Open Call: Ireland Glass Biennale 2023

Application Deadline January 20th, 2023

The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is pleased to announce details of the Open Call for the
2023 NCAD Ireland Glass Biennale (IGB).

The 2023 Ireland Glass Biennale (IGB) seeks to present and provoke international perspectives,
explorations and manifestations of glass as creative expression. The IGB will highlight the excellence and
curiosity of contemporary glass practices by international artists, designers and crafts practitioners. The
open call invitation extends to established and emerging practitioners. This event will be supported
through a series of talks and events expanding the ideas and themes that emerge from the exhibition
selection.

IGB will be curated through an Open Call process and direct invitation. The final selection will be made
by a panel of expert jurors. All entrants will receive confirmation of receipt of application. Selected
participants will be notified no later than February 13 2023. There is no fee to apply. A fully illustrated
catalogue with commissioned essays will be produced.

Key Dates
20 January Submission deadline
23 January-3 February Jury Process
13 February Notification of selected submissions
27-30 March Delivery of works
20 April Launch
20 August Exhibition closes
21-25 August Deinstall and return and collection of work

The IGB will open to the public on 20 April 2023 at the Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle Gardens, and
will be shown to the public until August 20, 2023.
IGB is co-funded by Creative Europe. IGB is part of the Creative Europe: Imagining Sustainable Glass
Network Europe (ISGNE) project. Imagining Sustainable Glass Network Europe (ISGNE) will focus on
audience development and transnational mobility relative to contemporary glass practices as tacit
knowledge and craftsmanship; within the constructs of intangible cultures, design, visual and applied
arts. ISGNE includes four EU partners: the; UK, Germany, Latvia and Ireland.
The project engages with EU Glass Artists / Designer-Makers, Glass cultural Workers and thirty-three
associated organisations in nineteen European countries. ISGNE activities will run from 2018-2023. It is
supported by the OPW.

For more information and application details please go
to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXn3IF25NhzQ-T5OVki5U-I-IPakkFeBplyPOIGq2maO5kgQ/viewform