Conferences
18th Congress of the Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre
Thessaloniki, 21-25 September 2009
First Circular and Call for Papers (PDF)
Aspects of 20th Century stained Glass
Glaziers Hall, London Bridge, London SE1
31 July-1 August 2008
Following the successful 2005 conference Glass-Painting 1800-1900: Aesthetics, History, Conservation, the British Society of Master Glass Painters in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Glaziers of London has organised a second international two-day conference. Featuring eminent speakers from the UK, Europe and the USA, lectures will present a wide-ranging historical overview of the far-reaching developments in stained glass which took place throughout the 20th century.
Day one - Thursday 31 July
Morning session chaired by Caroline Benyon FMGP, BSMGP Chairman Julie L. Sloan, Crystallization of Form: The Stained Glass of the Prairie School Dr Libby Horner, Frank Brangwyn: Stained Glass Michael Barker, A Survey of 20th-Century Stained Glass in France from the end of the Belle Époque to Abstraction
Afternoon session chaired by Martin Harrison FSA, HonFMGP Dr Iris Nestler, The Influence of Modern Art on Glass in Germany Wilhelm Derix with Andrea McKay, Glass as Fine Art in Architecture' from the Second Half of the 20thCentury to the Beginning of the 21st
Evening session Glaziers Lecture
Artist Alexander Beleschenko
Day two - Friday 1 August
Morning session chaired by Peter Cormack FSA Patrick Reyntiens, The Vital Exchange Dr Donald Buttress, New Wine in Old Bottles (Or New Glass in Old Windows) Julie L. Sloan, Restoring the Whitefriars Windows in St Thomas's Church, New York
Afternoon session chaired by David Ball, Master of the Glaziers Company Peter Cormack, Teaching Stained Glass in the Arts & Crafts Era: a single grain of wheat, not a whole ear of corn' Martin Harrison, The Persistence of Gothic
For conference application forms and further information please visit www.bsmgp.org.uk or contact C20conference@bsmgp.org.uk.
International Festival of Glass
Stourbridge, UK
August 22-25, 2008
The program is available from www.ifg.org.uk.
See the British Glass Biennale exhibition, on exhibit August 22 - September 28, 2008. More information at www.biennale.org.uk
To book tickets or have your queries answered contact the Festival office on 01384 399410. The office is open Monday to Friday from 9am - 5pm. Or email info@ifg.org.uk
One-day Seminar on the History and Heritage of Glass
September 10, 2008
Cambridge, England
Sponsored by the Society of Glass Technology
For further information, consult: http://www.cambridge2008.sgthome.co.uk/pages/HandHProg.htm