Contemporary Glass Society

[3] Peter Layton, founder of the London Glassblowing workshop, started the Contemporary Glass Society and became its first chairman in 1997.The first conference was held at the University of Wolverhampton with over 100 attendees and a line-up of speakers including, Keith Cummings, Diana Hobson and Alison Kinnard.An Arts Council England funded organisation, CGS has a growing membership that now includes not simply Glass artists, but makers, collectors, students, trade and education establishments.CGS is run by a voluntary committee made up mostly of makers and its administrator, Pam Reekie.[6] Current members of the Contemporary Glass Society include: Katharine Coleman, Emma Woffenden, Anna Dickinson, Fiaz Elson, Catherine Hough, David Reekie, Colin Reid and Tessa Clegg.
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