Collaborate: Creating work with glass

Artists, have you ever wondered how to create a piece of work using glass? Ever had an idea that works with the history of glass making in St Helens? Come to this event that aims to give a bit of a behind the scenes look at the equipment and resources that are available in one of St Helens' creative organisations.

We will be guided around the Hot Glass Studio by resident glass blowers Marcin Czepiga and Cate Glasson. They will show us how the equipment and kilns are used to create work from glass. They will also take us into their workshop where they engrave into glass and recycle broken glass into new creations.

Staff from the museum team at the World of Glass will take us around the museum collection where we will be able to explore potential ways of creating work that engages with the history of glass making or the local history of St Helens. Examples of how artists have worked in this way with other organisations will be shared and there will be the opportunity to ask questions about how all of this can develop your own creative work.

See the agenda below for full details

What is Collaborate?

Collaborate is an event that is held twice a year as part of Artists Together - the artist development programme from St Helens Arts in Libraries. It is a practical opportunity to meet and work alongside other artists for a number of days. Each Collaborate has a different focus, the July 2024 was 'Publications', this one is 'Equipment'

Don't miss Day 2, 3 and 4

This event listing covers day 1 of Collaborate. Days 2, 3 and 4, will take place at Haydock Street in St Helens and will see artists bringing equipment to share and create with.

Funders

This event is part of Artists Together and is also connected with a project that is part of a commission awarded by St Helens Council's Arts Service. This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as the lead authority and part funded through Arts Council England. We will work in partnership with St Helens Borough Council, Kindred LCR CIC, St Helens College, and St Helens Borough creative practitioners from December 2024 to March 2025.

For more information about the background to this work, visit this link:

https://platformartsthelens.co.uk/st-helens-creatives-development-programme/

Host or Publisher Artist Led St Helens