RDS National Craft Awards 2014

This year the Glass Society of Ireland were proud to be able to sponsor a prize at the RDS National Craft Awards. The GSoI Ireland sponsored prize was €300 this year and was won by Sadhbh Mowlds a recent graduate of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. Sadhbh's main interest is in blown glass and she is travelling to Berlin Glas EV this summer to hon her skills. We were delighted to be able to provide some support for this young artists to continue with her craft. Congratulation Sadhbh and we look forward to hearing how you get on in Berlin - keep in touch!

In the main glass category was awarded to Denis Brown (who also was awarded for his work in the calligraphy and lettering). His layered glass panels were created at his studio in Sandyford. For more information on Denis you can visit his website HERE 

We were also happy to see many familiar faces that got selected for the exhibition which will be open for the duration of the Horse Show and will then travel to this year's City of Culture, Limerick and will be on display at the Hunt Gallery. Those selected for the exhibition in the catagory of glass were: Rose Sinclair Doyle, Eva Kelly, Denis Brown, Sadhbh Mowlds and Mc Gonigle Glass Studio.

Eva Kelly with her beautiful
pate de verre collar

Rose Sinclair student at NCAD
entering her final year in 2014

We hope that next year we will see even more entries into the glass category!

For a full list of this years awards click HERE

Glassy Future Makers of 2014

This year’s Future Makers Competition has been a great success for Glass Society of Ireland members Karen Donnellan, Emma Bourke and Mags O’ Dea. The awards ceremony took place again this year in Fallon and Byrne’s function room in Dublin on June 11th. 

Karen received the Exhibitions Assistance support award, worth €800.  She plans to use this funding to assist with her solo show Resonance which will be held from August 9th to October 15th as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival.  Her work will be displayed next to Róisín De Buitlear’s at the National Craft Gallery and both exhibits will innovatively explore the sonic qualities of glass.

 Present Moment Reminder - Karen Donnellan

Emma Bourke, who is currently a GSoI board member, was awarded a substantial Residencies and Training award.  This €1000 support award will allow her travel to Sunderland to continue training with the scientific glass-workers who own and run Wearside Glass at the National Glass Centre.  We must also mention her success earlier this year in receiving the Golden Fleece Award with which she purchased two new kilns and renovated her home studio in Mayo.

Drop of Desire - Emma Bourke

Emma receiving her award

Mags O’Dea received a Materials Support award in the student category. Mags just completed her BA in Glass Design in the National College of Art and Design and this DCCoI assistance will be very helpful in kick-starting her career.  Her winning piece was from the same body of work that was displayed in NCAD’s Graduate exhibition held last week in the Thomas Street campus.

Part of Mag's graduate exhibition 

Mags receiving her award 

The Future Makers Competition is held every year with various other awards and supports apart from the ones mentioned above.  Since the change from the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) to the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI) it is not only a great opportunity for crafts people but for designers too.  Congratulations to Karen, Emma and Mags who received the supports out of a fierce competition of around 100 entrants.  We look forward to seeing how the funds will help their already beautiful art and hope to see even more GSoI members getting shortlisted and receiving awards from Future Makers over the next few years! 

Written by Laura Quinn, 

GSoI Student Rep, Dublin

THE GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD

The Golden Fleece Award aims to support and promote the diversity of contemporary Irish creativity in the arts and crafts. Its mission is to help artists of innovative talent, needing support at strategic stages of their careers.

The Golden Fleece Award is an artistic prize fund established as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. The Award was launched in 2001, and is now widely seen as a stamp of merit in the realm of Irish art. Applicants will normally have been born on the island of Ireland and must maintain a strong connection with Ireland. They should be artists or researchers working in the area of figurative visual art or of the traditional crafts. (Researchers planning a submission should consult the Guidance for Research Applicants).

The areas of figurative visual art includes painting, sculpture, and other visual media such as etching, drawing and printmaking. Traditional craft refers to work with a basis in traditional skills and materials. These include woven textiles, spinning, dyeing, glassmaking, jewellery, ceramics, metalwork, stonework and woodwork, etc. Further details, requirements and how to apply can be found on The Golden Fleece Award website. The deadline for applications is the 23rd of November 2012.

W: www.goldenfleeceaward.com

CCOI MALTHOUSE DESIGN CHALLENGE – OPEN CALL

The Crafts Council of Ireland in association with The Malthouse Design Centre are seeking applications from multi-disciplinary teams of craftspeople, product designers, industrial designers and graphic designers to participate in a two day Design Challenge workshop led by John Jenkins, Design Manager at Heals, UK. Teams must consist of a minimum of two people and must include one craftsperson. Teams must download and complete an application form that responds to the design brief as outlined.
The workshop will take place on October 11th and 12th 2012 at The Malthouse Design Centre, Dublin.

W: http://www.futuremakers.ie/2012/09/03/ccoi-malthouse-design-challenge-open-call/

CRAFTFORMS 2012 CALL FOR ENTRIES, USA

The 18th international Craft Forms juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary craft, while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their functional and sculptural creative endeavours. The exhibition will take place between 30th November 2012 and 26th January 2013. The deadline to submit is 13th September 2012.
 
All work must have been completed within the past two years and may not have been previously exhibited at the Wayne Art Center, PA, US.

W: http://www.wayneart.org/exhibition/craft-forms-2012

THE GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD

The Golden Fleece Award is an artistic fund established as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. The award aims to support and promote the diversity of contemporary Irish creativity in the arts and crafts. Its mission is to help artists of innovate talent needing support in their careers. Details of all the candidates shortlisted for consideration over the years, and the eventual winners and examples of their work can be seen on the website. The Golden Fleece Award is currently calling for applications for the 2013 award which has a closing date of 23 November 2012. Application forms can also be downloaded via the website. If there are any queries please contact Catherine Martin, Administrator of the Golden Fleece Award.

W: www.goldenfleeceaward.com
T: 086 4087920
E: cmartin@algoodbody.com

INGORGENTA CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) will be supporting a group of leading Irish jewellers to exhibit at Inhorgenta 22nd – 25th February 2013. Interested Irish based designer/ makers are invited to apply to participate in this initiative. The closing date is Friday 7th Sept 2012.

As one of the premier European trade fairs for fine and designer jewellery, this Munich based trade fair attracts over 32,000 buyers from 79 countries – from gallery owners to mainstream jewellery shops. The main markets serviced are Germany, Northern Europe and UK. A number of leading Irish buyers also attend. This opportunity is open to all CCoI registered makers who are targeting the export market – either retail or gallery – who have a proven track record and who reach the required level of quality.  An independent assessment panel will select the five makers based on applications and submissions of work. All work must be Imagined Designed and Made in Ireland. CCoI reserves the right to audit the authenticity of the work.

W: http://www.inhorgenta.com/en/portal/cn/exhibitor_service
W: http://www.futuremakers.ie/2012/08/14/inhorgenta-2013-call-out/
W: www.ccoi.ie
E: nicola@ccoi.ie
T: 056 7796153

DAVID MANLEY EMERGING ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

The David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award nurtures the enterprising spirit across the spectrum of the Arts, Business and Social sectors. The Award celebrates its 10th year this year and continues to go from strength to strength. It was established by a group of David Manley’s friends in the Dublin Chamber of Commerce to honour his contribution to, and encouragement and mentoring of entrepreneurs during his short life time.

The overall award winner will receive in excess of €100,000 in consultancy and cash. Each runner-up will also receive a €1,000 cash prize. All nine shortlisted entrepreneurs will receive payroll and accounting software and mentoring support. The deadlines for the receipt of applications is Friday 7th September 2012.

E:mitchell@newmarket.ie
W: ­www.davidmanleyaw­ards.ie­

AVAILABLE PLACES AT NORTH LANDS, SCOTLAND

Due to cancellation, places have become available on the following classes at Northlands:

Angela Jarman
‘From the Outside In’
29th August to 6th September 2012
Fee: €880

Jacqueline Poncelet
‘Give and Take’
29th August to 6th September 2012
Fee: €800

Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend
‘Painting in the Space of Glass’
11th to 19th September 2012
Fee: €800

2012 Conference ‘Give and Take
8th to 9th September 2012
The conference will explore conceptual and stylistic exchanges over time between different cultures and media. Speakers will include the Master Class leaders and a diverse range of guest speakers, demonstrations, and an evening party. As part of their conference programme, North Lands are also hosting the SGS exhibition ‘Cultural Exchange’ and a number of events will run during the conference as part of the national campaign Glass Games 2012.

W: www.northlandsglass.com

CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART STUDIO ASSISTANTSHIP, USA

The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio is accepting applications for its October 2012 to January 2013 Studio Assistantship term. Applications are due by 10 a.m. on 12th September, 2012.

Volunteer Assistantship
The Studio Assistantship is an educational opportunity designed for students who have completed an initial course of glass study (B.F.A./A.A. or multiple workshops) and are looking to gain practical, professional studio experience in a Museum setting. Studio Assistants will help the studio team with public glass demonstrations, classes, and general operations of the Studio for up to 10 hours a week for four months. The assistantship is unpaid, but offers many benefits including the opportunity to build skills, perform, and teach; studio time; significant discounts on classes; working with world-recognized visiting artists, and the opportunity to participate (commission-free) in the studio’s quarterly art sale. Studio assistants must have prior experience working with hot glass.

Travelling Assistantship
During each four-month session, the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio accepts one Travelling Assistant. The traveller typically comes from afar to participate in this certificate program. The Museum provides a free apartment for this Assistant during the duration of their assistantship. The Traveller has additional responsibility and is expected to have slightly more glass studio experience. Please make a note in your letter of interest if applying specifically for this position. We are now accepting applications for the February – May 2013 term Travelling Position.

W: http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/glass-studio/studio-assistantships/
E: cpotter@chrysler.org

WHEATON ARTS FELOWSHIP, PHILADELPHIA

The CGCA Fellowship Program at WheatonArts is a professional level program providing focused and self-directed artists working in glass with a concentrated period of time to work alongside their peers. Fellows work toward a common goal of advancing their careers through the perfection or refinement of techniques needed to develop a new or expanded body of work. The CGCA program is an environment where we provide the facilities, equipment and a technical orientation; however we do not have technical assistance on hand.

Artists have the use of private studios and excellent facilities within a respectful sanctuary of concentrated time. This is an exceptional opportunity for artists to utilize one of the finest facilities of the glass medium, known internationally. Not only do artists get exceptional access to these facilities and various process mediums, but they also receive generous stipends, private studios, technical assistance, comfortable housing and institutional support. In addition, they are embraced by a dedicated and warm staff, all on a beautiful 65-acre campus that is truly a creative sanctuary, just 45 minutes south of Philadelphia.

The application is simple and the jury process exceedingly sensitive and fair. Only ten C.G.C.A. fellowships are given per year but the process is free, easy and surprisingly open. The deadline is 25th October 2012.

W: http://www.wheatonarts.org/creativeglasscenteramerica/fellowshipprogram

AA2A PLACEMENTS 2012/ 2013

The AA2A project offers artists and designer makers the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project using art college facilities e.g. workshops, IT facilities, lending library, and lecture programme. AA2A schemes aim to benefit students and Colleges through their interaction with practising artists.

Access to facilities is free for at least 100 hours, between October 2012 and April 2013 and a materials/travel grant of £220 is usually available. Closing dates for applications vary but all are in September 2012. Applicants must have at least one year professional practice and should be able to work with minimal technical support. Artists on AA2A schemes run from 2009 to 2010 or before can now reapply. AA2A particularly welcomes applications from applicants with disabilities, from culturally diverse backgrounds and non-graduates.

W:  http://www.aa2a.org/colleges

2012 JERRY RAPHAEL METROPOLITAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GROUP FELLOWSHIP, NY

The Jerry Raphael MCGG Fellowship is funded through the generosity of the Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group and hosted by UrbanGlass. The Fellowship award varies year to year based on MCGG member contributions; the minimum award is $2,000. The funds must be used to develop new art work and may be applied to studio fees for glassblowing, casting, kiln working, neon, lampworking, stained glass, coldworking and sandblasting. Acid etching, technical assistance and materials are not eligible expenses. Glass experience is a requirement.

In 2012, while to the studio at UrbanGlass is under renovation, MCGG fellowship recipient artists are permitted to complete their fellowship in a glassworking studio of their choice. Artists are required to submit receipts to document all expenditures related to the fellowship work. The fellowship must be completed by April 2013.

The Jerry Raphael MCGG Fellow must give a slide presentation, a demonstration or a gallery talk for the members of the Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group. In addition, the Fellow is required to submit photo documentation of work accomplished at the end of the Fellowship period, and to credit both the Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group and UrbanGlass when the work is exhibited. The Fellow must stay in contact with UrbanGlass and the MCGG for three years following the Fellowship by completing an annual questionnaire.

Applications must be postmarked or hand delivered to UrbanGlass by 5:00 PM, Friday, August 31, 2012. UrbanGlass will not accept applications via email.

W: http://urbanglass.org/opportunities/MCGGfellowship

WINDGATE ESTABLISHED ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS

UrbanGlass in Brooklyn, New York, offers two Windgate Charitable Foundation Visiting Established Artist Fellowships to artists wishing to work in glass. Fellowships are for an eight week period and include access to all areas of the interim Studio on a scheduled basis, technical support and materials as stipulated in the Fellowship Agreement. Due our current location in an interim studio, the 2012 fellowship will be available for flameworking, fusing and/or kiln casting techniques. Dates of fellowship and budget will be discussed with the artist. The Fellowship does not include room and board; however, each Visiting Artist receives an honorarium of $1,500 for his/her discretionary use.

W: http://urbanglass.org/?q=Opportunities

GLASS AFLOAT CALL FOR ENTRIES, THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF GLASS
The International Festival of Glass is pleased to announce Glass Afloat; the inaugural exhibition of glass sculpture on the lake at Bodenham Arboretum taking place from 1st to 27th August 2012. Artists are invited to apply for this exciting exhibition – we are looking for work which will be innovative and impactful, experimental and of a high standard, celebrating the huge variety of glass practice today. All works must have a considerable glass element, however, other materials such as metal, wood, rubber and plastic may be used. Bodenham Arboretum is an award-winning arboretum in Worcestershire, approximately 9 miles by road from the Stourbridge Glass Quarter. Works will be floated on the three acre lake and around the shallower ‘hidden’ areas creating a fascinating trail for visitors to explore. The deadline for entries is Monday 23rd April 2012.

E: glassafloat@ifg.org.uk
W: www.ifg.org.uk
W: http://www.ifg.org.uk/get-involved/glass-afloat-5.html

THE FRESH AIR SCHOLARSHIP

The Fresh Air Scholarship is a unique opportunity for an emerging glass maker who has completed his/ her formal training to work and gain experience within a leading UK commercial and creative glass-blowing studio environment.

The scholarship will run for fifteen weeks commencing in September 2012. The essence of the scholarship is to enable the candidate to develop within the context of the creative marketplace and then to move forward with his/ her own business. As part of a glass blowing team the successful candidate will receive training and be involved in all aspects of the operation of the studio whilst developing and documenting a body of work that will be exhibited and sold/auctioned at the Fresh Air Exhibition 2013. Applicants are asked to send a CV detailing their glass experience together with photographs of any recent work to Loco Glass Ltd, Studio 2, Brewery Arts Centre, Brewery Court, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1JH .

E: info@locoglass.co.uk
W: www.locoglass.co.uk

JIM MCNAUGHTON/ TILESTYLE ARTIST BURSARY

The Jim McNaughton/ TileStyle €10,000 Artist Bursary will be given to an artist gaining experience in the field of commissioning or partnering with businesses or other organisations to deliver innovative arts programmes. This award is intended to contribute to the development of the artist’s craft or practice. This award is accepting applications from artists working in any medium and through any art form. The Allianz Business to Arts Awards recognises businesses, artists, and arts organisations that develop creative partnerships, bringing the arts and artists into mutually beneficial relationships. The Awards invite you to share the stories of your successes with your peers, to demonstrate your pride in what you have achieved, and to seek to join the prestigious list of winners which represent the very best models developed in partnership between the corporate and cultural worlds in Ireland.

Apply by returning a completed application form, plus 500 words about the artist, their practice, and how they would use the bursary, to Business to Arts. Contact us for support in preparing your nomination. The closing date is Thursday 3rd May 2012.

W: www.businesstoarts.ie/awards 
T: +353 1 672 5336

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GLAZIERS AND PAINTERS OF GLASS, PAID WORK PLACEMENTS, UK

The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass is pleased to announce that once again they will be offering 5 work placement awards. An Award for Excellence, two Ashton Hill Awards and two Professional Development Awards for the year 2012-13. The aim of all awards is to raise standards of work within the craft, particularly in the U.K., by offering additional learning experiences to enhance the skills of potential workers. Applications are invited from anyone within the first five years of their training who want to make a career in stained glass, conservation and/or glass painting.

Successful candidates will be placed in high quality working studios where they will undertake mentored work experience on actual projects with the supervision, guidance and tuition of experienced professionals. The deadline for entry is Friday 23 March 2012, interviewing Tuesday 3 April, 2012.

W: http://www.worshipfulglaziers.com/competitions-and-awards-10.htm

FUTURE MAKERS AWARD 2012

All students undertaking a fulltime craft course or apprenticeship and anyone who graduated from a full time course in craft or established a craft enterprise in the past 5 years is eligible to apply for the 2012 Future Makers Awards. It’s a fantastic opportunity to have you and your work profiled as well as the potential to win many of the awards and supports.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 27th March 2012.

E: futuremakers@ccoi.ie
W: www.futuremakers.ie

CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND 2012

The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) Fund for Continued Professional Development is an important opportunity for established Craft Enterprises.
This fund covers attendance at workshops, training courses, master classes, conferences, and research missions to research events and trade fairs. Networks and groups can also apply to bring expertise to Ireland to deliver a master class or in turn a group application can be made to attend a master class outside of Ireland.

The deadline for 2012 applications is Tuesday 27th March 2012.

For further information on the Continuing Professional Development Fund 2012 contact:
Mary Whelan, Client Liaison Officer
T: 056 7796131
E: maryw@ccoi.ie
W: www.ccoi.ie/content/view/300/226/