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Program

13TH INTERNATIONAL GLASS SYMPOSIUM IGS

Nový Bor 2018

4th October 2018 – Thursday

10 am – 5:30 pm Check-in of artists and guests for the 13th IGS – Check Point IGS, Glass Museum Nový Bor, nám. Míru 105 (Square Míru 105), cashing in the travel expenses
4 pm – 6 pm Meeting the star – Jiří Šuhájek, Glass School (VOŠ a SŠ sklářská), Nový Bor, Revoluční St. 500
Music Double K&K, refreshments at the campus, school’s glass shop open for the time of the opening ceremony
6:30 pm – 7 pm Welcome to IGS, piazzetta of Nový Bor Theatre, Revoluční St. 480
Amanitas Fire Theatre – joggling and acrobatic performance
7 pm – 9 pm 13th IGS Opening Ceremony – Nový Bor Theatre, Revoluční St. 480 (invited guests only), presented by Richard Langer, English interpretation Kateřina Valdmanová
Main theatre hall
IGS 2018 Opening Ceremony, introduction of IGS organizers and partners, welcoming important guests
IGS Hall of Fame – Jiří Šuhájek (acknowledgement of his lifetime work and contribution to IGS)
Amanitas Fire Theatre – joggling and acrobatic performance
Video projection of recordings from previous IGS years
Foyer and lounge
Cocktail with Jiří – meeting with Jiří Šuhájek
Jazz Bluffers – musical performance
Break point – Czech/English documentary by director Kryštof Jankovec which tells a personal story of Leon Jakimič focusing on Lasvit company and its production since its beginning
Social gathering of all people involved in IGS at a banquet
Exhibition presenting photographs and glass pieces from previous IGSs
9 pm – 10 pm Welcome to IGS, piazzetta of Nový Bor Theatre, Revoluční St. 480
Videomapping – IGS 2018
Amanitas Fire Theatre – fire show
Fireworks

5th October 2018 – Friday

Open House for media and guests

6 am – 2 pm Work of artists at glassworks/workshops – organizing glassworks and workshops (for media and accredited guests)
9 am – 10 am 13th IGS press conference – Parkhotel Morris, Nový Bor, Žižkova St. 269
9 am – 4 pm Novotny Glass – meeting with artists at glass furnace, glassworks show, glass yard Nový Bor, T. G. Masaryka St. 805
10 am Coffee break (for press conference attendees), Parkhotel Morris, Žižkova St. 269, Nový Bor, then for those who will be interested organization of joint transport to individual glassworks and workshops
10 am – 1 pm Art crew brunch(for invited guests) – meeting with artists, small private view, Preciosa – Lustry, Kamenický Šenov, Nový Svět St. 915
10 am – 6 pm Check-in of artists and guests at 13th IGS – Check Point IGS, Glass Museum Nový Bor, nám. Míru 105 (Square Míru 105), cashing in the travel expenses
4 pmNew finally! – Glass School exhibition and new school gallery opening, Nový Bor, Nemocniční St. 635
5 pm – 2 am KOLEKTIV by NIGHT Vol. 3 – Kolektiv Ateliers, Nový Bor, Sklářská St. 705
• Banjo Band Ivana Mládka
• Myluju Vendulu
• Schwarzprior
• Flush Buttons
• David Freudl Live
• Dj Josef Sedloň
• Dj Daiff Cooker
• Dj Martin Janecký
• Dj Ondra Novotný
• Art Installation: Point, 2Kangoo and Bamboo Element

6th October 2018 – Saturday

13th IGS Open House and Glass Path, program for the public

6 am – 2 pm Work of artists at glassworks/workshops – organizing glassworks and workshops
8 am – 4 pm 13th IGS Open House and Glass Path, shuttle buses to organizing glassworks and workshops (visitors will get maps, shuttle buses will run till 4 pm)
• 8 am – 2 pm organizing glass companies – work of IGS participants
• 8 am – 3 pm side events at glassworks and studios (showrooms, galleries, shops)
Glass School – music Double K&K and Jazzová farma (Jazz Farm)
• 3 pm – 4 pm last special IGS shuttle buses leaving Lindava, Kamenický Šenov, Skalice u České Lípy, Polevsko, Kunratice u Cvikova
9 am – 4 pm Novotny Glass – meeting with artists at glass furnace, glassworks show, glass yard Nový Bor, T. G. Masaryka St. 805
10 am – 8 pm Glass Festival, nám. Míru (Square Míru), Nový Bor Entertaining program (presented by Marek Vobr, English interpretation Kateřina Valdmanová), refreshments
10 am Aha band concert
11:15 am Pískomil se vrací concert for children
1:30 pm Dixieland Brassband concert
3:30 pm Vltava concert
4:45 pm Slackline exhibition (above the spectators)
6 pm Schodiště concert
7:30 pm Tutti Frutti dance show
8 pm – 12 pm 13th IGS Gala Evening, nám. Míru (Square Míru), Nový Bor
8 pm farewell to the symposium (presented by Marek Vobr, English interpretation Kateřina Valdmanová)
After dark, “the Open Air Movie Theatre” will start at Glass Museum yard – movie records will bring back the history and atmosphere of previous IGS symposiums
8:15 pm The Backwards concert
9:30 pm IGS 2018 in the year of significant anniversaries – videomapping (Glass Museum building)
9:45 pm Jiří Suchý – „Keepers“, presenting glass sculptures, Church Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (Assumption of Virgin Marry Church)
10 pm Jam Bazzar concert
11:30 pm IGS 2018 in the year of significant anniversaries – videomapping (Glass Museum building)


Company presentation – Friday 5th October and Saturday 6th October 2018
Spezialglashütte Kugler Colors GmbH, Kaufbeuren, Germany, at Czech market their products are represented by company Ginzel,s.r.o. at Jiří Pačinek glassworks
Air Products at Lasvit Ajeto glassworks and Preciosa
Metrum, specialist in glues, sealants and construction chemistry, official importer of industrial glues Brands Loxeal for the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Novotny Glass

7th October 2018 – Sunday

11 am 13th IGS Exhibition Opening, Glass Museum Nový Bor, nám. Míru 105 (Square Míru 105)
Music Double K&K
4 pm After Party, Jiří Pačinek, Kunratice u Cvikova 147

You can visit

  • Glass Museum Nový Bor - permanent exhibition of glass from 17th century till present, nám. Míru 105, Nový Bor, Tue-Sun 9 am – 5 pm.
  • Educational path “Traces of Glass Crafts”, Nový Bor
  • Jan Falta – exhibition, Svatopluka Čecha St. 515, Nový Bor, daily 9 am – 6 pm.
  • IGS History exhibition, Novotny Glass Museum, T. G. Masaryka St. 805, Nový Bor, daily 9 am – 5 pm.
  • Exhibition of Jan Joop Ruisch and Lenka Jarošová, Novotny Glass Museum, T. G. Masaryka St. 805, Nový Bor, daily 9 am – 5 pm.
  • Gallery Ajeto – company shop gallery, T. G. Masaryka St. 278, Nový Bor, Tue-Sun 9 am – 5 pm.
  • Gallery DW, David Wünsch – burner glassblowing, Square Míru 101, Nový Bor
  • Crystalex CZ – company shop, Nový Bor, B. Egermanna St. 634, Mon-Fri 8 am – 6 pm, Sat 8 am – 3 pm.
  • Natělo – sales minigallery of art jewellery by Nový Bor art group, T. G. Masaryka St. 849, Nový Bor, Thu-Fri 9 am-5 pm, Sat 9 am – 8 pm.
  • Gallery Zikmundová – Bartko, contemporary glass and art jewellery, Alšova St. 149, Nový Bor
  • Glassbor CZ – company shop, Purkyňova St. 227, Nový Bor, daily 9 am – 5 pm.
  • Astera – glass studio, Smetanova St. 548, Nový Bor, daily 10 am – 5 pm.
  • Glass District – design shop/library/comfort zone, art exhibition Magical Word of Engravings by Arno Čančíka, Purkyňova St. 173, Nový Bor, daily 10 am – 5 pm.
  • Small exhibiton “Student Years of Jiří Šuhájek“ showing his years at glass school in Kamenický Šenov, Glass School Kamenický Šenov, Havlíčkova St. 57, Kamenický Šenov
  • Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov, Osvobození St. 69, Tue-Sun 10 am -11:30, 12:30 – 4pm.
    Permanent exhibition of engraved and cut glass “Where do we come from, who are we and where are we heading?”
    Exhibition 100 years from the foundation of Kamenický Šenov branch of company J. & L. Lobmeyr
  • Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Janblonec nad Nisou, U muzea St. 398/4, Tue-Sun 9 am – 5 pm.
    Permanent expositions
    „Magic garden – Bohemian Glass in Seven Centuries“
    „Endless Story of Jewellery“
    Exhibitions
    „Jablonec nad Nisou – MINT CITY of the Czech Republic“
    „IRDS“