2023/2024
(Our membership year runs from 1st October to 30th September)
Browse below to see What’s On! We are returning this season to hosting our monthly demonstration evenings, live, at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. We have an amazing line up of talented ceramicists for you.
Our dedicated committee aim to hold a variety of events throughout the year, including these monthly meetings for both members and non-members (for a small fee), as well as our usual social coffee mornings/afternoons and our annual exhibition and sale of ceramics at Kingsbury Barn in September.
This page is updated with our forthcoming events, which are also notified to members on our Chairs email. If we hold any events on Zoom, links are notified to members in this way. Details of how to become a member can be found on our Memberships page, so sign up and join in!
We welcome new members in whatever capacity you choose – whether you want to watch our demonstrations or just join in the socials or both. You can view some of our past events in 2021 and 2022 in our full Calendar (click links on year dates for PDFs) to give you an idea of our range of activities. You can also read about our many past events in our quarterly Newsletters – we have a significant archive.
You’ll find the schedule below and updates on our Facebook page and Instagram account. Events are FREE to members unless otherwise specified and some events are available to non-members.
Non-members
Please note, non-members can join our MailChimp email list here: http://eepurl.com/dBLyCr to receive advance information about our DCPG Events. You can unsubscribe at any time. We welcome non-members to any of our demonstration events as guests for just £5 – please email John Alderman at treasurer@dcpg.org.uk for details about ways to pay and attend.
Events 2023
| Thursday 17th August – 10.30am – 12.30pm DCPG social coffee morning at Open Door Cafe, Berkhamsted. HP4 1HU Friday 8th to Sunday 10th September Guild Annual Exhibition at Kingsbury Barn. Friday 22nd September – 10.30am – 12.30pm DCPG social coffee morning at Trestle Arts Base Cafe, St Albans AL4 0JQ Sunday 24th September Boxmoor Autumn Fair Tuesday 10th October -10.30am – 12.30pm DCPG social coffee morning at the Sunnyside Up Cafe Two Waters Road, Hemel Hempstead HP3 9BY This is a lovely café with a relaxing atmosphere and is situated in a sunny spot with inside and outside seating. There is also a shop selling fresh produce of fruit, vegetables, eggs etc as well as a huge variety of garden plants. There is ample car parking there too. Please let Judi (juditribe0@gmail.com) know so that a table can be reserved. Saturday 14th October 9am – 1pm Guild Meeting and AGM with talk and demonstration by Steve Woodhead Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall Friday 10th November 7pm – 10pm Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Peter White, Woburn Sands Clay Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall Monday 20th November – 11.00am – 1.00pm DCPG social coffee morning at The Black Horse, Chorleywood WD3 5EG Friday 8th December- 12.00pm – 2.00pm DCPG social coffee morning at The Six Bells, St Albans AL3 4SH Friday 8th December 6pm – 10pm Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Gareth Mason Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall Friday 12th January 7pm – 10pm Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Anthony Dix Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall Friday 9th February 7pm – 10pm Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Miche Follano Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall Friday 12th April 7pm – 10pm Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Mark Dally Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall Friday 10th may 7pm – 10pm Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Fay De Winter Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall |
A list of our previous Demonstrators can be found below
| Date | Speaker/s | Notes | POD |
| 12/05/2023 | Lucy Baxendale | ||
| 14/04/2023 | Peter Black | ||
| 19/03/2023 | Keith Brymer Jones | POD 2023 | |
| 19/03/2023 | Kay Aplin | POD 2023 | |
| 19/03/2023 | Sally Macdonell | POD 2023 | |
| 10/02/2023 | Mel Chambers | ||
| 13/01/2023 | Tom Knowles Jackson | ||
| 15/12/2022 | Rachel Wood | ||
| 09/12/2022 | John Masterton | ||
| 11/11/2022 | Fiona Booy | ||
| 03/07/2022 | Hamada – Leach Centenary celebration | ||
| 14/05/2022 | Richard Ballantyne & Carol Read | ||
| 26/03/2022 | Pie Bolton speaker coordinator for Jack Latti and Sandy Lockwood. | POD 2022 | |
| 26/03/2022 | Sabine Nemet | POD 2022 | |
| 26/03/2022 | Ben Brierley | POD 2022 | |
| 11/02/2022 | Paul Wearing | ||
| 14/01/2022 | Ben Fosker | ||
| 12/11/2021 | Craig Barclay FSA | Zoom lecture from UK: “The Secrets of Crusty Wearing”. | |
| 19/10/2021 | Kate Malone | Zoom from UK: Earth, Air, Fire, Water – Connecting clay with the elements. | |
| 08/10/2021 | Pie Bolton | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 11/09/2021 | Meg Patey | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 14/08/2021 | Jane Sawyer | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 10/07/2021 | Mary-Lou Pittard | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia: ‘It’s A Family Affair’ with Mary-Lou, hubby Chris and daughter Jess | |
| 12/06/2021 | Jane Annois | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 14/05/2021 | Midori Takaki | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 13/03/2021 | Conversation on Zoom with Ester Beck, Professor Vasu Reddy, Vidya Thirunarayan | Zoom. ‘Being Centred’ | POD 2021 |
| 13/03/2021 | Sasha Wardell | POD 2021 | |
| 13/03/2021 | Thomas Bhole & Mario | POD 2021 | |
| 13/02/2021 | Christine Pike | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 11/12/2020 | Katherine Kingdon | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 05/09/2020 | Hannah McAndrew and Doug Fitch | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 14/08/2020 | Enrique Perez Albared | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 12/06/2020 | Denis Di Luca | Zoom demo due to Covid, from Italy! | |
| 07/03/2020 | Stephen Dixon | POD 2020 | |
| 07/03/2020 | Wendy Lawrence | POD 2020 | |
| 07/03/2020 | Brendan Hesmondhalgh | POD 2020 | |
| 10/02/2020 | Margaret Gardiner | ||
| 07/02/2020 | Elaine Wells | ||
| 06/12/2019 | Ruthanne and David Tudball | ||
| 08/11/2019 | David Wright | ||
| 12/10/2019 | John Higgins |