Since 2009, in order to demonstrate the close relationship between the Ariana Museum and the Academy, the IAC DAY, a biennial event, is held at the museum with Council members.

A series of lectures, enhanced by discussions and debates on ceramics, bring together international experts and an audience of enthusiasts.

2019 – 6th IAC DAY 

Thursday 3rd October 2019, 7pm – 9pm
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Filmmaker and ceramic artist Hongyu Tan (China) will present her documentary “Gold Bricks”, in the presence of Jacques Kaufmann (France), whose exhibition “MUR/murs” includes four Lumu gold bricks. 

2017 – 5th IAC DAY 

Thursday 21st September 2017
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• Janet DeBoos (Australia)
  “Gained in Translation: Contemporary Indigenous Ceramics in Australasia”
• Wayne Higby (United States)
  “The Alfred Ceramic Art Museum: North America’s Treasure House of Ceramic Art”

2015 – 4th IAC DAY

• Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida (France)
  “L’AIC au sein de l’UNESCO: historique et perspectives”
• Guangzhen Zhou (China)
  “Flying between East and West”
  

2013 – 3rd IAC DAY

• Isabelle Naef Galuba (Switzerland)
  “Acquérir, étudier, exposer la céramique contemporaine: 130 ans d’histoire au Musée Ariana”
• Judith Schwartz (United States)
  “InCiteful Clay: The artist provocateur”

2011 – 2nd IAC DAY

• Marianne Heller (Germany)
  “Galleries and their significance”
• Torbjørn Kvasbø (Norway)
  “Between clay and mind”

2009 – 1st IAC DAY

• Gustavo Perez (Mexico)
  “Latin America – so far, so close”