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Coburg Glass Prize 2006
With the two Coburg Glass Prize of the years 1977 and 1985 the art collections of the Veste Coburg acquired international attention within the range of the contemporary glass organization. The accomplishment of the 3rd Coburg Glass Prize contributes to the interesting developments and currents of the glass art of the present. An international jury selected an exhibition with approximately 250 arts of the applications of nearly 500 artists and determined the winners. Vases and bowls, objects, sculptures and installations determine equally the appearance of a recent, dynamic and fastidious section of the artistic and creative work.

Award winners
- 1rst prize : Josepha Gasch Muche
- 2nd prize : Udo Zembok
- 3rd prize : Zora Polava
- Award Otta Waldrich : Jens Gussek
-  Kurt Merker Engraving Prize : Gareth Noel Williams
- Alexander Tutusek Stiftung Prize : Wilken Skurk
Honourable Mention :
- Katharine Coleman
- Sara McDonald
- Astrid SteinbeiBer
- Marian Volrab
- Julius Weiland

Exhibition from April 1st, 2006 to July 30th, 2006
Further informations :
Kunst Sammlungen der Veste Coburg
Tel 09561 8790
Fax 09561 87966
E-mail : sekretariat@kunstammlungen-coburg.de
www.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de

Arcverre, object / design
Seven new objects have been added to the design database :
Sylvia Levenson : I'm a lady
Sylvia Levenson : It hurts me
Pat Owens : Vaudville
Pat Owens : Tool kit
Pat Owens : Oz
Pat Owens : Serious consideration

Selected website : Jens Gussek
The German glassblower pieces deal with boats and dreams...
http://www.jens-gussek.de

people in glass

Mélanie Cornu promotion 13.2 CERFAV : Back from Finland
"For the first week, I attended a workshop with Dale Chihuly's team in a small factory in Nuutajärvi. The team with which I worked was made up of 12 American glass specialists and 12 Finnish students. This workshop has been able to produce more than 1000 coloured items, because it possesses a range of five colour pots.
During my second week, I worked in the Finnish Glass Musem in Riihimaki. While in Riihimaki, I was able to broaden my knowledge of Finnish glass both past and present. This museum has a very beautiful collection."

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The Glass Furnace : Learning glassblowing
Two-week intensive course with John de Wit, from July 2 to 15, 2006
Contact :
Cam Ocagi Vakfi
Öğümce, Cam Okulu Duragi, Beykoz
Istanbul-Turkey
Tel : +90-216-433 36 90, +90-216-433 36 93
Fax : +90-216-433 30 21
or
Cam Ocagi Vakfi
Akatlar Mah. Meydan Sok. No: 16 D: 4 Levent
80600 Istanbul-Turkey
Tel : +90-212-351 20 75
Further informations : http://www.glassfurnace.org

Glass exhibition ‘GLAS-S.BE’ in Antwerp
The ‘Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre’ (AIHV) is organising her 17th international congress in Antwerp from the 3th till 10th of september 2006. During this period, a lot of activities on hystorical and contemporary glass will be held in and aroud the city. The Vlaamse Vereniging voor Glaskunstenaars (VVG) and European Glass (EG) are both active in the area of contemporary glass and together, they are setting up the exhibition ‘GLAS-S.BE contemporary Belgian glass’. On the premises of the Kolveniershof in Antwerp an extended and high quality overview is offered of the currently glass-art in Belgium. The exhibition is open from 2-09-2006 till 24-09-2006.
More information :
Secretariat VVG: 0032/15754154
Website : www.glas-s.be
E-mail: info@glas-s.be

competition

The Bombay Sapphire Prize 2006, international glass design award
£20 000 will be awarded to th overall winner. This year a new additional £5 000 award category is being introduced for "Best Newcomer".
Closing date for entries : June 16th 2006
Further informations

Glassdressing, seventh international design competition purpose of the competition
Theme of the 2006 competition : glass jewel
The Trieste Contemporanea Committee announces the seventh edition of the international design competition "Trieste Contemporanea" with the objective of promoting the most original expressions in design from the countries of Central-Eastern Europe. The initiative is organized in co-production with the glass school "Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti" of Murano.
The competition is open to all designers born in, or who are currently citizens of, the countries adhering to C.E.I. (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine) as well as Estonia, Germany, Latvia and Lithuania.
Projects and accompanying material must be delivered to the Committee by May 31st 2006.
Contact : Comitato Trieste Contemporanea
via del Monte 2/1
34121 Trieste, Italy
E-mail : tscont@tin.it
Further information

events

Tales and Totems : Espace VERRE presents its new exhibition of two distinctive universes
While differing in forms, colours and techniques, they complement each other within the proposed theme. Bruno Andrus introduces his Totem series of coloured yet modern blown glass works. Annick Nabot's pate de verre work explores the world of fairy tales with realistic details of body parts.
Galerie Espace VERRE
From February 2 to May 8, 2006
1200, Mill Street
Montréal (Québec) H3K 2B3

Le verre Hot
Québec glass artists :Nadine Busque, Maude Bussières, Annie Cantin, Susan Edgerly, Carole Frève, Caroline Ouellette, Carole Pilon, Patrick Primeau, Cathy Strokowsky.
Canada glass artists :Alex Anagnostou, Laura Donefer, Irene Frolic, Brad Copping, Jeff Goodman, Kevin Lockau, Tanya Lyons, Mel Munsen, Sue Rankin, Donald Robertson, Paull Rodrigue, Naoko Takenouchi, Gordon Webster
From March 12 to May 21, 2006
Galerie MATERIA
367, boul. Charest Est
Québec (Québec), G1K 3H3

Visiting Artist to demonstrate Czech glass techniques at the Museum of Glass (Tacoma) in April
International Center for Contemporary Art is honored to host a five-day Hot Shop Visiting Artist residency in conjunction with the exhibition, Czech Glass, 1945 – 1980: Design in an Age of Adversity. Seattle artist Charlie Parriott, who has traveled to the Czech Republic since the mid-1980s to work, study and teach, will demonstrate his techniques April 26 - 30.
Museum of Glass
1801 East Dock Street
Tacoma, WA 98402-3217, USA
Tel : 253.284.4719
E-mail : info@museumofglass.org

Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
The traveling exhibition opening now at the Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimäki shows art of Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, one of the best known Swedish glass artists. She has reached a wide public through her highly original art glass. But it was as a ceramist that she originally established her reputation as an artist with an entirely personal range of expression. Since 1972 she has produced glass for Åfors / Kosta Boda, producing not only a succession of unique works of art but also developing new techniques for crafting glass on larger scale. And Ulrica has succeeded in introducing an element of myth into her glass, thus making it classical in spirit, if not form.
Form March 17 to May 21, 2006

Exhibitions and events in France :
http://www.idverre.net/voir/actuculture.php

Other events, from the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass website :
http://www.contempglass.org/events/calendar.html

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