In Conversation | In the Fire, In the Form: The Ceramics of Alan Peascod & Avital Sheffer

In Conversation | In the Fire, In the Form: The Ceramics of Alan Peascod & Avital Sheffer

with Paul Donnelly: Deputy Director, Chau Chak Wing Museum

Avital Sheffer: Exhibiting artist

Chaired by Professor Pedram Khosronejad

Saturday 6 December 2025

1pm - 2pm | Grafton Regional Gallery (preceding Official Opening at 2pm)

Cost: Entry by donation

In this unique panel, hear from exhibiting artist Avital Sheffer in conversation with Paul Donnelly, Deputy Director of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, and GRG Curator Professor Pedram Khosronejad, about the enduring influence, artistic practice, and legacy, or renowned Australian ceramicist Alan Peascod.

Alan Peascod (1943 - 2007) was one of Australia's most influential ceramicists. Renowned for his fascination with lustre and Islamic ceramics, he possessed a capacity that was intellectually and technically rigorous, inquisitive, and experimental.

Avital Sheffer, in her exhibition ATEMPORAL, presents recent work created as both a homage to, and conversation, with the late Alan Peascod. and as a continuation of dialogue with her ancestry.

Don't miss the opportunity to be part of this unique conversation. about the artistic influence of Alan Peascod and the inspired contemporary ceramics of Avital Sheffer.

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Image courtesy of the Alan Peascod Estate.