E-Lite ACADEMY

I. Common Regulations

1.1. International E-Lite POTTERY ACADEMY for charismatic, romantic, eccentric personalities and cultural figures (hereinafter referred to as Academy) is a summer school which is designed to give its participants the basics of clay work and the insight into the traditions of the Ukrainian pottery.

1.2. The Co-Organizers of the ACADEMY are the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne, the Vasyl Krychevsky State Specialized Art Boarding School The College of the Arts in Opishne, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ceramology Institute – the branch of the Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Poltava Yuri Kondratiuk National Technical University, the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, the Ukrainian fund of culture, the Leonid Kuchma Presidential fund Ukraine, public association The Congress of Ukrainian Ceramologists.

1.3. The purpose of the ACADEMY is providing practical assistance to those willing to master the basics of pottery.

1.4. The main tasks of the ACADEMY are:

• to learn the basics of pottery;
• to get the skills of practical work with clay;
• to get theoretical knowledge of history and artistic ceramics;
• to creatively communicate with the leading art ceramists and folk master potters of Ukraine;
• to get acquainted with the collections of the National Museum of Pottery in Opishne.

1.5. The aim and main tasks of the ACADEMY are realised through practical and theoretical lessons.

1.6. The National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne was indicated as the location of the ACADEMY. [102 Partyzanska Street, Opishne, Poltava Region, 38164, Ukraine; phone: +38 (05353) 42415, 42416, 42417; fax: +38 (05353) 42416, 42175, e-mail: opishne-museum@ukr.net].

1.7. June 6 – 26, 2022 was indicated as the date of the INTERSymposium

1.8. The ACADEMY curators: a researcher of the scientific and exploring department of the ceramological sources of the National Museum of the Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne Oksana Yatsenko; an art ceramists, a junior researcher of scientific and exploring department of the ceramological sources of the National Museum of the Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne Zinaiida Blyzniuk; an art ceramist, a pottery teacher at an American secondary school Nataliia Kormeliuk.

II. Terms of participation

2.1. The studies at the ACADEMY are open to everybody aged 18 or more, regardless of age, gender, nationality, professional education, who are interested in the mystery of ancient pottery and cannot communicate with potters on the daily basis at their places of living. The total number of participants is no more than 10 persons.

2.2. The tuition cost at the ACADEMY is 6000 UAH.

2.3. To study at the ACADEMY one needs to submit the filled application form (according to the attached sample, in paper or digital form) to the management of the National Museum of the Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne (hereinafter referred to as the Management) till May 2, 2022. The submission of the application form does not already mean that its applicant is enrolled at the ACADEMY, but only testifies their intentions.

2.4. The participants also need to submit their own photo and materials characterizing their personality. The information materials are not given back, they are transferred to the National archive of the Ukrainian pottery for permanent storage.

2.5. The participants from foreign countries need to know Ukrainian or Russian as a requirement for participation.

2.6. The application forms for studying at the ACADEMY submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

2.7. The submitted applications are reviewed by the Expert Board formed and approved by the Management. Its staff is not disclosed. The Board meeting is closed; the decision is made by open vote. The decision of the Expert Board is final and is not subject of review. The Expert Board determines the participants of the ACADEMY till May 9, 2022, and the Management approves it.

2.8. On the basis of the decision of the Expert Board the Management sends personal official invitations to the studies at the ACADEMY to the participants till May 16, 2022.

2.9. Till May 21, 2022 the participant should confirm their participation at the ACADEMY. Without getting the confirmation, the Management deletes the potential participant from the participant list and invites another person having the 11th and further places in the participant rating.

2.10. Till June 6, 2022 the participant should pay the tuition cost at the Academy.

2.11. After their arrival to Opishne, the participant should show their original invitation and the payment check to the Management. The participants are not admitted to the ACADEMY without the official invitation and the payment check.

2.12. All the participants before the beginning of studies at the Academy should produce the accordingly attested medical certificate about the health condition and absence of infectious diseases to the Management.

2.13. Together with their application form, the participant of the ACADEMY should send their written agreement for processing their personal data, including the photos showing the results of their activities during the stay at the Academy and produced works, their usage in printed and electronic media, on web-sites and in videos of the National Museum of the Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne and the Ceramology Institute – a branch of the Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The management guarantees the protection of the submitted data from its transfer to third bodies, excluding cases of its public availability through printed and electronic media, web-sites, videos, etc.

ІІІ. MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS

3.1. The Management makes an agreement (a contract) with every Academy participant. The contract lays down the mutual obligations for the period of 6 June – 26, 2022.

3.2. The Management provides the participants with:

• work places at temporary art workshops;
• raw materials (clay, chamotte mass, chamotte, engobes, fabric, polyethylene film, etc.);
• instruments (ébauchoirs, brushes, spray bulbs, knifes, etc.);
• equipment (potter wheels, tournettes, etc.);
• kilns and muffle furnaces;
• practical and theoretical lessons under the supervision of leading Ukrainian potters and art ceramists, art critics, ceramologists;
• access to powerful library, archive, material, and audiovisual resources of the Museum, including the acquaintance with expositions of the National Museum of the Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne, the Memorial Museum of Oleksandra Seliuchenko, a Potteress, the Memorial Museum of the Pottery Family of the Poshyvailos, the Memorial Museum of Leonid Smorzh, a Philosopher and an Opishne Ceramics Collector, the Museum of the Artistic Family of the Krychevskys;
• master classes of leading Ukrainian and foreign ceramic artists;
• interesting and rich pastime.

3.3. Board.

The participants can eat at their own expense at the following catering services of Opishne:

• «MuseCAFEHORNiatko» [Vasyl Krychevsky St., 102; phone +38 (095) 3858055]
• Café «999» [Panas Myrny St., 47; phone. +38 (066) 6575145]
• Café «Chumatsky Shliakh» [Panas Myrny St., 80а; phone +38 (05353) 42036]
• Café «Kumanets» [Soborna St., 5а; phone +38 (05353) 42790]
• Café «Venera» [Independence St., 4; phone +38 (05353) 42462]

3.4. Accommodation.

The Management does not provide accommodation for the participants. They can find high quality, comfortable temporary accommodation in the private sector of Opishne. The Management can provide assistance, if such need arises.

3.5. Medical service.

Hospital [Nova St., 54; phone. +38 (05353) 42303, +38 (05353) 103 – ambulance (twenty-four hours a day)]

3.6. Transportation.

Transportation to Opishne and back is covered by the ACADEMY participants on their own account.

3.7. After completing the Academy, the participants receive study certificates. Hereinafter, if such need arises, the Management provides needed consultation in organizing their own production of ceramics for the graduates and involves them in the next pottery events in Opishne, including art exhibitions.

3.8. The participants of the Academy take the responsibility:

• to obey moral rules and rules of civilized conduct determined by the Management at the territory of the Museum;
• to respect the museum exhibits and equipment, instruments, materials temporarily issued for academic and practical work.

Apart from the inhabitants of Opishne and neighbouring villages who have possibilities to learn pottery thoughout the year, including the Vasyl Krychevsky State Specialized Art Boarding School The College of the Arts in Opishne, and to take part in International youth pottery festivals taking place yearly in the College of Arts in Opishne.