Kohila Symposium

February 23 was another special day for Kohila Symposium! We were recognized by Kohila and their Municipality Government (). The event is held every year around the Independence Day of Estonia where Kohila thanks the people who have contributed to Kohila in the past years.

🌟LIFE PROMOTER AWARD to Lumi Kristin Vihterpal () and Jekaterina Kaplan ()

The Life Promoter Award was presented to two talented and outstanding artists – Lumi Kristin Vihterpal and Jekaterina Kaplan. The dedicated work of the women has given Kohila and Estonian art life an international voice and enriched the cultural space of the community in Kohila.

Their work has made Kohila spiritually greater than its geographical borders – a place where different artistic fields, people and ways of thinking meet. Today, a small place in Estonia called Kohila is known in at least 40 countries. It is this vibrant, open and connecting cultural space that is important to Kohila as a community to raise them to a pedestal with gratitude.

🌟 HONORARY CERTIFICATE - FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY to Cristopher Siniväli ()

Curator of the 25th anniversary exhibition of the international Kohila Symposium “AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE”, who brought together the works created at the symposium over the past quarter century and opened up Kohila’s artistic heritage to a wide audience both in Estonia and in an international context.

We want to thank again everyone who has seen us, spread the message of Kohila Symposium, been there with us, worked with us, smiled with us! This journey has been incredible and we are very much excited to see what the years upon us will bring!

See you already this July in Kohila! Much more to come. 😉

We are happy to announce that Kohila Symposium was recognized with one of the annual awards of the Estonian Cultural Endowment () for Fine and Applied Arts 2025 – for maintaining and developing the international Kohila Symposium with a quarter-century tradition in good synergy. The major international wood-fired ceramics event held annually in Kohila has shaped the Estonian ceramic landscape and brought together creative people from all over the world. This year’s anniversary exhibition “AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE” held in the Krulli Quarter to celebrate the 25th event in a row opened up the symposium’s legacy in a new, engaging way. In an intimate twilight, a selection of works from the symposium’s collection exhibited in an enchanting design offered a fresh and effective view of the wealth of possibilities in the profession. The courage and vision to seek a contemporary sound for the ancient medium of ceramics deserve special mention – to create a dialogue between ancient material and modern ideas and to bring ceramics to new fields of meaning.

Award was given to:
⭐️Jekaterina Kaplan () for organizing and developing the symposium for the last five years
⭐️ Lumi Kristin Vihterpal () for organizing and developing the symposium for the last five years
⭐️ Andres Allik for being the very heart of the symposium the last 25 years. From building the kiln to loading the kiln numerous times.
⭐️ Cristopher Siniväli () for curating the 25th anniversary exhibition “AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE”

We would like to thank who has kept one of the most important ceramic event going for all these years!

Thank you all the assistants and people who have helped organized the symposium in the past. This award goes also to you!

Thank you all the artists who have participated!

Thank you all the sponsors and partners for being always there for us!

The upcoming years of Kohila Symposium will be the ones to remember!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Kohila Sümpoosion tänab: VIVACOLOR

Vivacolor andis Kohila Sümpoosioni juubelinäitusele “”JÄRELELU TULE JÄREL”” viimase lihvi oma kvaliteetsete värvide näol. Peale keraamiliste puupõletuse toonide, tõime sisse ka värskendava kollase tooni, mis tõi skulptuurid paremini esile.

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Vivacolor on tuntuim värvibränd Eestis, mille tooteid on lihtne kasutada, need on kasutajasõbralikud ning annavad kauakestva tulemuse. Vivacolori missioon on pakkuda tervise- ja keskkonnasõbralikke kvaliteetseid tooteid.

www.vivacolor.ee

Fotod: Taaniel Malleus

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Kohila Symposium wants to thank: VIVACOLOR

Vivacolor added the finishing touch to the Kohila Symposium anniversary exhibition “”AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE”” with its high-quality paints. In addition to ceramic wood-fired tones, we also introduced a refreshing yellow tone that brought the sculptures out.

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Vivacolor is the best-known paint brand in Estonia, offering products that are easy to use, user-friendly, and provide long-lasting results. Vivacolor’s mission is to offer high-quality products that are healthy and environmentally friendly.

www.vivacolor.ee

Photos: Taaniel Malleus

Kohila Sümpoosion tänab: BOARDIC

Hea koostööpartner Boardic tegi näitusele “JÄRELELU TULE JÄREL” vineerist erikujulised eksponeerimisalused. Sümpoosioni fännid ning külastajad võisid märgata ka aluseid mis olid Kohila Sümpoosioni liivakella logo kujulised.

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Boardic arendab ja toodab innovatiivset ning logistiliselt optimeeritud tööstuslikku pakendit vineerist ja muust puitplaatmaterjalist.

www.boardic.com

Fotod: Taaniel Malleus

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Kohila Symposium wants to thank: BOARDIC

Our good partner Boardic made the exhibiting boards for the exhibition “AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE”. Many of the symposium fans and exhibition visitors might have noticed that many if the boards were also the shape of Kohila Symposiums sand-clock logo.

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Boardic develops and manufactures innovative and logistically optimized industrial packaging made of plywood and other wood-based panel materials.

www.boardic.com

Photos: Taaniel Malleus

Kohila Sümpoosion tänab: ANTALIS OÜ

Teadagi on keraamika väga võimas ent õrn materjal ning kuna käesolev juubelinäitus toimub Kohilast väljaspool, oli vaja need tööd turvaliselt ka näitusepaika Krulli kvartalisse toimetada. Kohila Sümpoosionile tuli appi Antalis OÜ, tänu kellele said kõik näitusel olevad tööd turvaliselt ära pakitud.

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Olenemata sellest, kas juhid trükikoda, disaini- või reklaamiagentuuri, väikest kontorit, ladu või suurtootmist – Antalisel on kindlasti pakkuda tooteid, mis aitavad sinu äril kasvada.

Antalis on turu suurim äriklientidele suunatud tootevalik: kontori- ja trükipaberid, pehmed paberid, pakkematerjalid ja -seadmed ning reklaamitootmismaterjalid.
Sellele lisandub lai teenustevalik ja asjatundlik teenindus.

Tutvu tootevalikuga Antalise e-poes!
www.antalis.ee

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Kohila Symposium wants to thank: ANTALIS OÜ

As we all know, ceramics is a very powerful yet delicate material, and since this anniversary exhibition is taking place outside of Kohila, it was necessary to transport these works safely to the exhibtion space in Krulli Quarter. Antalis OÜ came and helped Kohila Symposium out, thanks to whom all the works in the exhibition were safely packed.

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TÄNA 20:00 saates OP

“JÄRELELU TULE JÄREL” – Kohila Sümpoosioni 25. juubeliaasta näitus avati pidulikult Disainiöö raames 29. septembril. Eelmise nädala jooksul külastas näitust kokku ligi 1100 inimest! Oleme väga tänulikud suurepärase tagasiside eest ning kutsume teid taas tagasi näitust nautima, kuna oleme avatud iga päev kella 19:00ni. Viimane külastus päev on 19. oktoober.

Eraldi tahame tänada , kes avamisel meid jookidega kostitas.

Fotod avamisest tegi Richard Gabriel Moritz



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“AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE” – The exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Kohila Symposium was officially opened on September 29 as part of Tallinn Design Festival. Over the past week, the exhibition has been visited by nearly 1,100 people! We are very grateful for the excellent feedback and invite you to come back and enjoy the exhibition again, as we are open every day until 7 p.m. The last day to visit is October 19.

We would like to give special thanks to Punch! Drinks, who provided us with drinks at the opening.

Photos from the opening by Richard Gabriel Moritz

DEMO: TREIMINE

08.10, algusega 18.00, võib näituseruumis kohata Koidu Kerlit potikedra taga, kes treib seal oma lemmikuid teenõusid, kausse ning silindreid. Koidu ootab külastajaid pealtvaatama ja uurima keraamikast kui tema enda praktikast.

Koidu on hetkel Eesti Kunstiakadeemias õppiv keraamika osakonna tudeng, kes igapäevaselt tegeleb tarbenõude ja pisiplastikaga. Ta kirjeldab oma praktilisi töid kui pehmete ja kohati veidratena, kuid tänu nendele omadustele tunneb Koidu ennast kõige kodusemalt.



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DEMO: WHEEL-THORWING

On October 8, starting at 6 p.m., exhibition visitors can meet Koidu Kerli behind her potter’s wheel, throwing her favorite bowls, cups, and cylinders. Koidu invites visitors to watch and ask about ceramics and about her own practice.

Koidu is currently a student in the ceramics department at the Estonian Academy of Arts, where she works daily with functional ware and small sculptures. She describes her practical work as soft and sometimes strange, but it is thanks to these qualities that Koidu feels most at home.