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Ceramic Laboratory 2025 13th International Ceramic Art Symposium 28 April - 18 May, 2025, Daugavpils Established over a decade ago, CERAMIC LABORATORY has redefined the traditional ceramics symposium format. From its very first edition, which transformed Daugavpils Fortress into a vibrant experimental space, the symposium has defied convention, blending historic architecture and local material traditions to spark bold new approaches. For international artists, it has become a

12th International Ceramic Art Symposium From 1 to 18 May, 2024 Daugavpils hosted the 12th Ceramic Laboratory – an international symposium that brought together ceramic artists from Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey, Cyprus, Czechia, Georgia, Poland and India. Nowadays, ceramics has become a broad umbrella concept, although, in instrumental terms, it is still primarily associated with clay. In different languages and traditions, ‘clay’ is a catch-all for every ceramic material, from

11th International Ceramic Art Symposium 5 June - 21 June, 2023 Exhibition in Rothko Museum, Latvia, 21 June – 17 September 2023 This year, the symposium (and its inaugural exhibition) has brought together Shamai Sam Gibsh (Israel) , Karin Putsch-Grassi (Italy) , Ken Yutdanai Sripaiboon (Thailand) , Ann Nurga (Estonia) , Junghoon Yoon (South Korea) , Adil Writer (India) , Una Gura (Latvia) , Lilija Zeiļa (Latvia) , Ilona Abdulajeva (Latvia) , Kristīne Nicmane (Latvia) and Ne

10th International Ceramic Art Symposium and Festival Ten years ago, an ambitious idea envisioned an international ceramic art symposium, which might someday become one of the most visible ceramic events in the global art space. Ten years on, it won’t be an overstatement to say that the bold idea has materialised, having made Daugavpils into a real ceramic metropolis, known near and far for its Ceramic Laboratory Symposium, the Latvia Ceramics Biennale and high-quality exhibi