Pottery and ceramics, the stars at ARDIS
After the Crafts and Design Week, an event organized for five years by the Inter-American Center for Popular Crafts and Arts (CIDAP), dealt with the branches of jewelry and textile design in its different editions, this year will be the turn of pottery and ceramics.
To do this, CIDAP will once again work together with the University of Azuay, and both institutions will be joined by the House of Culture Núcleo del Azuay and the National Association of Ceramicists of Ecuador.
According to Gabriela Vázquez, director of CIDAP, this new edition of ARDIS will go through the study of ceramics and its involvement with people, both in its object and spiritual dimensions, through the participation of connoisseurs from Ecuador and abroad.
To share the knowledge focused on pottery and ceramics, once again the proposal will be the realization of conversations, "masterclass" and specialized workshops in which the artisans will have an approach with the guests of the event that will take place next April.
Genoveva Malo, academic vice-rector of the University of Azuay, explained that the spaces of the educational institution, as well as the participation of the students, will be ready for the academic axis that ARDIS has.
In addition to being an event for learning and sharing knowledge, the Week of Crafts and Design has also been a space for the commercialization of objects created by the country's artisans.
And, in this 2022 there will be no exceptions, since a sales space was planned in which artisans, designers, artists, architects, illustrators, groups, associations, or any person or organization whose production shows the fusion between crafts and design can participate. .
“This is a great opportunity for all pottery artisans, ceramic masters, designers, who are linked to the branch. This is a window to the world”, she said about ARDIS Cristina Urgilés, master ceramicist, who won the CIDAP Medal for Design and Innovation in 2016.
After the Crafts and Design Week, an event organized for five years by the Inter-American Center for Popular Crafts and Arts (CIDAP), dealt with the branches of jewelry and textile design in its different editions, this year will be the turn of pottery and ceramics.
To do this, CIDAP will once again work together with the University of Azuay, and both institutions will be joined by the House of Culture Núcleo del Azuay and the National Association of Ceramicists of Ecuador.
According to Gabriela Vázquez, director of CIDAP, this new edition of ARDIS will go through the study of ceramics and its involvement with people, both in its object and spiritual dimensions, through the participation of connoisseurs from Ecuador and abroad.
To share the knowledge focused on pottery and ceramics, once again the proposal will be the realization of conversations, "masterclass" and specialized workshops in which the artisans will have an approach with the guests of the event that will take place next April.
Genoveva Malo, academic vice-rector of the University of Azuay, explained that the spaces of the educational institution, as well as the participation of the students, will be ready for the academic axis that ARDIS has.
In addition to being an event for learning and sharing knowledge, the Week of Crafts and Design has also been a space for the commercialization of objects created by the country's artisans.
And, in this 2022 there will be no exceptions, since a sales space was planned in which artisans, designers, artists, architects, illustrators, groups, associations, or any person or organization whose production shows the fusion between crafts and design can participate. .
“This is a great opportunity for all pottery artisans, ceramic masters, designers, who are linked to the branch. This is a window to the world”, she said about ARDIS Cristina Urgilés, master ceramicist, who won the CIDAP Medal for Design and Innovation in 2016.
Medal
And, while the Craft and Design Week is being prepared, parallel to the event, CIDAP has already opened the call to receive applications for the ARDIS 2022 Craft Design and Innovation Medal.
For this, those interested in participating must present pieces, in whose elaboration the techniques and materials related to pottery and ceramics prevail, until next March 18.
The works to be presented, whether it is a craft piece or a line of products, must be unpublished and must have a name. CIDAP explained that the pieces with the highest scores will be part of the museum exhibition.
To participate, artisans must fill out a form found at: https://forms.gle/xiVVVoNEceeQP1447. While the application bases are on the CIDAP website: https://n9.cl/xr0xy.
The winner, who will be announced on April 8, in addition to receiving a silver medal made by artisans from Ecuador, will receive 1.000 dollars and a direct invitation to be part of the XX American Crafts Festival, which will take place in out in November of this year.