2010 GLASS CONNECTIONS 2010

Ivo Lill

Ivo Lill

From August 27 to September 5, 2010 a retrospective exhibition of the last year’s 3rd Luxembourg Glass Symposium took place in the Tétagne cultural centre “Schungfabrik” (= Shoe factory) in the south of Luxembourg. The “Schungfabrik” is housed in the historical premises of once famous Matthias Hubert’s shoe factory. Continue reading →

2010 TASTE OF GLASS in Olustvere

Mark Angus, Andra Jõgis, Külli Nidermann

Mark Angus, Andra Jõgis, Külli Nidermann

Mark Angus held his masterclass “Human figure. Acid etched flashed glass and lamination” for the students of glass of the Estonian Academy of Arts. The British artist, now residing in Frauenau, Germany, was in Estonia for the second time, his previous visit was in connection with his masterclass on painting and stained glass in 2007. Continue reading →

2010 Moment of Balance – Mare Saare, Eeva Käsper, Tiina Sarapu

538Exhibition of glass art A Moment of Balance has brought together into the exhibition halls of the Tartu Art Museum three artists who at first may seem very different but who are united by their shared love of a material – glass. Artists who have studied glass art and use glass in their work in Estonia, have some time ago left behind the earlier function of usefulness and the limitations dictated by decorativeness, so characteristic of the earlier material-centered attitude (the so-called applied art). In the free work of glass artists the main purpose is to forward a message. The present exhibition project is concentrated on the idea, expressed in glass as a very praiseworthy material. Continue reading →