GUILD OF GLASS ENGRAVERS SPRING LECTURE - Saturday 26 April 2008 2.30pm:
At the Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, LONDON WC1 3AR. The Speaker will be Simon Cottle, a well known specialist in ceramics and glass. He joined Sotheby’s in 1990 and recently moved to Bonhams as Departmental Director of Continental Ceramics & Glass. This years lecture is entitled `Poetry on Glass - the excellence of Dutch Glass Engraving in the late 17th and 18th centuries`. GGE members £10 each, non-members £12 each including light refreshments. There will be a Bring & Buy sale of glass after the lecture.
From : 26/04/2008 To : 26/04/2008

Contact: The Guild Secretary
Tel: 01208 446 4050, email: enquiries@gge.org.uk

ART IN ACTION - Waterperry Gardens 17 - 20 July 2008: www.artinaction.org.uk
Art in Action 2008 promises be a great venue for the contemporary glass collector. Glass engraving will have its own marquee with four artists, Akemi Adams, Julian Cole, Amanda Lawrence and Claudia Phipps demonstrating drill, stipple and diamond wheel engraving. Additionally Tony Gilliam and other artists from the Guild of Glass Engravers will provide glass engraving classes every day. Venue: Art in Action Waterperry House Near Wheatley OXFORD OX33 1JZ Date/time: 17-20 July 2008, open 10.30am-5.30pm daily Tickets: Adults £15 Senior citizens £12
From : 17/07/2008 To : 20/07/2008

Contact: www.artinaction.org.uk

A GLASS CANVAS - The guild's National Exhibition 2008: www.dudley.gov.uk/redhousecone
`A Glass Canvas` - The Guild's National Exhibition 18th August to 10th October, 2008 This is being held at the Red House Glass Cone, Wordsley, Stourbridge (www.dudley.gov.uk/redhousecone ) in conjunction with the International Festival of Glass (22-25 August, 2008, www.ifg.org.uk )