Call for Artists: Telavi Festival
“The Clay Office” Foundation and Organization “Telavi Festival” are pleased to announce an OPEN CALL For CERAMIC ARTISTS and POTTERS to participate in Telavi Festival (NEW Nadimi), Georgia
Telavi festival is an International Platform for arts, with an aim to support creative industry development in the region. Within
the frame of the festival, traditional approaches and contemporary
tendencies, in collaboration, create new cosmopolitan values. Therefore
festival slogan is NEW ნადიმი (feast) which represents main direction of
the festival.
Festival will be held in October 13-19 ,
2013, main venue place is Nadikvari Park in Tevali city ( Wine region
of Eastern Georgia ). Main spheres for this year are:
ceramic, textile and folk music. Festival aims to involve all potential
local sources as well as international participants. Within the
frame of the festival international and local exhibitions,
master-classes, workshops, fair, lectures and concerts will be held. Festival focuses on the high quality of the work, because its
aim is to provide professional development possibilities for its
participants.
On October 19 first International Ceramic Festival in Georgia “Tikha Mgeris 2013” (Clay sings 2013) will take plac.
Participation terms:
* Participants will be provided by exhibition space during the main event at the Nadikvari Park, up to 3 sq. meters.
*
Possibility to exhibit and sell their works during the festival fair,
participate in the professional workshops and regarding to the will of
the participant, holding personal workshops or presentations within the
frame of the main festival program.
* Artist willing to
participate should submit 5 images of their latest works in JPEG
format, CV or professional BIO, short statement and in case of willing
to hold their own workshops or presentations, additional description
including methodology. Text material should be sent in World or PDF
format.
* Up to five professionals will be selected to take part in the festival
*
Participants can choose among 3 or 7 days of participation. Organizers
will cover basic accommodation and meals. Transportation costs are not
covered by host.
* Deadline for submission is 30 May 2013, applicants will be informed by the end of June 2013
* All applications material should be send to the following email address: [email protected]
* In case of questions or detail information our contact person Nato Eristavi
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in case you needed more incentive…..
movie day: Adam Kolakowski – Painting and Sculpture Studio
In the Detail @ Sidespace Gallery
LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PYROS… GAYAGAMA FIRING
The wood stacks are piling higher and higher, ready
for two months of wood firing, beginning with the beautiful new CAC
anagama in June. “Ceremony by Fire” will run June 21st- July 6th and
will have both kiln-builder, Gyan Wall, as well as in-house wood-firer
and CAC director, Hillary Kane, sharing the wealth of their enthusiasm
and experience with all whom attend.
Space still available: REGISTER NOW!
Showing now: 14th Ceramics Triennial
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| Dejan Prendić |
manifestation with the decades-long tradition has well-deserved
reputation as the event which embraced the most important
accomplishments of the art of ceramics. Enriched by the contemporary
ceramic production in which design, technique and concept play crucial
roles, the current Ceramics Triennial features artistic creations and individual poetics of the contemporary production, too.
For this, 14th Ceramics Triennial,
the total of 62 artists applied, while the selected exhibition features
44 works by 34 authors. According to its established tradition, the Ceramics Triennial
is based on contest. The prizes awarded at it act as an acknowledgment
of quality, they ministered the affirmation of either artists or
tendencies present in their works, they are a sign of success, as well
as of the values of the concepts brought about in ceramics. Nine prizes
were awarded at the current exhibition.
The exhibition of the 14th Ceramics Triennial
features, along with the show of the authorial works, the individual
exhibition of artist Larisa Ackov, who presents her works as the
laureate of the Grand Prize of the 13th Ceramics Triennial.
Works created by a group of Hungarian ceramists, are also on the show,
which are housed in the collection of International Ceramic Studio from
Kečkemet. Numerous educational, interactive workshops and lectures for
students and grade school pupils will take place in Museum of Applied
Art.
The cooperation between Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade and
the Modern Gallery “Likovni susret” from Subotica, proved very fruitful
once more. As organizers of 14th Ceramics Triennial,
which took place in Subotica between December 2012 and March 2013, they
will present the latest accomplishments and concepts in the
contemporary ceramics to the public in Belgrade, as well, between May 11
and May 31, 2013.
The catalog of the exhibition of 14th Ceramics Triennial,
which was published in Subotica, will be available also in Belgrade,
during the exhibition. For this occasion, Museum of Applied Art in
Belgrade prepared a leaflet with a short survey of 14th Ceramics Triennial.











