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Endangered Crafts – Applications Now Open

Stourbridge Glass Museum | 11th July – 7th November 2026

Endangered Crafts is a major group exhibition exploring glass skills that are endangered, critically endangered or extinct in the UK. The Endangered Craft exhibition will be held at the multi award winning Stourbridge Glass Museum and supported by Heritage Crafts and Contemporary Glass Society.

Using the Heritage Crafts Red List of Endangered Crafts as a guiding framework, the exhibition will showcase contemporary glass artists working within traditions that are at risk of being lost, alongside work that reflects on the importance of preserving specialist craft knowledge.
The exhibition will include glass crafts listed on the Heritage Crafts Red List, including:

Extinct in the UK
Mouth-blown sheet glass making
Critically Endangered
Copper wheel glass engraving
Glass eye making
Cut crystal glass making

Endangered
Scientific glassblowing
Neon making
Reverse glass sign painting
Brilliant cutting
Stained glass window making

Artists working in related endangered glass techniques are also welcome to apply, where applicants can provide supporting information to demonstrate why their craft should be considered at risk.

Artists may submit up to three works for consideration. There is an administration fee of £15 to submit your application. Works may be for sale (the museum takes a commission of 30%). The exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of talks and demonstrations during the opening weekend.

Key Dates
* Open Call Deadline: 31 March 2026
* Selection Period: April 2026
* Artists Notified: Late April / early May 2026
* Exhibition Drop-off: June / July 2026 (date to be confirmed)
* Private View (evening): 10 July 2026
*(Including a talk by Daniel Carpenter, Heritage Crafts, and a talk by Sarah Brown, Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society)
* Official Opening & Demo Day: 11 July 2026
* Exhibition Open: 11 July – 7 November 2026
* Exhibition Takedown: Mid-November 2026 (date to be confirmed)

Selected artists may also have the opportunity to take part in live demonstrations during the exhibition opening weekend, offering audiences insight into endangered glassmaking techniques.

Endangered Crafts is supported by Stourbridge Glass Museum, Heritage Crafts and the Contemporary Glass Society.

About Stourbridge Glass Museum

Stourbridge Glass Museum celebrates over 400 years of glassmaking heritage through stunning displays of historic and contemporary glass. Visitors can experience live glassblowing in the hot glass studio, explore exhibitions showcasing world-renowned artists, and discover the stories behind this globally significant craft.

Having won numerous awards this small but significant museum has put its’ stamp on the museum map in 2025, continuing to promote glass making, and supporting makers both in contemporary practises and those using heritage skills and restoration.

About Heritage Crafts

Heritage Crafts is the national charity for traditional heritage crafts. Working in partnership with Government and key agencies, they provide a focus for craftspeople, groups, societies and guilds, as well as individuals who care about the loss of traditional crafts skills, and work towards a healthy and sustainable framework for the future.
Heritage Crafts are a UNESCO accredited NGO for Intangible Cultural Heritage and an official Community Support Hub for the UK Governments’ Living Heritage in the UK inventory, having advocated for the UK ratification of the UNESCO Convention of the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2010.

About The Contemporary Glass Society

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) was established in 1997 to represent the interests of national and international glassmakers. It’s team is passionate about glass and the artists working with this amazing medium. Today it has over 1,300 members and continues to grow.
CGS is a charitable organisation funded entirely through members’ subscriptions and by donations.

The Contemporary Glass Society invites UK-based glass artists to apply for an exhibition celebrating excellence in glassmaking.

Open Call: Glass Art Exhibition – It’s All in the Technique

The Contemporary Glass Society invites UK-based glass artists to apply for an exhibition celebrating excellence in glassmaking. It’s all in the Technique will showcase works that demonstrate exciting, accomplished techniques across a wide range of glass processes. Submitted works must be made from over 50% glass, already completed and available for sale. This exhibition aims to present the very best of contemporary glass art, highlighting technical skill, innovation, and mastery of material.

The exhibition is open to glass artists using all glassmaking techniques, for this exhibition you must be based in the UK and able to deliver your work either via courier or in person to The World of Glass.

The exhibition will be held at The World of Glass, St. Helens, from 14th March – 11th April 2026.

Submission Criteria:
• Open to UK-based CGS members only
• Artists may submit up to 3 pieces, or a group of small works (one form per piece)
• Work must be at least 50% glass.
• All work must be for sale.
• Wall and plinth-based works are welcome.
• Work must withstand heat and light – environmental factors at the gallery cannot be controlled.
• Artists must be able to deliver selected works by
• All unsold pieces must be collected by arrangement.

Selection Process:
Deadline for Submissions- 31st January 2026.
• Selection will be made by a panel of glass specialists from the CGS board and an invited guest judge TBC.

Delivery Address:
• World of Glass, Chalon-Way-East, St. Helens, WA10 1BX
• Work must arrive between 4th and 6th March 2026

Insurance:
Work will be insured from arrival at The World of Glass for the duration of the exhibition until work is either collected or despatched. No responsibility can be accepted by the venue for any damage incurred to exhibits whilst in storage or during transit. Transportation and insurance of exhibits to and from the venue space is the sole responsibility of the artist.

Marketing and Publicity.

Please ensure that all images you send are available for us to use for publicity and that you have copyright. Please provide the name of the photographer who will be credited accordingly.
Please provide high-quality images. If you are successful, you will be asked to provide images with a minimum of 300dpi.

Image Files should be titled as follows- Your name, title of work, year made, size and photo credit.

To help with Private View and Marketing costs we will ask that selected artists pay £15towards publicity for the show. This should be paid by end of February 2026. Deadline for Applications is 31st January 2026.

Selling work:
All work should be for sale, the Gallery will add 40% (plus VAT) commission. You should give the price that you want to receive, and the gallery will mark it up by x 1.95.

Example:
Artists price £1,000, the item will be for sale at £1,950.
If the artist is VAT registered, then the selling price will be £2400 and the artist will receive £1200 ( includes 20% VAT )

Location: World of Glass, Chalon-Way-East, St. Helens, WA10 1BX. Tel: 01744 22766

Exhibition Opening & Close: Show opening is on the 14th of March in the afternoon. We would love to see you there – exhibiting artists are encourage to attend.
The show closes on the 11th of April 2026. Any unsold work must be collected week commencing 13th April 2026. We will confirm exact dates with you.

This is a selected show open to all CGS Members based in the UK.
An administration fee will be £15. This is non-refundable. If selected, we shall ask each successful artist for a contribution of £15 towards Private View and Marketing Costs. Selection will be made in February 2026.

If you’re not already a member of CGS, you can join to take part, see Become a Member: Contemporary Glass Society (cgs.org.uk)

As well as making you eligible for this exciting exhibition, you’ll be part of a dynamic contemporary glass community and receive valuable membership benefits – see full details at www.cgs.org.uk.

You will need to fill in one submission form per artwork. After you have filled in the first submission form and paid your fee, you will be able to fill in two more forms, if applicable.

A unique opportunity to share the use of my studio. Located in Stroud, Glos, the long-established professional kilncasting studio has a range of kilns and coldwork equipment. I am offering the chance to have your own personal workspace in a quiet part of my lovely studio along with shared use of the extensive facilities for casting and coldworking glass. This is not for short-time hire of facilities or training; it’s a space where you can set up your artistic practise with access to great equipment.
For details, please contact me with a brief bio about yourself and work and why this might interest you.

We are delighted to be launching 5 Online Exhibitions in 2026. We know members love to be able to plan for the different themes ahead of time, so below are the dates for your diaries and the themes.

There will be 4 exhibitions that are for members to submit and one Open Exhibition for both members and non members. We are excited to see the works you submit for the shows.

These are open to everyone, those beginning their exploration of glass or established artists, from anywhere in the world, but please keep the theme in mind, as we will be ensuring all works fit the themes. We would love you to challenge the concepts, so within the blurb, please write about the inspirations, and connection to the themes.

Please find the PDF for you to download and keep in the studio as a reference, or below is all of the details.

Form & Function
Deadline – 12th January
Live – 19th January
Makers online Talk – TBC
End – 16th March

Form & Function invites artists to explore how appearance and purpose inform one another. The exhibition aims to discuss where beauty meets utility: how vessels, objects, or functional forms can also carry emotion, narrative, or atmosphere.
Artists are encouraged to consider how craftsmanship, material understanding, and intention converge in their work, and to submit pieces that either embrace functionality, question it, or expand its possibilities.

Installations and Interventions
Call out – 2nd February
Deadline – 23rd February
Live – 16th March
Makers online Talk – TBC
End – 25th May

We invite you to submit work for an exhibition exploring how creative practice can transform, interrupt, or reimagine space. Installations and Interventions focus on works that shift the viewer’s experience—whether through immersive environments, spatial constructions, performative elements, or subtle acts that alter how a place is understood. We welcome large-scale works, site-responsive pieces and smaller objects that create dialogue through placement or disruption.

Open Exhibition – All Things Great and Small
Open to Non- Members

Call out – 13th April
Deadline – 27th April
Live – 25th May
Makers online Talk – TBC
End – 3rd August

We invite submissions for All Things Great and Small, an online glass exhibition exploring scale and detail in everyday life. We welcome a wide range of glassmaking techniques—from traditional blowing, casting, and fusing to experimental approaches—and are particularly interested in works that highlight the extraordinary in the familiar, whether through monumental forms or intricate, close-up details.

Sign of the Times
Call out – 22nd June
Deadline – 13th July
Live – 3rd August
Makers online Talk- TBC
End – 12th October

Sign of the Times will examine the presence of text, signage, and visual language in contemporary glass art. The exhibition aims to brings together works that reference modern society—its advertising, public spaces, digital culture, and shared symbols—while also acknowledging glass’s long history as a carrier of messages. Using a wide range of glass techniques and approaches, we hope to show works using text, signs and objects that invite reflection on communication, identity, and the social, cultural, and political markers of our time.

Heritage Techniques and Objects
Call out – 1st September
Deadline – 28th September
Live – 12th October
Makers online Talk – TBC
End – 18th January 2027

Heritage Techniques and Objects. This exhibition aims to bring together contemporary glass artworks that reflect on the material’s rich history while reimagining it through a present-day lens. The exhibition will feature works that adopt, adapt, and exploit traditional glassmaking techniques, alongside pieces that reference or reinterpret antique and historic glass objects. By engaging with heritage processes and forms, the artworks will explore ideas of continuity, memory, and transformation, revealing how the past remains an active and evolving influence within contemporary glass practice.

To join an exhibition please see the PDF for all of the details.