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Transition ECA Glass: 110 Years of Glass at Edinburgh College of Art

A talk by Dr Jessamy Kelly about the Glass Programme at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA). Glass has been taught at Edinburgh College of Art since 1909, as one of the most celebrated and established programmes in Europe, the ECA glass programme is unique within Scotland and is one of the few centres of excellence […]

SGS in the news

We were delighted to get coverage in the local press for On the Edge at North Lands Creative and look forward to sharing more coverage as the 40th celebrations continue. Inverness Courier John O’ Groats Journal The Herald

Results of our members’ survey

Earlier this year we asked members what they value about the Scottish Glass Society, how they feel about the opportunities we offer, and what we should be focusing on for the future. 30% of our membership replied to the survey and you can now view the analysis of the survey results: Analysis of SGS member […]

Be our Member of the Month

We’re looking for SGS members to feature in our new ‘member of the month’ promotion on Facebook and Instagram (and Twitter once we can reclaim that account). Every Monday we will be featuring images of a member’s work, their, workspace and / or their process, along with profiling the artist and pointing people to their […]

Gallery TEN award winner at Scottish Glass Society Exhibition 2017

“Ebb & Flow” by Annica Sandstrom and David Kaplan. Photo: Annica Sandstrom The Scottish Glass Society is delighted to announce the artist/s chosen by Gallery TEN to hold an exhibition there in 2018.  Paul Musgrove of Gallery TEN said: “After much deliberation I have reached my decision concerning the Gallery TEN prize for The Scottish Glass […]

Creating A Business Woman

The last few weeks have given me time to reflect and I have decided that taking the plunge to give my business my all, is the best decision I have ever made. Yes, it is blood, sweat and tears but I’m also living my dream. Things are hard as I really am re-investing everything back […]

2016 City of Glasgow College exhibition

Pamela Freedman and I were delighted to be asked on behalf of S.G.S. to judge this years’ HND2 student glass prize at City of Glasgow College and arrived early to get a clear view of the work in order to make our selection before the place filled up, which it quickly did with students, staff, family members […]

Scottish Glass Society to host A Celebration of Scottish Glass

We are pleased to announce that SGS have been awarded funding from The National Lottery via Creative Scotland to co-ordinate a Celebration of Scottish Glass.  The project will co-ordinate marketing for the flurry of glass activity that is taking place in Edinburgh this September, as well as creating new events. “As we were planning for our […]

‘Shipping Forecast’

Open Submission outline for SGS exhibition 2016 Members are invited to submit one piece or a collection of smaller pieces that would fit into a 25cm cubed space. The title can be interpreted any way the artist sees fit. The pieces will be exhibited alongside the juried exhibition Elemental in September at the Coburg House Art […]