For the eleventh consecutive year the exhibition "Ceramics at the City Hall", a retrospective exhibition of the members of the Ceramics Artists and Pottery Makers Association, is held at the Historical atrium of the City Hall. The exhibition will be on display until 18 September 2014.

Every Wednesday afternoon for the duration of the exhibition there will be free workshops for the visitors.

This year the Association decided on Emona 2000 theme. They organised lectures about Roman pottery, acquired the relevant literature and tested the methods and materials used by the Ancient Romans. Since the Romans were masters who held well-organised workshops throughout the Empire and also had the wisdom to absorb the knowledge of the peoples living in the territories they conquered, the research work conducted by the Association was very interesting. In May 2014, they held a two-day workshop for the members of the Association on Ilova gora, where they produced "Roman pottery". The skilled potters of the Association spun their wheels using museum templates of the Roman dishes which they decorated using different techniques and designs. They enjoyed manufacturing oil lamps and simply enjoyed producing the fragments of the Roman pottery.

The exhibition which is on display between 31 July and 18 September in the Historical atrium of the City Hall features the following three themes:

• a Roman pottery group project,
• original works in style of Roman pottery and
• free themed original works.

61 authors exhibit their original pottery and 29 authors took part in the group project.

Wednesday Workshops for Visitors

For the duration of the exhibition there will be traditional workshops for visitors every Wednesday between 5pm and 7pm.

The workshops are conducted by the members of the Association and are free of charge.

This year the workshops will be Roman themed. Just like every year we expect many children and adults to produce oil lamps, Roman dishes and clay whistles, etc. under the guidance of experienced mentors.

List of Workshops:

Wednesday, 6 August 2014: How to Make a Roman Oil Lamp – conducted by Jasna Kmetec and Sandra Vaupotič.
Wednesday, 13 August 2014: How to Make a Clay Whistle – conducted by Tatjana and Boštjan Dobovšek.
Wednesday, 20 August 2014: How to Make a Roman Oil Lamp – conducted by Simona Breskvar and Marija Kaplan.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014: A Human Figure in Roman Garments – conducted by Dragica Čadež and Jasna Kmetec.
Wednesday, 3 September 2014: Painting the Roman Dishes – conducted by Dani Žbontar and Simona Breskvar.
Wednesday, 10 September 2014: the Emonian, the Relief – conducted by Dragica Čadež and Andreja Tomori.
Wednesday, 17 September 2014: Pinching with Roman Décor – conducted by Marica Švagelj and Miljanka Simšič.

A prior application via e-mail mateja.veble@ljubljana.si is requested.

You are cordially invited to visit the exhibition and workshops.