LECTURE ON HARRY CLARKE BY DR. NICOLA GORDON BOWE, CO. DOWN
The Friends of the F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio, Banbridge, Co. Down will present a lecture by Dr. Nicola Gordon Bowe on Harry Clarke and stained glass in Ireland on Thursday 15th March 2012 at 7:30pm. Tickets for this event are £3.00 (Friends & Students £2.50). The Friends AGM will be held before the lecture at 6.30pm. Booking is recommended.
W: www.femcwilliam.com
Tuesday 20 March 2012
ELEMENTS & TELLING TALES, SHANGHAI
Elements and Telling Tales are two exhibitions by contemporary Irish and Chinese artists which open in Shanghai on 16th March 2012. These exhibitions have a strong representation of artists from Cork and are part of Irish Wave 2012, organised by Fion Gunn.
Elements is an exhibition of contemporary glass and ceramics, curated by Mary Mackey, in association with Kevin Callaghan and Professor Xiaowei Zhuang. Telling Tales is a multi-media exhibition of Irish and Chinese artists, curated by Fion Gunn.
W: www.bigsmallartists.com
Elements and Telling Tales are two exhibitions by contemporary Irish and Chinese artists which open in Shanghai on 16th March 2012. These exhibitions have a strong representation of artists from Cork and are part of Irish Wave 2012, organised by Fion Gunn.
Elements is an exhibition of contemporary glass and ceramics, curated by Mary Mackey, in association with Kevin Callaghan and Professor Xiaowei Zhuang. Telling Tales is a multi-media exhibition of Irish and Chinese artists, curated by Fion Gunn.
W: www.bigsmallartists.com
KEEP GOING SURE IT’S GRAND, SOLOMON FINE ART GALLERY, DUBLIN
'Keep Going Sure It’s Grand' is a group exhibition of affordable artworks by over 30 different Irish painters, sculptors, print-makers, ceramists and glass-makers. Each of the specially commissioned, small and beautiful works of art are priced between €330 - €1200. Glass makers Killian Schurmann, Roisín de Buitléar, Sean Campbell, Sarah McEvoy, Karen Donnellan, Greg Sullivan, Paula Stokes, Alison Lowry, and Vivienne Roche all have works in the show. The exhibition runs from 9th to 30th March 2012 at Solomon Fine Art gallery, Balfe Street, Dublin 2.
W: www.solomonfineart.ie
'Keep Going Sure It’s Grand' is a group exhibition of affordable artworks by over 30 different Irish painters, sculptors, print-makers, ceramists and glass-makers. Each of the specially commissioned, small and beautiful works of art are priced between €330 - €1200. Glass makers Killian Schurmann, Roisín de Buitléar, Sean Campbell, Sarah McEvoy, Karen Donnellan, Greg Sullivan, Paula Stokes, Alison Lowry, and Vivienne Roche all have works in the show. The exhibition runs from 9th to 30th March 2012 at Solomon Fine Art gallery, Balfe Street, Dublin 2.
W: www.solomonfineart.ie
LUCINDA ROBERTSON, FESTIVAL OF IRISH DESIGN
Lucinda Robertson is taking part in the Festival of Irish Design. This is a group show of 16 Irish artists and craftspeople selling work at Project 51, 51 South William Street, Dublin 2. This show ends on 31st March 2012.
E: cindersglass@gmail.com
Lucinda Robertson is taking part in the Festival of Irish Design. This is a group show of 16 Irish artists and craftspeople selling work at Project 51, 51 South William Street, Dublin 2. This show ends on 31st March 2012.
E: cindersglass@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL GLASS SYMPOSIUM, UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND
Working with light as a means of interaction between space and the mind is the title of the University of Sunderland’s international architectural glass symposium to take place on 17th and 18th May 2012. Speakers will include Alexander Beleschenko, Rodney Bender, Algirdas Doveydenas, Marián Karel, Tim Macfarlane, Daan Roosegaarde, Judith Schaechter and Dana Zámecníková. Conference fees are £55.00 for one day and £90.00 for two days (if booked before 1st May 2012).
W: http://onlinestore.sunderland.ac.uk (search conference/events - International Glass Symposium)
ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTISTRY OF GLASS, UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON
As part of the 2012 International Festival of Glass this one-day symposium entitled ‘Architecture and the Artistry of Glass’ explores the relationship between glass and architectural forms whether in terms of building materials or the artist wedded to architecture. The symposium brings together artists and designers with distinguished international profiles including John Lewis, Danny Lane, Brent Richards, Tomasz Urbanowicz and Keith Cummings. This symposium will take place on Friday 24th August 2012 from 10sm to 5pm. Prices: standard £130/ student £65.
E: Max.Stewart@wlv.ac.uk
W: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign/glassbiennale
As part of the 2012 International Festival of Glass this one-day symposium entitled ‘Architecture and the Artistry of Glass’ explores the relationship between glass and architectural forms whether in terms of building materials or the artist wedded to architecture. The symposium brings together artists and designers with distinguished international profiles including John Lewis, Danny Lane, Brent Richards, Tomasz Urbanowicz and Keith Cummings. This symposium will take place on Friday 24th August 2012 from 10sm to 5pm. Prices: standard £130/ student £65.
E: Max.Stewart@wlv.ac.uk
W: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign/glassbiennale
GLASSBLOWING FOR BEGINNERS WORKSHOPS, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE
Dates: Sat 21st & 22nd April
Mon 23rd & Tue 24th April
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 4
Experience: No experience required.
In this two-day workshop participants will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. Participants will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower.
E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
T: 071 985 5098
Dates: Sat 21st & 22nd April
Mon 23rd & Tue 24th April
Trainer: Louise Rice & Graham Reid
Course Fees: €240 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 4
Experience: No experience required.
In this two-day workshop participants will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass. Participants will learn how to gather glass out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an experienced glassblower.
E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
T: 071 985 5098
SAND-CASTING WITH HOT GLASS WORKSHOP, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE
Dates: Sat 28th & Sun 29th April
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €285 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
This two-day course will introduce the potential of molten glass as a creative material through the process of hot casting into sand moulds. Participants will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour into prepared ‘open faced’ sand moulds made with found and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience is required and all materials are provided. Feel free to bring your own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must. Ryanair fly from Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, Luton, & Stanstead to Knock Ireland West Airport (45minutes away from Leitrim Sculpture Cenre) and B&B starts from €25 per night.
E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
Dates: Sat 28th & Sun 29th April
Trainer: Keith Seybert
Course Fees: €285 (two days) - 10am to 5pm
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required
This two-day course will introduce the potential of molten glass as a creative material through the process of hot casting into sand moulds. Participants will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour into prepared ‘open faced’ sand moulds made with found and sculpted objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience is required and all materials are provided. Feel free to bring your own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must. Ryanair fly from Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, Luton, & Stanstead to Knock Ireland West Airport (45minutes away from Leitrim Sculpture Cenre) and B&B starts from €25 per night.
E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY TO STAINED GLASS, THE ART HAND, WATERFORD
Sean Corcoran will lead this very intensive full six day course at The Art Hand, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. While it is a challenging programme no real experience in either glass or computers is required.
Sean will be introducing simple ways that today’s technology can help to create designs, templates and visualizations. Participants will be drawing (yes with pencils!) scanning, photographing, image editing, enlarging and printing. A digital image can be printed on special DeCal Paper and baked permanently onto the surface of a piece of glass in our kiln. A small pencil drawing can be enlarged and printed to any specific size using a simple piece of software called Rapid Resizer, handy for full size templates.
The course is six full days from 2nd to 7th April 2012. Arrival and registration is on Sunday 1st April 2012. The cost for this course is €595. Booking available now, places are limited. Accommodation is not included but can be arranged. Evening meals for six days are included in the price.
E: info@thearthand.com
W: http://thearthand.wordpress.com/courses/introducing-technology-to-stained-glass-with-sean-corcoran/
Sean Corcoran will lead this very intensive full six day course at The Art Hand, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. While it is a challenging programme no real experience in either glass or computers is required.
Sean will be introducing simple ways that today’s technology can help to create designs, templates and visualizations. Participants will be drawing (yes with pencils!) scanning, photographing, image editing, enlarging and printing. A digital image can be printed on special DeCal Paper and baked permanently onto the surface of a piece of glass in our kiln. A small pencil drawing can be enlarged and printed to any specific size using a simple piece of software called Rapid Resizer, handy for full size templates.
The course is six full days from 2nd to 7th April 2012. Arrival and registration is on Sunday 1st April 2012. The cost for this course is €595. Booking available now, places are limited. Accommodation is not included but can be arranged. Evening meals for six days are included in the price.
E: info@thearthand.com
W: http://thearthand.wordpress.com/courses/introducing-technology-to-stained-glass-with-sean-corcoran/
KGB-PROJECTS, LONDON
KGB-Projects is proud to launch an open call for a group exhibition entitled Religionis Violenta - calling artists in any medium to apply, including students. The exhibition will run from 6th to 11th September 2012 at the prestigious London West Bank Gallery in Notting Hill, London. For further information please contact The Biscuit Crew (Kane Cali & Gonny van Hulst).
E: info@kgbprojects.com
W: www.kgbprojects.com
KGB-Projects is proud to launch an open call for a group exhibition entitled Religionis Violenta - calling artists in any medium to apply, including students. The exhibition will run from 6th to 11th September 2012 at the prestigious London West Bank Gallery in Notting Hill, London. For further information please contact The Biscuit Crew (Kane Cali & Gonny van Hulst).
E: info@kgbprojects.com
W: www.kgbprojects.com
THE GREENWAY SCULPTURE PROJECT 2012, WESTPORT
The Greenway Sculpture Project 2012 is a temporary outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture open to all practicing sculptors. The exhibition will run over the summer months until October. The aim of the exhibition is to exhibit the very best of contemporary sculpture in the dramatic outdoor setting along the Great Western Greenway, Co. Mayo. The Greenway runs 42kms on the coast of Clew bay linking Westport to Achill Island. Artists can submit both existing sculptures and propose new works. Works must be suitable for safe public exhibition in an outdoor setting. Works will be selected by a panel appointed by the organisers which will include practicing artists. This opportunity to exhibit will be of interest to emerging and established artists.
The deadline for entries is 30th March 2012. To apply please send your entry form with images of proposed work printed or on CD with appropriate administrative fee. Cheques should be made payable to Greenway Artists Initiative Project (€10 single entry, €20 up to three). Completed entries should be sent to: Greenway Sculpture Project, Greenway Artists Initiative, Georges Street, Newport. Co. Mayo.
Map showing Greenway http://www.customshouse.ie/greenwaysculpture2012/map.html
W: www.greenway.ie
The Greenway Sculpture Project 2012 is a temporary outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture open to all practicing sculptors. The exhibition will run over the summer months until October. The aim of the exhibition is to exhibit the very best of contemporary sculpture in the dramatic outdoor setting along the Great Western Greenway, Co. Mayo. The Greenway runs 42kms on the coast of Clew bay linking Westport to Achill Island. Artists can submit both existing sculptures and propose new works. Works must be suitable for safe public exhibition in an outdoor setting. Works will be selected by a panel appointed by the organisers which will include practicing artists. This opportunity to exhibit will be of interest to emerging and established artists.
The deadline for entries is 30th March 2012. To apply please send your entry form with images of proposed work printed or on CD with appropriate administrative fee. Cheques should be made payable to Greenway Artists Initiative Project (€10 single entry, €20 up to three). Completed entries should be sent to: Greenway Sculpture Project, Greenway Artists Initiative, Georges Street, Newport. Co. Mayo.
Map showing Greenway http://www.customshouse.ie/greenwaysculpture2012/map.html
W: www.greenway.ie
OUT OF THE STABLE, GREENWICH
For his part in the cultural Olympics Xavier White is putting out a call for submissions for equine artworks. The exhibition will coincide with the equestrian events in Greenwich Park in August 2012 and will be set in an English Baroque house in Blackheath. Selected works will be curated and exhibited in (8m x 6m) front room with a bay window (3 x 1.3m x 2m each, sash windows, suitable for glass artworks) and spacious hallway for six weeks before, during and after the Olympic equestrian events in the park.
Terms and conditions
Images: Please send all images as j.peg 300 dpi save the file as the title of the piece and name e.g JumpXWhite.
Fee: £10 payable on delivery of your work
Commission: 10% commission on all retail sales and orders made during the show. All work should be for sale.
Delivery and collection: The hand-in deadline is 1st June. All work must be collected by 15th Sept 2012.
1st, 2nd and prizes for best in show include a bottle of wine and a Verrelic Spire glass sculpture.
E: xhw001@my.londonmet.ac.uk
W: http://www.artlyst.com/xavier.white
T: 07 88 99 72 374
For his part in the cultural Olympics Xavier White is putting out a call for submissions for equine artworks. The exhibition will coincide with the equestrian events in Greenwich Park in August 2012 and will be set in an English Baroque house in Blackheath. Selected works will be curated and exhibited in (8m x 6m) front room with a bay window (3 x 1.3m x 2m each, sash windows, suitable for glass artworks) and spacious hallway for six weeks before, during and after the Olympic equestrian events in the park.
Terms and conditions
Images: Please send all images as j.peg 300 dpi save the file as the title of the piece and name e.g JumpXWhite.
Fee: £10 payable on delivery of your work
Commission: 10% commission on all retail sales and orders made during the show. All work should be for sale.
Delivery and collection: The hand-in deadline is 1st June. All work must be collected by 15th Sept 2012.
1st, 2nd and prizes for best in show include a bottle of wine and a Verrelic Spire glass sculpture.
E: xhw001@my.londonmet.ac.uk
W: http://www.artlyst.com/xavier.white
T: 07 88 99 72 374
SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2012, NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS, DUBLIN
Sculpture in Context Annual Open Exhibition 2012 will be held at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The exhibition will run from 6th September to 19th October 2012. The Botanic Gardens offers a unique and challenging platform for artists to respond to a specific location. Entry Forms and Conditions of Entry are now available and can be printed from the website. A site visit is scheduled for Saturday 10th March 2012 at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 9. Proposals [typed A4] with entry forms and appropriate fee should reach Sculpture in Context, PO Box 10054, Dublin 16, on or before Friday 13th April 2012.
T: 087 6258258 (Ana)
T: 086 8942851 (Beatrice)
W: www.sculptureincontext.com
Sculpture in Context Annual Open Exhibition 2012 will be held at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The exhibition will run from 6th September to 19th October 2012. The Botanic Gardens offers a unique and challenging platform for artists to respond to a specific location. Entry Forms and Conditions of Entry are now available and can be printed from the website. A site visit is scheduled for Saturday 10th March 2012 at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 9. Proposals [typed A4] with entry forms and appropriate fee should reach Sculpture in Context, PO Box 10054, Dublin 16, on or before Friday 13th April 2012.
T: 087 6258258 (Ana)
T: 086 8942851 (Beatrice)
W: www.sculptureincontext.com
TGK GLASS COMPETITION
The theme for the 2012 TGK glass competition is ‘All you need is glass.’ TGK are looking forward to welcome glass artists and glass designers from all over the world that set no limits to work with glass in their own particular way. All participants and winners can benefit from lucrative prizes and good PR. The closing date for applications is 2nd April 2012.
W: www.tgk.de
The theme for the 2012 TGK glass competition is ‘All you need is glass.’ TGK are looking forward to welcome glass artists and glass designers from all over the world that set no limits to work with glass in their own particular way. All participants and winners can benefit from lucrative prizes and good PR. The closing date for applications is 2nd April 2012.
W: www.tgk.de
LINDEAN MILL GLASS, UK
Lindean Mill Glass has a vacancy for a hard working individual with glassblowing experience. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of running a studio glass workshop from glass making to dealing with customers. Training will be provided and there is an opportunity to make you own work. The successful candidate will start in late June and salary will be negotiable depending on skill level. The position will be 37½ hours per week. To apply please send a CV and images of your work to Lindean Mill Glass, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, TD1 3PE, UK or to david@lindeanmillglass.co.uk. For more information contact David Kaplan.
E: david@lindeanmillglass.co.uk
W: www.lindeanmillglass.co.uk
T: 07880 723622
Lindean Mill Glass has a vacancy for a hard working individual with glassblowing experience. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of running a studio glass workshop from glass making to dealing with customers. Training will be provided and there is an opportunity to make you own work. The successful candidate will start in late June and salary will be negotiable depending on skill level. The position will be 37½ hours per week. To apply please send a CV and images of your work to Lindean Mill Glass, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, TD1 3PE, UK or to david@lindeanmillglass.co.uk. For more information contact David Kaplan.
E: david@lindeanmillglass.co.uk
W: www.lindeanmillglass.co.uk
T: 07880 723622
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