We have a sponsor.
We are very pleased to announce that we have the main sponsor of our Festival. It is a distributor of well-known and respected brands Caran d’Achan and Moleskine.
II Fineness Art Festival – the second edition of the international art festival
2nd International FINEness Art Festival organized by IWS Polska
Festival program
Day 1 -Friday, 19.04.2024
Marina Art
10.00 – 15.00 – Art Materials’ Fair : papers, blocks, sketchbooks, paints, brushes and other art materials also dedicated to urban sketching in Marina Art and Sobieskiego street
Tourist Information Point Halo!Rybnik!
13.00 – 14.00 – Coffee Painting collective coffe painting while sipping aromatic cup of coffee
Ignacy Coal Mine
- 16.00– 16.30 – Grand Opening of II FINEness International Art Festival
- International Art Exhibition Vernissage painting, ceramics, jewelry, art glass)
- Show Room- Caran d’Ache
- Show Room- Avalon jewelry
- Show Room – Papier Artystyczny
Master demonstrations and live sketch of the invited artists
16.45 – 17.45 – Master painting Demonstration
- Thanyaphorn Inthahom- Thailand
- Surindr Sonthirati- Thailand
18.00 – 19.00 – Master Painting Demonstration
- Dario Percy Ccallo- Peru
- Antonio Bartolo- Portugal
Restaurant
19.30 – 21.00 – Drink&Paint, wine painting connected with wine tasting
Day 2 -Saturday, 20.04.2024
Poviat and City Main Konstanty Prus Library in Rybnik
II FINEness International Art Festival- M6 photography Exhibition
10.00-13.00 – Watercolour workshop- body led by Julia Ustinovich Renesans Brand Ambassador
13.00 – 14.00 – Coffee Painting collective coffe painting while sipping aromatic cup of coffee
Ignacy Coal MIne
16.00 – 19.00
- Show Room- Caran d’Ache
- Show Room- Avalon jewelry
- Show Room – Papier Artystyczny
- 16.00 – 19.00 -Targi artykułów plastycznych
Art Materials’ Fair- presentation and testing of blocks, papers, sketchbooks ( Aurora and Papier Artystyczny), Art S. brushes as well as limited edition papers Papier Artystyczny brand,Aquarius paints and brushes tests, presentation of Roman Szmal Art products, presentation and testing of Renesans brand art materials
Master demonstrations and live sketch of the invited artists
16.45 – 17.45 – Master Painting Demonstration
- Amit Kapoor- India
- Megha Hand Kapoor- India
18.00 – 19.00 – Master Painting Demonstration
- Michał Suffczyński- Poland
- Tatiana Majewska- Poland
Restaurant
19.30 – 21.00 – Drink&Draw, wine testing, drawing and sketching . Collecting presentation of travel sketchbooks
Day 3- Sunday, 21.04.2024
Tourist Information Point Halo!Rybnik!
10.00 – 11.00 – Coffee Painting collective coffe painting while sipping aromatic cup of coffee
Ignacy Coal Mine
12.30 – 13.30 – Collective painting of 10m long painting
12.00 – 19.00 –Targi Artykułów Plastycznych
- Show Room- Caran d’Ache
- Show Room- Avalon jewelry
- Show Room – Papier Artystyczny
Art Materials’ Fair- presentation and testing of blocks, papers, sketchbooks ( Aurora and Papier Artystyczny), Art S. brushes as well as limited edition papers Papier Artystyczny brand,Aquarius paints and brushes tests, presentation of Roman Szmal Art products, presentation and testing of Renesans brand art materials.
14.00-16.00 – Workshops
16.30 – 18.00 – Award Ceremony Gala- Announcing winners of II FINEness International Art Festival, Sponsors Award Ceremony, banquet
18.00 – 19.00 -Ignacy Coal Mine- sightseeing tour with a tour guide
Day 4 -Monday, 22.04.2024
Plain air cultural package tour
Silesian Heritage
• GUIDO MINE: visiting the deepest tourist route in Poland. The tour of the Mine begins with a descent of an authentic mining shola to 320 m underground, from where you set off on an underground journey. The guides’ stories take you back to the beginning of the twentieth century. The route brings closer the working conditions of miners, including the dangers lurking underground, which you can almost “feel” on your own skin thanks to multimedia effects. Part of the route at the level of 320 m is covered by an electric suspended railway – it is the only mining railway of this type in the world open to tourists!
• NIKISZOWIEC: a magical corner of Katowice – a mining estate unlike any other. 9 three-storey brick blocks, forming quadrangles with internal courtyards, where the inhabitants had at their disposal pigsties, storage rooms, etc. Interesting architectural finishes add to the charm.
Plein-air painting and sketch-walk (drawing meeting in plain air)
Urban sketching workshops led by Dorota Pindur USK Poland
Day 5 – Tuesday 23.04.2024
Plain air cultural package tour
• OSTRAVA – VITKOVICE: a walk through the former industrial empire of the Rothschild family, which included a huge steelworks and an accompanying mine and coke plant. Guided tour of the tourist route “around the blast furnace” along with the entrance to the viewpoint in the Bolt Tower.
• ŠTRAMBERK: a picturesque town called “Moravian Bethlehem”: a walk through the fairy-tale town, an ascent to the castle tower (Truba) with a magnificent view of the Moravian Gate, wooden Wallachian houses, Baroque square; Time for lunch Bramę Morawską, drewniane domy wołoskie, barokowy rynek; czas na obiad lub kawę i spróbowanie štramberskich uszu!/ coffee
Plein-air painting and sketch-walk (drawing meeting in plain air)
Day 6- Wednesday, 24.04.2024
Plain air cultural package tour
Cracov
A walk through the Old Town:
• Wawel Hill: courtyard of the Royal Castle, visiting the Sigismund Chapel at Wawel (interiors, crypts, Sigismund bell),
• the Wawel Dragon monument on the Vistula bend,
• a walk towards the Main Market Square: Kanonicza Street, Grodzka Street, Collegium Maius (the oldest building of the Krakow Academy), the Main Market Square with a visit to St. Mary’s Basilica,
• Underground of the Krakow Market Square: a multimedia exhibition showing 1000 years of Krakow’s history,
• free time on the Main Square
Plein-air painting and sketch-walk (drawing meeting in plain air)
JURY
Asuman Ongun Dogan, Dr Hong Shan, Simonida Filipova ,Veneta Docheva, Krzysztof Ludwin, Igor Jurczenko
DESCRIPTION
The second edition of the FINEness International Art Festival in Poland. As before, we meet in the Historic Mine “Ignacy” in Rybnik.
II FINEness Art Festival includes a watercolor competition, art exhibitions and live master shows, artistic performances, as well as a Plain Air package and an optional tour package.
The winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) receive artistic prizes and 4 additional sponsorship prizes. The top 20 artists will receive a Top 20 certificate.
EXHIBITION
Exhibition date: 19/04/2024- 29/04/2024
- Opening ceremony and award ceremony: April 19, 2024
- Art trip: April 22-24, 2024
WATERCOLOR
Subject: free
- Without passe-partout and without frames;
- maximum 2 years
- format: 38x56cm or 56x76cm
- One watercolorist can participate with a maximum of 1 work
- CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
- A watercolorist can apply by sending photos of a maximum of 1 work to office@iwspoland.eu
- A professional artistic commission will publish the list of selected participants
- The jury will announce the selection on December 2, 2023
- All selected artists will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to submit an original watercolor and pay the participation fee.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING WORKS IN ELECTRONIC FORM
- Format: .jpg/.jpeg;
- Size: 2M pixels to 3M pixels;
- Resolution: 300 dpi;
- Title: Name and Surname – Country – Title – Year – Size – Price;
- The watercolor must be unframed. Your digital photo will appear in the catalog, so send us the photo in the best quality!
PARTICIPATION FEE
You only pay when you are informed that your work has been selected for the exhibition.
Payment deadline: 15/01/2024
The participation fee is as follows:
- IWS members – EUR 70,
- Country leaders who collect at least 5 entries: no fee
- non-IWS members EUR 90.
RULES
Technique: 90% watercolor;
Size: min 38x56cm or 56x76cm;
Subject: any
Add these details to the JPEG file: Name, Title, Country
The image must be oriented correctly (vertical or horizontal).
Show only the image, without a frame or mat – the photo frame must show only the image.
Do not under any circumstances enhance the photo using graphic editors. Digital enhancements are not allowed.
Application deadline:
01/11/2023
Deadline for sending original painting works:
01/02/2024