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Desert Sea
This contemplative garden is the work of the collaboration between an American landscape designer, Andy Cao and a landscape architect, Xavier Perrot. The authors who won the "Material Connexion Medium Award" have set up an Architecture and Design studio in Paris.
To "Desert Sea" in Arcverre database

The Chosen Ones
The Multiplied and unique "pâte de verre" babies by Julie Six seem to be wondering about their future.
To "The Chosen Ones" in Arcverre database

Site of the month
For your iconographical researches, you will find the most beautiful Art pictures gallery of France on the site of the "Agence photographique de la Réunion des musées nationaux".
To discover it

glass people

USA - 2008 AACG Awards Announced (Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass)
AACG President Mickey Mandel has announced the organization's 2008 awards, which will be presented at SOFA Chicago on November 8.
The AACG Award, given annually to an organization for its contributions to the contemporary glass movement, will be presented to the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA.
The AACG Awards are presented to individuals of outstanding accomplishment in the field of contemporary glass art. Honorees may be artists, collectors, curators, critics, teachers, authors, gallery owners and directors, and others whose contributions have been significant and important in the field. The awardees in 2008 are:
- Simona and Jerome Chazen, collectors and benefactors
- Bonnie Marx and Ken Saunders, owners/directors, Marx-Saunders Gallery.
The AACG's website

Turkey - Istanbul - Black Sea - The Glass Furnace
Summer courses of one or two weeks.
Programme online

France - Sars Poteries (59) - Summer courses
23-27 June: Hanneke Fokkelman - glassblowing
07-11 July: Michi Suzuki - lampwork bead making
18-22 August: Udo Zembok - Fusing
27 August - 05 September: Sylvie Vandenoucke - Pâte de verre
15-19 September: Perrin & Perrin - Fusing and Thermoforming
Musée-atelier départemental du verre
1 rue du Général de Gaulle - BP 2
59216 Sars-Poteries
Tel: +33 (0)3 27 61 61 44
Fax: +33 (0)3 27 61 65 64
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Upcoming auctions - Auktionshaus Dr. Fisher
28 June: 19th Glass Sale in Zwiesel
18 October: European Glass and Studio Glass
Tel: +49 7131 15 55 7 - 0
Fax: +49 7131 15 55 7 - 20
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Czech Republic - Kamenicky Senov - 5th International Symposium of Engraved Glass
For glass art engravers, independent artists, art historians, museum people, collectors and gallery people, business oriented journalists.
Languages: Czech, English, German
Aims of the Symposium: development of impulses for a new creation in the branch of glass engraving - adopting this idea by the best world experts in the branch, reviving of old contacts and development of new ones.
8-14 September 2008
Secretariat of the Conference: Agentura Carolina Ltd._Ing. Magdalena Kocourkova, Albertov 3a/7, P.O.Box 45, 128 01 Praha 2, CZR
Tel: +420 224 990 827 - Fax: +420 224 918 681
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USA - New website for "Winship Designs" - Complete lampworking supplier
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Stephen Pon
Glashaus invites us into the works of Stephen Pon, Canadian glassmaker who learned glass at Espace Verre, Quebec. Illustrated with beautiful photos by Andrew Gene, the article highlights the ideas of the inner travel and the exploration of the human relationship with nature and culture revealed by Stephen Pon's works. Made in "pâte de verre" and blowed glass, his fantasy ships, in particular his 5,35 feet long catamaran, as much as his vases and characters embody the artist's reflexion on the human aventure.
Glashaus 02/2008, p. 8-9, Catherine Piazzon and Suzanne Delorme.

Tessa Clegg
Graduated from the Stourbridge School of Art where she learned "pâte de verre" with Keith Cummings from 1979 to 1982, Tessa Clegg continued what she calls her "long apprenticeship" until 1993. Through geometric, clear translucent and transparent shapes in pâte de verre enclosing a sole colour, Tessa Clegg is in search of the perfect abstracted form and timeless beauty. She carries on evolving and experiencing with sculptural pieces like "Jabot" still showing the inner dimension of her work. Tessa Cleggs's works can be seen in the permanent collections of international museums such as Racine Art Museum and Corning Museum of Glass in the USA, the "Musée des Arts Décoratifs" in Paris, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung in Munich and Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo, Japan.
Glass Quaterly n° 111, Summer 2008, "Essence enclosed", p. 50-57, Jennifer Hawkins Opie, Art historian.

Jay Musler
The author's enthusiasm for Jay Musler's work and personality cannot be ignored and it is easy to understand him as he states that Musler's wineglasses "could be the most poignant and beautiful objects in contemporary glass sculptures". What makes Jay Muler's difference are the chromatic palette he uses with biting and bitter tones as well as the dried aspect of his works' surfaces. Jay Musler who blew glass when he was young focalizes nowadays on cutting and sandcasting small glass pieces that he transforms through grinding, painting, gluing, lampworking. He assembles and overlays them in an infinite variety of colours making every one of them different. This artist from San Francisco draws his inspiration from his Californian roots and from the American Indian and African civilizations as suggested by the series "Masks", "Wineglasses" and his sculptures.
Glass Quaterly n° 111, Summer 2008, "Dessication Row", p. 58-65, James Yood.

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Spain - Barcelona - Fundacio Centre del Vidre de Barcelona
Newsletter online

events

China - Design Shanghai - Eung-Jung Nam
International artist Eung-Jung Nam, former student of the CERFAV, shows her caviar bowl on this unique furniture and interiors international exhibition featuring highly creative and original upmarket designed products to inspire interior designers, architects, developers, hoteliers and high-end consumers. With the support of Ubifrance and the export department of the "Chambre de Métiers de Moselle" (France)
26-28 juin 2008
Shanghai Exhibition Center's website

Norway - Island of Averoy - Nicon 2008, 1st annual international art glass conference
Hosted by Glass Forum AS on the tiny historic islet of Haholmen (wreck of vikingshop): lectures, presentations, demonstrations, exhibition, sale of glass art and pre- and post-conference workshops with some of the world's top glass artists.
5-6 July 2008
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Switzerland - Lausanne - Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery Tokyo
Inc: Hajtmie Matfuo, Kimiaki Kageyama, Mikiko Minewaki and their students
07-26 July 2008
Vernissage 01 July 4-6 pm)
Galerie viceversa
Place St-François 2 (2nd floor above the Café Romand)
CH-1002 Lausanne
Tel: +41 21 323 96 34
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The Gallery's website

Finland - Riihimäki - Cries and Whispers by Markku Salo
International Artist and Designer who has always focused on the content of art and not on material celebrates 25 years of design and art in glass.
The catalogue / book: Kaisa Koivisto (ed.), Markku Salo, Cries and Whispers - Huutoja ja kuiskauksia, The Finnish Glass Museum, Vammala 2008, 21,5 cm x 30,2 cm, 197 pages,
ISBN 978-952-5571-23-3, 35,00 EUR + postage
9 May - 7 September 2008
The Finnish Glass Museum,
Tehtaankatu 23,
FI-11910 Riihimäki
Tel: + 358 (0)19 758 4108
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The Museum

Great Britain - London - New Designers from British Colleges
Discover bright new talent just graduated from architecture to animation, furniture to fashion, graphics to glass.
03-06 July (part 1) and 10-13 July 2008 (part 2)
The Business Design Centre
London
Tel: +44 (0)20 7288 6409 - Ticket line: +44(0)8701 295 030
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Newdesigners online

Germany - Frauenau - Gerhard Ribka Exhibition
01 June - 13 July 2008
Galerie Am Museum
Contact: Elisabeth Zizlsperger - Eisch Atelier
Grafenauerstr. 8
D-94258 Frauenau
Tel.: +49 (0)9926 180868
Opening times: Mon-Fri. 11 am - 5.30 pm - Sat. 11 am - 4 pm
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Great Britain - Sunderland - The Glass Archive
A collection of books with "Glass" in the title
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
Tel: +44(0)191 515 5555
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Great Britain - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Postgraduate Glass & Ceramics Exhibition
From the University of Sunderland inc. Thomas Beach, Griet Beyaert, Emma Duncan, Jason Morris, Tim Jago Morris, Dawn Routledge, Su "Peter" Rui, Xu " Susan" Shan, Ayako Tani, Ben Walters, Su "Steven" Wen, Debbie Wilson, Ji "Joanna" Xiaohong & Li "Bruce" The.
The Biscuit Factory
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tel: +44(0)191 261 1103
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The Factory

Canada - Montreal - Generation Fragments
Inc: Dominique Beaupré St-Pierre, Marie-Pierre Daigle, Dave Gagné, Cynthia Lafontaine, Marie-Catherine Leblond, Jessica MacDonald, Marianne Mireault, Michèle Ostiguy.
12 July - 16 August
Galerie Art Mûr
The Gallery
Espace Verre

Germany - Frauenau - "Same Difference"
An exhibition to promote new glass produced and made by West Midlands and German makers.
Inc: Martin Andrews, Mark Angus, Jacqueline Cooley, Heather Gillespie, Charlotte Hughes-Martin, Denise Hunt, George Jackson, James Lethbridge, Ian MacDonald, Allister Malcolm, Sue Parry, Nancy Sutcliffe, Angharad Whitfield & Nikki Williams.
18 July - 17 August 2008
Bild-Werk Frauenau
Tel: +49 9926 180 895
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USA - Oregon - "Succession: Klaus Moje & The Legacy Of The Australian National University's Glass Workshop, Canberra"
Inc: Scott Chaseling & Richard Whiteley.
27 May - 02 August 2008
The Bullseye Gallery
Portland (OR). US.
Tel: + 1 503 227 0222 - Fax. + 1 503 227 0008
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The Gallery
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Czech Republic - Jablonec 2008
Leading foreign artists of today will be creating jewellery for the "Glass Bead" theme in the Jablonec Secondary School of Applied Arts and Technical College. The exhibition of their works will be staged in the museum's Small Exhibition Hall from 20 June to 27 September 2008.
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Glass Museum

Germany - Weingarten - "Ars Luminosa 5, 3 positions dans l'art verrier"
Exhibition by Thierry Boissel, Dieter F. Domes and Alf Setzer
8 June - 28 September 2008
Maison des Congrès de Weingarten
Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Kirchplatz 7
D-88250 Weingarten
Tel: +49 (0)751 56 86-0
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France - Chartres - Traditional Stained Glass - Contemporary Expression
12 artists: Claire Alary, Eric Chevallier, Guy Desrez, Valérie Gaugeac, Guy Levrier, Hervé Loilier, Aristide Najean, France de Ranchin, Lydia Tabary, France Wagner, Leslie Xuereb-Amiel, Denise Zayan.
7 June - 5 October 2008
La Galerie du Vitrail
Tel/fax : +33 (0)2 37 36 10 03
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Switzerland - Romont - "Golden Legends"
Round stained glass windows from ancient Netherlands from XVth to XVIIth century
8 June - 2 November 2008
Vitromusée de Romont
Musée suisse du vitrail et des arts du verre
Tel: +41 (0)26 652 10 95
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Belgium - Exhibition at the "Maison du Verre - Glazenhuis"
Sandbox, Japanese contemporary glass
16 September - 30 December 2008
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competition

Germany - "Jutta Cuny Franz Memorial Award" Participation 2009
Application Deadline: Call To Artists 15 October 2008
The award is presented to Glass Artists up to the age of 40. Works should be from the realm of the fine arts (glass objects or sculpture) and made within the last two years. Each applicant may submit three works. They may send colour slides 24mm x 36mm or on C.D.-Rom (jpeg - 3 Mio. Pixels per image) and must be clearly labelled with medium, the name of the artist, title of work, material, technique, dimensions and date.
Applications and curriculum vitæ must be submitted to Herrn. Dr. Helmut Ricke.
Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation.
Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast,
Glasmuseum Hentrich, Ehrenhof 4-5,
D-40479 Düsseldorf, Germany
Fax: +49 211 892 9173.
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France - European Studio Glass Art Association is organizing the 1st International Strasbourg Glass Prize
Competition open from 15 September to 31 December 2008
Competition theme is "Glass and Transmission"
Prize for the winning work: 5000 euros
The prize shall be awarded at a reception which sall take place in the hall of CIC Est bank's head office as part of "Strasbourg, Glass Capital" 2009.
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