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Macsabal Symposiums The “art for peace” theme which was used for the first time in
2015 in the symposium in Turkey was determined as the theme
After first Macsabal Symposium in Ankara, we are glad as a of the 2017 symposiums. In 2019, macsabal kilns fired with this
department to ensure the sustainability of the symposium of theme in August, Korea in September, China and in October,
which we will organize the ninth. We asked the invited artists Turkey.
who has participated in the symposium since 2014 to make The symposiums are held for many years with the support of
large sized sculptures to be placed in the Hacettepe Univer- The Forest 6- Nowan Culture Foundation in Korea; the owner
sity campuses and now we have sculptures one more precious of Taishan Bonechina factory Mr. Lu and his family and Hacet-
than the other fired in Kim Yong Moon’s kiln and waiting to be tepe University in Ankara and devoted efforts are made for its
placed in the public areas within the campus. To improve the continuation.
perceptibility of ceramic art in a social environment by sha- Hundreds of artists have participated, worked together, held
ring them with the students, academics and staff is one of our joint exhibitions and made presentations in the symposiums
biggest aims. held in three countries. Bringing the Korean artists with Tur-
The Macsabal Symposium that started in Kim Yong Moon’s kish artists and artist around the world and enabling them to
studio twenty years ago and continued for many years in this cooperate, this
city was moved to Wanju in the year 2013 upon Kim Yong symposium constituted a model with its quality and led similar
Moon’s decisions. By transformation of the old train station symposiums to proliferate in the world.
into International Macsabal Museum and international artist I would like to thanks to all of our guests who participated in
studio with the support of local municipality, the International the symposium as an invited artists between the held on Octo-
Macsabal Wood Firing Symposium started to be held here. Af- ber 6 to 20th, and research assistants, our valuable lecturers of
ter the infrastructure was completed for this first symposium our department Prof. Dr. Candan Dizdar Terviel, Prof. Emre Fey-
in Wanju, under the leadership of Kim Yong Moon and coordi- zoğlu Assoc. Prof. Deniz Onur Erman and Research Assistant Işıl
nation of Mutlu Başkaya, a faculty member of Hacettepe Uni- Tüfekçi who always support this symposium.
versity, Faculty of Fine Arts, Ceramics Department Assoc. Prof. In addition I would like to offering my special thanks to all for-
Hüseyin Özçelik and nine students went to Wanju for building mer presidents and our current president of university Prof. Dr.
a macsabal kiln in the garden of the studio. Moreover, these Haluk Özen who supported this event almost traditional and
nine students who came from Hacettepe helped Assoc. Prof. the director of Korean Cultural Center Mr. DongWoo CHO who
Hüseyin Özçelik in the application and mounting of the cera- always support us.
mic panel that he had designed. For about a month, together
with this group, municipality workers, Korean coordinators Assoc. Prof. Mutlu BAŞKAYA
and ceramist friends of Kim Yong Moon completed the pre-
parations of the first symposium in Wanju. And by this means
International Macsabal Ceramics Museum and artist studio
could be founded.

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