Alan J. Poole Promoting British & Irish Contemporary Glass. 43 Hugh Street, London SW1V 1QJ. ENGLAND. Tel: (00 44) Ø20 7821 6040. Email: [email protected] Alan J. Poole’s Contemporary Glass Newsletter. A monthly newsletter listing information relating to British & Irish Contemporary Glass events and activities, within the UK, Ireland and internationally. Covering British and Irish based Artists, those living elsewhere and, any foreign nationals that have ever resided or studied for any period of time in the UK or Ireland. FEBRUARY EDITION 2016. * indicates new or amended entries since the last edition. 2015. EXHIBITIONS, FAIRS, MARKETS & OPEN STUDIO EVENTS. 04/07/1501/03/16. “A Twist In Time”. Michael Petry Solo Installation Exhibition. Pallant House Gallery. Chichester. GB. Tel: 01243 774 557. Email: [email protected] Website: http://pallant.org.uk/exhibitions1/forthcoming-exhibitions/main-galleries/michael-petry-a- twist-in-time 21/11/1506/03/16. “Richard Meitner: Three’s A Charm”. Richard Meitner Solo Exhibition. Nationaal Glasmuseum Leerdam. Leerdam. NL. Tel: 00 31 345 614 960. Email: [email protected] Website: www.nationaalglasmuseum.nl 01/10/1527/02/16. “Alena Matějka & Czech Artists”. inc: Alena Matějka. Galerie Welti Glaskunst. Düsseldorf. D. Email: [email protected] Website: www.glasgalerie-welti.de 02/10/1530/01/16. “Paralellgenres”. inc: John R. Burton. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. Pittsburgh (PA). US. Tel: 00 1 412 441 5200. Email: [email protected] Website: www.morganglassgallery.com/shows/parallelgenres_10-15.htm 03/10/1506/04/16. “Glass Artworks & Temperature Of Glass”. inc: Jiří Harcuba & Etsuko Nishi. Koganezaki Glass Musem. Koganezaki Crystal Park Co. Ltd. Shizuoka-ken. J. Tel: 00 81 558 551 515. Email: [email protected] Website: www.kuripa.co.jp 10/10/1510/04/16. “New Additions 2012-15: The Permanent Collection”. inc: Anna Mlasowsky, Alison Lowry, Katrin Maurer, Line Gottfred Petersen & Emma Woffenden. Ebeltoft Glasmuseet. Ebeltoft. DK. Tel: 00 45 86 34 17 99. Email: [email protected] Website: www.glasmuseet.dk 17/10/1513/03/16. “Drawing - An Expressive Gesture With The Advantage Of Permanence”. inc: Jenny Ayrton, Vic Bamforth, Scott Benefield, Katharine Coleman M.B.E., Alison Kinnaird M.B.E., James Maskrey, Kevin Petrie, Ayako Tani & Louis Thompson & Hanne Enemark. National Glass Centre. University Of Sunderland. Sunderland. GB. Tel: 0191 515 5555. Email: [email protected] Website: www.nationalglasscentre.com/about/whatson/details/?id=541&to=2016-03-13%20&from=2015-10-17 20/10/1528/11/16. “New Glass Work By Ana Rosa Hopkins”. Ana Rosa Hopkins Solo Exhibition. Harris Museum & Art Gallery. Preston. GB. Tel: 01772 258 248. Email: [email protected] Website: www.harrismuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/1015-new- glass-works-by-ana-rosa-hopkins#.VlwT4ou9Sfo.hotmail 30/10/1521/02/16. “Gravur On Tour: Modern European Glass Engraving”. Touring Exhibition. inc: Róisín De Buitléar, Katharine Coleman M.B.E., Ainsley Francis, Alison Kinnaird M.B.E., Charmian Mocatta, Ronald Pennell, Mare Saare, Edmond Suciu & Nancy Sutcliffe. Red House Glass Cone. Wordsley. GB./Glazenhuis. Lommel. B./Gallery De Aventurijn. Epe. NL./Glasmuseum Rheinbach. Rheinbach. D./Muzeum Skla Kamenický Senov. Kamenický Senov. CZ. (27/02/1617/04/16)./Eesti Kunstiakadeemia. Tallinn. EE. (29/04/1625/05/16)./Suomen Lasimuseo. Riihimäki. SF. (02/06/1627/07/16)./Glasmuseum Frauenau. Frauenau. D. (05/08/1625/09/16). Emails: [email protected] Website: www.facebook.com/glassengravingnetwork 30/10/1501/03/16. “The White Show”. Mixed Media Exhibition. inc: Edmond Byrne, Kira K’Inan & ‘Vezzini & Chen’ (Sheng-Tsang “Stan” Chen & Cristina Vezzini). Flow. London. GB. Tel: 020 7243 0782. Email: [email protected] Website: www.flowgallery.co.uk **01/11/1529/02/16. “Ruskin Collective: Making Christmas Special”. Ruskin Centre Resident Artists Mixed Media Exhibition. inc: ‘Carol Griffin Enamels’ (Carol Griffin). ‘GFJ Glass’ (George Jackson), ‘Ian Bamforth Glass’ (Ian Bamforth), ‘Jo Newman Glass’ (Joanne Newman), ‘Martin Andrews Glass’ (Martin Andrews), ‘Peter Fricker Glass’ (Peter Fricker), ‘Redpath Glass’ (Georgia Redpath), ‘Terri Colledge Cameo Glass’(Terri-Louise Colledge), ‘Transparent Glass Studio’ (Paul Floyd) & ‘Vic Bamforth Glass’ (Vic Bamforth Glass). The Ruskin Glass Centre. Amblecote. GB. Tel: 01384 399 419. Email: [email protected] Website: http://ruskinglasscentre.co.uk/events/ 22/11/1514/02/16. “Between Heaven & Earth: Alena Matějka”. Alena Matějka Solo Exhibition. Glasgalerie Stölting Hamburg – Hafencity. Hamburg. D. Tel: 00 49 40 3253 0833. Email: [email protected] Website: www.glassart.de 29/11/1512/04/16. “Lumen”. Veronika Beckh Solo Exhibition. Glashütte Gernheim. Petershagen- Ovenstädt (Weser). D. Tel: 00 49 5707 93110. Email: [email protected] Website: www.lwl.org/LWL/Kultur/wim/portal/ 02/12/1507/02/16. “Borland + Borland”. Two Person Mixed Media Exhibition With Emma Borland & Polly Borland, Photographer. Canberra Glassworks. Kingston (ACT). GB. Tel: 00 61 2 62 60 70 05. Email: [email protected] Website: www.canberraglassworks.com/exhibitions/future/ 05/12/1513/02/16. “Why Glass?”. inc: Richard Whiteley. Lorch + Seidel Contemporary. Berlin. D. Tel: 00 49 30 9789 3935. Email: [email protected] Website: www.lorch-seidel.de 2016. *05/01/1629/01/16. “Solas”. Glass Society Of Ireland Members Touring Exhibition. inc: Scott Benefield, Patrick Blythe, Emma Bourke, Sinéad Brennan, Sean Campbell, Debbie Dawson, Róisín De Buitléar, Karen Donnellan, Gwyn Grace, Éamonn Hartley, Karl Harron, Catherine Keenan, Peadar Lamb, Alison Lowry, Sarah McEvoy, Meadhbh McIlgorm, Sadhbh Mowlds, Jenny Mulligan, Michelle Ryan, Killian Schurmann, Aoife Soden, Andrea Spencer, Suzannah Vaughan & Catherine Wilcoxson. National College Of Art & Design Gallery. National College Of Art & Design. Dublin./The Hunt Museum. Limerick./Greyfriars Municipal Gallery. Waterford./Wandesford Quay Gallery. Cork. IRL. Email: [email protected] Website: http://glasssocietyireland.wix.com/gsoi#!solas---members-exhibition-/c1cqq 07/01/1621/02/16. “C.G.S. Showcase @ National Glass Centre: Leigh-Ann Maclean & Samantha Donaldson”. inc: Samantha Donaldson & Leigh-Ann Maclean. National Glass Centre. University Of Sunderland. Sunderland. GB. Tel: 0191 515 5513. Email: [email protected] Website: www.nationalglasscentre.com *08/01/1629/02/16. “Unknown”. Alison Kinnaird Solo Touring Exhibition. Scottish Parliament Building. Edinburgh./St. Mary’s Cathedral. Edinburgh./Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum. Aberdeen./National Trust For Scotland Visitor Centre. Culloden./Elgin Museum. Elgin./The Highlander Museum. Fort George./Pollok House. Glasgow./Black Watch Museum. Perth. (04/03/1630/05/15)/National Trust For Scotland Culzean Castle. Culzean. (JuneJuly?)/National Trust For Scotland Kellie Castle. Fife. (AugustSeptember?)/Kirkcaldy Art Gallery & Museum. Kirkcaldy. (OctoberDecember?). GB. Email: [email protected] Website: www.alisonkinnaird.com/sections/news/?PHPSESSID=4fde53c283ffc0bbf6323d89600cd7e5 *14/01/1610/04/16. “Naked Craft”. Mixed Media Touring Exhibition. inc: Amanda Simmons. Art Gallery Of Burlington. Burlington (ONT)./Centre Materia. Quebec (ONT)./Art Gallery Of Nova Scotia. Halifax (NS). CDN. Website: www.nakedcraftnetwork.com/exhibition.html *16/01/1612/03/16. “An ‘in’ With A Stranger”. Mixed Media Exhibition. inc: Joanne Mitchell. Llantarnum Grange Arts Centre. Cwmbran. GB. Tel/Fax. 01633 483 321. Email: [email protected] Website: www.lgac.org.uk/future-exhibitions/item/an-in-with-a-stranger *16/01/1605/03/16. “Colours”. Two Person Exhibition With Dong Hai Guan & Liz Zhenning. Koru Contemporary Art. Aberdeen. Hong Kong. PRC. Tel: 00 852 2580 5922. Email: [email protected] Website: www.koru-hk.com/news/2016/Colours/en/ *16/01/1610/04/16. “Neuerwerbungen 2015/New Acquisitions 2015”. inc: Heike Brachlow, Ashraf Hanna, Alena Matéjká, Amanda Simmons & Louis Thompson & Hanne Enemark. Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding Collection Exhibition. Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding. Coesfeld-Lette. D. Tel: 00 49 2546 930 511. Email: [email protected] Website: www.ernsting-stiftung.de *16/01/1606/02/16. “Tillie Burden: Playing With Sticks”. Tillie Burden Solo Exhibition. The Glassery. Stockholm. S. Tel: 00 46 8 251 195. Email: [email protected] Website: www.theglassery.com 20/01/1624/01/16. “Art2016”. various galleries. The London Art Fair. Business Design Centre. London. GB. Tel: 020 7288 6736. Email: [email protected] Website: www.londonartfair.co.uk *22/01/1622/02/16. “Galia Amsel: Selection”. Galia Amsel Solo Exhibition. Waiheke Community Art Gallery. Waiheke Island. NZ. Mob: 00 64 9 372 9907. Email: [email protected] Website: www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz *22/01/1624/06/16. “Life Is Not A Beach”. inc: Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg, Dong Hai Guan, Luke Jerram, Richard Meitner & Yi Peng. Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. Munich. D. Tel: 00 49 89 343 856. Email: [email protected] Website: www.atutsek-stiftung.de/en.html *23/01/1616/04/16. “Craft Open 2016”. Mixed Media Exhibition. inc: Diane Rowlinson & Jo Whitehead. Platform Gallery. Clitheroe. GB. Tel: 01200 425 566. Email: [email protected] Website: www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/info/200303/platform_gallery/1607/platform_gallery_2015_exhibition_progra mme *23/01/1613/02/16. “Glas”. Galleri Rasch. inc: G. William Bell. Rønne (Bornholm). DK. Tel: 00