DESIGN Canberra at the Glassworks

Here’s what is happening at Canberra Glassworks for the 2022 DESIGN Canberra Festival…

Saturday 12 November 11am to 3pm

Glass & Print
Hotshop demonstrations in collaboration with Megalo Print Studio as part of the South Canberra Open Day

Where: Canberra Glassworks & Megalo Print Studio
Cost: Admission by donation. No booking required.

 

THE PROGRAM

11.00 am – Glass blowing
duration: 60 minutes
location: Glassworks Hotshop

See how contemporary glassmaker Katie-Ann Houghton creates functional tableware and objects of use in the Hotshop with explanation by Jeffrey Sarmiento, Head of Glass at ANU.

11.30 am – Lithography
duration: 30 minutes
location: Megalo Print Studio

12.30 pm – Repeat fabric screen printing
duration: 30 minutes
location: Megalo Print Studio

1.30 pm – Etching
duration: 30 minutes
location: Megalo Print Studio

2.oo pm – Glass blowing
duration: 60 minutes
location: Glassworks Hotshop

2.30 pm – Multicolour screen printing
duration: 30 minutes
location: Megalo Print Studio

Canberra Glassworks presents this design demonstration as part of DESIGN Canberra Festival 2 – 20 November 2022.

Friends of the Glassworks you can also see on the South Canberra Open Day:

Megalo Print Studio | 21 Wentworth Ave Kingston ACT

Curtis Glass | 114 Uriarra Rd Crestwood NSW

M16 Artspace | 21 Blaxland Cres Griffith

Thor’s Hammer | 10 Mildura St Griffith

Saturday 19 November 2pm

Reflection on Glass in the Public Eye
Artist Talk with Harriet Schwarzrock and Savita Goankar

Where: Canberra Museum and Gallery Theatrette
Duration: 1.5 hour
Cost: Free

Book a seat

Uncover the as the experimentation, ideas and creations behind public artwork Murmuration with artist, Harriet Schwarzrock and, DJAS Architecture. Harriet Schwarzrock and the team at DJAS took out the 2021 Pamille Berg Award for Art in Architecture at the ACT Architecture Awards and was shortlisted for INDE. Awards in 2022.


Canberra Glassworks presents this design demonstration as part of DESIGN Canberra Festival 2 – 20 November 2022.

Sunday 6 November from 11am

FANTASTIC CREATURE creation with Tom Moore
2022 Kids’ Design Competition

Where: Canberra Glassworks Hotshop
Cost: Admission by donation. No booking required.

Watch a FANTASTIC CREATURE come to life as artist extraordinaire, Tom Moore, recreates the winning design of Canberra Glassworks 2022 Kids’ Design Competition in glass!


As the International Year of Glass comes to a close, Canberra Glassworks Kids’ Design Competition theme was inspired by the beguiling world of Tom Moore’s exhibition now showing at Canberra Museum and Gallery. Canberra Glassworks 2022 Kids’ Design Competition is running in partnership with the Canberra Museum and Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, JamFactory ICON 2022 Tom Moore: Abundant Wonder as part of DESIGN Canberra Festival 2 – 20 November 2022.

Canberra Glassworks presents these programs in partnership with

Pictured top to bottom:
Tom Moore, Party Wizard, 2021. Photo by G Hancock for the artist.
Katie-Ann Houghton in the Glassworks Hotshop. Photo by PewPew Studio for artsACT.
Harriet Schwarzrock, Murmuration, 2020. Photo by Ross Caddaye for the artist and DJAS.