Archives: Online Exhibitions

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.

Please email admin@cgs.org.uk to enquire

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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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CALL FOR GLASS ARTISTS for next CGS Online Selling Exhibition!

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.

The only criteria is that you must be a CGS Member. It’s super quick and easy to sign up!  JOIN TODAY!!

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Contact info@cgs.org.uk if you need help or have any questions

“Light and Dark”

Launch – 2nd December 2024

Deadline – 20th December 2024

Live – 6th January, 2025

Day and night, black and white, bold contrasts made by shadows in stark sunlight – all are examples of light and dark. Darkness, is the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black. It is estimated that 99% of our universe is hidden in the dark – and as light travels at a finite speed, the further you look into the universe the further one looks back in time. Show us your contrasts, your extremes, even your explorations into space – boldly go where no one has gone before!

Live – 2nd September 4th November

“A pattern is an arrangement of lines or shapes, especially a design in which the same shape is repeated at regular intervals over a surface. Patterns exist all around us. We can find a pattern in the trees, in passing cars, ice crystals, in our thought processes or in our clothes. A pattern is also an arithmetic sequence, regularity in the world, in human-made design or in abstract ideas.”

What does pattern mean to CGS glass artists. And how do they express it in their work – see their compositions.

54 CGS members share their work with us.

Contact info@cgs.org.uk if you have any questions about the show or participation in shows.

“Cultural Traditions.”

8th July – 2nd September

Theme:

Traditions develop around religion, holidays, food, dance, clothing, language, music, crafts and pastimes, or anything else important to your cultural background. Traditions help form the structure and foundation of our families and our society.

CGS asked member glass artists to show us what is important to them and what their legends are.

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If you have any questions about this show, submissions, or future membership and taking part in show,s please email info@cgs.org.uk

From the smallest microbe to the biggest animal on earth – the Antarctic blue whale – we all experience the cycle of life from birth Preview Changes (opens in a new tab)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 we invited CGS members and glass artists to show us their journey through the natural world. Even their glass pieces go through a cycle of creation!

Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Members took up the invitation – and here we show you what they produced!

Most work is for sale – please contact the artists directly to make a purchase.

If you need any help or have any questions about the show or taking part, PLEASE EMAIL info@cgs.org.uk

A new year is upon us and we can start to look forward to those longer days, light breezes and sunny days of Spring. Spring – a word that conjures up gambolling lambs, crocuses breaking through the earth, trees dressed in greenery so bright it almost dazzles the eye and a gentle rise in temperature.

Brightening up the gloomy months of winter, this online glass selling exhibition displays a riot of joyous colour and budding beauty as we celebrate the awakening of new life in 2024.

CGS challenged member glass artists to submit their interpretations of Spring!

Launched on 17th January 2024

53 CGS glass artists exhibit their work. Most work is for sale.

Please contact the artist directly in order to buy work.

“Wearable Glass”

Earrings, bracelets, rings, brooches and necklaces are just a few of the different types of glass that are wearable – they can be made in a range of glass making techniques and can be delicate, elegant, flamboyant, chunky or just crazy!

In this online selling exhibition, we wanted  to see the range of wearable glass that can be produced. This could be practical, everyday wearable pieces or exotic, avant-garde wear for that ultimate fashion statement.

24 Contemporary Glass Society members flaunt their wearable glass in all it’s forms.

Launched on 6th November 2023

High and Mighty!

Theme: Architecture/structural glass

We live in glass buildings – both commercial and residential. We are surrounded by glass as a building material. Typically it is used as transparent glazing material within the building envelope but we know what else it can be used for!

Windows, wall panels, ceilings, bar fascias, feature sculptures – all can transform their surroundings with colour, light, pattern, texture and design! A building is given personality, gravitas, exuberance or comfort by the inspired use of decorative glass. So in this online exhibition, we invited CGS Members to have the opportunity to flaunt their glorious architectural glass.

17 glass artists took part.

This is a selling show, so please contact the artists directly regarding purchases or commissions.

For show enquiries please email Nicky at info@cgs.org.uk