Features
Community projects | 10-08-2025
Transformational material
Mixed media artist and CGS board member Linda Norris talks about the importance of community in her practice and how working with glass with...
Lampworking | 22-07-2025
Celebrating 35 years of creating glass
Ian Pearson looks back over his long career in scientific glassblowing and creative lampworking with his characteristic frank and humorous style. My...
Cold working glass | 09-07-2025
The depth of glass
Carolin Zibulka explains how her family’s secret glass ‘lavacoating’ technique is evolving as she develops her practice, reinforcing her...
News
Exhibitions | 16-08-2025
One Island, Many Visions sculpture exhibition in Dorset
Glass sculptors Colin Reid, Karen Browning and Rebecca Newnham are taking part in the ‘One Island, Many Visions’ event in Portland this autumn....
Appeal | 10-08-2025
Appeal to save The World of Glass in St Helens
One of Merseyside’s most treasured cultural landmarks, The World of Glass (TWOG), is celebrating its 25th anniversary but facing imminent closure...
Events | 30-07-2025
Invitation to CGS Glass in Wales Symposium
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) invites members and non-members to a Glass in Wales symposium, to be held at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday...
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Lectures | 29-09-2023
Stained Glass Museum online autumn lectures
Three online lectures are being hosted by the Stained Glass Museum, Ely, this October 2023. On 4 October (7pm) is a Zoom presentation entitled...
Exhibitions | 29-09-2023
A feast of glass at Bulgaria’s International Biennale of Glass 2023
Sofia in Bulgaria hosts the country’s fourth International Biennale of Glass (IBG) between 6 October and 3 December 2023. The event presents a mix...
Fundraising | 28-09-2023
Win glass artworks in CGS annual fundraising raffle
A fantastic, colourful sculpture made by Chris Day is among the prizes on offer in the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) annual raffle. This and...
Books | 28-09-2023
New book about stained glass pioneer Michael Healy
A new book about the reclusive Irish stained glass artist Michael Healy (1873-1941) goes on sale in October 2023 and is available with a...
Training | 27-09-2023
New apprenticeship in stained glass launches
A new stained glass apprenticeship has been developed, with the specialist training to be provided at University of Wales Trinity Saint David...
Obituary | 26-09-2023
Obituary: Vital Peeters 1960-2023
It is with great sadness that we learned Vital Peeters died on 18 September 2023. Many will have met Vital, together with his husband Jules, at their...
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