International circuit / Chapter 05

Menemen
2026.

Three days of public making, open fire and artists from many countries at the 5th International Menemen Pottery Festival.

Enter the festival record
Menemen festival installation beneath rows of international flags
Menemen, İzmir, TürkiyeSeptember 18–20, 2026
Event5th International Menemen Pottery Festival
DatesSeptember 18–20, 2026
RoleParticipating artist / United States
StudioDAPOTTERY Studio
The world’s pottery table is set

Clay as a place
to meet.

Menemen brought the private discipline of the studio into a public, international setting. Across three days, technique was shared in real time—through demonstrations, conversation, observation, and the direct experience of making beside other artists.

This record follows Daniel Pontoriero through the 2026 festival as DAPOTTERY Studio. It is less a list of results than a view from inside the event: the arrival, the people, the scale of the gathering, and the energy that forms when clay is worked in public.

Arrival / Menemen / Daylight
Night record / Fire + architecture

A tower
made of earth.

A monumental ceramic tower became a gathering point after dark. Firing this piece brought the community together in a celebration of ceramics.

Monumental firing
Clay / Structure / Flame
Artist exchange / Beyond the wheel

Much of the festival happened in conversation between makers from different studio traditions.

Exchange beside the tower
Conversation after fire
International community

Flags from the participating countries hung over the festival field.

Aegean pause
Clay portrait / Process
Shared recognition
Official welcome / Sep 18–20
A living record
“The world’s pottery
table is set in Menemen.”
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