Glass Studio news and events
New era for the UniSA Glass Program (reproduced from Craft Arts International, Issue 61, 2004, pp 105-6, with the publisher's permission). Open the PDF file (250kb) and scroll down.
The Glass Studio hosts a vibrant program of local, national and international artists conducting workshops or undertaking residencies, including:
- Catherine Newell (USA) - kiln forming
- David Reekie (UK) - casting
- Harumi Yukutake (Japan) - installation, hot and cold processes
- Richard Marquis (USA) and Nick Mount (Australia) - glass blowing
- Chris Boha (Canada) - installation and blowing
- Ted Sawyer, Bullseye Glass (USA) - kiln forming
2008
SASA glass Students Melinda Willis, Jennifer Taylor and Derise Hemmes were 3 of the 4 Australian artists selected for the International Exhibition Emerge which was held at Bullseye Glass in Portland, USA. Emerge is an international exhibition promoting emerging artists who work in the kiln forming process.
Mathew Burgess and Jennifer Taylor travelled to the UK to complete mentorships they had been awarded through the Helpmann Academy.
- Mathew graduated in 2007. His mentorship was with David Reekie, internationally recognised for his figurative cast glass.
- Honours student Jennifer Taylor completed her mentorship with Paul Scott, a visiting artist to the SASA Glass and Ceramic Department in 2006. Paul is renowned for the specialised technique he developed of printing onto ceramics. Jennifer explored transferring that technique onto glass.
In May, Head of Department Gabriella Bisetto taught a glass blowing course at Pilchuck Glass School (Seattle, USA).
2007
Gabriella Bisetto presented a lecture at the Tate Gallery in London for the conference Take a Deep Breath. The conference was a multidisciplinary rethinking of the value of breath and its manifestations in culture and beyond.
Gabriella Bisetto and glass lecturer Jessica Loughlin were shortlisted for the Tom Malone Glass Prize. The Tom Malone Glass Prize chooses only ten applicants nationally to compete for the $10,000 prize.
Nicole Ayliffe was represented at COLLECT in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum and selected for the Young Glass Exhibition - an international showcase of the rising stars in glass.
Yhonnie Scarce was shortlisted for the 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
2006
SASA staff and students Gabriella Bisetto, Clare Belfrage and Sunny Wang were represented by the Australian Trade Commission and Austrade in Australia - Art and About, a multiple venue exhibition in Hong Kong featuring 42 Australian artists.
The Glass workshop hosted a highly successful master class with American glass artist Catherine Newell. Newell is a specialist in the field of glass kiln forming. Her class was attended by professional glass artists from South Australia and interstate as well as School of Art students.
2005
Gabriella Bisetto travelled to the 34th annual Glass Art Society (GAS) conference in New Orleans to promote the GAS Conference held in Adelaide in May 2005. GAS has the largest membership of glass artists in the world, and many of the workshops and lectures were hosted at the new School of Art location at City West campus.
2004
Following in the footsteps of South Australian School of Art (now the School of Art, Architecture and Design) graduates Janice Vitkovsky, Dale Roberts and Louise FitzGerald, graduate Elizabeth Newman was awarded the 2004 Jam Factory Pilchuck Scholarship to assist her to attend the internationally renowned Pilchuck Glass School in USA. Students from the SASA ceramic workshop and AIT Arts were also awarded a Helpmann grant to attend the national ceramic conference in Gulgong, NSW.
Graduate Catherine Aldrete-Morris was awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant ($4000) and a Helpmann Academy grant ($2000) to travel to England, America, and Singapore promoting her work. Cathy's glass work was represented at the art fair 'Collect' at the Victoria and Albert Museum in March 2004.
Rebecca Hartman-Kearns was awarded the $1000 'Arts Critic Choice Award' during the 2003 Art East Festival for her blown glass artwork 'Scarlet'. The Mancorp Critic's Award judging panel said that the works were 'sensuous glass with attitude and an edge'.