І INTERSymposium of POTTERY in Opishne

«2010: 10х10»

I. COMMON REGULATIONS

1.1. The 1st INTERSymposium of Pottery in Opishne «2010: 10x10» (hereinafter the INTERSymposium) is a polyfunctional art action, aimed at the revival of the processes of the development of modern pottery art in Ukraine and other countries of the world.
1.2. The INTERSymposium is carried out within the bounds of the 2nd Week of the National Pottery Shifting The 2010 Shift in Opishne.
1.3. The main purpose of the INTERSymposium is to provide the creative intercourse among craftsmen representing different art trends and schools of Ukraine and foreign countries, the production of highly artistic pottery works.
1.4. The main tasks of the INTERSymposium are:

• to develop pottery traditions;
• to grow craftsmanship;
• to exchange work experience among the craftsmen of different
art trends and schools;
• to inform on the current state and the general trends
of the development of Ukrainian and foreign ceramics;
• to discuss the issues of current importance regarding the theory and the practice of the modern Ukrainian and world ceramics;
• to popularize pottery art, form the aesthetic tastes of people, procure the various usage of pottery in the everyday life of contemporaries.
• to integrate the achievements of Ukrainian ceramics with the world pottery heritage;
• to form the collections of the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne.

1.5. The purpose and main tasks of the INTERSymposium will be realized through the common work of Ukrainian and foreign pottery craftsmen, the carrying out of different art evenings, disputations, presentations of personal art projects, viewings of the videofilms, the organization of personal exhibitions and so on.
1.6. The Centre of the Development of Spiritual Culture at the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne (3 Zalyvchy Street, Opishne, Poltava Region, 38164 Ukraine; phone +3 (05353) 42415, 42416, 42417; fax: +3 (05353) was indicated as the location of the INTERSymposium.
1.7. June 22 – July 1 was indicated as the date of the INTERSymposium.

The INTERSymposium will be opened on June 22, 2010, 11 a.m. in the territory of the Scientific Research Centre of the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne (102 Partyzanska Street). The Jury Day of the INTERSymposium would be held July 1, 2010. 1st INTERSYMPOSIUM OF POTTERY IN OPISHNE «2010: 10x10»

1.8. The works of the INTERSymposium will be published in the illustrated catalogue as well as exhibited in the 2nd National Competitive Exhibition of Art Pottery The CeramPeak in Opishne.

II. THE CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

2.1. The potters and sculptors from Ukraine and foreign countries are invited to take part in the INTERSymposium. The total amount
of the participants is 10 persons, including 5 Ukrainian craftsmen and 5 foreign craftsmen. The craftsmen produce works in following nominations:

THE MAIN ONE: An Alternative to GLOBALIZATION;
THE ADDITIONAL ONE: An Object for MEDITATION.

2.2. The filled request (per added sample: in a paper form or a digital one) should be sent to the Management of the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne (hereinafter the Management). The sending of a request cannot mean the participation of the author in the INTERSymposium, it can only be regarded as the evidence of his intentions.
2.3. The craftsmen will be also asked to give: three colour photos (10 cm õ 15 cm) or digital photos of their works, that represent the peculiarities of their creative activity in full, their own photos as well as materials, characterizing their art achievements (exhibition catalogues, the photos of their works, videofilms, art awards, original or copied published works on the author in books or periodicals etc.). These materials are decisive
in the selections of the pretenders to take part in the INTERSymposium. The information materials will be not given back, they will be accepted in permanent deposit in the National Archives of Ukrainian Pottery. Craftsmen should note what information cannot be divulged and published in press, catalogues and so on.
2.4. The English language is obligatory for all the foreign craftsmen when filling a request. All another materials may be presented in the state languages of the candidates’ home countries.
2.5. The requests for the participation in the INTERSymposium, sent after the dead-line, will be not considered.
2.6. The requests for the participation in the INTERSymposium will be considered by the Expert Council, formed and confirmed by the Management. Its staff is not divulged. The Expert Council determines the personnel of the participants of the INTERSymposium till April 30, 2010.
1st INTERSYMPOSIUM OF POTTERY IN OPISHNE «2010: 10x10»
The meeting of the Expert Council is closed; decisions are reached with open vote. The decision of the Expert Council is final and cannot be a subject of appeal.
2.7. The Management sends personal official invitations out to craftsmen on the basis of the decision of the Expert Council till May 1, 2010
2.8. A craftsman could present during the INTERSymposium his own art project. He should inform the Management about his respective expectancies and necessary help till June 1, 2010.
2.9. After his arrival to Opishne every Participant will be asked to show an original invitation to the Management. Craftsmen cannot participate in the INTERSymposium without an official invitation from
the Management.

III. MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS

3.1. The Management contracts for mutual obligations with every Participant of the INTERSymposium.
3.2. The Conditions of Work.
The Management provides a Participant free gratis for:

• workplaces in temporary creative workshops;
• raw stuff and materials (clay, chamotte mass, chamotte, gypsum, engobes, glazes, metal oxides, cloth, polyethylene film etc.)
• instruments (sticks, brushes, rubber syringes, knifes etc.)
• equipment (pottery wheels, tournettes, compressor etc.)
• kilns and muffle furnaces;
• maintenance staff’s help during firing;
• the services of pottery restorers, technologist, and laboratory assistant.

The Management provides a Participant free gratis for the above-mentioned raw stuff, materials, instruments and equipment in compliance with his request, given beforehand. The requirements of the Participants, not provided in advance requests, would be satisfied if an opportunity offers.
3.3. Board. The Management provides a Participant for free three meals a day.
3.4. Life. The Management provides a Participant for free accommodation in the rooms of a private Nadiya hotel. The Management does not provide the members of the Participants’ families (wife, husband, children etc.), their friends for accommodation. If they need, they could find suitable and comfortable temporary lodgings in the village.
1st INTERSYMPOSIUM OF POTTERY IN OPISHNE «2010: 10õ10»
3.5. Medical Care. The Management provides a Participant for emergency free medical aid in the local hospital. The Participants who has health problems, especially chronic ailments, corporal defects and so on, should be rather worried about their comfortable state of health in good time at their own expense.
All the Participants should show a certificate on their state of health and the absence of infectious diseases, approved in accordance with established procedure and given by a medical institution, to the Medical service of the Management before the INTERSymposium begins. The foreign Participants should have medical insurance without fail.
3.6. Communication Providing. The Management provides the Participants for telephony, facsimile machine, copier, television set with space television, video filming and montage complex, publishing service: The services of international and intercity communication, copying and the Ukrainian Ethnology Publishing House will be given at the expense of the Participants. Interpretation into English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian will be provided free of charge for all foreign Participants.
3.7. Passage. The Management reimburse the Participants of the INTERSymposium for their expenses, connected with returns on the territory of Ukraine in the presence of travel documents.
3.8. Information Providing. The Management provides the Participants free access to the substantial library, material, archival and audiovisual resources of the Museum.
3.9. The Management is also engaged:

• to create a documentary videofilm on the INTERSymposium;
• to compile the catalogue of the INTERSymposium;
• to popularize the creative work of the Participant in press, on radio and television;
• to organize the final exhibition of the Participants’ works;
• to provide the work of the Jury;
• to organize an interesting and recreational activities. 3.10. The Participant of the INTERSymposium is engaged:
• to produce one work in every nomination in size no less than 50 cm x 50 cm;
• to produce a nominal clay panel (50 cm x 50 cm) in the commemoration of his sojourn in Opishne;
• to burn the above-mentioned works; 1st INTERSYMPOSIUM OF POTTERY IN OPISHNE «2010: 10x10»
• to deliver gratis two main works, produced by him, and the panel to the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne for persistent storage;
• to render his produced works for an exhibit in the 2nd National Competitive Exhibition of Art Pottery The CeramPeak in Opishne.

IV. THE DETERMINATION OF WINNERS

4.1. The works will be estimated by the Jury of the INTERSymposium of Pottery in Opishne «2010: 10x10». The leading art potters, ceramologists, art critics from Ukraine and foreign countries are its members. The Jury works on July 1, 2010. The decision of the Jury is final and cannot be a subject of appeal.
4.2. The Jury gives the following awards:

THE GRAND PRIX «2010: 10x10»
The first prize
The second prize
The third prize
The encouragement prizes
of the official sponsors
of the INTERSymposium
For the best nominal panel;
For the originality of the form;
For the daintiness of the work;
For the originality of the technique;
For the singularity of the artistic solution;
For the ornamentality.

4.3. The Grand Prix winner would be entitled to take part in the 2nd INTERSymposium of Pottery in Opishne «2010: 10õ10» hors concours.
4.4. The works of the INTERSymposium which will be exhibited in the 2nd National Competitive Exhibition of Art Pottery The CeramPeak in Opishne, could also be awarded according to the conditions of the Competitive Exhibition. 1st INTERSYMPOSIUM OF POTTERY IN OPISHNE «2010: 10x10»

V. INFORMATION

5.1. Those who wish to attend the INTERSymposium may obtain more specific information in the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne:

• phone: (+3) 05353-42416
• fax: (+3) 05353-42175, 05353-42416
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