Participating Organizations International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvale Talsi Regional Museum Sabile Cultural Center Useful Links Talsi Region Latvia Latvian…
Directors Ojārs Feldbergs Director, Open-Air Museum at Pedvale, LV pedvale(at)pedvale(dot)lv Tamsie Ringler Associate Professor of Sculpture, St. Catherine University, MN, US ringler(at)tamsie(dot)com Kārlis Alainis Teacher of Sculpture, Latvian…
The Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvale was opened by sculptor Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs in 1991 and is now a State Historical Monument. Its 100 hectares are covered…
International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Iron casting made its debut in the academic environment in the early 1960s, inaugurated by Julius Schmidt who was…
Jāņi Performances Latvia is a country with strong traditions and a rich heritage around the festival of the Summer Solstice. Performance events will be scheduled…
Academic and Cultural Events Presentations The ICCCIA emphasizes education and critical discourse through panel presentations and discussions and a keynote speech given by a recognized figure…
Sessions Conference sessions will focus on the unique characteristics of this conference, the location, emphasis and participants as well as general characteristics intrinsic to the…
Cultural Events and Tours Storytelling Riga Architectural Tour Deborah LaGrasse – Cultural Events Instructor, School of Architecture, Florida A & M – dlagrasse/at/yahoo/dot/com
Digital Practices The integration of digital practices into a foundry art practice is paramount. Digital Practices will focus on the vast ways in which new…
Demonstrations will be based on the topic of the conference as well as areas of interest as expressed by the sculptural iron community. These will…
Iron Forming Ritual: Performance The Midsummer celebration is on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Held annually on…
OPEN CALL FOR SESSIONS 7th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia, June 19 – 23, 2014 Coal.Essence: Iron Forming…