DEVELOPING THE VISION FOR WATERFORD AS AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GLASS DESIGN AND MAKING
Creating a destination focus for Waterford as an international centre for contemporary applications for glass (via educational seminars, master classes, residencies and symposia) would provide a stimulus for the global glass community to visit the region. Such a development should ideally span artistic, innovation, design and tourism agendas. Utilising the opportunity presented by the European Capital of Culture bid to create a demonstration project to initiate such a development would be beneficial at this point in time.
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A longer-term possibility which could be developed is the opportunity for Waterford to look at the possibility of connecting with the Corning Museum of Glass GlassLab team, who are likely to visit Ireland during 2016. Such a visit could provide the touch-paper for Waterford’s reinvention and repositioning of itself within the glass space incorporating involvement from the wider design, architecture and art communities.
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Kite Studios, Waterford, Image courtesy of DCCoI.
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