Aubeterre Pottery Festival

Opening Hours

• Saturday, September 26, 2026 — 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
• Sunday, September 27, 2026 — 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

All Weekend

• Potters' Market — located in front of the monolithic Saint-Jean underground church. The 2026 program features 39 ceramicists.
• Clay Trail (Parcours d'argile) — 10 ceramicists take over the village's gardens, galleries, courtyards, and hidden corners to showcase their work through installations.
• "The Banquet" Exhibition — featuring pieces by active members of the Albaterra association.
• Photo Exhibition — a retrospective of the festival's 10-year history.
• Book "Parcours d'argile – histoires plurielles de céramistes en sud Charente et Périgord" — available for presentation and sale on-site.
• 10th Anniversary Raffle — 12 prizes: 2 vouchers worth €100 and 4 vouchers worth €50 to spend with the festival's ceramicists, plus 6 copies of the "Parcours d'argile" book (€30 value). The draw takes place on Wednesday, September 23, 2026; prizes can be collected at the raffle stand in front of the Saint-Jean underground church throughout the weekend.
• Activities — firing demonstrations, pottery workshops, bust sculpting, and wheel throwing. 2026 participants are yet to be announced.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• 6:30 PM — Concert. Artist to be announced.

Potters' Market: Announced Ceramicists

Albaterra has been featuring one exhibitor per week on their Instagram account since June 8, 2026. Sixteen names were released by mid-August:

• Lucie and David Anquetil — Poterie Lucie et David, Villandraut (33): wheel-thrown, partially glazed brown grogged stoneware, high-reduction fired; functional pieces and rope-decorated jars.
• Florine Contor — Au Grès Des Vents: porcelain and stoneware, detailed decorative pieces.
• Annie Couget — functional stoneware: mugs, plates, cheese platters.
• Camille Danjou — Atelier Camille D, Limeuil (24): lamps and decorative pieces made from Dordogne stoneware and Limoges porcelain, gas-reduction fired.
• Lucile Dray — Les Eyzies (24): functional stoneware and porcelain pieces, wood-fired in anagama and train kilns.
• Inès Gil — Inès Gil Céramique, Guéret: stoneware, sculptures combining openwork and double walls, imprints, engravings, and colored glazes.
• Anne-Lise Hojsan — L'Atelier de Lise: hand-built ceramics, raku and horsehair raku; character sculptures inspired by the 1930s and 40s, vases, boxes, and phone stands.
• Laurence Jollivet-Chavigny — Atelier Laurence Chavigny Céramique: stoneware and porcelain jewelry fired in a high-temperature gas kiln, iron-based glazes in five colors.
• Emie Latestaire — unique decorative stoneware pieces, linocut-printed decoration, interior with crystalline glaze.
• Marion Leyssene — wheel-thrown porcelain tableware and coil-built stoneware sculptures, matte or satin glazes.
• Patricia Masson — Albedô céramique: porcelain and stoneware (wheel-thrown, hand-built, slab-built); in 2026, she is primarily exhibiting the "Aquarelle" porcelain collection.
• Corinne Millet — atelier Aquatinta: raw clay, stoneware, and porcelain fired at high temperatures in a pellet kiln.
• Cécile Miloche — Atelier de la Lune Poilue: wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware, decorated with brush-applied slips and oxides.
• Louise Pillet — wheel-thrown stoneware and porcelain, glazes crafted from ash, ochre, or hematite.
• Claudine Ruellan — Atelier de Lauros: coil-built stoneware, surfaces painted with slips, bisque-fired at 980°C followed by a transparent glaze at 1260°C.
• Laurent Weymeels — wheel-thrown and textured stoneware, raw quarry clays left bare or glazed; tableware and tea sets.

Clay Trail: Announced Ceramicists

• Céline Giry — stoneware and porcelain, raw and colorful style.
• Simon Lacoudre — stoneware glazed in various colors and fused glass; decorative pieces.
• Judith Papon — earthenware animal sculptures.
• Cécile Vassort — large clay sculptures.

The full list of 39 ceramicists and the detailed schedule of activities were not yet published as of mid-August 2026.