The competition is open to ceramic artists, graduates or students of higher art education institutions, and people with experience in pottery wheel throwing. The 2nd Championships in Electric Pottery Wheel Throwing will be held during the 20th Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival, on August 23, 2014, in Bolesławiec Market Square. The competition aims to promote the craftsmanship of pottery to a wider audience.
Prizes: 1st place – PLN 500 and an invitation to the World Pottery Wheel Throwing Championships in Faenza, Italy, in September 2014; 2nd place – PLN 300 and a material prize; 3rd place – PLN 200 and a material prize.
The championships are coordinated by ceramic artist Edyta Orlińska, e-mail: edorlinska@o2.pl. Application forms and the rules can be downloaded from bok.boleslawiec.pl and swietoceramiki.pl.
The application deadline is August 2, 2014. Applications may be sent by post to: Bolesławiecki Ośrodek Kultury-Międzynarodowe Centrum Ceramiki w Bolesławcu, pl. Piłsudskiego 1c, 59-700 Bolesławiec, marked “Championships,” or by e-mail to edolinska@o2.pl.
(information: BOK-MCC/ii)