Five Chawans of mine participate in the 1st Taiwan International Chawan Festival.
This event will be held from November 1 - November 11, 2019 and is held at the ZHU-NAN Snake kiln in Taiwan.
There is a wonderful program will all kinds of events and travel. Unfortunately, I am not going this year. I visited Taiwan and this beautiful snake kiln last year.

2019臺灣國際茶碗節 Taiwan International Chawan Festival - 地點: 苗北藝文中心 (苗栗縣竹南鎮公園路206號) 日期: 2019. 11月1號 - 17號 9:00-17:00 (周一休館) 官方網頁:https://www.chawan.com.tw/ 粉絲專頁:https://www.facebook.com/TaiwanChawanFestival/ - 第一屆「臺灣國際茶碗節」預計將於2019年11月1日至17日展開，並舉辦以「茶碗」為主題的國際性聯展，邀請國內外73位陶藝家，共18個國家共襄盛舉，一覽來自世界各地的茶碗作品。國內外超過300件茶碗作品，還有「台灣茶碗茶席四季風情」動、靜態布置展。同時出版茶碗專書，舉辦大師講座、陶藝示範、茶席展演、手捏茶碗體驗課程，並帶領國外陶藝家至茶園參與製茶工藝、陶藝家工作室參訪，文化體驗活動，藉此推展文化外交。讓國內、外的陶藝家及陶藝愛好者能有更多交流機會，滾動文化經濟，創造新生活美學。 The inaugural Taiwan International Chawan Festival will be held this year from November 1 to 17. The seventeen-day event will be home to an international exhibition showcasing chawans by 73 ceramists from 18 different countries.

I did sell at least 3 of my bowls!!! I am happy!

Today September 30, 2018 is the opening of the 48th International Academy of Ceramics in Taiwan.
I flew there yesterday straight from Amsterdam.

I met already some friends.
The conference was opened by the Mayor of Taipei City.
Then the Director of the National Museum of History Liao, Hsin-tien gave the keynote speech about that art can express better what is difficult to say in words: West wind blowing to the East: The “Re-Orientalization”.

1)Sign of conference.jpg — Conference logo

1)Mayor Taipei City.jpg — Introduction by Mayor of Taipei City

Discussion about the topic of the conference with the president of the IAC Jaques Kaufmann.

In the afternoon we went to the city Yingge where they have the Yingge Ceramics Museum. It showed the wonderful works of the member of the AIC. The museum’s permanent collection showed the history of ceramics in Taiwan. Then we walked through the ceramics park with many ceramic works to the building where they offer the residency program and saw the great studios and spaces where you can do your research work for about 2 months.

Explanation of the Member exhibition of the IAC at the Yingge Ceramics Art Museum and Center.

Opening ceremonie in the evening of the IAC Conference.

In the evening we had a great party and the IAC new member ceremony.

Day 2 started with 2 special lectures.
The 1st one was a discussion with 2 famous artist Yasuo Hayashi and Yang Yuan-tai during which there was a slide show from their works.
The 2nd lecture was by Nara Yoshitomo about his artworks: painting and clay.

Talk with Yasuo Hayashi and Nara Yoshitomo.

The exposition at the National Taiwan University of Arts.

In the afternoon we did go to the National Taiwan University of Arts where they had a created a special exhibition from Taiwanese artist for our conference. It was beautiful.

After that we drove to the Farglory Museum with the Golden Teapot Exhibition. So many teapots: so interesting and beautiful.