Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 24. (Budapest, 2006)

Events 2003-2005 (Judit Pataki)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2004-2005 2004 Our Museum opened three new exhibitions in January 2004; in the course of the year, several others were organised. From 8 to 18 January visitors could see the exhibition 'Masterpieces of Hungarian Craftsmen' of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. From 21 January to 15 February, visitors could see the annual report exhibition of the artists of Lajos Kozma Scholarship for Crafts and Design. The show displayed works of fifteen grant holders of the Department of Fine Arts and Applied Art; it was organised by Ágnes Fejes and inaugurated by the goldsmith master József Kótai. Some days later, on 23 January we opened the exhibition 'Breton Mariners'. The exhibition displayed photographs of Jacques de Thézac (1862-1936), selected from the collection of the Breton National Museum (Quimper). The show was inaugurated by Dominique de Combles de Nayves, the French Ambassador to Hungary. At the festive inaugural, the Bran orchestra performed Celtic music. The exhibition was accompanied by a related activity, where children had the opportunity to get to know traditional Celtic motifs and prepare models of sailboats. The exhibition was organised by Philippe le Stum and Eszter Tiszavári; it was open to the public until 16 March. On 9 May, on the 15

lh anniversary of the foundation of the László Moholy-Nagy Scholarship for Design, Károly Simon, General Director of the Museum inaugurated the report exhibition of the works of those young designers who won the scholarship in 2003. The exhibition was jointly organised by the Ministry of Education, the National Office for Research and Technology, the Ministry of National Heritage, the Hungarian Patent Office and the Hungarian Design Council. From 12 to 26 March our museum exhibited the works of the winners of the 2004 National Secondary-School Educational Competition on Visual Arts (organised by the Department of Teacher Training of the Hungarian University of Craft and Design). It was the first time that the museum has housed such a show and we do hope that it will become a tradition. It was Béla Zombori senior university lecturer who came up with the idea of the competition, organized it, and, finally, arranged an exhibition of the works. The idea was that those participating elaborate on a current issue every year. In 2004, when Hungary joined the European Union, the title of the exhibition was 'Hungaricum Something Native', which alluded to the task taken by those participating, namely, to give an artistic representation of Hungary's values and traditions. At the inaugural the results were announced; Ernő Marosi, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences delivered a speech. The artist Márton Barabás has been collecting old pianos of Viennese key-action for decades now. His creative imagination and hands turn the instruments, now beyond repair, into living works of art. Those visiting the exhibition 'Viennese Key Action - Pianos Found and Found Out' (opened on 25 March,