POTTERY TRAINING
Campus Bratin Dol is a unique institution and the only one of its kind in the world. It provides its participants with training in the field of pottery, includes accomodation and organizes entertainment and tourist tours .
Because our students are very young people, we try to teach them about consuming and producing healthy food, loving nature, caring for the environment and creating real friendships through socialising and mutual work.
Our goal is to provide beginner and advanced training for young students, aged 9-13, however this is not restricted to younger or older children.
(The images below are pottery objects, found in the Bay of Bones- an archeological site inside Ohrid Lake, more than 3,500 years old. Part of our training is making replicas of these objects.)
The students have to be accompanied by an adult, one that will care for them at all times, except during the practical training.
Training is done by experts in pottery. All teachers are experienced artists, educated in arts and specialised in pottery making. Some are professors in the National Academy of Arts, and some are teachers of art in high school.
On-site training is done at the facilities of Bratin Dol Campus near Bratin Dol village. The number of students is usually between 15 and 20.
The workshop is equipped with high quality equipment as:
Slab rollers,
Extruders,
Pug mills,
Pottery wheels,
and Furnaces (kilns).
All types of tools are supplied, such as: banding wheels, bats, brushes, calipers, cleanup tools, clay cutters, loop tools, modeling tools, scales, etc.
The clay that we use is of premium quality from the Vraneshtica region, the highest quality light gray and beige clay in the Republic of Macedonia.
Painting and glazing is done with the best quality materials as well.
During the course, there are meetings organized with local art associations
(International festivals and competitions for young children artists from Europe, Asia and America); visits to pottery manufacturing in the village of Vraneshtica, near Kichevo town; meetings and introductions with local artists in their studios; visits to local art galleries and the National Museum
Date
of commencement of the course
(check in from 6am)
Date
of completion of the course
(check out before 8pm)
Total days program
Total nights accommodation
1 Jun 2020
14 Jun 2020
14
13
15 Jun 2020
29 Jun 2020
14
13
1 Jul 2020
14 Jul 2020
14
13
15 Jul 2020
29 Jul 2020
14
13
1 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020
14
13
15 Aug 2020
29 Aug 2020
14
13
Breakfast is served between 7 and 9am, lunch is served between 12 and 1 pm, dinner is served between 8 and 9 pm. Transport between Hotel Ambasador Bitola and Campus Bratin Dol will be handed in written form to the participants 24 hours in advance, and transport is organized by the Campus.
DAY
Bitola town
10am-12pm
Campus Bratin Dol
2pm-6pm
Vila Ambasador Bratin Dol
6pm-8pm
1
Check in
between 6am and 9 am
Walk through town centre with local tourist guide
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol + refreshments and snacks
Free / Or enjoy Vila Ambasador’s swimming pool , BBQ, walk through forest and river sides
2
Meeting with members of art associations
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Walk through the forest or enjoy at Vila Ambasador
3
Visit National Museum
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Camp Fire, BBQ, Music, Local folklore ensemble dances and songs
4
Visit Heraclea Lyncestis antique town
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Horse riding, bike riding
5
Visit National art galleries
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Camp Fire, BBQ
6
Free
Free
Enjoy Vila Ambasador’s swimming pool , BBQ, walk through forest and river sides
7
Tour
Organized tour( Prespa lake and Kurbinovo Church)
Tour
8
Meeting with the local press and tv
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Love mother nature (short seminar) +
Enjoy Vila Ambasador
9
Meeting with local young artists
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Meeting with local young students
10
Walk through old Bitola Bazaar
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Meet famous artists from Macedonia + BBQ
11
Visit small art galleries
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Poetry or Monodrama by famous artist
12
Public EXPO of the produced potteries by current students in the National Gallery
Course classes Campus Bratin Dol+ refreshments and snacks
Party with friends at Hotel Ambasador
13
Tour
Organized tour (Galicica National Park, St Naum Monastery on Ohrid Lake, Bay of Bones, Ohrid Town)
Tour
14 Check out before 8pm
Free
Free
Free