Our partners:
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design /Oranim Academic College / Tel-Hai Academic College / Givat Haviva Art Center / Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery / Shenkar College of Engineering and Design / HIT – Holon Institute of Technology / Hacubia – A place for art
For more info please visit our events page
Sat, 5/11, 11:00 – 13:30
Morning of Lectures
Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center
Free entrance
Eva Avidar
Eva Avidar is an award winning artist and sculptor, graduate of the Royal College of Art in London. Lecturer in academic institutions throughout the country; She taught in the past at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design as well as lectured and headed the arts and ceramics departments at Shenkar and Beit Berl Colleges.
Johnathan Hopp
Johnathan Hopp is a prolific creator, an artist, designer and lecturer. Graduate with Honors -Industrial Design – Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Currently runs his own design studio called “Typical Local” designing and producing assorted ceramic objects. Teaches design at the Shenkar College, at the graduate program in industrial design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and at HIT Holon Institute of Technology
Magdalena Hefetz
Ceramic artist, graduated from the Art Academy in Berlin and the Bezalel Academy of art and design. She exhibited several solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Israel and abroad for many years. As the Head of the Ceramics Artists Association of Israel, Magdalena curated many exhibitions and participated in several international symposia and conferences in an attempt to advance the status of ceramic art in the local and international art scene.
Ronit Zor
Ronit, a ceramic artist, painter, sculptor and independent curator, is a graduate of the department of mathematics and art history, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Participated in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. The unglazed surfaces of her work reference to her sense of place, the nature, color and culture of the region.
Talia Tokatly
Award-winning artist, Talia is a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and senior lecturer in the Ceramic and Glass Design Department of the Academy. For the past several years she has been the editor for the magazine 1280 published by the Ceramic Artists Association of Israel.
Katya Izabel Filmus
Katya is a glass artist originally from Israel who is currently living, working and producing in England. Her formal art education involved full time studies as a sculptor, mould maker and ceramicist. She is a graduate of the department of ceramics and glass at the Academy of Art and Design, Bezalel, the University of Sunderland with distinction and professional residencies in Scotland and the USA. Her commissioned work is found in various public spaces; hospitals, airports, etc. Exhibits around the world.
Pablo Ponce
Pablo Ponce was born in Argentina where he obtained a degree in scenography. Currently he lives and works in Amsterdam after graduating from the department of ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. He has extensive experience as a scenographer as well as an independent visual artist. He exhibited his work in several solo and group exhibitions in galleries, art platforms and museums.
Danijela Pivašević Tenner
Danijela was born in Serbia. She currently lives and works in Germany. After graduating from the Art Academy in Berlin she received a study scholarship in the city pottery in Neumunster. With time and experience she established an international residency program at the center which she coordinates and runs. She exhibits and participates in residency programs worldwide.
Mon, 7/11, 10:00 – 16:00
Sun, 27/11, 10:00 – 16:00
Glass Masterclass
Givat Haviva Art Center – workshop:
Payment, details and registration – 04-6309262 – Email
Katya Izabel Filmus
Katya is a glass artist originally from Israel who is currently living, working and producing in England. Her formal art education involved full time studies as a sculptor, mould maker and ceramicist. She is a graduate of the department of ceramics and glass at the Academy of Art and Design, Bezalel, the University of Sunderland with distinction and professional residencies in Scotland and the USA. Her commissioned work is found in various public spaces; hospitals, airports, etc. Exhibits around the world
Tues, 8/11, 17:00
Lecture
Science Auditorium, West Campus, Tel Hai College
Free entrance
Pablo Ponce
Pablo Ponce was born in Argentina where he obtained a degree in scenography. Currently he lives and works in Amsterdam after graduating from the department of ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. He has extensive experience as a scenographer as well as an independent visual artist. He exhibited his work in several solo and group exhibitions in galleries, art platforms and museums
Mon, 14/11, 13:00 – 14:00
Lecture: Anthony Stellaccio and Neha Kudchadkar
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Free entrance
Anthony Stellaccio
Anthony is a very active and prolific American artist. He is a freelance scholar and artist trained in both fine art and folklore. A recipient of a working scholarship at the Smithsonian Institute and residencies in Latvia, Denmark, Hungary and Japan; He is actively involved in the creation of art, writing, museum work, curation, jurying and interdisciplinary culture projects. He participated in solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions in the U.S and around the world.
Neha Kudchadkar
Neha Kudchadkar is a visual and performing artist currently living in Mumbai , a co-founder and director of beej, a performing arts collective in Mumbai. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, and the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U., Baroda. She has chosen to negotiate various roles – dancer, ceramicist, researcher, teacher, photographer, curator, sculptor, choreographer, actor, administrator, collaborator, activist – all of the above inform one another and broaden her approach as an artist and maker.
Tues, 157/11, 16:00
Lecture: Rock Wang
HIT Holon Institute of Technology
Free entrance
Rock Wang
Graduated from Shih Chien University and then completed the IM Master Program of the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Wang worked with Philips and Droog design, and back in Taiwan as the director with DELL Design Center, Zoe designand many others. In 2010 Rock Wang cofounded Qiao Design Studio with Chung-tong Ho. Wang’s design raises question and debates on the ordinary, and finds new meanings for them. The Brick Plan series created for the Triennale in Milan transforms the crude materials of brick and cement into refined, elegant vases.
Thurs, 17/11, 19:00
Masterclass with Neha Kudchadkar, advance registration, 02-5456222
Hacubia, 13 Yehoshua Yavin St., Jerusalem
Neha Kudchadkar
Neha Kudchadkar is a visual and performing artist currently living in Mumbai , a co-founder and director of beej, a performing arts collective in Mumbai. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, and the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U., Baroda. She has chosen to negotiate various roles – dancer, ceramicist, researcher, teacher, photographer, curator, sculptor, choreographer, actor, administrator, collaborator, activist – all of the above inform one another and broaden her approach as an artist and maker.
Thurs, 17/11, 12:30
Lecture: Corwyn Lund
Shenkar, Elite building
Free entrance
Corwyn Lund
Cory is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist. Currently based in Toronto, he has moved skillfully between public art projects and gallery-based exhibitions over the past 10 years. Complementing his interdisciplinary education in art, design, and architecture, he has participated in artist residencies in Banff, China and the Netherlands. His work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally and is included in several private, public, and corporate collections.
Thurs, 17/11, 12:00
Lecture: Modisa Motsomi
Oranim College, International School
Free entrance
Modisa Motsomi
Modisa Tim Motsomi is a KwaZulu-Natal based fine artist who relocated to South Africa from his homeland of Botswana. “ I like to think of myself as a bit of a jack of all trades…or at least 5 trades…because my work oscillates between, makings prints, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, and performances (live and video)” . He has featured in numerous exhibitions in South Africa and has already had his work exhibited in Kenya, China and The United Kingdom.
Our Supporters:
- Mifal Hapais
- Tel Aviv municipality plastic art department
- AIDA – Association of Israel’s Decorative Arts
- Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Tel Aviv
- Israeli Culture and Sport office
- Liaep – Lighton International Artists Exchange Program
- Yehoshua Rabinovitch Foundation
- CAAI
- Artport
