The 25th Panevėžys International Ceramic Symposium will take place from July 17 to August 8. This is a continuous, long-standing professional ceramic art event that has been organized in Panevėžys since 1989. These symposiums have had a clear impact on the development of contemporary ceramics in Lithuania. To date, 24 symposiums have already been held in Panevėžys, with the participation of 186 artists from 37 countries around the world, and a collection of nearly 700 large-scale stoneware ceramic works has been amassed. This symposium is the main and largest event dedicated to ceramic art in Lithuania. In the Baltic States, it is one of the three main events of this kind.
The aim of the 25th symposium is to present the development trends of contemporary ceramics and the search for new forms through the creative process and its achieved artistic result. The theme of the 25th symposium, „Open Windows,” aims to draw attention to ceramic art from regions not yet presented in previous symposiums, revealing how local traditions interact with the contemporary global environment. „Open Windows” represents new territories of artistic exploration for both the international event, its participants, and the audience of contemporary ceramic art.
Participants: Nataliia Antypina (Ukraine), Aivars Baranovskis (Latvia), Eglė Einikytė-Narkevičienė (Lithuania), Malwina Kowalewska (Poland), Elena Laurinavičiūtė (Lithuania), Mette Maya (Denmark), Manuel Seita (Portugal), Elina Titane (Latvia).
SYMPOSIUM EVENTS
JULY
17 (Thursday)
17:30 Opening ceremony of the 25th Panevėžys International Ceramic Symposium (Respublikos st. 3)
17.45 Opening of the exhibition „Shaping Chamotte: World and Lithuanian Ceramics in the 1990s” (curator of the exhibition PhD. Rokas Dovydėnas)
23 (Wednesday)
17:00–19:00 Individual technique demonstrations (Respublikos st. 3)
24 (Thursday)
17:30 Public guided tour of artists’ studios (UAB “Midenė”, Guobų st. 1, Dembava, registration is required, email renginiai@arspanevezys.lt))
29 (Tuesday)
17:00–19:00 Participants’ individual technique demonstrations (Respublikos st. 3)
30 (Wednesday)
17:00 Raku firing demonstration in the Panevezys Civic Art Gallery courtyard (Respublikos st. 3)
AUGUST
8 (Friday)
18:00 Symposium closing and exhibition of the 25th Panevėžys Ceramic Symposium opening ceremony (Respublikos st. 3)
18:30 Performance of artist Benas Šarka
Free entrance
Organizer – Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Project Manager – Aurelija Seilienė.
Project is financed by Lithuanian Council for Culture, Panevėžys City Municipality.
Sponsors: “Kalnapilis“, “Midenė“.
Friends: Hotel “Romantic“, Restaurant “Bisas“.
Partners: Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library, Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery, Kauno kolegija / Higher Education Institution and “Owl Hill” Gallery, Naujamiestis Cultural Centre–Art Gallery.
