Widespread celebration of Italian artistic ceramics returns live

Buongiorno Ceramica!, the widespread celebration of Italian ceramics organized nationwide by theItalian Association of Ceramic Cities (AiCC), is coming back live. After the long period of restrictions due to the pandemic, theeighth edition will take place throughout Italy on May 21 and 22, 2022.

It is an open-door festival concentrated in two days that will involve streets, squares, schools, parks and museums, and during which it will be possible to visit the workshops and workshops of master potters, as well as exhibitions and museums, participate in workshops and meet the artists. Performances, laboratories, concerts, exhibitions, installations, guided tours, workshops: initiatives that will involve 45 Cities of Ceramics, recognized by Mise, scattered throughout the peninsula, and that will give the public an opportunity to learn about and appreciate ceramic art, its ancient tradition, and its potential as a production sector capable of combining tradition and innovation. On the third weekend in May, people will have the opportunity to discover workshops, laboratories, and ateliers where ceramics are thought of and made on a daily basis, and to meet the protagonists, artisans, young artists and designers. A way to learn about centuries-old traditions and discover the most innovative creativity. It will be possible to participate in collective workshops or do small individual work sessions, as well as purchase unique pieces.

"With Buongiorno Ceramica! we want to promote artistic and artisanal ceramics, to bring it back to the center of Italian sensibility and customs," said AiCC President Massimo Isola. "The growing success of Buongiorno Ceramica! confirms that we have intercepted a passion and perhaps even an inclination of Italians. That is why with AiCC, Italian Association of Ceramic Cities, promoter of the event, we always keep alive the attention and passion on this art that represents the cultural identity for so many Italian territories."

The initiatives

Among the initiatives, which can be viewed at www.buongiornoceramica.it, Liguria is participating with a project involving the four cities of the “Bay of Ceramics”: Albisola Superiore, Albissola Marina, Celle Ligure and Savona. Specifically, Fish Art 2022 at the village of Pozzo Garitta, in Albissola Marina, on May 22 will include the creation of fifty trays and fifty hot air balloons that will be offered for sale at the Circolo degli Artisti for humanitarian purposes. Two exhibitions will also be held: the traveling exhibition of the works of ceramic artists for the creation of a “temple of contemporary art” at the Bludiprussia Gallery and the 13th Biennial of Ceramic Art that aims to promote young artists and artisans. Albisola Superiore is participating with a project designed and implemented by ceramists and artists from the Municipal School of Ceramics with the collaboration of the Department of Culture. The work, which began last year, consists of 150 tiles depicting the various styles of Albisola’s ceramic tradition and can be seen on the Eugenio Montale Promenade. On Saturday, May 21, there will also be an event I calanchi e il Museo Carlo Zauli at the Civico Museo della Ceramica “Manlio Trucco” with a historical, literary and artistic introduction by Professor Ferdinando Molteni, the projection of images and films and a concert. Celle Ligure, on the other hand, is participating with a tribute to Lucia Gutierrez, an adopted Albisolese ceramist who recently passed away. Her works, characterized by the coexistence of Italian and South American styles, will be on display in the Pietro Costa Municipal Library and on the Carlo Russo Promenade. And again, on the afternoon of Saturday, May 21, outdoor workshop for children, while from 9 p.m. on the waterfront is the performance The Rebirth of an Ancient Forgotten Tradition, a projection of images and films, with background music.

In Piedmont, the Municipality of Castellamonte joins with an exhibition at workshops and laboratories of works that tell the story of local artists and with the project Ceramics Emotions, an exhibition dedicated to the theme of peace. Then at the Cantiere delle Arti Castellamonte, in the historic center, there will be an exhibition by artists Sandra Baruzzi and Guglielmo Marthyn.

In Lombardy, in Laveno Mombello, the Museo Internazionale del Design Ceramico revolutionizes the way of enhancing the ceramic tradition, linking it to the most innovative forms of contemporary digital arts: it will be possible to download from the museum’s website an interactive virtual experience on the Laveno ceramic industry.

In Veneto, in Nove, the Museo Civico della Ceramica, the De Fabris High School Museum and the Associazione Nove Terra di Ceramica will offer events and guided openings by groups of students. Museum rooms will be set up with works by 20th-century masters, and nine of the best ceramic artists will take turns on stage to create, for charity, 99 bowls, in a space where the general public can discover the secrets of ceramic art and participate in workshops and lectures.

In Emilia-Romagna, Faenza opens workshops and ateliers to the public, with events, exhibitions, and workshops for all organized by local potters. In addition to the traditional Aperitivo del Ceramista (Ceramist’s Aperitif) in Piazza Nenni, this year the Ceramist’s Breakfast, scheduled for Sunday, May 22, is proposed for the first time. In addition, it will be possible to visit an exhibition dedicated to Faenza ceramists on the upper floor of Spazio Ceramica Faenza, the Shop of Faenza Ceramics. The ceramics museums (Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Museo Carlo Zauli, Museo Tramonti, Museo Lega), ISIA-Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche and the IFTS-Corso IFTS Tecnico del prodotto ceramico in Faenza will also participate, with special openings, events and exhibitions.

In Tuscany, Borgo San Lorenzo will celebrate the fifth Fabrica32 Festival from May 20-22, with its ceramics on display in a new location, namely the Monastery of Santa Caterina, which will host guided tours, lectures and workshops, as well as ceramic workshop activities for adults and children. The Chini Museum will also open its doors to visitors who can admire an artistic ceramic production and access free guided tours. Impruneta returns to celebrate its terracotta by opening its CAT (Artistic and Traditional Ceramics) Brand Furnaces to visitors with exhibitions, educational workshops, artistic performances and guided tours through emotional paths. The program in Montelupo Fiorentino is very rich, inaugurating on May 20 Marco Bagnoli’s work for the Museum of Ceramics, a work consisting of 72 blue, green and copper third-firing and red glazed ceramic vases. The project, created by the Montelupo Museum Foundation with support from the Italian Council, features the sound accompaniment of a poem by the Persian mystic Rumi and concludes with a sunset aperitif. This is followed on May 21 by a market exhibition of local ceramics at the historic center, guided tours of the Bitossi Archive Museum and the Ceramic Experience for adults and children. On Sunday, May 22, urban trekking to admire Materia Prima and contemporary art works in the park of the Villa Medicea. A collective toast at the Museum’s Furnace will close the event. Sesto Fiorentino, on the other hand, concentrates its initiatives in the Museo Ginori, which will reopen its park returning to the city a green space that has been closed for years and will host demonstrations and performances of ceramic art for the occasion. Finally, in Asciano, a municipality close to becoming a “City of Ceramics,” Saturday, May 21, will be a day dedicated to the Filigelli family, well-known potters from Asciano (active in the 16th-17th centuries) with guided tours, workshops for adults and children, and comparative experiences.

In the Marche region, some of Appignano’s ceramic realities will host visitors inside their ateliers to allow them to see how Leguminaria tableware is created, touch the evolution of clay and the manufacturing process that characterizes this creative art thanks to live demonstrations by the Marche’s most experienced potters. Pesaro offers a series of initiatives for young and old: the opening of workshops, themed guided tours and workshops with ceramic demonstrations at the Civic Museums by the Pesaro Friends of Ceramics Association. The CAME school museum at the Liceo Artistico Mengaroni high school will also be opened during the event to discover the permanent collection belonging to the 1950s. On Saturday, May 21, the Municipality of Urbania, with the Association of Friends of Ceramics, will organize a day dedicated to ceramics and artistic craftsmanship involving the city’s historic center: in the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace and in the Market Square, local masters will set up their studios and work with different techniques on ceramics in front of the public who will be able to admire their artistic work. The event will include interactive activities and the opening of the Ceramiche d’Arte exhibition.

In Umbria, Deruta will activate the Magic of an Art program. Gualdo Tadino joins and creates two exhibitions in collaboration with the City’s Museum Pole, the Rubboli Cultural Association and the Protadino Association: one at the Rocca Flea Civic Museum where the works of artist Nazzareno Guglielmi will be installed, while the retrospective exhibition of the 39th International Competition of Art Ceramics will be inaugurated in the Church of San Francesco. Space for guided tours on Saturday, May 21, at the Museo Opificio Rubboli, while the Museum of Ceramics will host a presentation of new ceramic acquisitions and works from the 1930s. In Umbertide, another municipality close to becoming the City of Ceramics, on the afternoon of Saturday, May 21, visitors will be welcomed to the showroom by Massimo Monini, owner of the factory, with a guided tour that will illustrate the production cycle and the various techniques used to make the pieces on display. On Sunday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., tours will be led by David Menghini, head of the museum space dedicated to Ceramiche Rometti at the Fabbrica Moderna (FA.MO.).

Lazio joins Buongiorno Ceramica! at the Museo della Ceramica Casimiro Marcantoni in Civita Castellana, which from May 21 to 29 will open its doors to Tracciami, Jessica Pintaldi’s contemporary art exhibition: the initiative includes the presentation by various artists of a series of clay works inspired by the connection between man and nature through trace and imprint.

In Campania, in Ariano Irpino, an exhibition dedicated to the Italy-China project On the path of ceramics from AiCC to Fuping, a collective of the two groups of ceramists from all over Italy (fourteen artists) participating in the 2019 Fuping experience, an AiCC project that developed a cultural and professional exchange with China.

Calvello, in Basilicata, also poised to become a “City of Ceramics,” is organizing a weekend to discover Calvello’s tradition of pottery making through workshops open to visitors and demonstration routes by local artisans.

In Apulia, Grottaglie will see the opening of the workshops of the Ceramics Quarter, and on the occasion of the Night of the Ceramics Museums, Saturday 21, the Museum in the Episcopio Castle will offer a thematic guided tour until nighttime. For young enthusiasts, Giocaceramica, a playful educational initiative designed to engage children through creative modeling with clay, will be held. In Rutigliano, which will become the “City of Ceramics,” the days of Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 will be entirely dedicated to the promotion of local ceramics, known for the production of terracotta whistles, through thematic workshops, the staging of an exhibition related to figuli and guided tours of the Terracotta Whistle Museum, the Civic Archaeological Museum and the historic center. There will be a double event in Cutrofiano, where on Saturday, May 21, it will be possible to access the workshops and the Fame Concreta project, the union of food and wine with ceramics and the creation of a collective work by the ceramists, and on Sunday, May 22, the opening of the companies and guided tours at the Museum, kilns and workshops, the historical sites of ceramics.

In Sicily, Sciacca will be enveloped in the atmosphere of carnival, a typical local event for which artisans have always decorated ceramic floats. In fact, workshops and workshops will be open where panels and very large masks can be admired, then installed in the grounds of the carnival museum, which already boasts the presence of more than two hundred miniature ceramic works. In Caltagirone large exhibition of the historic Mirulla Prime Collection of cover ceramic works at the Historic City Museum.

TheItalian Ceramic Cities Association was founded in 1999 with the aim of protecting and enhancing Italian artistic and artisanal ceramics.

At this link is the complete list of the 45 Ceramic Cities https://www.buongiornoceramica.it/home/ceramica-italiana/citta/

Widespread celebration of Italian artistic ceramics returns live

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