All Together Now - The Venice Glass Week

The Glass Week press conference in Venice Town Hall - Photo: Cat Bauer

(Venice, Italy) What is most amazing about the first international Venice Glass Week is how so many different organizations, businesses, venues and individuals in Venice have put aside their differences and come together to make it happen. At the press conference this morning, Venice's mayor, Luigi Brugnaro declared, "I love Murano glass and I love this idea."

Image courtesy of Fondazione Querini Stampalia

The Venice Glass Week starts on Sunday, September 10 and runs through September 17. It is promoted by the Town Council of Venice, and was conceived and organized by Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, LE STANZE DEL VETRO - Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituo Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and the Consorzio Promovetro Murano. 

The Cathedral - Image courtesy of Najean & Sy

There are over 140 events, including exhibitions, meetings with the artists, open furnaces, conferences, parties, screenings, guided tours, educational activities and much more. It seems like the events are happening everywhere, in every section of town -- from Teatro La Fenice, to the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, inside most museums and art galleries, inside shops, cafes, restaurants and hotels, and, of course, out on the glass-blowing island of Murano.

Il trabaccolo Il Nuovo Trionfo - Image courtesy of ArtSystem

Not only that, it is very well organized, especially for an event of this scope, in both Italian and English -- which proves that they can do it if they want to:-)

I wrote a post back in 2013, sponsored by Promovetro, which explains how you can tell if a piece of Murano glass is authentic, and gives a bit of the history:

Treasures of Venice - Authentic Murano Glass

Image courtesy Venetian Dreams - Marisa Convento

If you will be in Venice (or you want to live vicariously and see what you're missing) The Venice Glass Week website has set up a system with plenty of filters where you can search by date, venue, topic of interest, etc. There will be a free App that you can download starting on September 10 from H-Farm, and free maps all over town from Venezia News.

Judi Harvest, Honeybee, 2017 - Murano glass + Pollen - Photo by Francesco Allegretto

For more information, go to The Venice Glass Week site and start clicking around.

Ciao from Venezia,
Cat Bauer
Venetian Cat - The Venice Blog