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Press
Release
For details: Filiz Bozkurt
fbozkurt@glassfurnace.org
Phone: +90-216-433
3690-92-93
Fax: +90-216-433
3021
Mobile: 0533 6272955
THE GLASS
FURNACE ANNOUNCED ITS
2005 COURSE
PROGRAM
The
Glass Furnace Istanbul, which has become the new meeting point for
artists and
students from different countries, will be offering a wide range of
courses within
its 2005 program. The students who take a course at the Glass Furnace
have a
chance to work with world renowned artists/masters, enjoy the peaceful
location
of the school and discover the mystic city of İstanbul. They can also
witness the
traditional hand made production made by talented craftsmen.
2005
course program will cover various
techniques and the courses will be
taught by instructors with international teaching experience. Some of
these are
Davide Salvadore, Fritz Dreisbach, Boyd Sugiki, Petr Novotny, Anna
Boothe and
Gerry King. The first session will start on May 1 and
the courses which are structured as two
week intensive sessions will cover techniques like glassblowing,
sandcasting,
kilncasting, fusing, lampworking, beadmaking and mixed media. The
studios are
equipped with modern tools and the students can learn glass or improve
themselves in studios where instructors can attend to each participant
individually. Students with different ages, nationalities and
backgrounds
attend to courses at the Glass Furnace and this creates a unique
environment
for cultural exchange and social richness. The students exhibit
their works at the end of each
sesion.
Apart
from the two week intensive
courses, the Glass Furnace runs two day workshops in different
techniques and
rents the hotshop. The school has already gathered a good collection of
glass
art pieces donated by the artists who taught at the Glass Furnace and
these
pieces are viewed by many people who visit the school.
The Glass
Furnace also arranges
spectacular events at the school. Within the most recent event of this
kind,
the 2nd International Bosphorus Glass Fest, a large group of audience
had a
chance to watch artists and masters from different countries including,
Charles
Parriot and B.Jane Cowie. Also well known Italian artist Davide
Salvadore made
a demonstration during the closing ceremony of the festival.
The Glass Furnace,
situated on the green banks of
Riva River, offers an alternative vacation with its dormitory, resting
place by
the riverside, Agora, swimming pool and nice garden. The students learn
glass
in a relaxing and friendly atmosphere and they spend two weeks of art,
glass, nature
and İstanbul during their stay at the Glass Furnace. For
detailed information about the Glass
Furnace please visit www.glassfurnace.org.
THE GLASS
FURNACE 2005
COURSE
PROGRAM
| Session
1 : May 1
- 14 |
|
Glassblowing
|
Bibi
Smith
|
| Session
2 : May 22 - June 4 |
|
Glassblowing
|
Davide Salvadore |
| Beadmaking |
Ulli
Egger |
| Fusing |
Gerry King
|
| Session
3 : June 12 - 25 |
|
| Glassblowing |
Tim Shaw |
| Lampworking |
Michael
Cain
|
Kilncasting
|
Anna
Boothe
|
| Session
4 : July 3 - 16 |
|
| Glassblowing |
Fritz Dreisbach |
Beadmaking
|
Ursula
Distler |
| Mixed-Media |
Jonathan
Tepperman
|
| Session
5 : July 24 - August 6 |
|
Glassblowing
|
E.Bernard&P.
Traylor |
Beadmaking
|
M.Michaela
Möller
|
| Session
5a : July 31 - August 13 |
|
Kilncasting
& Hot Casting
|
Mitchell
Gaudet
|
| Session
6 : August 14 - 27 |
|
Glassblowing
|
B.Jane Cowie |
Beadmaking
|
Julie
Anne Denton |
| Fusing
& Kilncasting |
Chantal
Royant
|
| Session
7 : September 04 - 17 |
|
| Glassblowing |
Boyd Suguki |
| Fusing
& Kilncasting |
Angela
Thwaites |
Kilncasting
|
Jody
Bone
|
| Session
7a : September 18 – October 1 |
|
| Sandcasting
& Painting |
Robert
Carlson |
|
Session 8 : September 25 – October 8
|
Glassblowing
|
Petr Novoty
|
