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Now is your chance to enter our next exciting online CGS glass gallery exhibition! As with all our shows, it is available to glass artists from around the world.
Deadline – 26th April
Going Live – 6th May
From the smallest microbe to the biggest animal on earth – the Antarctic blue whale – we all experience the cycle of life from birth through to death. Shakespeare wrote about the 7 ages of man – the infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, the pantaloon and old age. The rhythm of life has a powerful beat so show us your journey through the natural world – even your glass pieces go through a cycle of creation!
The only criteria is that you must be a CGS Member. It’s super quick and easy to sign up! JOIN TODAY!!
Head over to your MYCGS
Upload all your details and 1 image
NEED HELP WITH IMAGE UPLOAD? ADVICE HERE!!
Contact info@cgs.org.uk if you need help or have any questions
Uploading your images for online Gallery Exhibitions Log in to your profile, you will land on your profile page, there is a button on left ; Submit to exhibitions: There may be other images here that you submitted to other shows. DO NOT EDIT PAST ENTRIES – Scroll down to bottom of previous entries to find an empty form or CLICK ADD ANOTHER ITEM at the bottom for a new form. In the new form choose the exhibition title you want to submit to, in drop down exhibition box. Upload your image, no larger than 1000 pixels in any direction (resize your image before you start & make sure the title of the work and your name is in the file name). Do fill in all fields below the image, especially contact details, these will appear next to your image in the exhibition so that people can contact you from here, also in Shop you can say where to buy the work from, if it is for sale, remember to prefix any website with https:// Add your selling price too. N.B. you will not see your image until you have pressed save.
Note about IMAGES Regarding sending images for publicity etc. Always label your images correctly. NEVER send any image without your name on it. It will get lost. Ideally the file name should be; Last name, First name or initial, title of piece, date made, size, any photo credit e.g. Reekie,Pam, Blue Fish 2017, 6hx4wx2d cm photo David Reekie You can rename an image it’s very easy; Navigate to the file you want to change, Left click on file to select it .Right click on the file and choose Rename from the drop down menu or Ctrl and click on the file and Rename from the drop down menu. Type in your new, INFORMATIVE filename, with your name in it.
We are currently casting stained glass artists, and glass artists for a third series of our successful BAFTA nominated BBC 1 programme ‘Make it at Market’ and are on the lookout for passionate makers who may be interested in being involved this time.
The series is for all types of amateur / up and coming artisans and crafters, from potters, blacksmiths and woodworkers, to jewellers, upcyclers, leatherwork and artists. It follows a select group of amateur makers who will be mentored through the practicalities and pitfalls of turning a hobby into a business.
Our expert mentors and show host guide our amateurs through what it takes to transform their hobby into a business, giving them the knowledge and opportunity to transform their lives.
Our first & second series can be found on BBC iPlayer by searching ‘Make it at Market’, and this gives you a sense of the tone of the programme. It’s very warm hearted and really shines a light on the brilliant makers, artists and crafts people that are working in the UK today.
If you are interested please contact
BRITISH GLASS BIENNALE & INTERNATIONAL BEAD BIENNALE – ARTISTS ANNOUNCED!
The International Festival of Glass is delighted to announce the artists selected for the 2024 British Glass Biennale exhibition. Over two days an expert panel of judges comprising of Candice-Elena Greer (Chair), Martin Donlin, Nadania Idriss, Tanya Raabe-Webber and Annie Warburton, selected the very best of this year’s entries, all of which achieved a very high standard.
One hundred and twenty-one artists were selected out of 326 applicants to present the most interesting, diverse and outstanding glass art made in the UK in the last two years, a massive 31% increase in applications. The work forms a cutting-edge showcase of contemporary British based glass talent with almost £30,000 worth of awards to be won. Prize winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 22 August at the Glasshouse, Stourbridge. Winners of the prizes chosen through public votes will be announced at the closing ceremony on 28 September.
Work by established artists and emerging new talent will be on display, including 21 students. The selected artists have been brave and innovative, using a wide range of styles and techniques both traditional and experimental. The festival welcomed a surge in applications from stained glass artists and an increase in student entries.
International Bead Biennale
The International Festival of Glass is also delighted to announce the artists selected for the International Bead Biennale by jury members Will Farmer, Carole Morris and Pam Reekie. Forty-two artists were selected representing the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Netherlands, France, Germany, Norway, Belgium and the UK.
Opening Times and Venue
The exhibitions are open Tuesday to Saturday from 26 August to 28 September at the Glasshouse, Stourbridge; the heart of the historic glass industry in the UK. The awards ceremony marks the start of the International Festival of Glass, a four-day event celebrating the drama and excitement of glass.
BRITISH GLASS BIENNALE ARTISTS 2024
British Glass Biennale Main Section
Tamsin Abbott Emma Baker Vic Bamforth Carol Bayada
Emily Bellhouse Heike Brachlow Steve Brown Sarah Brown
Karen Browning & Jon Lewis Charlie Burke Susan Burne
Nina Casson McGarva Ian Chadwick James Cockerill Katharine Coleman
Keith Cummings Christopher Day Sacha Delabre James Denison-Pender
James Devereux Celia Dowson Laura Dutton Fiaz Elson
Sally Fawkes Karen Ferrand Dominic Fonde Gary Fovargue
Alec Galloway Hannah Gibson Stephen Graham Claire Hall
Kate Henderson Caz Hildebrand Madeleine Hughes Katherine Huskie
Richard Jackson Kate Jones & Stephen Gillies Choi Keeryong Joshua Kerley & Guy Marshall Brown
Oksana Kondratyeva Isabella Kullmann Nadia Lammas Monette Larsen
Peter Layton Lola Lazaro Hinks Jessie Lee James Lethbridge
Julie Light Jane Littlefield James Maskrey Sam Mukumba
Rachel Mulligan Tracy Nicholls Marzena Ostromecka April Owens
Jacque Pavlosky Rachel Phillips Jade Pinnell Richard Platt
Verity Pulford Laura Quinn Tim Rawlinson David Reekie
Colin Reid Bruno Romanelli Annie Ross Penelope Jane Ross
Layne Rowe Charlotte Savill Anthony Scala Opal Seabrook
Sarah Shanahan Sax Shaw Ruth Shelley Tracey Sheppard
Amanda Simmons Cathryn Shilling Robyn Smith Sophie Southgate
Andrea Spencer Helen Slater-Stokes Dawid Stroyny Phoebe Stubbs
Nancy Sutcliffe Jane Vincent Elliot Walker Zac Weinberg
Sarah Wiberley Colin Wilkes Neil Wilkin Bethany Wood
Rachel Woodman Muna Zuberi
Garvald Glass: John Newey, Cissie Grieves, Shannon Crosbie, Alison Edwards, Callum Smith, David Willis, Nicole Tait, Lizz McFarlene, Dominic Mather, Christopher Cobb, Michael Mclellan, Joseph Gibney, Marzena Ostromeka, Jane McArthur, Ramon Beascoechea, Michele Raine
British Glass Biennale Student Section
Joanna Ackroyd Anthony Amoako Atttah Yiran An Beth Colledge
Meimei Cui Jianyun Ding Helen Gordon Brynn Hill
Holly Hooper Ali Jarvis Hassina Khan Aria Kiani
Sophie Longwill Joanna Manousis Jason McAnuff Faith Mercer
Helen Restorick Polly Thomas-Colquhoun Ziyu Wang Yixue Yang & Wei Ding
Invited Artists
Keith Brocklehurst, Martin Donlin, Matt Durran
INTERNATIONAL BEAD BIENNALE ARTISTS 2024
Jeanne-Sophie Aas Olga Alianova Laurie Ament David Bentham
Michele Bevis Dan Bowran Michael Bullen Madeline Bunyan
Helena Castro García Katharine Coleman Julie Couch Pauline Delaney
Sarah Downton Simon Eccles Rachel Elliott Ilsa Fatt
Zoe Garner Karina Guevin & Cedric Ginart Brett Gui Xin April Hilling Ross Madeleine Hughes Richard Jones Joan Keller
Jennie Lamb Freya Laughton Ana Llavador James Lethbridge
Benito Lozano Blanco Teresa Malcolm Allister Malcolm Michaela Maria Moeller
Purnima Patel Petra Pepper Maria Popkova Samantha Sonnefield
Ann Steenkiste Michi Suzuki Samantha Sweet Ayako Tani
Angela Thwaites Stephanie White Jolene Wolfe
Invited Artists
Keith Brocklehurst, Holly Cooper
BRITISH GLASS BIENNALE AWARDS
British Glass Biennale Award – Best in Show
Bullseye Living Edge Award
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London: Glass Sellers Awards and Glass Sellers Student Awards
Glass Lab Award 2024 sponsored by The Glass Foundry
Glass Society Award – ‘CONNECTION’
Glass Arts Society – International Artists Award
Glass Painters and Glaziers Award
The Guild of Glass Engravers Award
The People’s Prize – sponsored by Warm Glass
The Young Collector’s Award – sponsored by the Glass Sellers
INTERNATIONAL BEAD BIENNALE AWARDS
International Bead Biennale Best in Show
International Bead Biennale Runner Up
International Bead Biennale Runner Up
Awards sponsored by Barbara Beadman
CALL TO ALL 2024 GRADUATES
Glass Sellers’ CGS PRIZE
and New Graduate Review 2024
Application forms are available from 3rd June 2024: via CuratorSpace
Deadline Monday 5pm 15th July 2024
CGS is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 Graduate Prize and New Graduate Review. We are delighted that once again the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London Charity Fund has supported the Prize and Review together with Professor Michael Barnes MC FRCP and our other sponsors, Creative Glass, Pearsons Glass, Warm Glass and Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture.
2023 Glass Sellers’ CGS – Graduate Prize Winner, Beth Colledge
As students emerge from their education, CGS and the Glass Sellers’ aim to support graduates at the beginning of their journey towards a long career in glass making. The Graduate Review offers graduates the chance to promote their work to a worldwide audience and many previous winners have gone on to establish themselves as professional makers.
There will be a Winner, Second Prize plus two Runners-up prizes, along with several Commendations. All will appear in the Glass Sellers’ CGS – New Graduate Review 2024.
Application forms are available from 3rd June 2024: via CuratorSpace
Deadline Monday 5pm 15th July 2024
PRIZES;
The first prize includes:
- £500 cash
- £200 vouchers from Creative Glass UK
- A promotional package, including Cover & feature in the New Graduate Review
- Two years’ CGS Membership.
- A year’s subscription to Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture magazine
- Alan J Poole will provide a selection of glass related books
Second Prize
- £150 cash
- £100 voucher from Warm Glass,
- A Year’s Subscription to Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture magazine
- One year’s CGS Membership
Runners Up
Two Runners-up will each receive:
- £50 Vouchers from Pearsons Glass,
- A Year’s Subscription to Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture magazine.
- One year’s CGS Membership.
CGS New Graduate Review: a 16 page publication, will be circulated extensively to all colleges, museums, CGS members and will appear in Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture (circulated world-wide). It is a wonderful opportunity for graduates to have their work seen across the world.
There will also be a CGS online exhibition on the CGS website. This will show all work featured in the New Graduate Review 2024
Criteria for Selection
- You must be graduating from a British or Irish accredited course in 2024
- Work must consist of at least 50% glass.
- The work will be judged for quality and concept.
Applications can be made from up to 5pm, 15th July, 2024
A panel of experts will select the prizes winners. Winning entries will be announced by 15th August, 2024, together with commended graduates that will all feature in the New Graduate Review, due out in November 2024.
The New Graduate Review will also be featured in the winter edition of Neues Glas- New Glass: Art & Architecture
We are grateful to all the sponsors, without whom this would not be possible.
Sponsored by:
Professor Michael Barnes MD FRCP,
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London Charity Fund,
Creative Glass UK, Pearsons Glass, Neues Glas and Alan J. Poole
End of year exhibition for 2nd year students studying Artist Designer Maker: Glass and Ceramics at University of Sunderland.
Opening night 6-8pm 24th May
Shipley Art Gallery
Prince Consort Road
Gateshead
NE8 4JB
“Thanks for the Memory”
CGS Members Exhibition at the International Festival of Glass
23rd August – 28th September, 2024
Sponsored by Mark Holford and Alan J Poole
Register HERE
Deadline 31st March 2024
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, let’s celebrate the amazing journey we have all had.
Memories are magical moments that we treasure so join us in our last Postcard Show at the Ruskin Centre and create a small treasure full of memories.
This is a call out to all members of the Contemporary Glass Society to be part of a fantastic and fun fundraising show. Our exhibition always gains a great deal of coverage with many pieces selling – your work could be bought and added to one of Britain’s leading collections!
Who can take part? Thanks for the Memory is an unselected show open to all CGS members worldwide. However, space is limited, so acceptance is on a first come, first served basis, until the maximum number that can be displayed is reached.
To confirm a place, members will need to fill in a registration form by 31stMarch with work being delivered at the beginning of August, 2024.
Register HERE
The brief to members:
- Make a piece of glass no more than 15 x 11 cm in any direction and less that 2 cm deep.
- Pieces will be displayed in our usual cases in the Ruskin Centre, Stourbridge resting on small shelves. (Please note lighting is restricted.)
- To make it fun and challenging, all pieces of work will be sold for £ 50, £75 or £100. The artists retain 50% of sale.
- Send images of work to, admin@cgs.org.uk, as soon as available as these will be used to promote the event.
In addition…..there will be Prizes:
The People’s Prize – £300. Sponsored by Mark Holford.
Best in Show – £300. Sponsored by Alan J Poole
2 x Runner’s Up – £100 each. Sponsored by Mark Holford.
Register HERE
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
CGS launches the Amanda Moriarty’s Memorial Prize for 2024
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is delighted to announce that it is launching the Amanda Moriarty Prize for 2024. Amanda Moriarty, a long serving Board member and Honorary Treasurer of the Contemporary Glass Society, sadly passed away in 2017. To celebrate her enthusiasm and encouragement of glassmaking, CGS now offers an annual prize in her memory. The prize provides studio space and mentoring for a glass artist member to develop their practice.
Apply HERE
Applications close: 5pm on Monday, 15th April, 2024
For our 2024 prize we are very fortunate to be working with Teign Valley Glass located in Bovey Tracey, Devon who have offered one of our members a fantastic opportunity of
a five day residency in its studio. This will enable the winner to extend their practice with the assistance of Richard Glass and his team. The 5 day period will be available between August and October, 2024.
The aim is that the chosen artist will develop original ideas with the potential to produce a new piece of work or project through to a finished piece. This can be in hot glass, lampworking, cold shop or sand- blasting techniques, or a combination of all.
Teign Valley Glass is situated on the edge of Dartmoor in a beautiful old pottery. The studio team bring together decades of experience to make beautiful works that capture the uniqueness of working with molten glass. Today the studio has strong followings in the UK and USA and continue to exhibit at international trade shows. The studio’s decorative glassware is in some of the best galleries, stores and private collections across the world. (www.teignvalleyglass.com)
Teign Valley provides extensive glass-working facilities within its hot shop and cold working shop alongside the support of a dedicated team to foster individual creative growth and expertise.
This is a fantastic opportunity for glass artists at all levels and at all stages of their career to step back, take time and explore their potential in a well-equipped studio alongside established makers.
Apply HERE
The winner of this amazing prize will be announced in early May, 2024
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