South Korea with first stop Seoul, then Icheon and finally Jeju Island are waiting for us. It will be a great opportunity to meet and learn more about the activities of fellow Korean and international ceramicists. In Jeju, a group exhibition of broad cultural and artistic scope will be inaugurated with the works of our large group of women artists, featured at the JEJU CRAFT MUSEUM, 제주공예박물관 Jeju Craft Museum. The exhibition will be held in Jeju-the Island of Women-with 158 people including Korean artists from Jeju and artists from other countries: Italy, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Taiwan, Japan, India. In addition to the exhibition an extensive and interesting program of tours, workshops and firings will accompany the women artists during their stay.

Organized by the KWCA - Korea Women Ceramist Association - with Gunsum Kim advisory member and foreign liaison of the KWCA, in collaboration with the Pandora Association of Women Ceramists and its president Annarita Fasano. Love and passion for ceramic art are the common path of Women Artists who still believe in the value of human coexistence and its ability to create beauty.

Here is the update by pictures of the 'TRAVEL EXPERIENCE AND ITS ROUTES.

- FROM SEOUL TO JEJU ISLAND - SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL

Seoul - the city and its contrasts between tradition and the future

The Embassy of Italy in Korea / 주한이탈리아 대사관 / Embassy of Italy in Korea in Seoul. 

Ambassador Emilia Gatto's warm welcome with appointment at the embassy and Italian residence.

ICHEON

Icheon Ceramic Village - its beautiful craft workshops and the Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art

JEJU ISLAND

The JEJU CRAFT MUSEUM, 제주공예박물관 and the opening of the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN CERAMIST JEJU 2025. 

The reception and its rituals, the exchange of cups: Tea and Coffee

The Exhibition

The island its suggestions of color, the meeting of shapes and flavors, and the Haenyen, abalone fishing women of Jeju Island

The intensive days of Onggi technique symposiums and workshops at Gueok-ri Onggi Training Center

The photo exhibition of works selected for the International Exchange Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition by the Korean Society of Ceramic Arts in Jeju Papasite Gallery  

PHOTO GALLERY

Warm thanks to the female artists, escorts and companions present at the Festival for their meaningful photo reports.