Activities
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the Clay FestivalThe Clay Festival is an event in which students sell their own ceramic crafts during the festival period. Students independently complete the various processes of planning, production, publicity and sales, and experience the sense of distribution and marketing though consumers. In addition to the curriculum, this Festival provides an opportunity to plan a student’s own work and learn how to establish individual designs.
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Raku FiringCeramic crafting is a very unique field in design and arts that complete works by chemically changing the materials through the firing process. Raku Firing is a firing method that identifies the result quickly and undergoes various colorization. Through the courses of studying ceramic materials every year, students hold the opportunity to experience the firing process directly and can develop various techniques.
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the Ceramic ShowThe ceramics show, which was first held during the design exhibition in 2010, is a ceramics stage that simultaneously exhibits the experimentality and applicability that are held in connection with the undergraduate exhibition. Students design their own stage and plan the sound and scenario for the show. Through this opportunity, students experience the extensibility of their ceramic design and enhance the integrated crafts and design experience through field collaboration.
International Exchange
For diversified expressions and in-depth comparison of works, the Department of Ceramics has been continuously engaged in international exchanges. The way of exchanges is focused on international exchange exhibitions, guest lectures, and students and faculty exchanges with overseas universities. Currently, the Department has close academic relationship with Kansas State University in the USA, Saga University in Japan, and Cardiff University in the UK. The typical examples for such exchanges include an exhibition ‘La Primavera Di Faenza’ in Loggetta del Trentanove, Italy in 2002. In addition, the Department hosted an international joint workshop, The Japanese and Korean Cultural Lifestyles in Ceramics at Saga University, Japan in 2001. The exchange program since the 2000s between Saga University students and Kookmin University students has been enhancing their understanding of cultures by visiting each other and spending time together. The invitations of various overseas scholars and practitioners have been providing opportunities for students to acquire various knowledge. Major lectures and critiques include: Yorigami Munemi (Japanese environmental potter) in 2004, Julian Stair (English potter), and Zen Parry (potter and educator) in 2005, Piet Stockmans (Belgian potter) in 2006, Marshall Maude (Professor of Ceramics at University of Kansas, USA) in 2011, Ikutaro Ito (Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan) in 2013, Jacques Kaufma (President at IAC) in 2015, Yuhki Tanaka (Professor of Ceramics at Saga University) in 2016, and Neil Brown Sword (winner of the Grand Prize at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2015 International Competition) in 2017. The continuous exchanges between students as well as exchange student program thus far have provided learning opportunities for many students: Kris (Kansas State University, USA), Kim (Limerick School or Art and Design, Ireland) and Mountain Karen (Kansas State University, USA) visited Kookmin University in 2015. Ji-Yoo Ahn, JI-Yoon Choi, Sang-Duk Yoo, Seok-Bin Kim, and Seung- Gi Min visited as exchange students Saga University, Kansas State University and Cardiff University. Furthermore, more students have visited since 2013 Saga University and Arita region (Japan) for information and cultural exchanges in every vacation period.
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