What’s happening at Rufford?

For the past 20 years Rufford has earned a reputation as an internationally recognised centre of excellence in Ceramics, staging exhibitions by world-class potters, offering residencies to artists, providing a program of challenging and stimulating workshops for members of the public, selling the work of contemporary ceramic artists and exhibiting an enviable permanent collection of British 20th century studio pottery.

Each year Rufford hosts the renowned Earth & Fire ceramics fair which represents all the major ceramic artists in Britain and beyond, and provides the public with an unprecedented opportunity to meet the artists and buy their work.

Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) is changing the services it provides at Rufford without holding a proper public consultation and has begun implementing these changes. It is cutting staff, closing the current workshop programs at the end of March 2008, and will no longer support the magnificent exhibitions which have been held at Rufford for 20 years.

The Centre no longer sells ceramics and NCC’s long term commitment to holding the internationally recognised ceramics selling fair, Earth & Fire at Rufford is under question.