CAOLIN 2016 (May 21-22, Cluj), now in its third edition, will be held for the first time under the title ‘CAOLIN – Contemporary Ceramics Festival’. During the festival, the National Contemporary Ceramics Fair CAOLIN will be organized, as well as a series of free workshops for children and adults, constituting the most important event dedicated to Romanian ceramics. The CAOLIN Festival will present the original and captivating works of 19 Romanian artists, and the public will be invited to discover a varied selection of works, ranging from artistic creations to utilitarian objects of the highest quality, in the welcoming atmosphere of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania (Reduta Palace, Memorandum 21).
The 2016 participants are: Victorița Andreș, Nicolae Câmpan, Emilia Chirilă (Bluemill Studio), Alexandra Constantinescu, Ileana Horoba-Danci (Ileana Bijoux), Remus Mircea Daneasa (Kult-Art Artizan), András Koncz-Münich (Ronda Association), Diana Magdalena Muraru (LUT), Ioana Panaitescu (PasareaMaiastra Design), Bogdan Alexandru Rusu, Cora Pojaru (Coki Ceramics), Cristina Pop (Ristea Art), Anca Sânpetrean (Anca Sânpetrean Design), Doina Stici, Ioan Sumedre Jr. (SumiDesign), Lucian Szekely-Rafan (atelier.c o n c e p t), Aurelia Mariana Șerban (Lumea Ceramicii), Brândușa Atena Ungurașu (Brândușa Ungurașu), Deák Zsuzsa (Deák Zsuzsa Ceramics).
festival photo gallery
workshops:
– Clay modeling workshop, with Stanca Top (visual artist and modeling teacher at the “Romulus Ladea” High School of Fine Arts)
– Clay modeling workshop, with Denisa Curte (visual artist and modeling teacher at the “Romulus Ladea” High School of Fine Arts)
– Ceramic painting workshop with Cristina Gagiu (visual artist at Fabrica de Pensule)
– Workshop of transfer decoration on ceramic object, with Andra Lupu (visual artist and design teacher at the “Romulus Ladea” High School of Fine Arts)
– Modeling workshop ~ relief, with Gavril Zmicală (visual artist and director of the “Romulus Ladea” High School of Fine Arts).
– Modeling workshop – empty/full ~ negative space – positive space, with Robert Bocșe (visual artist and design teacher at the “Romulus Ladea” High School of Fine Arts)
