Portage Ceramic Awards

Established in 2001, the awards are funded by The Trusts Charitable Foundation and administered by Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery (formerly Lopdell House Gallery).

An open call is made for entries, and since the third award onwards the judge has selected a group of finalists for exhibition.

An exhibition is held at Te Uru and a publication produced.

In 2020, due to complications from the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey exhibition of previous winners titled Portage 20/20 was presented in lieu of a competition.

[3] In 2014 a workshop scholarship to the Peters Valley School of Craft in New Jersey was awarded to Chris Weaver.

Lilo by Peter Lange , winner of the 2006 Portage Ceramic Awards, on permanent display at the Lopdell House