Opportunity details | The Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair 2025

The Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair 2025

Deadline: 13/01/2025

City: Wakefield | Region: West Yorkshire | Country: United Kingdom | The Hepworth Wakefield

We are delighted to announce that our popular Ceramics Fair returns on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June 2025. The fair will host around 70 stalls, featuring a wide variety of ceramic artists on table top stalls.

Applications are welcomed from emerging and established UK based ceramic artists.

The Ceramics Fair brings together work by ceramic artists and potters working across the UK and provides an opportunity for you to have your work exhibited for sale in front of 3,000 people over one weekend*.

The weekend will also feature family activities, events and discounted exhibition entry to ensure a well-attended, vibrant event.

Whether you make contemporary or traditional ceramics, homeware, sculpture or jewellery, we’d love to hear from you.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented within the arts sector.

The Hepworth Wakefield is Disability Confident Committed and we have pledged to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations within our organisation.

Applications close midday Monday, 13 January 2025.

Stall details

Standard stall: £200 (including VAT)
Gallery Booth: £400 (including VAT)

Please see FAQs & Images for further stall information.

*(Based on 2024 Ceramics Fair visitor figures).

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Who is eligible for this opportunity?

We welcome and encourage applications from all UK-based ceramic artists, especially candidates who are underrepresented within the arts sector. The Hepworth Wakefield is Disability Confident Committed and we have pledged to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations within our organisation.

When is the deadline?

Midday Monday 13 January 2025.

How many works can I submit?

Up to 5 examples of your work and photos of your stall set up would be helpful.

How much does it cost?

Standard Table £220

A standard offers an ideal space to showcase your designs, you can use display techniques such as tabletop racks, or rails.
Includes:
Trestle Table (H760 W755 L1800) and a chair
Tabletop space only

Gallery Booth £400

Our largest stall ideal for ceramicists with larger works or those who would like to display their pieces in a gallery setting or display wall based items. The booth is designed as a cross section of a square providing a versatile layout for display
Includes:
Booth walls measuring 3m across the back and 1m on each side.
1 x Trestle Table (H760 W755 L1800) and a chair

Please see diagram for further details.

What are the Ceramics Fair opening hours?

Saturday 28– Sunday 29 June 2025 (10 am - 5 pm both days).

Where is the fair taking place? And does the location have disabled access?

The fair will take place in the converted mill space adjacent to the gallery, part of the Tileyard North development. Stalls will be set up the day before the fair opens. The space is fully indoors with access to toilets, WIFI and electricity.

Full details regarding set up and take down will be sent in advance of the event.

The space is fully accessible to anyone with mobility requirements. The space is on the ground floor with full access and toilet facilities. If you have any concerns about your stall and have access requirements, please let the market organisers know.

Will visitors pay to visit for the market?

Yes, visitors do pay entry to the fair, the prices are :
In advance: £2.50 fair only / £8.50 fair and exhibitions
On the day: £3.50 fair only / £10 fair and exhibitions
FREE for Members and under 18s

Do I need insurance?

Yes, all stallholders must have Public Liability insurance to the value of £5 million. Successful applicants to our Print Fair will receive a discount code for 10% off the cost of Axisweb Network Associate membership, which includes free PPL insurance up to £5 million. This code will be offered on request to the first 40 successful applicants in need of insurance.

How much time do I have to set up my stall?

Stallholders will have access on Friday 27 June and the morning of Saturday 28 June. Further details will be sent to Stallholders.

How are stallholders selected?

Exhibitors are selected by a panel comprising The Hepworth Wakefield team members with comprehensive experience in curating, exhibiting, promoting, commissioning, and retailing work by artists and makers at all levels of experience. Exhibitors are selected to ensure that the fair presents a range of styles and approaches to printmaking, working at a range of levels and from all professional and educational backgrounds. We encourage applications from independent artists, collectives and galleries.

What press and marketing will The Hepworth Wakefield undertake?

Exhibitors will be prominently listed on The Hepworth Wakefield’s website and promoted through a variety of content on the gallery’s sector-leading social media platforms: X (82k followers); Instagram (97.5k followers); Facebook (32k followers), as well as in regular e-newsletters sent to our Members, Patrons and subscribers.
The Hepworth Wakefield has a strong track record of securing media coverage for its fairs and markets, offering a further opportunity to profile participants. Media coverage received for previous fairs included Crafts Council, Elle Decoration, The Guardian, Time Out, Wallpaper* and Yorkshire Post. 

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