The three-day conference addresses how artworks in the ‘expanded field of clay’ can be made accessible to current and future audiences.

These works may be ephemeral, site-specific, participatory, or live, thereby posing significant challenges for museums.

It takes place in the context of important recent work on collecting performance, installation and live art (Tate, 2018-22; Hölling, Feldman & Magnin, 2023-4), and on the politics and practices of museum collecting (Jones, 2021; Krmpotich & Stevenson, 2024) and therefore supports interdisciplinary dialogue extending beyond clay practice.