10 February 2023, 6 pm GMT, online

Join this free webinar in Zoom and meet ceramic artists from Ukraine and the USA whose creative ways have been influenced by their experience of military conflicts. Follow their stories and learn how ceramics can be used to transform grief, reduce suffering, and build peace. Link to registration in the first comment. 

This event will feature: 

• Ivan Hryhorchuk, Ukraine. Self-taught ceramic artist, founder of Viter Ceramics teaware studio and a father of two. 'Living in Bucha suburbs, we as a family faced war in its full, gruesome swing from the very first days of the invasion. After our village was liberated from russian troops we came back home and continued our work as an opportunity to draw attention to Ukraine. We share part of our proceeds with charities'.

• Nadiia Otriazha, Ukraine. Ceramics sculptor and art worker. 'I currently work on my sculptures in Dnipro, a city 100 kilometers from the front line. Also I work at a municipal company and we help with war-related exhibitions, giving a platform for people to share art, for instance, war documentary films'.

• Ehren Tool, USA. A potter who has made and given away more than 25,000 war-themed cups since 2001. He is a US Marine Corps Veteran of the '91 Gulf War. He now works in the ceramics lab in the Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley. 'I just make cups'. 

The event is hosted by Yuliya Makliuk as part of her project 'Saving the World as a Potter' aimed at empowering ceramicists on their way towards sustainability