The Ruskin Glass Centre Ltd is a subsidiary of the Ruskin Mill Educational Trust, a charity pioneering in specialist education for young people with learning difficulties. The Trust promotes culture, arts and special needs education within the context of social regeneration and is inspired by the ideas of John Ruskin, William Morris and Rudolf Steiner.

CGS are pleased to be sponsoring the Biennale catalogue this year which promotes outstanding British Glass. 

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.

The Worshipful Company of Glass-Sellers and Looking-Glass Makers of London was initially founded to regulate the glass-selling and pot-making industries within the City of London.The role of the company today is to:

• Maintain cordial relationships within the Company, the City and the glass industry
• Stimulate interest in glass in all its aspects
• Carry out charitable works, with special emphasis on education
• Maintain the Company\'s traditions, values and customs
• Provide pastoral care for members in distress
• Support the Lord Mayor & the Corporation of the City of London

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

The Glass Association is pleased to be one of the sponsors of the catalogue of the fourth British Glass Biennale.

The Glass Association was established in 1983, to promote the understanding and appreciation of glass and glass-making through the ages, stimulating interest and increasing public awareness in the whole subject of glass. It is open to all those with an interest in glass; from collectors to dealers and glass artists, to writers and museum curators.

Our quarterly magazine, The Glass Cone, covers a wide range of interests, from the latest Roman glass discovery through to coverage of studio glass exhibitions. The Journal of the Glass Association is published every two years and allows topics to be pursued in depth, including in the coming issue, a review of the efficiency of furnaces and glory holes for use by studio artists.

Meetings are regularly held around the country on various topics, with annual visits nationally to studios, museums and other areas of interest. We have been organizing International trips every two years, increasing our knowledge and creating a bond with like minded individuals abroad.

Our website; www.glassassociation.org.uk,  contact us at info@glassassociation.org.uk

The British Glass Biennale Award was made possible by the generous donations of Susan Dunn, in memory of her father Robert Dunn, and Mark Holford a British Glass Collector.

The British Glass Biennale Award was made possible by the generous donations of Susan Dunn, in memory of her father Robert Dunn, and Mark Holford a British Glass Collector.

Cohesion Glassmakers’ Network, Sunderland, UK

Cohesion develops programmes to assist professional glassmakers based on their needs and our aim is always to support and develop the enterprise side of a glass practice, including information exchange marketing and promotional support. 

Cohesion is facilitated by Sunderland City Council but now also has an independent charitable arm in order to develop a new facility in Sunderland centre. Providing 10 - 13 studio spaces for makers sharing hot, warm and cold glassmaking facilities it also offers free space to 2 -3 recent graduates under a funded graduate retention programme. The building includes gallery and exhibition spaces and flexible spaces for professional classes and community activities.