As reported at our 2007 AGM, the posts of the regional organisers (for so long a successful part of the Glass Association) have been reorganised into a National Team. All of our events will be organised for all of the Glass Association membership – with an effort to arrange them around the country.
What follows are details of the major Glass Association events of the year. Others will be advertised both in The Cone and on this Website.
For further information about events, please contact Gaby Marcon at gabymarcon@btinternet.com.
Prices and itineraries, where applicable, will be posted on this Website in due course. Details will also be published in The Cone.
If you have any suggestions for future visits and tours, please send your ideas to Gaby Marcon:
We look forward to seeing you at the Glass Association's 2008 events. |
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13th to 26th July |
Trip/Event: “Hi Sklo, Lo Sklo” .
Location: King’s Lynn Festival.
Description: Graham Cooley will present “Hi Sklo, Lo Sklo” (sklo is the Czech word for glass). Ten years of work has gone into this collection, opening up a new world of Czech glass collecting - featuring art work from the top end of the market, all the way through to mass produced items.
The Glass Association will be running a whole-day event on the 12th of July (the day before the official opening date), with a personally guided tour of the exhibition, as well as a lunch, which will be followed by one of Graham’s famous interviews with one of the best known authorities on Czech glass.
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| 18th October |
Trip/Event: The Glass Association AGM.
Location: The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, W1U 3BN.
Description: A full programme for the AGM is currently being organised. Please put this date into your diaries.
For several years our AGMs have taken place in the Midlands and the North of England, so we hope that 2008's London based AGM will attract many more of our southern members.
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22nd to 25th August |
Trip/Event: “I’m forever blowing bubbles”: The life and work of Frank Thrower and Dartington Glass.
Location: The International Festival of Glass, Dudley.
Description: The Glass Association’s visit to Dartington last year was professionally documented and turned into a full length DVD (running for just over one hour). "The life and work of Frank Thrower and Dartington" is entertainingly documented and includes an interview with his daughter, Eve Thrower. This DVD will have it's major launch at the International Glass Festival and will be shown several times a day (along with other DVD’s of glass interest).
Further events sponsored by the Glass Association will also take place and are currently being finalised. This Biennale will provide several days of non-stop glass interest, including glass making demonstrations, lectures, the studio glass competition and exhibition, as well as many other attractions. |
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15th to 19th May &
17th to 22nd September |
Trip/Event: Visit to the Czech Republic with the Glass Circle.
Description: The Glass Association membership has been invited to join this trip, organised by the Glass Circle chairman (John Smith), to places unvisited on the trips organised several years ago.
There are two departure dates, as mentioned above. For full details, email:
johnpsmi@globalnet.co.uk. |
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2008 Glass Fairs of Interest to Glass Association Members |
The Cambridge Glass Fair at Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambridge. February 24th and September 21st 2008. www.cambridgeglassfair.com |
The National Glass Collectors Fair at Gaydon, Warwickshire. April 20th and November 9th. www.glassfairs.co.uk |
REFLECT 2008 at Glaziers Hall, London Bridge, June 8th.
www.reflectlondon.com |
New Glass Fair at the International Festival of Glass, Crystal Leisure Centre, Stourbridge, August 24th .
oxbridgefairs@aol.com |
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| General Glass Events & Exhibitions |
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| To find out about glass exhibitions and events that are open to the general public, please visit our Glass Events page. You may also want to read our listings for Glass Fairs & Auctions. |
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