WHAT'S ON AT THE MUSEUM
The museum has a lively programme of events open to all. Please see below for what's on at the museum.
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The Art of Glassblowing
20 Mar. 2024 7pm
Event category: Talk /Tour
Price: £6.50 (Friends: £5)
Location: Online
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Join us for a fascinating discussion with two leading contemporary glass artists who will discuss the exceptional material of glass, and the art of glassblowing in contemporary practice.
Ayako Tani is a highly accomplished and internationally renowned glass artist who specialises in lampworking, a type of glasswork in which a torch or lamp is used to melt the glass before being blown and shaped with tools. Dr Ayako Tani works with borosilicate glass, and developed a practice of ‘calligraphic lampworking’, which embraces the amorphous character of glass.
Tani began working in glass in her native Japan. She moved to the UK to study at the University of Sunderland, where her passion for her work and subject blossomed further and she successfully completed an MA and PhD in Glass Art and Ceramics. As well as making her own glass artworks, Tani is a scientific glassblower at the University of Glasgow.
Chris Day is a glass and ceramic artist whose works reflect multiple dimensions of identity and experience. His artwork is powerful and thought provoking. Day’s work is created in response to his own conflicting feelings of belonging as a man of mixed-race, which are compounded by the limited representation of diverse narratives by and of people of colour in art history and popular culture.
After working for more than two decades as a self-employed plumber, Day discovered glass and it changed his life. Since graduating in 2019 with an MA in Design and Applied Arts from Wolverhampton University, he has exhibited widely and has work in the V&A and National Museum of Scotland collections.
Work by both Ayako Tani and Christopher Day is currently on display as part of The Glass Heart Exhibition at Two Temple Place.
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Architectural Glass: The Supreme Art
27 Mar. 2024 7pm
Event category: Talk /Tour
Price: £6.50 (Friends: £5)
Location: Online
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Since 1984, Andrew Moor has been involved with commissioning, project managing and designing works of art in glass. In this talk he will give an overview of Contemporary Stained Glass, showing how it has evolved over the last forty years. Moor will show more than 100 images of works from Matisse and Chagall through to very recent projects – often large-scale. At a time when traditional stained glass has joined the Heritage Crafts list of endangered crafts in the UK, the extraordinary potential of coloured glass in contemporary architecture offers exciting opportunities.
Andrew Moor is a Glass Art Consultant, Project Manager and Glass Designer. Since 1984 he has been involved with designing, commissioning, directing, project managing and designing architectural glass art through his consultancy Andrew Moor Associates. Between 1985 and 1993 Moor worked as the international agent for Derix Glass Studios, Wiesbaden, Germany, project managing some of the largest stained glass art projects of this time. Major Projects span religious, retail, office, airport, hotel, leisure, restaurant, and private sectors, and include: Hong Kong Airport, Patrick Heron window, Tate Gallery, St. Ives. Henry Moore window, Much Hadham. Corporate projects for Smith Klein Beecham, Morgan Stanley, Linklaters, MEPC, Baker McKenzie, etc.
He has written three books about architectural glass art: ‘Contemporary Stained Glass (1989), ‘Architectural Glass Art’ (1997) and ‘The Colours of Architecture’ (2006). In 2018 Moor received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Stained Glass Association of the US for his contribution to Architectural Glass Art.
This is the last talk in our series coincides with The Glass Heart exhibition at Two Temple Place, London, for which The Stained Glass Museum is a lending partner.
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Study Tour - Dublin
14 Apr. 2024 - 17 Apr. 2024
*** FULLY BOOKED *** Please contact us for waiting list
Event category: Talk /Tour
Location: Dublin
Our principal guides will be leading experts on Irish glass Dr David Caron (National College of Art & Design, Dublin), editor and principle author of the revised and expanded edition of Irish Gazetteer of the Gazetteer of Irish stained glass (2021) and a recent book on Michael Healy 1873-1941: An Túr Gloine’s stained glass pioneer (2023) with Stephen Huws (PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin).
We will stay at The Bonnington Hotel & Leisure Centre, Whitehall, Dublin.
Delegates are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to Dublin.
Suitable for ages: 18+
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Stained Glass Stories in the Square Mile
4 Jun. 2024 10.30am -3.30pm
Event category: Talk /Tour
Price: £60 (Friends: £50)
Location: London
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A day of guided walks exploring the wealth of stained glass within the historic churches of the unique square mile of the City of London. We will explore windows both old and modern created by a series of remarkable artists and craftsmen in a variety of styles. Discover unique stained glass stories of people, time and place.
Walking distances: All sites are less than half a mile from one another, so max. 5-10min walks in between sites.
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