Making connects us with the world, through the raw materials we shape, the sharing of skills over generations and the exchange of crafted objects. There are many ways that we are interconnected through our practices. However, in contrast, making can often be solitary, head down in the studio, immersed in the work. The ebb and flow between connection and separation is a familiar rhythm for many artists.
This exhibition invites us to reflect deeply on the connections that sustain us. How can glass add to a conversation about a more connected world? In a time of division, can making offer us a root to understanding our shared existence? What are the symbiotic relationships that we need to thrive?
We encourage a wide range of interpretations of these ideas. Works might explore relationships with community, land, tradition, technology, ecosystems, or something entirely unexpected. Glass must play a central role, whether in form, concept, or making process.
Aligning with the underlying aim of the Society, to build a strong interconnected community, the exhibition is a chance to come together, to showcase glass in new ways, and to share its significance with a wider audience. Our goal is to highlight how glass as a material and practice, reflects and shapes the networks we are all part of – human, more-than-human and beyond.
Thank you to Fiona Byrne for the text above.
CONNECTING will take place in two locations in Ireland, one in Kilkenny in the gallery at Jerpoint and one in Dublin at The National Botanic Gardens.
Work must be available from July 25th to the end of November 2025.
Open To Glass Society Of Ireland Members only.
Deadline for applications has been extended to 1pm Tuesday 3rd June – The application form:
Proposals can be of existing work or new work yet to be developed, the latter of which can be submitted as drawings or other suitable presentation which makes clear to the jurors the exact nature of the submission. Max. 2 submissions per glass maker.
Due to the extending of the deadline the results will be given by 24th June 2025.
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