Located in a city with centuries of ceramic tradition, the Talavera School of Art, with he support of the Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Castilla la Mancha, has provided intermediate and advanced studies in artistic ceramics for more than thirty years. More recently, studies in photography, graphic disign and bachillerato have been incorporated.
For years the school has drawn professionals from countries that have a ceramic tradition such as England, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Artists have had an opportunity to develop their work as well as share their experience and knowledge with students, faculty and the entire community in Talavera de la Reina.
With the collaboration of the Ayuntamiento (city government) of Talavera de la Reina, the Talavera School of Art has instituted this program directed at professionals and non-Spanish artists. Three international residency awards, two in the field of ceramics and one in photography, will be awarded for the academic year 2017 -2018. Please refer to the announcement of residency awards to learn more about the economic support behind these grants.
The school believes in the importance of promoting artistic exchange through all available avenues. Exchange of artistic ideas empowers the diffusion of art and culture and enriches our artistic, cultural and ethnographic heritage.
Residents will discover the possibilities that the Talavera School of Art offers to develop their personal work in contact with teachers of the school, know the ceramic workshops a long the city and our natural surrounding, to incorporate it into their own work.
One of the objectives of this project is for residents to push the technical limits of the material, either in ceramics or photography, and consider both functional and artistic concerns. Some of the pieces produced will be incorporated into the Ayuntamiento’s Artistic Collection.
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