For us, Petrinja expanded the meaning of the word “friendship” adding to the vision of connecting people. Over a short but intense time, on the top of the beautiful clay Petrinja has been famous for since ancient times, we unearthed inspiration – the generosity, openness and good energy of new friends – that empowers and gives us impetuous to continue our work to connect with people through the art of ceramics, glass and tea.
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Živi Atelje DK (Zagreb) i Udruga GRAK (Petrinja) with the support of other organizers from FLIK – Festival lončarstva i keramike 2022 (Pottery and Ceramics Festival 2022) (www.flikpetrinja.eu), organized an exhibition of handmade ceramics and glass and a workshop / presentation of the gong fu Chinese style tea making.
Our “No Borders: Women to Women, conversation around ceramics, tea and glass” project is made possible through the Clubture network program (CTHR) with donations from the Ministry of Culture, Foundation Kultura Nova, the City of Zagreb, and the National Foundation for Civil Society Development through their project Knowledge Hubs. This year, the traveling exhibition and workshops are taking place in Petrinja, Šibenik and Knin. (https://bit.ly/zivipetrinja)
We especially thank Udruga GRAK for their support and enthusiasm, who are also an important part of the team of organizers of the FLIK – Festival lončarstva i keramike 2022 (Pottery and Ceramics Festival 2022) as is the Tourist Board of the City of Petrinja for the support and cooperation.
A special thanks to all the people we met and hope to continue to meet from the FLIK festival: Palma, Valentino, Manda, Ivana, Lidija, Matej, Andrej, Martina, Kristina and Ivanka from the Tourist Board of the City of Petrinja. Another hug of gratitude to Slaven, Laura, Ankica, Ružica, and Marijan from the “Ekološki centar Vrata Zrinske gore” (hostel where we were so comfortably hosted) in the village of Prnjavor Čuntićki, 12 km from Petrinja. We also are grateful to the other festival guests whose names are too many to write but include Ana1, Ana2, Damir, Goran, Mirjana as well as our Petrinja guide Dijana and her husband, Davor Žilić, who opened the doors of his painting atelier.
Thank you to all the photographers who are giving you a taste of what we experienced: Titi, Tatjana, Saghar, Palma, Madina, Cyrille and a special thanks to Alan (Alan Klimenta) whose pictures you can view here. You can also see a video our hosts made here of our hunting for clay, tasting spring water and delicious honey.
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Petrinja / “Bez Granica: Žene ženama, razgovori uz keramiku, čaj i staklo” / Izložba i radionica
Petrinja je za nas proširila značenje riječi “prijateljstvo” , dodajući novu viziju povezivanja ljudi. U kratkom, ali intenzivnom vremenu osim prekrasne gline po kojoj je Petrinja od davnina poznata, otkrila se predivna inspiracija – velikodušnost, otvorenost i dobru energija novih prijatelja – koja će nas osnažiti da nastavimo svoj rad na povezivanju s ljudima kroz umjetnost keramike, stakla i čaja.
Živi Atelje DK (Zagreb) i Udruga GRAK (Petrinja) organizirali su izložbu ručno rađene keramike i stakla i radionicu / prezentaciju gong fu kineskog stila pripremanja čaja u sklopu FLIK – Festival lončarstva i keramike 2022 (www.flikpetrinja.eu).
Projekt se realizira kroz program mreže Clubture (CTHR) uz donacije Ministarstva kulture, Zaklade Kultura Nova, Grada Zagreba i Nacionalne zaklade za Razvoj civilnog društva kroz Centre znanja. Ove godine putujuća izložba i radionice gostuju u Šibeniku, Petrinji i Kninu. (https://bit.ly/zivipetrinja)
Posebno se zahvaljujemo organizaciji Udruga GRAK (Petrinja) za njihov entuzijazam, koji su ujedno i velikim dijelom organizatori FLIKa – Festivala lončarstva i keramike 2022. Također se zahvaljujemo Turističkoj zajednici Grada Petrinje na suradnji i podršci.
Zahvaljujemo svim ljudima koje smo tamo sreli. Posebno se zahvaljujemo – nadamo se i veselimo novim susretima sa organizatorima i sudionicima FLIK festivala: Palma, Valentino, Manda, Ivana, Lidija, Matej, Andrej, Martina, Kristina i Ivanka iz Turističke zajednice grada Petrinje. Još jedan zagrljaj zahvalnosti Slavenu, Lauri, Ankici, Ružici i Marijanu u Ekološkom centru Vrata Zrinske gore (hostel u kojem smo bili ugodno smješteni) koje se nalazi u selu Prnjavor Čuntićki 12 km udaljenom od Petrinje. Također smo zahvalni na inspiraciji i ostalim gostima festivala koji su prezentirali svoje radove, da spomenemo samo neka imena Ana1, Ana2, Damir, Goran, Mirjana kao i našoj Petrinjskoj vodički Dijani i njezinom suprugu Davoru Žiliću koji su nam otvorili vrata svog slikarskog ateljea.
Hvala svim fotografima koji su vam ovdije dočarali barem dio onoga što smo doživjeli: Titi, Tatjana, Saghar, Palma, Madina, Cyrille i posebno hvala Alanu (Alan Klimenta) čije slike možete vidjeti ovdje.
