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The 2010 Festival programme is currently being developed and will include events, exhibitions, demonstrations, hands-on workshops, talks, fairs and a fascinating array of attractions for anyone interested in glass.
The Masterclass Programme can now be booked (click the link in the left hand menu). Once again there is something for all levels of experience offered by exponents of many of the disciplines of the glassmaker's art from all around the world.
British Glass Biennale
If you are an artist resident or working in the UK and wish to APPLY for entry into this year's British Glass Biennale please click the Biennale logo (above) to view all relevant information on the separate Biennale website. Applications are now being invited with the deadline for applications set at March 26th.
The third International Festival of Glass was hailed as the best yet with more events, more venues and more visitors than in the previous two festivals. Around 15,000 people enjoyed a huge programme of events, demonstrations, talks and activities. Featuring world class exhibitions, including the prestigious British Glass Biennale, demonstrations, performances and events, the festival presented a multi-media, visually exciting and dynamic celebration of the glassmakers' art.
The Festival won the Silver Award in the ‘Best Tourism Experience’ category at in the regional Excellence in Tourism Awards 2008 at
Birmingham’s International Convention Centre in November.
Want more information? Want to get involved? Want to volunteer?
Please email us and as soon as we have finalised plans we'll get back to you so that YOU
will have information BEFORE anyone else. Keep
your diaries
clear for the week prior to and including August Bank Holiday weekend (27th to 30th)
"The festival can seriously claim to be the most
internationally significant visual arts event taking
place in the West Midlands this year"
Terry Grimley, Birmingham Post
In 2008 International masters from as far afield as the USA, Australia, Germany, Israel and Egypt led workshops in the week prior to the Festival; the British Glass Biennale ran until the end of September in the vast and dramatic shell of one of the areas most famous glasshouses while glass and other craft studios across the region welcomed visitors at Open Studios to watch skilled artists and many tried their hand at one or two of the extraordinary range of craft skills.
The whole family joined in many of the workshops and throughout the festival there were opportunities to party through the day with traditional food, real ale, musical entertainment, dramatic glassmaking demonstrations and performance events. The Festival ended on a spectacular high when a visiting group of Egyptian musicians and Sufi dancers amazed a huge crowd at the festival finale. Click the image for a PDF download of a Festival Review.
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IT'S GREAT TO BE INVOLVED!
To participate in any way or to request an
information pack please email the festival organisers.
We will need your help at the next festival.
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