Links

IIRG seeks to build up useful research and  professional development links. 

Please note:

• IIRG is not responsible for the content of these sites and does not necessarily endorse the material on them.
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UK

Adam Art Design, Architecture & Media
Information search engine for a catalogue of interesting resources

Arts & Humanities Data Service
Visual Arts (formerly VADS)

Anti Copying in Design (ACID)
Information about IPR, copyright and design rights.

Architectural Glass Centre

Artists Newsletter
Monthly publication includes reviews, articles and information on careers, business, funding and opportunities.

Arts and Business
Advice on promoting links between art & business.

Arts Council of England
National development agency for arts in England with links to the regional agencies.

Arts Hub
Online home for UK Arts Workers

AXIS Artists Index
Database of contemporary artists working in the UK.

British Council
Includes some interesting features on arts in the UK.

British Glass Manufacturers Confederation

British Society of Master Glass Painters

British Society of Scientific Glass Blowers
Information on journals, news, library, useful links & contacts.

Business Link

Cohesion
Cohesion is the business support network for glassmakers in the North East region of England - a case study is also available for viewing on this site

Contemporary Glass Society
Virtual glass network of latest news, reviews, events, listings and annual conference.

Crafts Council

Creativexport
Portal to access information on exporting strategies, enhancing creativity, economic competitiveness & international collaboration.

Cumbria Cultural Skills Partnership
Professional development support for the cultural sector in Cumbria.

Design Council
Aims to 'inspire & enable the best use of design' across business, education, public services & government

Glass Association UK
Based at Broadfield House Glass Museum

Glass Technology Services

Glass Quarter
Map of glass manufacturers in the Dudley area.

Guild of Glass Engravers

Metier
Careers guidance for the arts.

National Glass Centre

National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts (NESTA)

Northern Cultural Skills Partnership
Professional development support for the cultural sector in North East England

North Lands Creative Glass
Studio, short courses and international seminar/workshop events based in Lybster, Caithness, Scotland

Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Glass Society
Society promotes a wide variety of glass making within Scotland

Society of Glass Technology
Information about all fields of glass technology

Stained Glass News
Newsletter

Visiting Arts

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

Worshipful Company of Glaziers

International

American Crafts Council, New York, NY, USA

Art on the Web, Boston, MA, USA
Comprehensive Art Index

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Evanston, IL, USA
Good links to commercial Glass Galleries world wide.

Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre
Focus on research papers devoted to advancing knowledge about glass - its use, history & aesthetic qualities.

Australian Association of Glass Artists (AUSGLAS)

Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Roeselare, Belgium

Centre Internationale du Vitrail, France

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA

European Centre of Research & Formation in Glass Making (CERFAV )

Glass Academy, Simrishamn, Sweden

Glass Art Association of Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada

Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey

Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA, USA

Glass Files

ID Verre, Nancy, France

Institut du Verre, Paris, France

International Guild of Glass Artists, USA

Pilchuck, Seattle, WA, USA

Society for Glass Science and Practice, Morgantown, WV, USA
American based society, aimed at sharing scientific & applied knowledge for blown & pressed glass.

Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Union Controle des Arts Decoratifs (UCAD), Paris, France

Vitrail, France

Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Wheaton Arts/Creative Glass Center of America,  Millville, NJ, USA

World Crafts Council, Belgium

Publications

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, USA

Artists Newsletter, UK

American Craft Magazine, USA

Art Glass World, USA

Crafts Magazine, UK

GlasHaus Magazine, Germany

Glass Quarterly, USA

Glass Focus, USA

Glass Line Newsletter, USA

Glass Notes, USA

Glasswork, Japan

La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, France

Neues Glas -New Glass, Germany

New Glass Review

Object Magazine, Australia

Stained Glass, USA

This Side Up! Magazine (100% Glass), Netherlands

US Glass Magazine, USA