11/8/2025 - ganztägig

AKI TEN Brixen 2023 - Bonsai exhibition in Bressanone

Programme:
Saturday, 8 November 2025
9:00 a.m. Opening ceremony with guests of honour and book presentation AKI-TEN
9:30 a.m. Opening of the bonsai exhibition, the ceramic contest and the special exhibition Tenpai and Kusamono
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Demonstration/lecture ‘Pot seeks plant’. What requirements does a ceramic pot place on a plant? An attempt at an explanation. With Othmar Auer from Brixen
12:00–15:00 Demonstration of ceramic glazing with ceramic artist Sami Amdouni from France
14:00–18:00 Demonstration/design with bonsai artist Andrés Álvarez Iglesias from Spain
6:00 p.m. End of the exhibition
8:00 p.m. Meeting point for the bonsai party with fine delicacies at the Hotel Elephant with award ceremony for the Bonsai Ceramic Contest

Sunday, 9 November 2025
9:30 a.m. Opening of the bonsai exhibition, the ceramic contest and the special exhibition Tenpai and Kusamono
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lecture/presentation with Shohin artist Francesco Forno from Italy
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Demonstration/design with bonsai artist Andrés Álvarez Iglesias from Spain
5:00 p.m. Closing ceremony

Bonsai-Ceramics-Contest

Entry requirements
The contest is open to everybody who is interested, i.e. professional potters but also amateur potters.
Every participant can enter one ceramic in the contest. This ceramic dish must present all the characteristics that are necessary to plant a normal bonsai or a grass bonsai in it, and be frost-resistant. The jury consists of experts that are both artists and technical experts.

The three best ceramics win the following cash prizes:
1st place: 1.300 €
2nd place: 400 €
3rd place: 300 €

The objects that come first in this contest, will become possession of the BONSAI CLUB BRIXEN who will then organize a raffle among all the exhibitors of the „AKITEN 2025“. By winning the ceramics, these exhibitors are obliged to exhibit the same artifact in occasion of the „AKITEN 2027“, with a bonsai planted in it.

Entry fee: 50 €
The BONSAI CLUB BRIXEN reserves the right to adapt the entry requirements to new conditions and therefore to alter them, should this be necessary.

Tickets AKI TEN
Saturday ticket (exhibition/demos): 12€ (seniors/groups* 10€)
Sunday ticket (exhibition/demos): 12€ (seniors/groups* 10€)
Ticket Saturday and Sunday (exhibition/demos): 18€ (seniors/groups* 15€)

* Admission price for groups of 15 people or more with prior registration
* Entrance fee for seniors aged 65 and over
* Admission for young people up to 18 years of age is free

More tickets
Bonsai party ticket: 65€ (4-course menu including drinks)
Location: Hotel Elephant
Time: 11/8/2025 / 8:00 p.m.

Information & booking:

BONSAI CLUB BRIXEN

In order to reduce the organizational effort and the waiting times on site, please register groups (from 15 people) in advance via e-mail:
info@bonsaiclubbrixen.com

The entrance fees can be paid directly at the cash desk or transferred to the following account in advance:
IBAN: IT84 T058 5658 2200 7057 0157 073

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at any time.

More dates:
11/9/2025 - ganztägig

More information: www.akiten.it

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