LECTURES
The British Society of Master Glass Painters is fortunate to attract many eminent speakers on stained and architectural glass from amongst its UK and international membership and beyond. Subjects range from modern to mediaeval, brought to life by the enthusiasm and expertise of historians, conservators and contemporary practitioners.
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2016 EVENTS PROGRAMME
DISCUSSION DAY
‘Stained Glass in Contemporary Culture - exploring creative partnerships to generate and sustain new work'
Speakers: Andrew Moor, Sasha Ward, Teepee Glass, and Helga Reay Young
The annual BSMGP Discussion Day, whilst open to all, is particularly intended for stained glass practitioners; student, amateur and professional, giving an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas based on a program of topical presentations. This year the program, planned by Caroline Swash FMGP, herself an experienced teacher and practitioner, draws together a mix of speakers, all successful contemporary glass artists, who will explore the ways in which collaboration can enable and enhance new work. With the loss of so many large studios, increasingly artists work in isolation meaning that such relationships between artist and client, artist and a larger studio or affiliation to a group of likeminded individuals becomes pivotal to their success.
The day is kindly hosted by the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, the day after their annual Stevens Competition Prize Giving, in the hope that as many students as possible will take the opportunity to attend whilst in London.
Tickets are £25 or for students and tutors £15 including sandwich lunch.
Andrew Moor Associates, Architectural Glass Art specialists, work with different artists, designers and fabricators in the creation of new glass artworks. In his talk Andrew will address the problems faced by young artists today by examining a number of key issues; an over view of the history of the medium over the last thirty years, the wider context of public art, the art world, and evolving technology. What is the language of architecture and what is architectural art? What as an artist do you need to learn? What as a student do you need to learn? With all that in mind, how might one achieve success in this field?
Sasha Ward has been working to commission for many selected spaces, since she left art college thirty years ago. In this illustrated talk she will look back at her career in architectural glass, showing examples of her enamelled glass panels in public buildings such as hospitals, schools and offices. From the start, she knew that her work would be influenced by the places that it was commissioned for, but was thinking more of the technical constraints of buildings rather than the opinions of the people who use them. By looking at a few of her key works she will show to what extent her artwork has been shaped by her commissioners and how, in the face of conflicting views from all those who get involved in a commission, she tries to keep hold of her own artistic integrity.
Teepee Glass are a group of eight glass artists, Lucy Batt, Andrew Boddington , Maria Fagan, Iain Gutteridge, Brett Manley, Alex R, Pippa Stacey and Wendy Stone. The group originally met in 2005 whilst studying at Central St Martins in London. Having spent ten nights under canvas together at the Glass Biennale in Stourbridge, they decided to form Teepee Glass. Each member of the group practices glass individually, covering a wide range of areas including architectural commissions, installations, decorative panels, vessels and jewellery. Four of the group members are also involved in teaching glass. In addition to their individual practice, the group periodically come together to exhibit work. Venues for these exhibitions have included the Stained Glass museum at Ely Cathedral, the De Morgan Foundation in Wandsworth, the International Festival of Glass in Stourbridge and the Cochrane Gallery in Holborn. Also, as a result of their long term working relationship with Patch Rogers Arts and Crafts Design, examples of the groups work can regularly be seen on display in Liberty of London. Such collaboration can provide a valuable support network for individual artists, creating excellent opportunities for exhibitions, alliances and career development. Three members of Teepee Glass will share their thoughts and experiences on how working together as a group has enhanced their developing careers, and continues to provide ongoing openings in the glass world.
Helga Reay- Young. Since 1989, glass artists from Iceland, Wales, Austria, Japan, Ireland, USA, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, France and Germany have met together every second year, exchanging ideas, travelling and exhibiting. These experiences have greatly enriched their own practise, inspiring new directions in their approach to glass. Helga Reay-Young trained as an architect in Germany and in glass with Patrick Reyntiens at the Central School of Art. In 1988 she initiated a show of ‘36 Women from 12 Countries’, as a way of making space for glass and emotion, 'hand-made original' work and beyond the confines of commissions, using contacts to colleagues made during her apprenticeship at one of Germany's oldest studios, and in London, at Pilchuck and studying with L Schaffrath in Stuttgart. Following the success of this first travelling exhibition – 10 venues from Berlin to Chartres, topped by the sale of the complete show to a private Museum in Japan – a hard core of by now friends + colleagues around Helga gave the group's activities a new form of 'workshops', consisting of self financed gatherings every two years in the home country of one of the members. Her responsibilities, as the host for the meeting, includes amongst many events an exchange with local glass artist and selecting a gallery for the show of work influenced by the last workshop - of maybe a familiar country newly seen and experienced, visiting emotionally important places of culture and nature chosen by the host to be shared with the group. This pattern of showing and learning has proved a wonderfully successful and exciting experience for all the artists involved.
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