Manises in 2022 will be more ceramic than ever. And it is that the Valencian town premieres its recent seal of ' Creative City of Ceramics ’ of UNESCO with a summer calendar full of suggestive plans and initiatives to celebrate it.
Peanuts , about 10 kilometers from Valencia, can boast of being one of the 49 cities declared creative cities of Unesco last 2021. But, in addition, it is The only one in the territory that does so within the scope of Crafts and Popular Arts.
It was last November when Manises became part of the Creative Cities Network, created by UNESCO in 2004 to promote cooperation towards and between cities that identify creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.
Ceramics by Arturo Mora.
There are 246 cities in the world that currently make up the Network, distributed in categories such as cinema , the music , the gastronomy or the design. Spain has 10 mentions, Seville being the first to enter the Network (last 2006 as music city ) and Manises the last to do so.
Joining Bilbao, Granada, Burgos, Dénia, Barcelona, Terrassa, Llíria and Valladolid; Menises can boast of being the only representative in the country of the category of Crafts and Popular Arts.
Manises.
SEVEN CENTURIES OF CERAMICS
Ceramics are part of the DNA of Manises for more than seven centuries. What's more, your Gothic-Mudejar pottery with blue polychrome still flourishes in its streets, inhabitants and workshops.
Because the presence of ceramic art in Manises has not diminished. In fact, it is one of the points geographical more active of the ceramic panorama of the moment.
The city has been bragging about this daily work and lifestyle intact over time generation after generation, organizing numerous activities and initiatives -both locally, nationally and internationally. But this 2022 is special.
Manises pottery.
Veteran in the art of clay, but nobel in the label of 'Creative City of Ceramics', the municipality has prepared a very special calendar that will, more than ever, value Manises as a strategic point for ceramics.
WHAT NOT TO MISS IN THIS 2022
Wanting to take pottery at its best , the appointment of Unesco coincides with the celebration of its already traditional International Biennial of Ceramics of Manises.
Held every two years, one of the most important contemporary ceramics competitions in Europe turns half a century this 2022 with its XV edition. It will be from June 10 to September 10 and soon we will know about your specific programming.
In parallel, the AeCC (Spanish Association of Ceramic Cities) will launch the Project Hello Ceramic , an initiative that will take place on May 20 and will be an open day at the ceramic school , as well as the possibility of learning the technique raku pottery from the hand of a master craftsman.
La Cerámica Valenciana factory in Manises.
In addition, the public will be able to feel the ceramics on their skin on the days July 16 and 17 . The Ceramic Festival and his Ride - which has been held for more than a century - allows artisan and artist minds to turn the city into a outdoor ceramic stage in which disciplines such as gastronomy and music are mixed.
And much more to come. Additional exhibitions, activities and events will be arriving over the next few months to celebrate a year in which the Valencian city looks to the earth more than ever.
Of course, always open await your pottery museum and monuments such as the Train Station or the Old Francisco Valldecabres Factory. Also workshops like by Arturo Mora , specialized in metallic reflection, or the conceptual craftsmanship from Drac Ceramic Manises.
Tiles in Manises church.