Noticeboards Category: Exhibitions

Deadline Approaching – next online CGS exhibition!!

Due to people being so busy at Christmas, we have extended the submission deadline for our upcoming international online glass selling exhibition!

Don’t pass up the opportunity to participate in this fantastic event – we already have an impressive level of work being sent in, so it is going to be one of the most exciting shows we’ve done!

Find complete information HERE.

Please contact info@cgs.org.uk if you encounter any uploading problems, require assistance, or simply have a question!

Please refrain from emailing admin@cgs. org. uk regarding the exhibition, as this address is designated for our fundraising and membership secretary.

Thank you and good luck!

 

CGS Online Exhibition Schedule 2025!

We are excited to announce that we are giving you a special sneak preview of our online exhibition schedule for 2025! This is a wonderful opportunity for you to start planning and preparing for the exciting events we have lined up for the year.
With a variety of intriguing topics and themes, there’s something for everyone to look forward to. We can’t wait to share these amazing exhibitions with you. Hopefully, you will be excited by the themes and start planning the work that you might submit!

Being a member of CGS has its perks, including free applications to all shows, which makes it even easier for you to showcase your creativity and talent.
This is a fantastic opportunity to share your work with a wider audience, gain exposure, and connect with fellow artists. So, dive in, get those creative juices flowing, and good luck with your submissions!

We can’t wait to see what you create!

CGS Online Exhibitions 2025 PDF

If you need help, please email info@cgs.org.uk

 

Light show Dates Dec 05 — Dec 08, 2024

Discover the fascinating universe of molten glass. A contemplative and poetic show.

Free access – from 5 to 8 December during la Fête des Lumières de Lyon (the Festival of Lights in Lyon)

https://www.labiennaledelyon.com/en/biennale/17e-biennale-dart-contemporain-2024/resonance/glassart2024-les-voix-du-verre-fete-des-lumieres

 

GlassArt2024, glass voices Oct 11 — Dec 06, 2024

An exhibition in the heart of Lyon in which artists, designers and craftsmen use the glass medium to express their sensibilities.

GlassArt2024 promotes emerging talents alongside internationally renowned artists.

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GlassArt2024 is a point of view on contemporary creation.

By bringing together key works in the fields of contemporary art, design and art workshops, the exhibition focuses on current creations, in France and internationally. By presenting works by personalities from the world of contemporary art, crafts and design as well as emerging talents, GlassArt2024 aims to promote the talents of glass art in its entirety.

Special information: Since its beginnings, Hotshop France has been committed to introducing glass professions to local schools, with particular attention to young people from priority neighborhoods. GlassArt2024 is designed at a child’s height to welcome young audiences.

Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 2pm-6pm Sunday 2pm-5pm

https://www.labiennaledelyon.com/en/biennale/17e-biennale-dart-contemporain-2024/resonance/glassart2024-glass-voices

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Ground Up Exhibition, in Kings Lynn

Liz Waugh McManus has artwork in Ground Up exhibition at GroundWork Gallery in King’s Lynn which showcases artistic responses to the Ground Up Extraction IV residency this Summer.  The show continues until 14 December.
As the only glass artist, her focus was ’silica’ and the local extraction of sand from Sibelco quarry which supplies most of the British glass industry.
She also looked at local history of glass-making from medieval times to the 20th century,  and experimented with forest glass-making recipes.

 

GroundWork is a gallery for art and the environment.

 

Home – GroundWork

groundworkgallery.com

‘Thanks For The Memory’- Glass Postcard Exhibition – some remaining glass postcards for sale!

2024 sees the last International Festival of Glass to be held at the Ruskin Centre in Stourbridge.  The Contemporary Glass Society has been involved with the Festival since its inception.
As our time at the Ruskin Centre comes to an end and we look forward to the next era of the Festival, to celebrate the amazing journey we have all had, we asked our members to share their own memories. 

Memories are magical moments that we treasure so join us in our last Postcard Show at the Ruskin Centre and visit a small treasure full of memories.

Over 100 CGS members took part in this fantastic and fun fundraising show. Over half the postcards sold in Stourbridge but we still have some amazing ones wanting to find a new home.

All work is for sale at affordable prices £50, £75 or £100. and 50% will go towards CGS events in 2025

Do take a look. https://cgs.org.uk/onlineexhibition/thanks-for-the-memory-postcards/

 

Please email admin@cgs.org.uk for enquiries about pieces.

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If you need any help with the online shows or socials, please email info@cgs.org.uk

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“Thanks for the Memory”- CGS Members Exhibition Prize Winners Announced!

Winners have been announced from our live Exhibition at the International Festival of Glass.

Sponsored by Mark Holford and Alan J Poole

See available work Thanks For The Memory Available Postcards

Prize Winners

People’s Prize – Claire Hall, Remembering Devon

Best in Show – Nancy Sutcliffe, An Elephant never Forgets

Runner Up – Sue Purser Hope, Splash

 

 

 

Runner Up – Opal Seabrook, Snap Shot

Commended – Karen Lilley, Thank you for the venues and to the people who staffed them 2024

Alison Jardine, Star Gazing with Grandad

Helen Slater Stokes, Thank you Ruskin

Kate Jones, Green and Pleasant Land

Zara Johnson, Blooming Brilliant

We sold nearly half the postcards but there are still many wonderful ones left, which we hope to post on the website very soon.

View unsold postcards Thanks For The Memory Available Postcards

To buy any get in touch with admin@cgs.org.uk

 

SILICA a celebration of glass in many guises

Diss Cornhall, 21 At Nicolas St Diss IP22 5QU

14th September to 19th October 2024

This exhibition draws together an eclectic group of artists, each utilising the compound ‘SILICA’ in their individual ways. Encompassing a myriad of processes, the spectrum of glass is displayed in all its colourful glory.

Artists; Meg McGregor, Liz Waugh McManus, Mandy Cook, Clare Gaylard, Surinder Warboys, Vanessa Dalgliesh, Dannielle Hopkinson, Hassina Khan, Joy Holden, David Whatley.

 

 

“Never Done”: An exhibition of glass work by women artists from Wales

Private View: Friday September 6th 5 – 6pm: 

An exhibition of glass work by women artists from Wales

Featuring work by Linda Norris, Rachel Phillips, Roberta Mason, Verity Pulford, Kathryn Roberts and Bethan Yates

Seagull Gallery, 49 St Mary Street, Cardigan West Wales SA43 1HA

2nd to 8th September 2024

Open daily  10 – 5

Private View: Friday September 6th 5 – 6pm

The show will run alongside Craft Festival Wales

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Find out more HERE.

Nature in Glass

UK Glass Art Collective: Nature In Art.
Wednesday 3rd – Wednesday 15th October 2024

We’re excited to announce that we return to Prior gallery, Cabot Circus, Bristol, for a two week exhibition in October.

Bristol is special to us as it is the place we all met when we decided to form a collective of 14 artists working in kiln-formed glass.

In this exhibition: ‘Nature In Art’ we will have a stunning selection of artwork for sale. The artwork showcases the wonderful luminescent and opaque properties of glass and the myriad of glass techniques possible.

Free to visit.

If you’d like to chat to the artists about the artwork an artist will normally be present daily and there are also two special events planned: a ‘launch event on Saturday 5th October (1-4pm) and a ‘Meet the Artists’ session on Saturday 12th October (1-4pm)

Whether you are an art collector, student studying the creative arts, or lover of unique handmade artwork for your home or as a gift, you will find a range of work to suit all tastes and prices. Work from our last two exhibitions is now in numerous locations worldwide and several of the artists have recently shown, and sold, work around the country, including at the International Festival of Glass.

UK Glass Art Collective artists: Rosalind Beattie, Mandy Capel, Rachel Craig, Jacqueline Erhahon, Claire Fernig, Carla Harris-Marsh, Heather Russell, Suzanne Bunce, Alex Compton, Rachael Durkan, Fabio, Angela Gunter, Rachel Nuttall, Katrina Shearlaw.

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