Artists are selected for the British Glass Biennale 2010

The distinguished Jury panel have selected 96 glass pieces by 62 artists (including 9 students) from 449 pieces entered. These artists will exhibit alongside 19 invited established makers. A full list of artists will be available soon.

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The British Glass Biennale Award for ’Best in Show’, worth £3000 is announced.

The British Glass Biennale Award for ’Best in Show’ in memory of Robert Dunn has just been announced. The award, worth £3000 has been made possible by the generous donations of Susan Dunn, in memory of her father Robert Dunn, and Mark Holford, a British Glass Collector. The prize will accompany the current £7500 in prizes, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers and the Art in Action Award for Contemporary Glass, worth £1000.

                                                                                                                                                                      

Art in Action sponsor ’The Art in Action Award for Contemporary Glass’

Art in Action are to give a £1000 award at this year’s British Glass Biennale. The award will be called The Art in Action Award for Contemporary Glass. All artists who are exhibiting in this year’s exhibition will be eligible for the award and the winner will also be invited to demonstrate at Art in Action 2011.

Art in Action is an annual event attracting between 20,000 and 30,000 visitors over four days. Arts represented this year will include glass, calligraphy, ceramics, drawing, illustration, metalwork and jewellery, painting, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, woodwork, music, and performance. The glass section will host around twenty artists demonstrating glassblowing, lamp working, cold working and engraving. Art in Action takes place at Waterperry House and Gardens, Oxfordshire on the 15 – 18 July.

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International Festival of Glass 2010 Masterclasses

Now Available for Booking

The International Festival of Glass is delighted that brilliant and talented glass artists from around the world are once again joining us to lead masterclasses and workshops prior to the fourth Festival in August. Masterclass leaders will this year include: Alison Kinnaird, Gianni Toso, Professor Guan Donghai, Professor Keith Cummings, Vanessa Cutler and Chris Bird-Jones, Rachel Philips and Nomoda Djaba.

Classes will run from Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th August, prior to the Awards Evening of the British Glass Biennale on Thursday and the opening of the Festival itself on Friday, when the opening event will be a symposium: "Creativity and Innovation in Glass" at University of Wolverhampton.

Why not join the International Festival of Glass for what promises to be an exciting and stimulating week of activities.

For more information about the Masterclasses visit http://www.ifg.org.uk/masterclasses.html

                                                                                                                                                                        

Next Festival Dates Announced

The 2010 International Festival of Glass takes place from 23rd August - 11th September 2010. Glass Masterclasses run from 23rd - 26th August, Festival events take place from 27th - 30th August and the British Glass Biennale starts on 27th August and continues until 11th September. Visit http://www.ifg.org.uk/

                                                                                                                                                                       

British Glass Biennale designers, Mytton Williams, win award for BGB branding

Mytton Williams won two of the sixteen award categories in the Media Innovation Awards 2009 at a gala dinner and presentation ceremony in Bristol on 12th March. The Bath-based consultancy won top prize in the Print Graphics category with their Pencil Calendar and also in the Branding category with their work for the British Glass Biennale. 

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Winner: Robyn Smith Seeing Through the Ages

People’s Prize winners receive support from Biennale Sponsors

The number of votes weren’t just close for the 2008 People’s Prize, they were the same! Carrie Fertig and Robyn Smith were equal winners and have since received professional support and promotional materials donated by Craftsman craft&design Magazine and Warm Glass UK, sponsors of the event. This support has included features in the Craftsman craft&design Magazine.

Throughout the British Glass Biennale exhibition, which started on 22 August and ran until 28 September, visitors were urged to vote for their favourite piece of art. More than 900 votes were received from a mix of local, regional and international visitors, with three artists neck and neck throughout the voting.

The two winning pieces were ‘Contentment’ by Carrie Fertig and ‘Seeing Through the Ages’ by Robyn Smith with James Lethbridge’s ‘Serpentine Chandelier’ just missing the top spot by two votes.

Winner: Carrie Fertig Contentment Photography: Simon Bruntnell

Runner Up James Lethbridge Serpentine Chandelier Photography: Sylvain Delen

 

The next British Glass Biennale will take place from 27 August - 11 September 2010.