NOTICEBOARD
Exhibition Opportunity - Ferrers Gallery
Exhibition Opportunity - Ferrers Gallery
Two exhibitions: A Touch of Glass
Fresh - 4th June until 1st August 2010
Frosted - 15th October until 31st December 2010
A Touch of Glass is a show devoted to glass artists, we are running two showcases to target key times of year, Fresh takes place over the Summer holidays and Frosted takes place in the build up to the Christmas period, during these two key seasons Ferrers Gallery receives high level of visitors and we hope therefore - lots of sales for you.
We are looking for approximately 8 artists and makers to exhibit with us for each of Fresh and Frosted on a sale or return basis. I enclose our sale or return guidelines for your reference. If you wish to be considered for the exhibition please read our sale or return guidelines and complete and return the request slip. Available space will obviously depend on your size of work and the amount you wish to exhibit. We have cabinet / wall / plinth and shelf space available.
Whilst on display with us works will be featured on our website where possible. We shall be sending out press releases from mid April for Fresh and mid August for Frosted, if you would like to be further promoted via this then please send a high-res image plus an artists' statement with your request slip as soon as possible.
Guideline for works to submit:
· Wall Pieces 4-6 pieces
· Sculpture 6-8 pieces (medium to large)
· Vessels 10-15 pieces (small to medium)
· Jewellery collection to fit on a 30x30cm shelf
Or a combination of the above, if you would like to discuss in more detail or if you have any further questions then please ring us on 01332 863337 , or if you would like to find out more about Ferrers Gallery please visit www.ferrersgallery.co.uk.
DAN KLEIN MEMORIAL - ARTIST DONATIONS
A message from Alan J. Poole:
Dear Artist,
Since Dan unexpectedly passed away at the end of June last year, numerous Artists have said that they would be delighted to donate a piece of their work for sale, the proceeds from which to go to the Dan Klein Memorial Fund which has been set up to honour his memory and to further his much loved project, North Lands Creative Glass.
Further to discussions with my fellow North Lands Directors and Advisory Board, we have decided that the simplest and easiest way to progress with this is if each artist selects a special piece of work at their own leisure, when they know of an exhibition that they are to participate in and, once the work has been sold, donate their part of the selling price to the Fund. If their gallery wishes to donate a part or all of their commission, all well and good, but obviously we feel it only fair to leave this to the gallery's discretion. Knowing how much Dan contributed to the world of contemporary/studio glass, both at home and internationally, I am sure that some galleries would be happy to participate.
No time scale need be involved and Artists could let us know when and where their exhibition would be taking place so that information could be sent out to buyers and museum curators, via my extensive email list (Dan Klein Associates), North Lands website and hopefully, the Artist's client base and websites too. An image of the piece would also be useful to circulate and for North Lands website information.
I do hope you feel that this is something that you might consider and would like to be a part of and we look forward to hearing back from you in the not too distant future.
I thank you in advance.
With all good wishes,
Alan J. Poole & The Directors Of North Lands Creative Glass.
For further enquiries and where to send both an image of your work and donations, please contact Lorna MacMillan at North Lands Creative Glass on Tel: 01593 721 229.
Email: lorna.macmillan@northlandsglass.com Website: www.northlandsglass.com
UK Glass Forum - New Initiative to Launch
UK Glass Forum – Sat 13th March 2010 – Royal College of Art, London
The CGS is pleased to announce the first meeting of a new initiative – the UK Glass Forum. The Forum is an opportunity for organisations, educational institutions, galleries and representatives of contemporary glass in the UK to gather as a think-tank. The aim of the Forum is to share and develop common goals, to increase the national profile of contemporary glass, and to enable the building of strategic alliances to create new avenues of interest and development. The day will also include short talks by Rosy Greenlees from the Crafts Council and Angel Monzon of Vessel Gallery.
For further details of the day, together with a booking form contact Helga below. We are aiming for a wide representation of contemporary glass organisations, please remember that we will need your booking form returned by 1st March.
Please contact helga@glassoutside.com
Jutta Cuny-Franz Award 2011
The Jutta Cuny-Frqanz prize is awarded to artists who make significant use of glass in their works.
The artists who participate should not be older than 40, and their work (sculptures, objects) should not be older than 2 years. Each participant can present up to three works.
Conditions for Participation and Application Form
Applications will be accepted from now on until 15 October 2010. Application can be downloaded at: http://www.museum-kunst-palast.de/mediabig/2913A.pdf
The Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award is endowed with 10000 Euro. Two talent awards are endowed with 1500 Euro each. Awards may be split between contributions of equal rank. The awards and a number of honorary diplomas are granted every two years. The winners are chosen without possibility of recourse to legal action by a jury, consisting of: Prof. Dr. Christoph Brockhaus, Duisburg, Germany; Prof. Anthony Cragg, Wuppertal, Germany; Prof. Dr. Hermann Fillitz, Vienna, Austria; Dr. Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Dusseldorf, Germany; Dr. Helmut Ricke, Dusseldorf, Germany; Dr. Elisabeth Scheuba, Vienna, Austria.
Prizes will be presented in Spring 2011. The winning contributions and a choice of further applications will be published in the “New Glass” journal.
Please submit your questions and application to:
Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation
Glasmuseum Hentrich, museum kunst palast
Ehrenhof 4–5, 40479 Dusseldorf, Germany
Fax: +49 211 892-9173
dedo.krosigk@smkp.de
Master Glass Painter Lecture, Joseph Nuttgens - London - 12 March
British Society of Master Glass Painters Spring Lecture
Friday 12th March 2010 6.15 for 6.45pm
Venue: The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square , London WC1 3AT
Joseph Nuttgens - ‘A Working Argument: How I survived my father and became a stained glass artist’
There were many influences in my youth, not only the work of my father, J. E. Nuttgens and the artists he admired - particularly Eric Gill, but a whole culture: the tradition of stained glass, the Arts & Crafts Movement, Catholicism and Catholic art, Distributism (‘Back to the land!’), and later, John Piper, to say nothing of my father’s eccentric ways, twelve brothers and sisters and ‘proud’ rural poverty. As a student at the RCA in the 1960’s my reaction was to rebel and I virtually abandoned stained glass until 1978 when I worked for Patrick Reyntiens (who, himself, had started with my father), and began to find my own way. This is an attempt to make sense of all these influences and put my rebellion into perspective.
ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY – To download an application form visit www.bsmgp.org.uk
Funded PhD Course - Sunderland
GLASS OR CERAMICS AHRC STUDENTSHIP
Information for Applicants
The successful candidate will join a unique Glass and Ceramics department, which is the
largest in Europe, with World and internationally significant research in glass, and internationally significant research in ceramics. We welcome glass and/or ceramic research proposals for this three year AHRC Doctoral Studentship. Part time study five year applications will also be considered.
Glass and Ceramics has a lively cohort of c30 PhD students, five AHRC funded. This AHRC Doctoral Studentship is the second of five, to be award annually, 2009-2013. Each student has a workstation and, with support, undertakes individual research study.
Research students benefit from the University’s generic research support and research skills training. Art and Design (Prof Beryl Graham) and Glass and Ceramics (Prof Kevin Petrie) provide specialist training. We organise a biennial UK Glass and Ceramics Research Students’ Conference, alternating with an in-house presentation week.
Professional Development (Prof Peter Davies) and Enterprise are addressed by Creativitiworks, which supports creative business. We expect an agreed return to the department, which also addresses the student’s career development and aspirations.
Enquiries
For further information contact: Professor Peter Davies, Tel: 0191 515 3653, email peter.davies@sunderland.ac.uk, or Professor Kevin Petrie, Tel: 0191 515 3610, email kevin.petrie@sunderland.ac.uk.
Applications
Applicants should check eligibility with regards to residency etc., and students who have already started research, at AHRC Guide to Student Eligibility Applications must be made on Application form D1 and emailed to applications@northeastbgp.org by 12 midday, Wednesday 24 MARCH 2010. Applications received after this date and time will be kept on file as reserves. If you wish to apply for more than one of the opportunities advertised on this website, please submit each relevant form. Northumbria and Sunderland Universities will take an overview of all applications received for these joint AHRC Block Grant Partnership studentships, when shortlisting. Interviews will be held during the week beginning Tuesday 4 May 2010. Applicants are expected to attend interview in person.
Information about the Department of Glass and Ceramics
Glass and Ceramics, which is in Art and Design, has some 100 BA, MA and PhD students. The strong academic and technical team has wide experience, knowledge and expertise, ranging across theory, material technology and a variety of approaches to practice and curation. The department works comfortably across a span of fine art – crafts - design practice - to practice led, material technology and published papers research.
We are housed in the National Glass Centre, St. Peter’s Campus, on the north bank of the
River Wear, which is part of a World Heritage site bid. The 2008 RAE confirmed the status of our World quality workshop and the international environment. We are recognised as a UK glass/ceramics research and prototype resource, with technical expertise and an extensive range of equipment and workshops.
The nature of these facilities, and further across the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media and the University, encourage the use of new technologies, new processes, and cross medium and interdisciplinary research.
Annually through reach-out and knowledge transfer, c.40 practitioners in various ways ‘reach-in’ to our workshops.
The Institute of International Research in Glass brings together research activities and presents an international collaborative programme, facilitating: fellowships, symposia, events and research projects (Prof Sylva Petrova).
It assists research development and encourages debate about contemporary glass and ceramics - critically informing, evaluating, sustaining and advancing the research culture.
See http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/research/rae/artanddesign/glass_ceramics/ for further information.
University of Sunderland - Job Opportunity
KILN GLASS POST (SL)
Key appointment to join a strong Glass and Ceramics team, backed by a remarkable facilities in the National Glass Centre.
To be advertised in the near future.
For information and particulars go to the University's website's home page (http://www.sunderland.ac.uk) and then Current Vacancies).
Sculpture in Context 2010 - Call for Entries
Submission Deadline: 16 April.
Sculpture in Context Annual Open Exhibition 2010 will be held at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The exhibition will run from 2nd September to 15th October 2010.
The Botanic Gardens offers a unique and challenging platform for artists to respond to a specific location.
Entry Forms and conditions of entry are now available and can be printed from the website at www.sculptureincontext.com under Sculptors’ Information.
If you have any enquiries please telephone Ana at 087 6258258, or Beatrice at 086 8942851 or see the Sculpture in Context website at www.sculptureincontext.com.
2010 British Glass Biennale - Call for Entries
The British Glass Biennale is open to artists, designers and craftspeople, working in all areas of contemporary glass practice or using glass as a key design element. The UK’s premiere selling exhibition of contemporary glass has £7,500 in prize money to be won alongside its growing international status as the leading showcase for British based makers.
The call for entries has now been launched. Closing date for submissions is 5pm, 26th March.
For further information and to apply: http://www.biennale.org.uk/2010-biennale/call-for-entries.php
Become a National Glass Centre Exhibitor for a month!
The Friends’ Plinth is a small exhibition showcase located in our reception area, which is supported and developed by the Friends of National Glass Centre.
The Friends of NGC are looking for any Friends, visitors, artists and makers, those with an interest in glass, art or history to put forward an Expression of Interest to display their object or work in the Friends’ Plinth for a month.
The Friends’ Plinth is a blank canvas and the Friends are looking to showcase a wide variety of artworks, objects and ephemera, old and new, related to glass, the history of glass and glassmaking and Sunderland. The Friends want to show a diverse range of items, from student work, to glass in someone’s house, to an object or book. Anyone can apply and every Expression of Interest will be considered.
Items selected will be displayed in Friends’ Plinth for approximately one month and the owners or makers can have the opportunity to give a talk or hold a workshop if they want, supported by NGC staff.
Information
If you have work or an object you would like to display then it must fit the specifications of the plinth which are:
Base: 49cm x 47cm. Height: 42cm.
The plinth is covered by a transparent Perspex box to protect the work. In its current location items in the plinth can be viewed from 3 sides.
NGC will provide a loan agreement for the piece(s) of work/object(s) displayed and will insure items whilst they are on display.
NGC regrets that we are not able to offer any financial support towards artist fees, transport, travel or accommodation. Exhibitors will be responsible for transport to and from NGC and will need to be able to pay for any associated postage/transport costs. NGC cannot cover costs associated with supporting talks or events.
Interested?
Contact: Alison Cleland, National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL Alison.cleland@nationalglasscentre.com
Migrate 30th SGS Anniversary Events
Running until 21st March 2010
The Scottish Glass Society's 30th Anniversary exhibition, Migrate, is on show at the Broadfield House Glass Museum! We are celebrating 30 years since the Society was first established in 1979. To honour this anniversary we have brought together a collection of glass artists who actively challenge and contribute to the rich Scottish arts scene.
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Compton Drive, Kingswinford,
West Midlands, DY6 9NS
t: 01384 812745 e: glass.museum@dudley.gov.uk
w: www.glassmuseum.org.uk
Open: Tuesday- Sunday 12.00noon-4.00pm.
Previously the exhibition toured:
*Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (4th July -1st August 2009)
http://inverness.highland.museum
*St Fergus Gallery, Wick (8th August -12th September 2009)
www.highland.gov.uk/stfergusgallery
*Iona Gallery, Kingussie (19th September - 17th October 2009)
www.highland.gov.uk/ionagallery
Book
Emma Butler-Cole Aiken documents the making of this new stained glass window from inspiration to completion in this 40 page book crammed with photographs.
To preview/purchase please go to
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/459065/bf992e8d4391b9c100a8a474e08377c6
Glass Tips Blog
Steve Richard has started a blog relating to methods of working with glass. It will concentrate on leaded, foiled, and kilnformed glass with some business elements too. The blog can be viewed at:
http://glasstips.blogspot.com/