22.02.-22.03.2003 on Riia vanalinna klaasigaleriis Laipu iela 6 avatud Eesti klaasikunstinäitus HEAVY ESTONIAN AIR. Osalevad Merle Kannus, Kati Kerstna ja Erki Kannus.

Eesti ainsa klaasivabriku Skankristall elitaarse kaubamärgi Lorup
kollektsiooni täiendamiseks korraldatud ideekavandite konkursi võitsid
noored lootustandvad klaasikunstnikud Merle Lobjakas ja Kai Saarepuu. Jätka lugemist →

Meistrite Hoovi Galeriis Vene t. 6 esitletakse 23. jaanuaril kell 16.00 näitusel TALVEVALGUS uusi klaasitooteid käsitöönduslikku kollektsiooni Lorup. Need on klaasitehasele Skankristall loonud Eesti klaasikunstnikud ja EKA klaasikunsti osakonna õppejõud ning üliõpilased aastatel 2001 – 2002.  Jätka lugemist →

Glass Art Society 33. aastakonverents, teemaga ‘Community catalyst’ leiab aset 12-15. juunil Seattle’is.
Konverentsi tutvustavad materjalid on saadaval aadressil
http://www.glassart.org/conferences/seattle/  Jätka lugemist →

To Whom It May Concern:

The Glass Furnace of Istanbul commenced education on May 26, 2002 and successfully concluded the 2002 courses with glass artists from different countries. The school and its facilities have already been announced via articles in various glass art magazines and
newsletters that are sent periodically to our data base.

At a point we announce 2003 course program, we wish to improve our communication network with contact names in all institutions related to glass and fine arts, so we will have a chance to communicate through these contact names in the institutions-organizations they work for. For this reason we put together all the related names with the help of the artists we already have some contacts and we are working through this list to build the above mentioned network. So we will have a chance to forward all the written information to those contact names in order to reach everybody in that institution who may be interested in taking a course at the Glass Furnace of Istanbul.

We are sending you this e-mail as an invitation to be a part of this network. The Glass Furnace of Istanbul is a growing organization with a lot of energy and we are open to any comments or suggestions regarding our school, course program, marketing approach and any issue you can think of. We believe that your experience will be quite helpful in our early steps. We wish to have a longlasting relation and co-operate with you.

The Glass Furnace provides a rare opportunity for glass art aficionados through its high educational standards and the rich historical and cultural heritage of Istanbul. The artists who have taught here agree that the quality of the education and the facilities at the Glass  Furnace is on a par with the most important glass schools of the world. The Glass Furnace campus and the magical city of Istanbul offer a wonderful glass art vacation to all the glass art lovers. Two weeks of art, nature, and Istanbul!

The courses scheduled for 2002 for the Glass Furnace of Istanbul was taught by Michael Estes Taylor, Paul de Somma, Therman Statom, Lucarta Kohler, and John Drury from the USA, Michaela Köppl, Korbinian Stöckle, and Helga Seimel from Germany, Sallie Portnoy and B. Jane Cowie from Australia, Jean-Pierre Umbdenstock from France, and Hitoshi Hongo from Japan.

For detailed information on the Glass Furnace of Istanbul and 2003 workshops, please check www.glassfurnace.org

We are looking forward to your urgent reply,
Yours faithfully,
Nilay Altun,
Education Marketing Supervisor

2003. aasta maikuu viimastel päevadel avatakse Kunstihoones
tarbekunstinäitus “Kättevõtmise asi” See on üle mitmete aastate esimene
kõiki tarbekunstiharusid hõlmav näitus Kunstihoones. Jätka lugemist →

Tiina Sarapu, Kalli Sein ja Maret Sarapu klaasinäitus Tartus

Visiting Artist Fellowships
UrbanGlass offers three Visiting Artist Fellowships to international artists wishing to work in glass. Two fellowships are offered to Emerging Artists and one fellowship to an Established Artist. Fellowships are for an eight week period and include access to all areas of the Studio on a scheduled basis, technical support and materials as stipulated in the Fellowship Agreement. The Fellowship does not include room and board. In addition, each Visiting Artist will receive an honorarium up to a maximum of $2,500 for his/her discretionary use.

The Emerging Artist Fellowship is designed to provide recent graduates with a bridge between the academic and professional world. The Established Artist Fellowship is offered to working artists with established careers. Both fellowships afford artists the opportunity to develop a new body of work and explore new techniques. Artists will be chosen on the basis of past work and plans for utilizing UrbanGlass facilities. A selection committee of artists, staff and critics will review applications and notification of selection will be made no later than January 31, 2003.

Artists who are interested in this program should complete the Visiting Artist application form and submit it with required materials in the format described to:
Visiting Artists Program
UrbanGlass
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1112
Inquiries: 718.625.3685 or info [at] urbanglass [dot] org

The deadline for submission of materials is December 31, 2002.

URBANGLASS

UrbanGlass is a not-for-profit international center for the creation and appreciation of new art made from glass, including design, craft, and architecture. Founded in 1977 as the New York Experimental Glass Workshop, UrbanGlass was the first artist access glass center in the United States and is now the largest. Previously those interested in working in glass could only do so at art schools, in factories or by building their own studios. When UrbanGlass opened its doors, glass as an art medium became available for the first time to a wide range of artists at an affordable price. Soon after its debut, a gallery, classes, artist residencies and GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly were added to the mix, making UrbanGlass the most important East Coast center and resource for artists wishing to experiment with glass. UrbanGlass is located at 647 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn within easy access of the cultural riches of New York City.

THE STUDIO

UrbanGlass’ 17,000 square foot facility contains a complete glassworking studio including: three hot glass furnaces (that melt 1600 pounds of glass daily), eight glory holes, 13 annealers, a mold shop, cold shop, lampworking and neon shop, a flat glass area for slumping and fusing, mosaics and stained glass, and a sandblaster. All areas of the studio are available to artists for rental at a subsidized hourly rate.

Klaasitehas Skankristall AS korraldab AVALIKU KONKURSI uute toodete ideekavandite saamiseks. Konkursi eesmärgiks on täiendada 2000 aastal alustatud käsitöönduslikku kollektsiooni LORUP. Jätka lugemist →