Edith Pierce Memorial Award
Each year, we provide the Edith Pierce Memorial Award to a BealArt student in ceramics who displays outstanding talent and discipline in working with clay and who wants to continue their ceramic studies at a post-secondary institution. We award a monetary prize and studio-use privileges at Clayworx for the summer of the award year. The award is a fitting memorial for Edith whose life was devoted to encouraging other people’s creative endeavours.
Edith Pierce served in various capacities on the board of The London Potters Guild, including as President, and was instrumental in helping us acquire a small teaching studio in east London in 1991, a full 18 years before we moved into our current location. She was one of our “studio mothers” and, in her quiet way, was a force to be reckoned with. Both The London Potters Guild and the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre benefited from her efforts to create an environment where people can enrich not only their own lives, but the lives of others, by exploring creative work in clay.
Edith Pierce served in various capacities on the board of The London Potters Guild, including as President, and was instrumental in helping us acquire a small teaching studio in east London in 1991, a full 18 years before we moved into our current location. She was one of our “studio mothers” and, in her quiet way, was a force to be reckoned with. Both The London Potters Guild and the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre benefited from her efforts to create an environment where people can enrich not only their own lives, but the lives of others, by exploring creative work in clay.
2023 Winner - Esther Clarke
"Dear Clayworx,
Thank you so much for distributing this award every year. It's an honour to receive an award named after such an amazing woman! Thanks to Edith and many others, Clayworx is the way it is today. Without Clayworx, I may not have been able to meet the deadlines I needed for my sculpture! I'm extremely thankful to everyone at Clayworx for being so accepting of me as I volunteered, worked in the studio, and now as I work in a summer student position. I'll be sure to put the award money to good use and make the ceramic community proud at Concordia! I hope once I leave, all stays well with the studio and that business will be booming in the shop! My deepest thanks, Esther" |
Visit her Instagram page HERE
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Previous Winners
2020 Edith Pierce Award Winner, Nicolette Keaney
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"My name is Nicolette Keaney and I am honoured to be the recipient of the generous Edith Pierce Award for Beal Art Ceramics. I cannot thank you enough for this amazing award and the generosity you have. Having had a summer membership at the London Clay Art Centre last year, I know the value of this award and what to thank you for gifting me such a rich opportunity. Not only have your provided me with a beautiful space to continue my discoveries and understanding of ceramics, but also providing me with an environment filed with extraordinary clay loving people.
I aspire to help young artists one day the way you have helped me." Nicolette Keaney |
2019 Edith Pierce Award Winner, Bade Finn
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"I am very honoured to be the 2019 recipient of the Edith Pierce Award. This award presents me with such an amazing opportunity to further hone the skills that I have learned from my time within the BealArt program. It will also grant me the resources and space to make work within the medium I will be studying before I head to Sheridan College in September to pursue further knowledge of the ceramic arts. Last year my time at London Clay Art Centre gave me the means to explore, create and connect with the ceramic community between the school years. I am beyond excited to connect with the community again and to use LCAC’s resources to the best of my abilities."
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity.” Bade Finn |
2018 Edith Pierce Award Winner, Sarah Johnston
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"So happy to have been the recipient of this year's Edith Pierce Award from the @londonclayartcentre.
I will be working on my craft at the Centre all summer before heading off to the @sheridancollegeceramics program! I am very excited to continue my journey in the ceramic community! A big thank you to @bealart for introducing me to all the lovely thing I can do with clay." Sarah Johnston |
Previous Edith Pierce Memorial Award Winners
2017: Madison Powers
2016: Alexandra McCoy
2015: Jenny Keller and Cesia Ignacio
2014: Joseph Kim
2013: Evan Morris
2012: Cassara Kennedy
2011: Jasmine Golf
2009: Athena Gubbe
2005: Christine Pickersgill
2016: Alexandra McCoy
2015: Jenny Keller and Cesia Ignacio
2014: Joseph Kim
2013: Evan Morris
2012: Cassara Kennedy
2011: Jasmine Golf
2009: Athena Gubbe
2005: Christine Pickersgill
