Offering insight on the artistic, environmental and technical considerations associated with the installation of glass, a presentation titled “The Art and Science of Glass” took place June 15 during NeoCon at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The panel discussion, which was sponsored by the Glass Association of North America, looked at several different aspects of [...]

Feel like kicking a little glass? Or at least learning how artisans create glassware and other works of art? The Hot Glass Infusion Weekend happens from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at GRT Hot Glass Studios, 6400 Brookville Road, Indianapolis. CLICK HERE to read more.

The future of Seattle Center’s Fun Forest is a little clearer and maybe a lot more colorful. It closes for good later this year, and could reopen with something brand new and uniquely Northwest. It is a Tacoma icon, the Museum of Glass and its 90-foot-tall, stainless steel hot shop, where you can take in [...]

The Arbor Crest Winery in Spokane, Wash., will host more than 50 artists during its fourth annual Art and Glass Fest taking place August 22-23.  Northwest artists will display glass work, stone vessels, candles, lamps, fine jewelry, metal work, paintings, paper flowers, boxes and walking sticks, among other creations. CLICK HERE to read more about [...]

Scattered among the aisles and aisles of desk chairs, conference room furniture, carpeting and flooring, those attending the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair found a few decorative glass companies ready to prove that it’s quite possible to create a unique statement through the use of glass.  Taking place at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, the event, which ended [...]

The 41st NeoCon World’s Trade Fair is set to take place June 15-17, 2009, at The Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Each year, NeoCon showcases thousands of new products from hundreds of the world’s top manufacturers in commercial, residential, health care, hospitality, institutional and government design products. This year a number of companies will be exhibiting [...]

More than 1,000 companies will exhibit at the 2009 Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo). Taking place May 14-16, 2009, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, the HD Expo will showcases the latest innovations and products, covering virtually every product in the industry including decorative glass. Some of the decorative [...]

From color, to patterns, textures and even a combination of all three, those attending the American Institute of Architects Annual Convention, which took place April 30-May 2 in San Francisco, found plenty of new decorative glass products. Exhibitors offered their latest developments that included products for a variety of applications, from floors and stairs to [...]

The 2009 AIA Convention is just a few weeks away, taking place April 30-May 2 in San Francisco. Hundreds of companies, including a good number of decorative glass suppliers, will be there to exhibit their newest products and developments. Here’s a sneak peek of some of what you will be able to see at the [...]

Decorative division members of the Glass Association of North America (GANA) were awake bright and early today for the group’s 7 a.m. meeting as part of Glass Week, taking place at The Palms in Las Vegas. The day began with the membership committee meeting followed by the technical committee meeting.Cathie Saroka, membership chair, reported that [...]