The Glass Study Centre in Venice is based in the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore early reachable by ferry.
It was established in 2012 within the Institute of Art History at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, as part of the activities promoted by Le Stanze del Vetro.
Le Stanze del Vetro is a cultural project and exhibition space dedicated to the study and promotion of modern and contemporary glassmaking. It is a joint venture involving Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Pentagram Stiftung, a Swiss-based, non-profit foundation, and it is both a cultural project and an exhibition space, designed by New York-based architect Annabelle Selldorf.
The aim of the Glass Study Centre is to progressively create a general archive of Venetian Glass, consisting mainly of drawings, designs, correspondence, catalogues, press releases and photographs from the Murano glassworks. The documentation of this rare and unique heritage provides an historical, artistic and scientific reference source not only for scholars and glass lovers but also for schools and universities through the educational programmes offered.
The archives of artists currently active on Murano, such as Ginny Ruffner, Peter Shire and Emmanuel Babled (approximately 150 drawings in total) have recently been digitised for consultation, together with the substantial archive of Dino Martens for the glass company Aureliano Toso (345 drawings).
The important work of cataloguing and on-line dissemination of these materials began in 2014. The significant archive of Vinicio Vianello was acquired more recently (bringing together 1,100 projects, approximately 800 photographs and many documents connected with his work) and will be available for on-line consultation in due course, together with the Seguso Vetri d'Arte archive of approximately 21,000 drawings and more than 25,000 period photographs.
Nowadays on show, until the 8th January 2017, the exhibition Paolo Venini and his Furnace: 300 works that recount Veninis's creative vision as well as of those artists
who collaborated with him over the years, such as Tyra Lundgren, Gio Ponti, Riccardo Licata, Ken Scott, Massimo Vignelli and Tobia Scarpa.
The exhibition is free and open from 10am to 7pm, closed on Wednesdays. The Glass Study Centre in Venice archive and library are open to the public by appointment, from Monday to Friday: 9.30am – 1.00pm / 2.00 – 5.00pm
How to get the Glass Study Centre in Venice:
To get to the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore it is possible to take the vaporetto line Actv 2 to the stop San Giorgio departing from:
San Zaccaria (duration around 3 minutes)
Ferrovia (duration around 45 minutes)
Piazzale Roma (duration around 40 minutes)
Tronchetto (duration around 35 minutes)
For more information:
Fondazione Giorgio Cini
[email protected]
T: +39 041 2710280
www.cini.it
Le Stanze del Vetro
[email protected]
T: +39 041 5230869
www.lestanzedelvetro.org
