INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC LINEN CLOTH BIENNIAL
9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016
Activities connected with the 9th “Z krosna do Krosna” International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016 organised by the Museum of Crafts in Krosno had already begun. Since January 2016 the main competition application form for artists and the DEBUTIES competition application form for academies of Fine Arts students and graduates has been available. Why is International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial so special and why you should take part in it?
It is hard to distinguish an event focused mainly on linen cloth from among European contests connected with the artistic textiles. This theory was produced by the unquestioned authorities of the Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial – the late lamented prof. Ewa Huml who was artistic patron of the Biennial until 2015 and prof. Ewa Maria Poradowska-Werszler, who is the artistic supervisor of the event.
The main principle of Rules of this competition is that the artworks must be created minimum in 75% from linen cloth (in any form – it can be fibre, yarn or textile). Another rule is that the artworks’ size must be between 25 and 60 cm. An essential feature of the Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial artworks is that they can be all described as “chamber textile”, because they are able to adjust to the spaces most natural for the human, and, being eligible by linen’s characteristic nature and its unquestioned beauty, they do this naturally.
An important advantage of the Biennial is ability for young artists to make their debut. The aim of the DEBUTIES competition, which has been organised for a few last editions of the Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial, is to organise the individual exhibition of the winner’s artworks, presenting all the techniques he/she uses in his/her oeuvre, as well as promotion of his artworks.
The International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial became very popular and it was highly commended not only by artists, but also by art critics. It was noticed by artistic communities working with cloth, but most important was the fact that it became high-ranking competition. The best proof is representatives of many countries taking part in the Biennial such as: Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Island, Japan, Canada, Latvia, Germany, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, the USA, Hungary and Italy. We would like to emphasize that International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial is the only event of this kind in the whole Subcarpathian region. Thanks to its status and long-standing popularity it is lastingly incorporated into the list of European events connected with artistic weaving. The exhibition premiere of the 9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial has been incorporated in the series of events connected with 15th International Textile Triennial 2016 in Łódź, Poland.
Schedule of the 9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016
10th June 2016
17th June 2016
deadline for informing participants about the results of preliminary registration to the competition
deadline for informing participants about the results of preliminary registration to the competition
15th July 2016
deadline for collecting the artworks by organizer
17th August 2016
Jury’s meeting and deliberations
19th August 2016
opening exhibition of the 9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016 in the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions Gallery in Krosno
From 2017 to 2018
organising travelling exhibition of the 9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016
opening exhibition of the 9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016 in the Bureau for Artistic Exhibitions Gallery in Krosno
From 2017 to 2018
organising travelling exhibition of the 9th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial 2016
Beginning of 2018
sending back all the artworks to their owners and including the artworks donated by artists to the museum’s Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial exhibitions
Iwona Jurczyk
The Museum of Crafts in Krosno
The Museum of Crafts in Krosno
