International Glass Prize

14/04/2016

Op 10 april presenteerde het GLAZENHUIS de kortfilm ROOT op FIFMA, een tweejaarlijks filmfestival over ‘les métiers d’arts’ te Parijs.
http://www.hetglazenhuis.be/video/root/
www.fifma.com

13/11/2015

26/04/2015

Hereby the link to the article in GLAS IS MORE!
Thx to Angela van der Burght

http://www.glassismore.com/core/content.php?&option=viewitem&id=42&rd=992&le=120&rg=

26/04/2015

Press release
PRESENTATION OF THE PRIZES
INTERNATIONAL GLASS PRIZE 2015

Saturday evening 25 April the Flemish Minister of Culture Sven Gatz announced the prize winners of the second edition of the International Glass Prize at the glass museum GlazenHuis.
The International Glass Prize is a triennial international competition for art and design. The theme of this edition is The Process.

The Private Foundation Charlotte van de Seijs hands out 12.000 Euro of money prizes. Two residency periods at the glass studio are offered by the GlazenHuis.
Five laureates received a money prize or a residency prize.

The Belgian artist Karen VERMEREN received a money prize of 6000 Euro for her monumental panoramic glass
painting in the tower of the museum.

The Japanese artist Simsa CHO and the
German artist Jens GUSSEK both received a money prize of 3000 Euro for the works ‘Matoi’ and ‘Stalingrad’.

From Sunday 25 April till 3 May the Japanese artist Rui Sasaki, laureate of the first residency period, will be at work at the glass studio of the GlazenHuis.
The second residency winner, the American artist Matthew C. Szösz will come to Lommel this summer from 21 till 26 July

Image credits:
Svínafellsjökull in the GlazenHuis (2015) Karen Vermeren (BE)
Matoi – Matoi 2 (2014), Simsa Cho (JP/NL)
Stalingrad (2015), Jens Gussek (DE)
Transparency (2013), Rui Sasaki (JP)
Untitled (Inflatable) n°59k (2013), Matthew C. Szösz (US)
Photo: Kristof Vrancken

25/04/2015

Almost ready to welcome all the artists!!! Opening this evening!

22/04/2015

THIS SATURDAY, 25 APRIL 2015 - 19.30u
OFFICIAL OPENING
AND
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS!!!
Welcome!

02/04/2015

Saturday 4th April, the exhibition is open for the public

NOTE 25 APRIL 2015
= OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL GLASS PRIZE 2015 AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS!!! Welcome!

01/04/2015

Today we open with some color..... 1 day to go!!!!
and the chandelier is already give us a bright light! x

31/03/2015

29/03/2015

Jens PFEIFER (DE) installed his work ELEVATED NATION
and
WELCOME TO Doreen GARNER (USA) - working in situ .....
last week building the exhibition...

27/03/2015

Welcome Karen VERMEREN...
Line BOGAERTS is working further ...... 7 days....

25/03/2015

Building a wall.... still 9 days to go...

24/03/2015

Line BOGAERTS started the work 'in process' - "Reflections"(Performance, video installation. Site-specific work in the Glazenhuis in Lommel and in the neighbours eethuis ‘Kasseria’) (2015)....
and
Nadia finished almost Petr STANICKY's work "Another Space"