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Glass Sellers’ CGS Graduate Glass PRIZE and New Graduate Review 2022

CGS is pleased to announce the launch of the 2022 Graduate Prize and New Graduate Review. We are delighted this year that the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London Charity Fund have helped fund the Prize and Review together with Professor Michael Barnes MC FRCP.  As we emerge from exceedingly difficult years, especially for education, CGS wish to support graduates at the beginning of what we hope will be a long career in glass making.

Application      Deadline Monday 5pm 11th July 2022
Glass Sellers’ and CGS Glass Prize and New Graduate Review Application 2022

All students graduating from a British & Irish accredited course in 2022 will be eligible to enter by submission of the application form and digital images.

There will be one Winner, a Second and two Runners-up, with several Commendations.  All will appear in the C.G.S. – New Graduate Review.
PRIZES;
The first prize includes:

• £500 cash
• £200 vouchers from Creative Glass UK

• A promotional package, including cover & feature in the New Graduate Review
• Two years’ C.G.S. Membership.
• A year’s subscription to Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture magazine
• A selection of glass related books provide by Alan J Poole

Second Prize

• £150 cash
• £100 voucher from Warm Glass
• One year’s membership of CGS
• A Year’s Subscription to  Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture magazine

2 x Runners Up

Two Runners-up will each receive:

•  £50 Vouchers from Pearsons Glass,
• One year’s membership of CGS
• A Year’s Subscription to  Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture magazine

CGS New Graduate Review.

This 16 page publication, will be circulated extensively to all Colleges, Museums, CGS members and will appear in Neues Glas – New Glass: Art & Architecture (circulated world-wide).  It is a wonderful opportunity to have your work seen by thousands of people.

CGS online exhibition – Online show on CGS website of all work featured in New Graduate Review.

Criteria for Selection

• You must be graduating from a British or Irish accredited course in 2022
• Work must consist of at least 50% glass.
• The work will be judged for quality and concept

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:  SUBMISSIONS FROM:

21^st June  up to 5pm on Monday, 11^th July 2022

Download application Glass Sellers’ and CGS Glass Prize and New Graduate Review Application 2022

CGS at Pyramid Gallery, York
10^th September – 30^th October 2022

 “Bedazzled – 25 Glass Makers Impress”

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:
5pm on Monday, 23rd May 2022
CGS at Pyramid Gallery Bedazzed application form

CGS is delighted to be exhibiting once again at the Pyramid Gallery and we would like to express our gratitude to Terry Brett for his generosity in allowing us to use his venue for our show.   In our 25^th Anniversary Year we are celebrating with a display of 25 outstanding glass artists.

The meaning of Bedazzle is “to greatly impress (someone) with outstanding ability or striking appearance”.  What more could anyone ask for in a glass show to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the Contemporary Glass Society?  We invite you to provide us with glasswork that dazzles us with your technique and the quality of your work!  Show us why glass is such a precious material to work with.  Maybe even introduce an element of silver to bedazzle us and to commemorate our 25 years.

Criteria:

Up to three pieces of work can be submitted, or a group of small pieces. You can send up to 3 images of one piece, with at least one showing the whole piece, or 3 images of different pieces of work.

• Entrants must be paid up members of the Contemporary Glass Society.
• Work must comprise of at least 50% medium of glass.
• Work submitted for consideration must have been made after 1st January, 2018.
• The work must be for sale
• It must be possible to deliver selected works to Pyramid Gallery by 1^st September 2022
• The artist must complete all points included in the attached application form.
• Artists can submit up to 3 pieces of work
• We welcome wall pieces as well as plinth based work
• The work must be available until mid November, 2022 to allow time to pack and return work following the end of the exhibition.
• Work must be resilient to both heat and light as it is not possible to control environmental factors in the Gallery

Selection :
The selection will be made by a panel including Terry Brett, a CGS Board member and an independent artist tbc.
We aim to select a number of artists to show a cross section of glass making techniques. This will take place during June.  Artists will be notified by mid June; if you have not heard by 30^th June, please assume you have not been selected.  We will attempt to notify everyone but depending on number of applicants this may not be possible.

Razzle Dazzle: FIVE X FIVE

Pyramid Gallery / CGS Open Exhibition

10^th September – 30^th October 2022

Deadline to register 9^th May, 2022

Download application
CGS at Pyramid Gallery Razzle Dazzle 5×5 Registration Form

After a couple of years with little live entertainment, let’s add a little razzle dazzle to our lives and celebrate what we love to watch or take part in.  It could be a night at the opera, your favourite Bacall/ Bogart film, the end of pier show, partying in Ibiza, a family barbeque or simply watching a flock of soaring birds.  We want a bit of showiness, a flash of brilliance, a little decorative loveliness, even a little opulence to enhance our spirits and make us smile with joyfulness!

We invite you to make a little piece of eye-catching beauty in glass – a colourful celebration of live entertainment to make our hearts beat faster.

We would like to express our gratitude to Terry Brett for his generosity in allowing us to use the Pyramid Gallery for our show

The brief to members:

• This is an unselected show for 100 members, once you have registered and you are one of the first 100, you are in the show
• Use your imagination to create a little gem that fits 5 inches x 5 inches. (127 x 127mm) x 1 inch deep (25mm).  This is a maximum size.  However, if that piece is framed, the frame can be additional to the sizes given for the glass work.
• The work will be displayed together in a grid system on a wall
• Your work needs to be able to hang on a wall and have its own fittings.
• To make it fun and challenging, all pieces of work will be sold for between £100 – £300   These prices include 50% commission to the Gallery

 This is an unselected show: if you sign up in time and are one of the first 100, you are in. 

Be part of a fantastic, fun show!  Our exhibitions always get lots of coverage and we sell many pieces, your work might be bought and added to one of Britain’s leading collections.

Who can take part?

“Razzle Dazzle: FIVE X FIVE” is an unselected show open to all CGS members worldwide: apply and you are in.

If work is being imported into the UK for this show, the maker must pay for any duties imposed by UK customs. 

If you’re not already a member of CGS, you can join to take part, see  Become a Member: Contemporary Glass Society (cgs.org.uk)  As well as making you eligible for this exciting exhibition, you’ll be part of a dynamic contemporary glass community and receive valuable membership benefits – see full details at www.cgs.org.uk

Application Criteria:
Space is limited, so acceptance is on a first come, first served basis until the maximum number we can display is reached. To confirm your place, fill in the form and email it back to us by 9^th May, 2022 at the latest. 

BUT to give yourself the best chance of getting in. applies as soon as you can.

 Location: Pyramid Gallery, 43 Stonegate, York YO1 8AW

Dates:

9^th May, 2022       Deadline for receipt of confirmation of entry form:

30^th May, 2022              Artists notified if they are in the show

1^st September, 2022     Deadline for receipt of work:

Send work to:
The Pyramid Gallery, 43 Stone gate York YO1 8AW.