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Glassblowing | 08-06-2026
Mark Fenn interview: A beeline to success
Returning to glassblowing after a 35-year gap was all in his stride for Mark Fenn. In the three years since appearing on the BBC tv series ‘Make It...
Collaborations | 25-05-2026
Chelsea Flower Show garden featuring glass awarded Gold Medal
Three glass artists teamed up with renowned garden designer Patrick Clarke to produce a 28-piece glass installation for The Children’s Society...
Mixed media | 06-05-2026
Creating a sense of a living presence
Through her multi-modal artwork and installations, Liz Waugh McManus brings together sculptural glass and twenty-first century technologies to...
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Competition | 30-05-2026
Apply for the 2026 Glass Sellers’ CGS Graduate Prize and New Graduate Review
Exhibitions | 29-05-2026
London Glassblowing marks 50 years with anniversary exhibition
Over 40 glass artists, representing some of the best studio glass from the past 50 years, will show work at the Bermondsey Street studio between 12...
Competition | 08-05-2026
Apply for the Stanislav Libenský Award 2026
Glass artists under the age of 25, as well as Bachelor’s or Master’s degree graduates from 2025 and 2026 (with no age limit), are invited to...
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Exhibitions | 13-01-2025
Book tickets for Collect 2025
Collect – the craft arena’s leading annual international exhibition – takes place from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Somerset House in London....
Mixed media | 08-01-2025
Glass artist interview with Sibylle Peretti
Sibylle Peretti brings a sense of magic and myth to her mixed media pieces that combine a variety of glass and draughtsmanship skills. Linda Banks...
Training | 06-01-2025
Apply for QEST training grants of up to £18k
In its role of sustaining vital skills in traditional and contemporary crafts, twice a year the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) offers three...
News | 03-01-2025
Graham Knowles awarded MBE
Chairman of the British Glass Foundation Graham Knowles has been recognised in the King’s 2025 New Year’s Honours List with an MBE for services...
Cast glass | 23-12-2024
Creating something from nothing
Glass artist Jessie Lee explains how she chose glass as her preferred medium in her quest to represent ‘nothing’ through her art. She specialises...
News | 22-12-2024
Outgoing CGS Chair Sue receives her gift
As many of you know, the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) charismatic Chair, Susan Purser Hope, has stepped down from the role after seven years...