Boleslawiec Ceramics Festival
The biggest pottery event in the world!
every year in august
19-23.08.2020
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SIDE EVENTS
Ceramic Parade:
is a colorful, almost carnival procession that officially opens the Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival. Participating in it include city authorities, representatives of local ceramic factories, municipal companies and production plants, kindergartens and schools, non-governmental organizations, local formations and artistic groups. Participants share not only love for ceramics, but also characteristic stamps decorating the skin or cobalt elements of the outfit. Every year the most dressed participant and the best dressed group are selected.
The Ceramic Animation Town:
is a clay paradise for children and adults. The remarkable attractions definitely include: painting biscuits, molding clay sculptures or turning on a potter’s wheel. The town is located on the square at BOK – MCC.
The Clay Show:
is a treat for people who want to play the role of clay characters who will proudly march in a clay procession. Something for people who are not afraid to get dirty and most importantly, have a vivid imagination to create an original disguise. For the brave – a competition for the best disguise, as well as an opportunity for photographers – a competition for the best photo. An additional attraction is the final combination of a clay parade with the Holi Color Festival!
The Festival of Colors:
is an opportunity to travel through time, because anyone can become a child. The biodegradable Holi Colors swirling in the air will give the gray reality new colors. The laughter of the participants along with the surrounding music will create an atmosphere that cannot be forgotten. All you need is a bit of desire and you can enter the colorful crowd.
Festival Schedule
Second day - 15/08/19 thurs.
Market Square
10.00 – 22.00 Ceramic spree – Largest Ceramics Fair in Poland
Bankowa (“Clay bridges – Polish-German meetings around clay”)
16.00 – 20.00 “CLAY” – thematic workshops (ceramic-sculptural workshops: throwing on a pottery wheel, playing with clay for children, creating “clay” costumes – workshops with a stylist)
20.00 – 22.00 “FIRE” – thematic workshops – walking on fire
Piłsudskiego 1c
18.00 “New design in Bolesławiec ceramics”- exhibition vernissage/ “Mała Biała” Gallery
Third day - 16/08/19 fri.
Friday, 16 August
Prusa
8.00 – 17.00 Antiques Market
Market Square
10.00 – 22.00 Ceramic spree – Largest Ceramics Fair in Poland
15.00 – 19.00 Exhibition of historical pottery.
Bankowa (“Clay bridges – Polish-German meetings around clay”)
14.00 – 17.00 “CLAY” – thematic workshops (ceramic-sculptural workshops: throwing on a pottery wheel, playing with clay for children, creating “clay” costumes – workshops with a stylist)
20.00 – 22.00 “FIRE” – thematic workshops – walking on fire
Square behind BOK -MCC
15.00 – 19.00 Town of Ceramic Animation
Ceramic workshops: “Stempelek” workshops for the youngest, “Bisquit pottery spree”, historical pottery demonstrations, a show of throwing on pottery wheels “Arkuszyńscy garnki toczą” (“Arkuszyńscy are throwing an the wheel”), impressing of medieval tiles Pracownia Loricamos, Konopczyńscy family pottery workshop
Town Hall
16.00 “Before and after ” – opening of the open-air exhibition of 54th International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air in Bolesławiec and presentation of the works of artists invited to participate in the
55th International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air Museum in Bolesławiec.
Artists of 54th Plain-Air: Roberta-Lady I-Taly Barlati / Italy, Ruty Benjamini / Israel – Great Britain, Aneta Brudkowska / Poland, Great Britain, Stanisław Brach / Poland, Razalina Busel / Belarus, Sarban Chowdhury / India, Katarzyna Anna Chrzanowska / Poland – Norway, Michał Gdak / Poland, Mateusz Grobelny / Commissioner of the Open Air, Poland, Dorota Grześkiewicz / Poland, Kazimierz Kalkowski / Poland, Barbara Licha / Poland – Australia
Artists of the 55th Plain-Air: Jakub Biewald / Poland, Zinaida Blyzniuk / Ukraine, Wictoria Borowiec / Poland, Mateusz Grobelny / Plein-Air Commissioner, Poland, Kazimierz Kalkowski / Poland, Lidia Kostanek / Poland, Tetiana Pavlyshyn / Ukraine, Dominik Pinczak / Poland, Katarzyna Plucińska / Poland, Dean Smith / Australia, Adam Sobota / Poland, Kazimierz Świerczewski / Poland
Market square / green square
10.00 – 22.00 “Don’t play a fool” – commencement of construction of the furnace. Authors: Kacper Kuźnicki and Mirosław Kulla
Kościelna
18.00 “Ceramic Carnival” – parade opening the 25th Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival
Big Stage, ul. Asnyka
18.00 – 19.30 Ceremonial opening of the 25th Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival
The “Ceramic Carnival” parade finale
Handing over the keys to the gates of the City of Bolesławiec to the Ceramic Brotherhood
20.30 URSZULA – singer
22.00 Midge Ure “The Voice Of Ultravox”
FOURTH day - 17/08/19 sat.
Prusa street
8.00 – 18.00 Antiques Market
Market Square
10.00 – 22.00 Ceramic spree – Largest Ceramics Fair in Poland
12.00 – 19.00 Exhibition of historical pottery
Town Hall
9.00 – 20.00 “Before and after” – opening of the open-air exhibition of 54th International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air in Bolesławiec and presentation of the works of artists invited to participate in the 55th International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air Museum in Bolesławiec
square behind BOK -MCC
12.00 – 19.00 Town of Ceramic Animation
Ceramic workshops: “Stempelek” workshops for the youngest, “Bisquit pottery spree”, historical pottery demonstrations, a show of throwing on pottery wheels “Arkuszyńscy garnki toczą” (“Arkuszyńscy are throwing an the wheel”), impressing of medieval tiles Pracownia Loricamos, Konopczyńscy family pottery workshop
Bankowa street (“Clay bridges – Polish-German meetings around clay”)
12.00 – 15.00 “CLAY” – thematic workshops (ceramic-sculptural workshops: throwing on a pottery wheel, playing with clay for children, creating “clay” costumes – workshops with a stylist)
12.00 – 15.00 “COLOR” – thematic workshops (bodypainting with Artistic Ceramics: show of painting ceramic ornaments on models, preparations for the parade)
Piłsudskiego street
12.00 – V.O.S.A. street theatre from Prague with “Fish” performance
Market Square
“Don’t play a fool” – firing in a ceramic oven. Authors: Kacper Kuźnicki and Mirosław Kulla
14.00 – V.O.S.A. street theatre from Prague with “Fish” performance
Bankowa street
15.00 – THE CLAY SHOW – parade of clay figures (beginning at ul. Bankowa / Market Square / Sierpnia ’80 / Asnyka / end – main stage ul. Asnyka)
The finale combined with the Festival of Colors
Big Stage, Asnyka street
15.00 – 19.00 Ceramics Splash Of Colors 2019 / Festival of Colors /
Piłsudskiego street
18.00 – V.O.S.A. street theatre from Prague with “Fish” performance
Piłsudskiego street
21.00 – 01.00 UV Silent Party – ultraviolet disco on wireless headphones with three genres of music
Big Stage, Asnyka street
22.00 OCELOT Theater – “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
FIFTH day - 18/08/19 sun.
Market Square
10.00 – 20.00 Ceramic spree – Largest Ceramics Fair in Poland
“Don’t play a fool” – firing in a ceramic oven. Authors: Kacper Kuźnicki and Mirosław Kulla
12.00 – 19.00 Exhibition of historical pottery
Prusa street
8.00 – 17.00 Antiques Market
Town Hall
9.00 – 20.00 “Before and after” – opening of the open-air exhibition of 54th International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air in Bolesławiec and presentation of the works of artists invited to participate in the 55th International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air Museum in Bolesławiec
square behind BOK – MCC
12.00 – 19.00 City of Ceramic Animation
Ceramic workshops: “Stempelek” workshops for the youngest, “Bisquit pottery spree”, historical pottery demonstrations, a show of throwing on pottery wheels “Arkuszyńscy garnki toczą” (“Arkuszyńscy are throwing an the wheel”), impressing of medieval tiles Pracownia Loricamos, Konopczyńscy family pottery workshop
small scene, Piłsudskiego square
14.30 – 17.00 Artistic block of the BOK – MCC studio: dance studios, Municipal Brass Orchestra “Bolesławiec”, music studios (very small time period for the studio)
17.00 Song and Dance Ensemble Mały Bolesławiec
17.30 Zumba
18.00 concert by Shandy & Eva (Ewa Żmijewska)
Piłsudski, “W sam raz” Gallery
15.00 “Bolesławiec ceramics in patchwork” – opening of the exhibition (final of the national competition)
Big Stage, Asnyka street
20.00 VAVAMUFFIN – reggae
21.30 – Sylwia Grzeszczak
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Final of the 25th Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival
Fireworks show
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