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European 20th Century Glass
Weekend Seminar Programme

A Two Day Seminar at the Manchester City Art Gallery, Including the Glass Association AGM.

Manchester City Art Gallery
Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th October 2007

Programme: Saturday 27th October
9.45 - 10.15
Registration & Coffee.
10.15
Welcome by Janet Boston (Curator of Decorative Art, Manchester City Art Gallery) and Charles Hajdamach (Chairmon, The Glass Association).
12.00 - 2.00
"Leerdam Glass 1925-1932: A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever"
By Thimo te Duits.
2.15
"Czech And Slovak Glass: Integration Into Other Cultural Contexts"
by Sylva Petrova.
3.30
Tea and coffee refreshments.
4.00 - 5.00
Annual General Meeting of The Glass Association.
7.30
Glass Association dinner, with speakers
(separate booking needed).
 
Programme: Sunday 28th October
10.00
Tea and coffee.
10.30
"Swedish Glass" by Gunnel Holmer.
12.00

Lunch and possible extra visits to Glass Study Collections.
Opportunity to visit Galleries and view Silent Auction.

1.15
Silent Auction Ends
2.00
"contemporary Venetian Glass" By Rosa Barovier Mentasti.
3.30
Final thanks to speakers and to curators of the Manchester City Art Gallery.
4.00
Seminar Ends.