Festival "Leave a Trail" August 8-12!

On August 8, in the very heart of St. Petersburg, the international ceramic festival “Leave a Trail” will begin, where everyone can put 10 tons of clay with their feet, take part in free creative workshops and work on creating a large-scale art object that will later become part of the city space. Participation in all festival events is free.

The festival will be held from August 8 to 12 on the square near the Keramarch Museum in the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Dozens of Russian and foreign ceramic artists together with the guests will create a ceramic symbol of peace and friendship - the globe.

30 years ago a similar festival was held in Leningrad. Then, right on the banks of the Neva, several thousand people “trampled” about 6 tons of clay and made a monumental ceramic panel out of it. It was a “creative answer” for the inhabitants of Milwaukee, where the first action of the Soviet-American project “Clay that Strengthens Friendship” took place.

“In 1989, it was amazing. Imagine an artist comes with an unusual project and “infects” people with his “crazy” idea. At that time, it seemed unrealistic to carry out such a project without the help of the government, by ordinary people. But it all worked out. Joel Pfeiffer brought a living breath of freedom. And the action itself, as I felt, was imbued with the spirit of change, ”recalls the artist Grigory Molchanov, a participant in the Clay Strengthening Friendship action. “Perhaps a return to those ideas in the framework of this year’s festival will help to better understand what is happening in our life today.”

Now the festival “Leave a Trail” expands the boundaries of co-creation and invites everyone from all over the world to participate. “The idea of uniting people through art today is even more relevant than 30 years ago, when such an event was held for the first time. We must not forget about the commonality of our culture and cultural heritage, and we must not stop creating! Therein

number and like that - jointly, by the whole world, contrary to. Creativity and art should be above political borders and should unite people, ”said Konstantin Likholat, director of the Keramarch Museum and initiator of the Leave a Trail festival.

We mix clay, clay mixes us! See you at the festival!