The symposium is held in conjunction with the Ceramics exhibition Raw/Medium, Rare/Well Done at the Concordia University FOFA Gallery in Montreal, 23 March - 17 April 2009. Presenters include Diane Charbonneau, Amy Gogarty, Leopold Foulem, Neil Forrest, and Ted Adler. Registration required but FREE. Dates: 27 March 2009. Contact: Therese Chabot. Address: Concordia University, Room EV- 7- 745, Engineering and Visual Arts building, 1515 Sainte-Catherine West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2W1, CANADA. Email: chabot @alcor.concordia.ca. Deadline: 20 March 2009

Open ceramic fair in Argentona (Barcelona, Spain). Dates: 7 - 9 April 2009. Contact: Oriol Calvo. Address: Museu del Cantir d'Argentona, Pl. Esglesia, 9, Argentona, Spain. Telephone: 34 937972732. Email: correu@museucantir.org. Surf: www.museucantir.org. Deadline: unknown.

A ten day program of workshops, lectures, and exhibitions with local and international ceramics artists. Dates: 25 June - 5 July 2009. Contact: Dragan Nikitovic. Address: Association of Potters of Zlakusa, Zlakusa, Sevojno, 31205 YUGOSLAVIA. Email: info@keramikzlakusa.tk. Surf: www.keramikzlakusa.tk. Deadline: 15 April 2009.

The Triennale will take place in Sydney and regional NSW with over 35 participating galleries, international speakers Marek Cecula, Virginia Scotchie, Takeshi Yasuda, Akito Morino & Kim Dickie, speakers and discussion forums on Indigenous ceramics, new trends in education, sustainability, the latest in Asian ceramics, artists and disability, interviews, workshops and demonstrations, Public Art Events, a Makers' Expo, and the Ceramics Trail. Dates: 16 - 20 July 2009. Contact: Sally James. Address: P.O. Box 1724, Lane Cove NSW, Sydney 2026. Email: info@australianceramicstriennale.com. Surf: www.australianceramicstriennale.com. Deadline: unknown 2009.

Simultaneous demonstrations, mini-workshops, slide shows, ceramic industry vendors, entertainment, and guest potters. Dates: 1 - 4 October 2009. Contact: Mike Swauger. Address: The Clay Connection, P.O. Box 3214, Merrifield, Virginia 22116. Telephone: 540-636-6016. Email: conference@theclayconnection.org. Surf: www.theclayconnection.org. Deadline: 1 September 2009.

Free and paid listings of all types of potters and their pottery. List yourself with this online searchable database. Surf: www.americanpotters.com.

Many, many resources for artists, not the least of which is information on healthcare. Surf: www.artisthelpnetwork.com.

User friendly, online research tool with searchable database to match artists and scientists for projects. Telephone: 941-955-5103. Surf: www.asci.org/INDEX/. Dates: Open.

Wiki covers organizing a do-it-yourself (d.i.y.) budget gallery. Surf: wiki.budgetgallery.org/index.php?title=Main_Page.

Contact: Nancy Resler. Address: John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 521 First Street, Davis, California 95616. Telephone: 530-756-3938. Email: ccaca@natsoulas.com. Surf: www.natsoulas.com/html/ccaca/index.html. Dates: Late April, annually.

CeramicArtsDaily.org is an online community serving active potters and ceramic artists worldwide. Contact: Jan Moloney. Address: The American Ceramic Society, 600 North Cleveland Avenue, Suite 210, Westerville, Ohio 43082. Telephone: 614-794-5843. Email: jmoloney@ceramics.org. Surf: www.ceramicartsdaily.org.

Group meets once a month to share and learn. Contact: Carissa Doying. Telephone: 803-215-5566. Email: cdoying@aug.edu.

Leave it to Garth Johnson to be on the bleeding edge! As he says, "I just started a weblog called extreme craft to catalogue some of the crazier intersections of art, craft, punk rock, etc. on the web. You can find it at www.extremecraft.com. Rock on.

Showing images of work on website when no paid advertising filling that space. Email: artists@gawker.com. Surf: gawker.com/artists. Dates: Open.

A visual encylopedia of Japanese ceramic types, glazes, forms, et cetera:. Surf: www.e-yakimono.net/guide/.

Write: International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth Arts Centre , Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DE, Wales, UK; Telephone: (+44) 01970 623232; Surf: www.internationalceramicsfestival.co.uk. Dates: early July, annually

A website dealing in Kyoto-made pottery and ceramics. Surf: www.2000cranes.com.

Reflections on a recent residency at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Surf: www.elizabethlurie.com.

English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, and Portuguese: www.dinoclay.com/info/dict/index.html.

Demonstrations, slide and video screenings, exhibitions, seminars all dealing with the ceramic arts. Address: National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 77 Erie Village Square, Suite 280, Erie, CO 80516-6996; Telephone: 866-266.2322; Surf: www.nceca.net. Dates: March, annually.

We Make the World, the wonderiffic blog of the Ohio State University Ceramics Department. osuceramics.blogspot.com.

Dennis Stevens' blog www.redefiningcraft.com.

www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk.

Annabeth Rosen in Conversation with Jim MelchertĘ. Date: 9 May 2008, 7:30 pm. Private Tour of the di Rosa Preserve Collection. Date: 10 May 2008, 10 am. Contact: Forrest Lesch-Middelton. Address: Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, California 95476. Telephone: 707-938-4626. Email: scc@vom.com. Surf: www.sonomacommunitycenter.org.

SOFA (Sculptural Object, Functional Art) presents two expo's each year - Spring in New York City and Fall in Chicago. Address: Expressions of Culture, Inc., 4401 North Ravenswood, Suite 301, Chicago, IL 60640. Telephone: 800-563-7632. Email: info@sofaexpo.com. Surf: www.sofaexpo.com. Dates: June and November, annually.

A non-profit listsing 3000 exhibitions in a year from Britain, Europe and elsewhere. Updated daily. Welcomes exhibition and event submissions. Building a comprehensive directory of potters contact details. Contact: Stephen Dee. Contact: Studio Pottery UK, P.O. Box 634, Haywards Heath, Sussex, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0)1444-413588. Email: sdee@studiopottery.co.uk. Surf: www.studiopottery.co.uk.

A visual catalog of some contemporary wood fired ceramics. wood-fired-ceramics.blogspot.com.

Held in the three Korean cities of Icheon, Yeoju and Gwangju. Surf: www.wocef.com. Dates: April - June, odd years.