Programme 2007-2008

October 2007

• Wednesday 10th -  11.30 am  POD National Glass Centre
  Zora Palova Professor US, SlovakRepublic 'Artist¿s and Stepan Pala Profiles, Concept Artist¿s Monograph'.
  
  
• Tuesday 16th  - 5.00 pm, POD NGC
  Zora Palova Professor US, SlovakRepublic 'SOFA 2006 Chicago and other Marketing Issues in Glass'.

November 2007

• Tuesday 20th - 5.30 pm, POD NGC
  Scott Chaseling Leverhulme Visiting Fellow, Australia 'Artists Profile, Research Projects, and SOFA Chicago USA participation' .

December 2007

• Thursday December 6th -  6 pm, POD, and entrance hall NGC¿GLASSFEST: New Books on Art in Glass¿  new books arrivals within IIRG 2007
  Klein, Dan (2007)  'Zora Palova - Stepan Pala' (SlovakRepublic)
  Davies, Peter (edit) (2007) 'Glass North East'(UK)
  Dawson, Jack (2007) 'Oiva Toikka' (Finland)
  Petrova, Sylva (2007) 'Czech and Slovak Glass in Exile' (CzechRepublic).

January 2008

• Date TBC  POD NGC
  Richard Meitner, glass artist (USA),  former Professor at the Rietfeld Academy Amsterdam, Netherlands 'Artist's profile and new projects'.
  
  
• Tuesday 22 - 5.30 pm, POD NGC
  Anna Viebecke, IIRG Artist in Residence (Denmark): 'Artists Profile and experience from recent Residency in Greenland '.

February 2008

• Tuesday 8th -  5.30 pm, POD NGC
  Dr. Vanessa Cutler, RCUK Academic Fellow : 'Current Water-Jet Technology in USA : Notes from USA Research Trip 2007'

April 2008

• Tuesday 8th -    5.15 pm ,  Glass & Ceramics Room
  Prof. William M. Carty, PhD., Alfred UniversityUSA 'Marriage of Art and Science in Glass & Ceramics' .  More ...
  
  
• Tuesday 22nd - 5.30 pm,.POD NGC
  James Maskrey, glass artist, UK: Artists Profile and 'Presentation of the last Research Projects at Northlands Creative Glass and the International Glass Symposium Novy Bor, Czech Republic'.

May 2008

• Tuesday 27th - 5.30 pm, POD NGC
  Jeffrey Sarmiento, glass artist, RCUK Academic Fellow USA : Artists Profile and 'Presentation of the last Research Projects in USA , and Latvia '.

June  2008

• Friday 6th -  9.30 am, POD NGC A Heritage of Rudolf and Leopold Blashka: One day international symposium : IIRG and NGC Speakers:
  Dr. Giles Miller and Miranda Lowe, te Natural History Museum London: 'Blashka Collections'
  Helena Horn, MA, PhD., Former Director, Lausha Museum, Germany: `The Museum in Lausha - Blashkas in Dresden ¿
  Siegfried Frantz, glass artist, Glasfachsule Zwiesel, Germany: Arists Profile and Demonstration -  University  Lamp blowing workshop.