Projects
Latest projects
Nick Fox
Fox is currently engaged in the production of new work enabled through a residency at the National Glass Centre (NGC). Leading up to 2010, his project at NGC is influenced by enduring narratives of longing and desire drawn from a hybrid of mythologies and domestic references. His fascination with the alchemic and enduring narratives of stained glass and…
Read moreWorkForce Glass Painting Display
When I grow up I want to be...... In May 2010, pupils from Richmond Methodist Primary School in North Yorkshire visited NGC and took part in a Creative Workshop to create a Glass Painting Exhibition for our Balcony Space. The Creative Workshops, which were led by the National Glass Centre Education Team were inspired by the Work Force Exhibition and…
Film Workshop with Mat Fleming
On Sunday 14 March film maker Mat Fleming ran a Free film workshop for visitors at NGC. Participants were given the chance to make their own film by drawing and painting on celluloid, before a mini screening! This session was linked to the Work Force exhibtion, which also features a film by Mat Fleming .
Mortimer Community College
National Glass Centre was recently involved with a project with Mortimer Community College in South Shields. NGC worked with a small group of students on the design of a large glass mural for the foyer of the recently refurbished school. NGC worked closely with the art teacher & Carillion the school’s developer to produce a work (2.1 x1.1m and…
Flagrant Wisdom
Flagrant Wisom took place on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November 2009 Inspired by the 1300-year history and culture of glass making in the North East, National Glass Centre’s publicly accessible hot glass production studio and the 2000-year tradition that sees Chinese Acrobats transform ordinary domestic vessels with daring feats of skill, this…
- Arts Council England
- Sunderland City Council
- University of Sunderland
- Positive About Disabled People
- Lottery Funded
- Northern Rock Foundation
- VAQUAS
