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After two years without enjoying the hustle and bustle of the National Pottery and Ceramics Fair of Navarrete N.A.CE., this weekend, 15th, 16th and 17th July, its fourteenth edition will take place. It will do so with a full programme of exhibitions, tributes, conferences, workshops and concerts that will place Navarrete, and the whole Rioja Alta Wine Route, in the spotlight and epicentre of pottery and ceramics.
As the mayoress of this town, María Luisa Corzana, explained during the presentation of the Fair, “Navarrete has a soul of clay, it is its hallmark, and, as the only pottery centre in the north of Spain, we want to continue to be a key focus of knowledge”. On this occasion, moreover, with a focus on women and all those women potters who have played an important role throughout history, but who have not been sufficiently recognised.
For this reason, and to give them the visibility they deserve, N.A.CE. will bring together in the Ceramics Forum women of recognised professional prestige, such as Ilse Schütz (creator of the Agost Museum and founder of the Ceramology Association), Isabel Fernández del Moral (Director of the ceramics area of the Barcelona Design Museum) or Pepa Jordana (Artist and gallery owner), among others.
The fair is aimed at the general public and will feature 33 stands of potters and ceramists from all over Spain, which will be open during the three days of the fair from 11:00 to 14:30 and from 17:00 to 22:00.
This fourteenth edition will open to the public two exhibitions Creators; the role of women in pottery and ceramics, which will bring together in the Román Zaldívar exhibition hall pieces from the main women’s pottery centres such as Moveros and Pereruela and works by the best current potters, including María Boffil, Carmen Ballester, Yukiko Kitahara, Maria Oriza, Madola and Lusesita, among others. The second of the exhibitions is the Pieza Única competition, with 27 pieces related to the role of women in ceramics and pottery, both in the past and in the present. It can be seen at El Calado del Conde.
Throughout the weekend, N.A.CE. will also be offering workshops and conferences, and is inviting children to take part in the pottery wheel workshop given by José María Olarte throughout the weekend.
The experience is rounded off with a couple of concerts (16 July, Soul Mirror; 17 July, La Cosecha Mestizaje Band), a pincho route through the town’s bars and a visit to Bodegas Corral and Bodegas FyA, which open their ceramic exhibitions and wines aged in jars.
If you are going to spend the weekend in Navarrete, you can take a look at the restaurants, wineries and accommodation members of the Rioja Alta Wine Route in this town (click here) that guarantee extra quality in all their wine tourism services. Close to you, always.
See more information about NACE 2022 fair.
