. One hundred and ten works were submitted, thirty five were chosen. Thanks to our sponsors: Carnegie Gallery, Pottery Supply House, Tucker`s Pottery Supplies, FUSION, and Craft Ontario

Awards
Anne Sneath Best in Show: Mary McKenzie
Award of Merit: Karla Rivera
Honourable Mention: Célia Brandão
Memorial Award: Emma Smith
Pottery Supply House Award: Unha Hill
Tucker’s Pottery Supplies Award: Katherine Maxwell
Craft Ontario Design Award: Andrea Vuletin
Fusion Design Award: Hana Balaban-Pommier
Carnegie Gallery Award: Emma Smith

Overview

Award Winners

Anne Sneath Best in Show

Mary McKenzie In Vicinity of the Octopus`s Garden Slab c6 Mutlipe engobe, stains, glazes 40x40x13 cm

Award of Merit

Karla Rivera Vase #1 and Vase #2 Slipcast 29x14x14 cm

Honourable Mention

Célia Brandão Ink Stand Earthenware 10x28x18 cm

Memorial Award

Emma Smith Bond (Trio) Woodfired 60hrs Coloured slips 14 x 14 cm

Carnegie Award

Emma Smith Vessel Woodfired 60 hours Slips 51 x 28 x 11 cm

Pottery Supply House Award

Unha Hill Ichon City c6 Five layer coloured slip, carved, sgraffito 33x23x23 cm

Tucker’s Pottery Supplies Award

Katherine Maxwell Boat of Goat Raku 13x28x15 cm

Fusion Design Award

Andrea Vuletin Crooked Ladder Moment Porcelain c6, Paperclay, mishima, underglaze
31x21 cm

Craft Ontario Community Award

Hana Balaban-Pommier Atolls: Sunset Porcelain c6, Slip trailing 7x36x36 cm

The Show

Adriana Romkes

Soda & Ash: A Nested Pair Woodfired, one soda fired 42 cm ht

Beryl Budnark

Spring Leaves Stoneware c6 Slip, carved 13 cm ht

Heidi McKenzie

Disembodied Woodfired 70x40x5 cm

Ann Randeraad

Summer Storm Woodired 10x18 cm

Ann Randeraad

Summer Storm Woodired 10x18 cm

Kathy Maxwell

Boat of Goat Raku 28 cm l

Scott Barnim

Pitcher Earthenware Lustre 27 cm ht

Scott Barnim

Pitcher Earthenware Lustre 27 cm ht

Scott Barnim

Pomegranate Bowl Earthenware Lustre 45 x 12 cm

Karla Rivera

Vase #2 Stoneware c6 Slipcast 29 cm ht

Karla Rivera

Vase #1 Porcelain c10 Slipcast 29 cm ht

Bonnie Silbert

Renée Before She Left Earthenware 31 x 46 x 33 cm

Ingrid Mayrhofer

Orchid and creeping charlie Wild clay c06 Majolica and terra sigillata 16 x 2 cm

Christine de Tackacsy

Life Woodfired Carved 23 x 20 cm

Catherine Weir

Nightfall at the Canyon II Raku 26 x 29 x 25 cm

Alison Brannen

Desert Orchid Porcelain c05 Lowfire sagger salt and terra sigilatta 43 x 33 cm

Alison Brannen

Desert Orchid Porcelain c05 Lowfire sagger salt and terra sigilatta 43 x 33 cm

Marissa Y Alexander

Untitled Black stoneware c6 Handbuilt Balloons 43 x x 35 x 44 cm

Marissa Y Alexander

Untitled Black stoneware c6 Handbuilt Balloons 43 x x 35 x 44 cm

Célia Brandão

Ink Stand Earthenware c05 Handbuilt undergalze, transfers 10 x 28 x 18 cm

Célia Brandão

Jewlery Box Porcelain c6 Handbuilt undergalze, transfers 8 x 23 x16 cm

Mary McKenzie

In Vicinity of the Octopus’s Garden c6 Slab Multiple engobes, underglaze, stains, oxides 40 x 40 x 13 cm

Mary McKenzie

In Vicinity of the Octopus’s Garden Back side

Jacquie Blondin

Eclipse Red clay c6 Press mould, slabs 61 x 43 x 29 cm

Jacquie Blondin

Eclipse Red clay c6 Press mould, slabs 61 x 43 x 29 cm

Emma Smith

Bond (Trio) Woodfired 60 hours Coloured slip, coiled 14 x 14 cm

Emma Smith

Vessel Woodfired 60 hours Slips ,coil 51 x 28 x 11 cm

Emma Smith

Vessel Woodfired 60 hours Slips, coil 51 x 28 x 11 cm

Terry Osborne

Tea for Two Wood and soda fired Teapot 32 cm ht

Tery Osborne

Tea for Two Wood and soda fired Teapot 32 cm ht

Terry Osborne

Queen Anne’s Court Woodfired 30 cm ht 56cm l

Unha Hill

Ichon City c6 Stamped flowers, white slip, scraped 13 x 23 x 23 cm

Unha Hill

Flora & Fauna c6 5 layer coloured slip, carved, sgraffito 33 cm ht

Unha Hill

Flora & Fauna c6 5 layer coloured slip, carved, sgrafitto 23 cm dia

Barb Sachs

Storytime Raku 39 x 42 x 11 cm

Duncan Aird

Whiskey for One Woodfired Slipcast 16 cm ht

Duncan Aird

Wall Plate Woodfired 39 x 23x x4 cm

Rosemary Aicher

Amaryllis Porcelain c6 34cm dia

Andrea Vuletin

Early June Porcelain c6 Mshima, underglaze

Andrea Vuletin

Crooked Ladder Moment Porcelain c6 paperclay Mishima, underglaze 21 x 31 cm

Andrea Vuletin

Crooked Ladder Moment Porcelain c6 paperclay Mishima, underglaze 21 x 31 cm

Hana Balaban-Pommier

Atolls: Sunset Porcelain c6 slip trailing 36 x 7 cm

Sandra Zuidema

Summer Stretching c6 22 cm ht

Greg Voisin

Stoner Bart Vase Porcelain c6 9 x 9 cm

Greg Voisin

Stoner Bart Vase Porcelain c6 9 x 9 cm

Greg Voisin

Hover Craft 001 c04 12 x 15 x 15 cm

Reflective Works

The 2018 Biennial Exhibition, Reflective Works, took place March 2 to April 1 at the Carnegie Gallery. Our jurors were Janna Hiemsra and Laura Kukkee. One hundred and twelve pieces were submitted; forty nine were selected.