Welcome to the International Glass Alliance Resource Links

The International Glass Alliance’s Resource Links page is updated monthly.  Please visit our site again soon for additional resource links and information. We look forward to highlighting more resources and links as the website expands. If you would like to add your website link to our website or to suggest a resource, please contact: creative@internationalglassalliance.org.

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Czech Radio Broadcast:The 150th anniversary of the Glassmaking School in Kamenický Šenov north Bohemia, was established way back in 1856, 150 years ago, and was the first vocational school of its kind in the world.” 16-06-2006 12:42 Jan Velinger.
Czech Radio Broadcast:What is the future of Czech Glassmaking? Glassmaking - one of the trademarks of the Czech Republic – is going through hard times. This autumn, the biggest Czech glassmaker, Bohemia Crystalex trading, was forced to close down two of its four plants... Does that mark the end of the country’s long glassmaking tradition? What will other producers do...” 23-12-2008 17:46 Ruth Fraňková.
Czech Glassmaking School: The Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov. http://www.czech-glass-school.com/stranky/skola/en_historie.html
Czech Glassmaking School: The Higher, Secondary Apprentice Glass School in Nový Bor. http://www.glassschool.cz/en/61-About-the-school/99-history.html
Czech Glassmaking School: The High School for Applied Arts in Glassmaking in Železný Brod. http://www.supss.cz/en/basic-information.php
Czech Republic Informational Website: http://www.czech.cz/en/Home-en
Prague Travel Tourism, Official Website: http://www.praguewelcome.cz/en/
The Prague Post: The Czech Republic's English-language newspaper: http://www.praguepost.com/

History of Glass in the Lusatian Mountain Region: Article by Jaroslav Rež (in cooperation with Michal Gelnar). http://www.luzicke-hory.cz/historie/index.php?pg=clskloe

Corning Museum of Glass: Masters of Studio Glass: Jiří Harcuba. http://www.cmog.org/article/masters-studio-glass-ji-harcuba
Corning Museum of Glass: Stanislav Libensky & Jaroslava Brychtova - Voices of Contemporary Glass. http://www.cmog.org/video/stanislav-libensky-jaroslava-brychtova-voices-contemporary-glass

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