The 2nd China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium Call for Ceramics Proposals

Distinguished Ceramists,

Sincere greetings from Changchun, the sculpture capital of China﹗

In order to vigorously flourish the world ceramics art and promote the development of urban ceramics construction, Changchun Municipal People’s Government has successfully held the 1st Changchun International Ceramics symposium in 2011, and 12 noted ceramists from 10 countries were accepted and invited to participate in it and created excellent ceramic works for the city Changchun, a well-known cultural city in northeast China.

From next late July to mid-August, 2012, Changchun Municipal People’s Government will hold the 2nd China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium, with the theme of “Eternal and classic—traveling across history and future”, for further promoting international cultural exchanges, improving the cultural taste of the city as well as increasing the city’s international influence and popularity. About 20 ceramists will be accepted to participate in this event.

We sincerely invite you to submit proposals to the 2nd China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium. We’d like you to:

1. Deliver at least 3 or more ceramic proposals based on the Symposium’s theme, which are requested to reflect the theme and the distinctive ethical and regional characteristics of your country or region. Two of the ceramic proposals should be no less than 80cm (in length) ×80cm(in width) ×80cm (in height)  in order to achieve the exhibition effect of the ceramics symposium.

2. Specify the materials’ dimensions and colors of the proposed works. Please deliver A4 size colored design drafts or photographs of maquettes of your proposals and their digital files in JPEG, BMP or TIF format. The digital photo should be no less than 1 megabytes.

3. Fill in the attached registration form and enclose your passport photo, your recent daily photo and your resume. The digital photo is no less than 1 megabytes. Your ceramics portfolio is also appreciated.

4. Send proposals by express mail or e-mail before May 30th, 2012 to:

The Culture Section

Changchun Municipal Foreign Affairs Office

No. 2626 Renmin Street, Jilin Province, P. R. China

Postcode: 130041

E-mail: cctaoyi@sina.com

All the proposals will be carefully reviewed by the Organizing Committee, extensively evaluated by the public and finally appraised by celebrated masters.

If any of your proposals gets approved by the Organizing Committee, you will receive an official invitation to Changchun for creating it on site from late July to the mid-August, 2012. We will provide you with round-trip economic flight tickets (only from your residential city to Changchun), an allowance of 8000 yuan (RMB), free accommodation in Changchun, common processing tools, assistants and interpreters, as well as honor diplomas. Besides, some seminars on ceramists’ creation concept and some tours around the city will be arranged. All the completed ceramics works will be permanently owned and collected by the institution of Changchun Municipal People’s Government.

The organizing committee will provide ceramists with worksite and following equipments and materials:

A. Three gas shuttle kilns (1m³/ 0.5m³/ 0.15m³), two electrical kilns (0.35m³/ 0.1m³), and one wood-burning kiln.

B. Potter’s wheels, slab roller, stoving chest, pugmill.

C. Jilin crock clay, Zibo earthware clay, Zibo porcelain clay.

D. More than thirty types of slips, twenty types of glaze and ten types of chemical reagent.

The Organizing Committee is responsible for interpretation of the content above.

We highly appreciate your submitting ceramics proposals.

Contact us:

Miss Liu Shuang, Liaison of the 2^nd Ceramics Symposium

Changchun Municipal Foreign Affairs Office

Tel: +86-431-88776734   15948333800

E-mail: cctaoyi@sina.com   shuang962464@sina.com

The 2nd China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium

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