The 2018 Festival of
Glass includes the launch of the Festival’s Mentorship
Programme for aspiring glass artists.
The
Mentorship Programme is a fresh feature of the Festival of Glass and is aimed
at local Year 11 Visual Arts students who are considering careers as glass
artists.There will be two recipients of a Mentorship each year. Each one will receive 5 two-hour sessions of personal tuition by their Mentor over six months. Mentors will be established, professional glass artists, who will be paid for their participation in the programme.
The Mentorship Programme will introduce recipients to a range of ideas, techniques and processes used in glass work. It will also assist recipients to:
·
exhibit
and sell their work and to compete for Awards – starting with the Glass Art
Awards at the 2019 Festival of Glass
·
build
a professional resumé, starting by participating in the 2018 Festival of Glass
and promoting the 2019 Mentorship programme at school assemblies
·
contribute
to community connectedness and citizenship by building a network of shared
interests and mutual respect with other recipients and with other artists.
A bigger picture?
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| "Welcome to Drysdale" mural |
The
Festival of Glass committee is also grateful to the individuals and
organisations without whose support the Mentorship would not exist:
·
Mark
Eliott
·
Peter
Minson
·
Beaders
Guild of Geelong Inc.
·
OPSM
Waurn Ponds
·
The
Rotary Club of Drysdale.
Each
of these individuals and organisations supports the Mentorship Programme’s aim
to share skills, broaden experiences and build community; and the Festival
committee values their encouragement and support.
Featured Festival of
Glass sponsor: Mark Eliott
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| "Essence of Cloud" Mark Eliott |
The Festival of Glass committee is very grateful to Mark
Eliott for his sponsorship of the Festival’s 2018 Mentorship Programme. In
2015, Mark was the Festival’s first Artist in Residence and in 2016 he returned
and worked together with Peter Minson as our first joint Artists in Residence.
Mark is a contemporary artist working in glass, stop-motion
animation and music. He teaches flame-work and has exhibited internationally
and has a strong interest in environmental issues.
Mark’s work has a number of themes. One is mythology and
story telling; another is sculptural
abstraction informed by, as he puts it, “the dance between improvisation and
structure”. A third theme is representing organisms in glass – an interest he
shares with the Festival’s 2018 Artist in Residence, Mauro Vianello. Mark also
collaborates with Jack McGrath to create “Flame-ation” works that combine
stop-motion photography of flame-worked glass with digital compositing.
Contacts:
E-mail: mark@markelliottglass.com
Web site: http://.www.markelliottglass.com
Featured Festival of
Glass sponsor: Peter Minson
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| "Ship in a Bottle" Peter Minson |
The Festival of Glass committee is very grateful to Peter
Minson for his sponsorship of the Festival’s 2018 Mentorship Programme. In
2016, Peter joined Mark Eliott as the Festival’s first joint Artists in
Residence.
Peter
is the third generation of his family to work with glass and has done so for more
than forty years. Initially, he managed the family business making scientific
glassware; then he established his own creative glass business, which he
combines with importing and retailing glass from Italy and equipment and tools
direct from elsewhere.
Peter
established a lampwork glass studio in Binalong, near Canberra, 20 years ago
and has taught lampworking at the Canberra School of Art, RMIT University
Melbourne and Sydney School of Art. He has exhibited extensively and his work
is on display permanently in many glass art collections.
Contacts:
Tel.
(02) 6227 4312 Mob. 0427 265 034
E-mail
peter@minsonartglass.com.au
Thanks to the City of Greater Geelong and the Bendigo Bank,
our Awards sponsors, our Treasure Hunt sponsors and other local ‘in kind’
supporters.
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