Between May 16 and 19, 2019, the Tailors’ Tower in Cluj will host the Contemporary Ceramics Fair within the 6th edition of the CAOLIN festival, the most complex and liveliest event of its kind in the country.
The official opening of the Fair will take place on May 16 at 18:00 at the Tailors’ Tower. At the opening, the winners of the Earthshining competition (ceramic lighting fixture design competition) will also be announced. Public access is free.
The fair is organized for the second time in the historic Transylvanian monument and presents the creations of about 25 contemporary ceramic artists carefully selected following an evaluation process of the applications submitted online. As in previous editions, highly appreciated artists in the field of signature ceramics and design, such as Doina Stici, Diana Muraru (LUT), Ioan Sumedre (sumiDesign), Nicolae Câmpan, Ana-Maria and Mihai Ariciu (Atelierul cu povești) and others, will exhibit at the fair. a.
On May 18, Museum Night, the fair will be open until 00:00.
In addition to the Tower Fair, other festival events take place at the National Museum of Transylvanian History (the exhibition “I Want To Believe”, dedicated to the Tlalte Tiles), at the Casino Urban Culture Center Cluj (international exhibition of conceptual-artistic ceramics), at the Victoria Cinema (screening of a BBC documentary, a retrospective on ceramics) and at the cultural café Espresso Studio, the space permanently attached to the CAOLIN Festival (workshops and seminars).
Since 2017 the International Contemporary Ceramics Festival – CAOLIN is organized under the High Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maria of Romania.