„ The HUMAn "

VISUAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM - CUCUTENI, ROMANIA,
10-24 of August, 2008

Topic: RAINBOW
Essays to associate every color of the solar spectrum to natural elements, moods, feelings, emotions using various materials, tools and the human body;

Location: Romania, county of Iaşi, Cucuteni

Purpose: To work with the object, space and the human body in a creation workshop which includes various areas of art.

Objectives:
* to carry out artistic creations by various means, with the intention to associate colours to natural elements, tastes, smells, sounds, movements, moods, feelings, emotions;
* to create small coloured pottery items by using glazes;
* to reassess simple daily gestures through applications of the theme;
* to help the participants (including the local children) relate and interact through group work on the them
Any technique from whatever area of art is accepted.
Participation in the symposium includes working with local children for a number of hours to be agreed upon from the beginning. Therefore, besides the personal project, every participant must organize a project involving children (the possibility of a personal project involving children in the first palce is not excluded provided it matches the criteria).
Any participant will carry out a personal project, another with children and piece of work for the sponsors. These will remain in custody of ARS CONTINUA.
Schedule:
August 10th, 5.00 p.m. – opening of the symposium and personal exhibition of one of the participants at the Cucuteni Art Gallery;
August 11th – 16th - work in the workshop, contests and interactive games with the children, movies nights, perception exercises, everyting related to the theme;
August 17th – trip (itinerary will be agreed upon);
August 18th – 23rd - work in the workshop (burning of pottery, organizing the final events)
August 24th, 5.00 p.m. – exhibitions, theme related events, bonfire.
Initial regulation:
Artists who wish to participate must send to the address of the Association ARS CONTINUA (post or e-mail) a project including three ideas of work on only one color, their own choice out of the seven, in accordance to the objectives and schedule listed above, expressed through sketches or photos, text;
Please consider involving children (between six and 18 years old) from Cucuteni in the workshops, that is, suggest an activity that can be carried out with their help (part of your project, the entire project or something besides the project).
Any technique, any art field is accepted.
During the two weeks, we would like to have all the participants manufacture small pottery items, even if they are not potters, on their own or together with a group of children (we will all have the assistance of participant potters ).
The theme is a selection criteria, but once the work group is complete, we will communicate via internet in order to decide upon the schedule, work manner and other details.
During the two weeks of work at Cucuteni, we intend to accomplish together a “round” event out of this edition of the Symposium, the seventh in the series organized since 2002.
If necessary, we will agree upon changes in the projects, because we would like to have each artist assume one color and multiple directions and techniques for a complexity of expression possibilities.
Group work and interactivity will be of foremost importance.

Materials existing in the area:
* clay for molding / ovens for pottery burning (wooden and electric);
* oak – 3m long, one piece: 50-80cm thick, three pieces: 25-30cm thick
* limestone of small size
*others, according to the project proposed.

Facilities:
Accommodation, meals (rustic setting), deduction of transportation costs on the territory of Romania.
Deadline for the subscription form and required documentation (sent to the address of the ARS CONTINUA Association):
April 25, 2008, postal office date.
Results of selection will be posted on the website on April 30, 2008.(on this website)
Number of participants to be selected: 7

A catalogue and other symposium-related items will make the object of a presentation in Iaşi at the end of November 2008, in a location that we will confirm in the following months

Informations: tel: 0232 415593 / 0746 066109 (Ionela Mihuleac)
e-mail: arscontinua @yahoo.com