The Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics
This 12,000 sq ft purpose-built ceramics studio is located among beehive kilns, a historic china factory, museum and decommissioned brickyard in Medicine Hat, Alberta. All aspects of the art making process have been considered in the design of the building. Large, well ventilated and well-equipped studios have movable walls to accommodate the needs of all artists. We can accommodate up to sixteen artists at one time in the studios.
Situé à Medicine Hat en Alberta, le Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics (Centre international de la céramique contemporaine Shaw) est un studio de céramique. Le centre de 12,000 pieds carrés fut récemment construit à proximité des fours circulaires (en forme de ruche), de la manufacture historique de porcelaine, du musée et de la briqueterie désaffectée.
Kiln Rentals
Medalta’s Shaw Centre is a state-of-the-art ceramic residency facility with a soda kiln, salt kiln, large gas car kiln, Blaauw gas kiln, and seven electric kilns. Although we use them a lot for our residencies and workshops, we also rent them out.
If you don’t have easy access to a specific kiln where you are, consider using ours.
Our Salt & Soda Kilns were built over 10 years ago, and thanks to the generous contributions of our community, we were able to rebuild these kilns were rebuilt over 2019/2020. These kilns will still require periodic maintenance and upgrades. Your continued support will help us maintain the integrity of these kilns.
Facilities Gallery
Located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics is a ceramic studio. The 12,000-square-foot centre was recently built near the circular beehive kilns, the historic porcelain factory, the museum and the abandoned brick factory.
All aspects of the artist creation process were considered in the design of the building. The studios are adequately ventilated and illuminated and have removable walls perfect to accommodate the needs of all artists.
For more information, flip through our Medalta International Artists in Residence Program Blurb Book.
Tous les aspects du processus de création des artistes ont été considérés dans la conception de l’édifice. Les studios sont adéquatement ventilés et illuminés et possèdent des murs amovibles parfait pour accommoder les besoins de tous les artistes.
Artists have 24-hour studio access to the facility which includes:
- fully stocked glaze lab with task ventilation area / Laboratoire de glaçure bien approvisionné avec table de travail ventilée
- waterfall spray booth / Cabine de pulvérisation à rideau d’eau
- variable speed blunger / Délayeur à vitesses variées
- slab rollers / Rouleaux de dalle
- wood kiln / Four au bois
- raku kilns / Four raku
- extruder / Boudineuse
- clay mixer and pugmill / Mélangeur à argile et malaxeur
- 16 cu.ft. soda kiln / Four au soda de 16 pieds cubes
- 16 cu.ft. salt kiln / Four à sel de 16 pieds cubes
- 30 cu.ft. gas car kiln / Four au gaz de 30 pieds cubes
- 10 cu.ft. BLAAUW Gas Kiln / Four Blaauw au gaz de 10 pieds cubes (currently non-operational due to an in progress Controller Upgrade/actuellement non opérationnel en raison d’une mise à niveau du contrôleur en cours)
- 8 electric kilns / 8 fours électriques
- ball mills / Broyeur à billes
- plaster area / Espace pour le plâtre
- showers / Douches
- washer and dryer / Laveuse/sécheuse
- resource library and meeting room / Bibliothèque spécialisée et salle de réunion
- kitchen/ Cuisine
- wood-fired Pizza/Bread Oven / Four à bois pour pizza et pain
- wireless internet / Internet sans fil
