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Kimberley Arts Network launches new community ceramics studio

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12 August 2026

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After years of planning and community consultation, Kimberley Arts Network (KAN) is officially launching its new Ceramics Studio at the KAN Shed on Orr Street on Saturday 15 August 2026.
This new studio provides a dedicated space where residents, emerging artists and experienced makers can develop their skills, connect with others and explore ceramics.
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Recognising strong demand for a community-owned ceramics studio, KAN’s Clancy McDowell has driven the project to create a space where local people and accomplished artists can build their skills.
โ€œ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’; ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿโ€, Clancy said. โ€œ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.โ€
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The team at KAN recently delivered its first ceramics workshops, with 20 Broome residents signing up to take part. Three local ceramics trainers guided participants through rolling, shaping and refining clay projects, before the finished pieces were fired in the newly installed kiln.
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Clancy said many people and organisations have been on the journey with KAN to get the Ceramics Studio off the ground.
โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Š๐ด. ๐‘‚๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘™, โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›!โ€
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Local arts trainer Isla Burnie said the new kiln and ceramics studio fills a gap for the community by providing a welcoming creative space led by skilled local ceramicists.
โ€œ๐ผ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“, ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก.โ€
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Through a partnership with Shell Australia, Morrgul provides free grants support to groups like KAN. Working alongside Clancy and her team, Morrgul helped secure two successful grants worth over $80,000 to support this and other projects.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜, featuring live music, pizza from FoodLAB Forno, drinks pairing and a showcase of recently fired ceramics.
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๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, visit www.kimberleyartsnetwork.com.au or follow KANโ€™s social media channels.
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๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ
KAN is a not-for-profit, community-based regional arts organisation. It operates with limited staff and is supported by a team of dedicated and experienced board members, volunteers and partners.
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