Recordings of the online presentations we facilitated at the Glass Art Society’s 2020 online conference can be found that the following links:
- 20:20 Vision 21st May – presentations and Q&A session with Dr Inge Panneels, Cathryn Shilling, Carolyn Basing and Dr Jessamy Kelly.
- 20:20 Vision 22nd May – presentations and Q&A sessions from Gregory Alliss, Alison Kinnaird MBE, Pinkie Maclure and Laura Turner.
Other resources
Find links to glass organisations, suppliers, courses, etc. here. If you have any other contacts you think would be useful, or would like your business adding to the list, please contact us.
Arts / Crafts Organisations
- Creative Scotland creativescotland.com
- Craft Scotland craftscotland.org
- Crafts Council craftscouncil.org.uk
- Applied Arts Scotland appliedartsscotland.org.uk
- a-n (Artists Network) The Artists Information Company a-n.co.uk/network
- Fife Contemporary Art & Craft fcac.co.uk
- Cultural Enterprise Office culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk
- Contemporary Glass Society cgs.org.uk
- Scottish Stained Glass Symposium stainedglasstrustscotland.org.uk
- Institute of Conservation (ICON) https://www.icon.org.uk/groups-and-networks/ceramics-glass/about-us.html
Overseas:
- Glass Society of Ireland glasssocietyofireland.ie
- Ausglass, Autralia ausglass.org.au
- NZSAG (New Zealand Society of Glass Artists), New Zealand nzsag.com
- GAS (Glass Art Society), USA www.glassart.org
Suppliers of materials, tools, etc
- Stained Glass Supplies Glasgow – glass, tools and equipment www.stained-glass-supply.co.uk
- Gaffer Glass – glass colour for blowing and casting www.gafferglass.co.uk
- Glassworks Services – glass colour, materials and tools for hot glass www.glassworksservices.co.uk
- Pearsons Glass – www.pearsonsglass.com
- Warm Glass UK – Fusing glass, fused glass supplies, tools and kilns www.warm-glass.co.uk
- Make Works – directory of resources for designers and makers http://make.works/about
- Creative Glass Guild – http://creativeglassguild.co.uk
- Reading Stained Glass – http://reading-stained-glass.co.uk
Glass Studios
- Edinburgh Stained Glass House www.edinburghstainedglasshouse.co.uk
- Glasgow Glass Studio www.glasgowglassstudio.com
- Glass Lab Edinburgh https://www.glasslabedinburgh.com/
- Twists Glass Studio www.michaeljameshunter.co.uk
- Scotland Glassblowing / Elin Isaksson Glass www.scotlandglassblowing.co.uk
- Glasstorm Contemporary Glass Studio www.glasstorm.com
- National Glass Centre, Sunderland http://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk
Funding and Opportunities
- Creative Scotland Opportunities
- Craft Scotland Opportunities
- Crafts Council Opportunities
- FCAC Opportunities and Funding directory
- Cultural Enterprise Office Support Directory
- Edinburgh Scultpure Workshop Artists Opportunities
Education / Courses / Master Classes
Scotland:
- Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) – undergraduate and postgraduate courses www.eca.ed.ac.uk
- City of Glasgow College – Applied Arts HNC and leisure classes www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk
- Glasgow school of Art – Leisure classes – The Glasgow School of Art
UK:
- University of Sunderland (UK) www.sunderland.ac.uk
- University of Wolverhampton (UK) courses.wlv.ac.uk
- Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) www.3dd.mmu.ac.uk
- University for the Creative Arts, Farnham (UK) www.ucreative.ac.uk
- Swansea School of Architectural Glass (UK) www.uwtsd.ac.uk/agc
- Plymouth College of Art (UK) www.plymouthart.ac.uk
- The Glass Hub, Wiltshire (UK) www.theglasshub.co.uk
- National Glass Centre, Sunderland (UK) www.nationalglasscentre.com
- Richmond Adult Community College (UK) www.racc.ac.uk
- The Glass School, Surrey (UK) www.theglassschool.com
- Neon Workshops, West Yorkshire (UK) www.neonworkshops.com
- Kensington & Chelsea College (UK) www.kcc.ac.uk
- International Festival of Glass (bi-annually), Stourbridge (UK) www.ifg.org.uk
Overseas:
- Leitrim Scultpure Centre (Ireland) www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
- Pilchuck Glass School, WA (USA) www.pilchuck.com
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME (USA) www.haystack-mtn.org
- Corning Museum of Glass, NY (USA) www.cmog.org
- Penland School of Crafts, NC (USA) www.penland.org
- Bild-Werk Frauenau (Germany) www.bild-werk-frauenau.de/en
- Cesty Skla, Ways of Glass (Czech Republic) www.cestyskla.cz/en
- The Glass Furnace, Cam Ocagi, (Turkey) www.camocagi.org/en
Applications for Master Classes and scholarships are usually in Jan-March each year.
Residencies
- Edinburgh College of Art artist in residence (usually May application) www.eca.ed.ac.uk
- Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop micro-residencies (call out in March) www.edinburghsculpture.org
- AA2A (Artists Access to Art Colleges) opportunities (UK) (deadlines usually September) www.aa2a.org
- Glazenhuis Residencies (Belgium) www.hetglazenhuis.be/en
- Corning Museum of Glass (USA) (deadline end of October) www.cmog.org
- Pilchuck emerging artists in residence (USA) (applications January) www.pilchuck.com
- Bullseye Projects: Artists Residencies (USA) (applications September / March) www.bullseyeglass.com
- Urban Glass Fellowships (USA) www.urbanglass.org
- Wheaton Arts, Creative Glass Center of America Fellowships (USA) www.wheatonarts.org
- Tacoma Museum of Glass, Visiting Artist Residency (USA) museumofglass.org/visiting-artists
- Toyama City Institute of Glass, Visiting Scholar Program (Japan) (applications Nov/Dec) toyamaglass.ac.jp
- Seto International Ceramics and Glass Art Exchange Program (Japan) (applications May) www.seto-cul.jp
- Stephen Procter Fellowship, Canberra (Australia) (awarded every other year to an artist outside Australia) soa.anu.edu.au
- Residency Unlimited directory residencyunlimited.org