The best Russian and foreign glassmakers will gather in Nikolsk

From September 6 to September 13 in the city of Nikolsk will be held the international symposium on glass and sculpture "Crystal Heart of Russia".

This year the symposium is dedicated to the 255th anniversary of glass production in the city of Nikolsk and the theme of urban navigation. The event will be attended by masters of artistic glassmaking from Russian regions, young glass artists studying at the A. L. Stiglitz St. Petersburg State Art and Industrial Academy and S. G. Strogananov Moscow State Art and Industrial Academy, as well as eminent foreign artists Ed Van Dyke from the Netherlands and Sun Jin Chao from China.

On the opening day of the symposium in the business incubator of Nikolsk (the former home of the Bakhmetyev-Obolensky), a round table will be held on the preservation and enhancement of the traditions of artistic glass-making in Russia.

Over the course of the week, participants will implement their creative projects at Nikolsk glass enterprises. As specified in the press service of the regional government, well-known artists will hold master classes on technologies for the artistic processing of glass: glass painting, hand-made technique, fusing, engraving. For the first time, artists from St. Petersburg will conduct a lampwork master class.

The famous "Museum of Glass and Crystal" will host the exhibition "Masterpieces of St. Nicholas Glassmaking."

On the last day of the symposium, the opening of art objects of city navigation around Nikolsk will be held, which will be created by participants, as well as exhibitions of works created during the present and previous symposia.

Source: https://riapo.ru