Historical archive

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Mr. Henri Reynaud (left), IAC President, and Mr. Thevenat, President of the City of Geneva, signing the inauguration document.

 

2022

2021

2020

  • Council meeting held online in July owing to global pandemic

2019

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 6th IAC Day
  • Admission of 224 new members
  • Election of 1 Member of Honour : Barbara Brown from the United States

2018

2017

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 5th IAC Day
  • Admission of 152 new members

2016

2015

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 4th IAC Day: “Connections”, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Election of 2 Members of Honour : Peter Rushford and Milton Moon from Australia
  • Admission of 101 new members

2014

  • 46th General Assembly, Dublin, Ireland: “Moving Objects – from Geographic Pasts to Virtual Presence”
  • Election of 1 Member of Honour : Helena Brennan from Ireland

2013

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 3rd IAC Day: “Emergence, Permanence and Breaks”, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Admission of 51 new members

2012

2011

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2nd IAC Day, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Admission of 49 new members

2010 

  • 44th General Assembly, UNESCO Paris, France: “Territories in Movement”

2009

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 1st IAC Day, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Admission of 63 new members

2008

43rd General Assembly, Shaanxi Guest Hotel,  Xi’an, China: “Harmony and Advancement”

2007

  • Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Admission of 66 new members

2006

  • 42nd General Assembly, Reval Hotel, Riga, Latvia: “Eternal Education”
  • Election of new President: Janet Mansfield

2004

  • 41st General Assembly, World Ceramic Centre, Icheon, Republic of Korea: “The Hidden Legacy”
  • Georgette Strobino re-elected Secretary-General

2002

  • 40th General Assembly, Hotel Miravani, Athens, Greece: “Recollections of the Past, Visions of the Future”
  • 50th Anniversary of the IAC
  • Creation of the Mathe Coullery development fund

2001

2000

  • 39th General Assembly, Frechen, Germany
  • Death of Marie-Thérèse Coullery, Secretary-General

1998

  • 38th General Assembly, Waterloo, Canada
  • Election of new president: Tony Franks

1996

  • 37th General Assembly, Nagoya & Saga, Japan

1994

  • 36th General Assembly, St. Agnès Convent, Prague, Czech Republic

1992

  • 35th General Assembly, Hotel Divan, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 19 countries, 89 participants
  • Admission of 12 new members

1990

  • 34th General Assembly, Fine Art School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • 24 countries, 124 participants
  • Admission of 20 new members

1988

  • 33rd General Assembly, Sydney, Australia
  • 15 countries, 48 participants
  • Admission of 29 new members

1986

  • 32nd General Assembly, Valencia, Spain
  • 20 countries, 62 participants
  • Admission of 28 new members

1984

  • 31st General Assembly, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, United States
  • 13 countries, 45 participants.
  • Admission of 14 new members

1983

  • 30th General Assembly, National Museum, Zurich and Ittigen, Switzerland
  • 19 countries, 60 participants
  • Admission of 30 new members

1982

  • 29th General Assembly, Siklós Castle, Hungary
  • 22 countries
  • Admission of 28 new members

1981

  • 28th General Assembly, Decorative Arts Museum, Paris, France
  • Admission of 25 new members
  • download 1981 program

1980

  • 27th General Assembly, International Conference Hall, Kyoto, Japan
  • 12 countries
  • Admission of 27 new members

1979

  •  26th General Assembly, Fondation Miró, Barcelona, Spain
  • 10 countries
  • Election of Marie-Thérèse Coullery as Secretary-General
  • Admission of 67 new members

1978

  • 25th General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 9 countries, 28 participants

1977

  • 24th General Assembly, Faenza, Italy
  • 13 countries
  • Admission of 9 new members

1976

  • 23rd General Assembly, Vallauris, France
  • 11 countries, 23 participants

1975

  • 22nd General Assembly, Brussels, Belgium
  • 10 countries,18 participants
  • Admission of 3 new members

1974

  • 21st General Assembly, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Election of new President: Professor Rudolph Schnyder
  • Admission of 15 new members

1973

  • 20th General Assembly, Banff, Canada
  • 20 participants
  • Admission of 4 new members

1972

  • 19th General Assembly, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • Admission of 33 new members

1971

  • 18th General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Admission of 11 new members

1970

  • 17th General Assembly, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1969

  • 16th General Assembly, Landesgewerbemuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Admission of 8 new members
  • July 1969: Publication of the first Bulletin

1968

1967

  • 14th General Assembly, Palace des Beaux Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 13 countries, 40 participants

1966

  • 13th General Assembly, Hotel Metropole, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 12 countries, 25 participants

1965

  • Extraordinary General Assembly, Hotel Metropole, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 9 countries, 12 participants
  • Election of Dr. Edgar Pélichet as interim President
  • 12th General Assembly, Auberge Vieux Bois, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Election of Dr. Edgard Pélichet as President
  • Admission of 20 new members.

1964

  • 11th General Assembly, Hotel Richemont, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 40 countries, 33 participants
  • Death of Henri Reynaud

1963

  • 10th General Assembly, Hôtel Richemont, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 29 countries, 33 participants

1962

  • 9th General Assembly, Geneva,
    Switzerland
  • 27 countries, 32 participants

1961

  • 8th General Assembly, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 23 countries, 29 participants

1960

  • 7th General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 26 countries, 41 participants

1959

  • 6th General Assembly, Oostende, Belgium
  • 19 countries, 23 participants

1958

1957

  • 4th General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 26 countries, 31 participants

1956

  • 3rd General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 19 countries, 23 participants

1955

  • 2nd General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 15 countries, 15 participants
  • 1st Congress in Cannes, France
  • Guest of honour: Pablo Picasso

1954

  • 1st General Assembly, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 14 countries, 14 participants

1953

  • Opening ceremony of the IAC
  • Election of Henri Reynaud as President

1952

  • Founding of the International Academy of Ceramics at the Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auditorium during 2022 Congress in Geneva

 

Screenshot of chatroom during 2021 congress

 

 

 

 

 

Organizing team of Barcelona Congress

 

 

 

 

 

Participants at 2012 Congress in Santa Fe

 

 

IAC President during 2008 Congress in China

 

 

 

 

 

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1996 37th General Assembly


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1996 37th General Assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1968: Mathé Coullery attending the 15th General Assembly

 

 

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1961 8th General Assembly


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1961 8th General Assembly

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1955, Congress in Cannes, France

 

 

 

 

General Assembly Archives

The first general assembly of the IAC was held in 1954 at the Ariana Museum in Geneva.

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IAC DAY Lectures

Since 2009, the biennial 'IAC DAY' is held at the museum with Council members.

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IAC Awards - Themed Members Exhibition 2018

To honour the Academy members' works, the IAC Executive committee awarded 4 prizes.

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