Volume II — Number 91
September 2016
Monthly Newsletter
Newsletter
Mary Shaffer Learn to sell.
M. A. Carretero.
A new joy in knowing the development and view images Glazier meeting the first weekend last August was held in Irun, in the workshop of Igor Obeso. There cites the great mallorcan master Pere Ignasi, the brothers Abdon, L'Olleria, Diego Rodriguez, La Granja, and, as host, Igor Obeso were given, among other artists.
And they all have gathered excellent glassmakers, both nationally and internationally and have made some valuable pieces of glass.
offices of the respective municipalities?
Martin Janecký participation has been the highlight of these meetings.
For example, the location of the meeting of Sitges not seem the most suitable for handling glass, the low ambient temperature and the constant wind that made it very troublesome control of the temperature of the glass to perform the pieces.
Therefore, congratulations once again to the Catalan Association of les Arts del Vidre (ACAV) by the enthusiasm with which they They reflect the images that have organized most of these meetings and the have appeared in social tremendous work they have networks, have had to done for it. enjoy some very good moments. I congratulate But I think that the you for that and sorry I undoubted quality of could not accompany them teachers participating in because I was on holiday at these events has not been the time by northern rewarded by a public Morocco. assistance as they deserved. It notes that these last Perhaps the Sant Andreu months have been and L'Ollería gathered a productive in the realization good number of addicts of glassmakers meetings, glass art, but the rest, so I since when performed in felt in my attendance at Nuestra sede: Sant Andreu de la Barca in Sitges and images that have Castillo Grande de the autumn of last year been me get those made in S.J. de Valderas have followed the L'Ollería, Avda. Los Castillos, s/n La Granja, Sitges and now La Granja and the latter of Irun, I think they had 28925 ALCORCÓN. this in Irun. deserved a remarkable (MADRID) public attendance, info@amigosmava.org All of them have given full considering the quality of the information in different glassmakers artists who issues of this Newsletter. have participated in them.
¿Locations inadequate some of the meetings?
I believe, however, that the most important thing is scheduling these events, the illusion that show organizers for carrying them out, but I think that after the experience in these meetings, and with the assurance that they will to repeat in the future and will be accompanied by new ones, would be wise to take a step forward and try the events they had greater media coverage for the largest possible audience could enjoy the development of the meetings.
As I indicated in the title of this editorial, I think you have to learn to sell the quality of these events to the Department of Culture of the respective councils to decide to launch their propaganda Why are not these important machine and provide the meetings glassmakers appropriate spaces to carry rewarded with an out with sufficient guarantees outstanding influx of public? of success shows the respective glassmakers. Lack of prior information through the various social Do you have any interest networks and adequate these glassmakers static advertising? encounters that shows Absence of institutional support through the press
performed in Corning? It might not.