Welcome to the International Glass Alliance
The International Glass Alliance is an organization founded in 2010 to preserve the rich traditions of glassmaking and glass education in the Czech Republic, promote the glassmaking region's standing as an economic, artistic and cultural center in the Czech Republic and throughout the world and serve as a platform for international exchange between glass artists, scholars, students, collectors and enthusiasts.
Join the IGA for its inaugural glassmaking program in the Czech Republic. Or, if you cannot, show your support for those who can by donating to the program’s support. The program, including spending time at each of Northern Bohemia’s glassmaking schools, the Higher, Secondary and Apprentice Glass School in Nový Bor, the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov and the High School for Applied Arts in Glassmaking in Železný Brod– includes studying glassmaking techniques and Czech glassmaking traditions with both school faculty and glass artists at their studios. This is a rare opportunity to learn from and work with some of the finest glass artists in the world. Please view IGA Summer 2012 Program Page to learn more.
The IGA is consulting with school faculty, artists, scholars and Czech government officials to create glassmaking educational programs, scholarships to study glassmaking, professional development and both economic and community-based opportunities for Czech students, artists and faculty to participate in sustaining the glassmaking region in northern Bohemia. The economic and community-based initiatives also seek to bridge the glass communities in Madison and the Midwest with those in the Czech Republic. As more information about these programs becomes available, it will be shared on this website. Financial support for the development of these programs is vital. Please click the Support Us page to find out how you can support this endeavor today. If you are interested in potential participation in any of these initiatives, please contact the IGA Executive Director at: director@internationalglassalliance.org
Right now, the glassmaking region of northern Bohemia, its schools and glassmaking network, are threatened by the global economy. The schools' extinction and the disappearance of glassmaking in this region would be a devastating loss not only to the glass community in the Czech Republic, but also to the world's artistic and cultural heritage.
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Glassmaking is part of all of our global cultural heritage. View the IGA Support Us page for information about how you can help today!