Venice, thanks to the 1000-year-old tradition of glassmaking that has been handed down from generation to generation on the island of Murano, is the city of artistic glass par excellence, as well as a capital of culture and one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. It’s a great sign, and above all it’s an important synergy that we hope will last for a long time".įor the international public, the cities of Venice and Milan are synonymous with Italian tradition and style. The collaboration with VITRUM and Vision Milan Glass Week for The Italian Glass Weeks is therefore strategic, especially in this year which the UN has designated as the International Year of Glass. For Murano, which represents the homeland of international artistic glass, and which unfortunately is suffering considerably in this economically difficult period, it has the potential to become a moment of rebirth and great international visibility. ![]() The five-year experience of The Venice Glass Week has paved the way for the creation of something bigger and more ambitious, thanks to the great work of all those who have always believed in the project. "We are particularly satisfied with this new project - said the Organising Committee of The Venice Glass Week - which could help to provide great momentum for the artistic glass sector, both this year and in the future. The Milanese week will run from 10th to 18th September, with a programme that will be primarily dedicated to industrial glass and design, while the Venetian week will run from 17th to 25th September 2022, and will be dedicated to artistic glass. ![]() The contribution of companies, associations, sponsors and partners who would like to propose their own initiatives to be included in The Italian Glass Weeks will be fundamental to the festival programme, which is already in development with an exciting calendar of scheduled events.įor information about how to apply, and to read the “Conditions of Participation”: The event, designed specifically for the 2022 "UN International Year of Glass" will feature exhibitions, workshops, art installations, shows, activities for children and families as well as guided tours, cultural seminars, workshops and much more, taking place in Milan and Venice over the course of a fortnight. ![]() Applications for the Venetian week will be welcomed until 3rd May 2022, and Applications for the Milanese week will be welcomed until 30th May 2022. Only in Italy, in fact, does glass draw directly on origins that have created and developed a unique history and culture culture and history that have never stopped, in a continuous flow that has brought them to us via centuries of tradition"Īny candidate who wishes to propose an event or project in the field of glass will be able to apply to participate in the festival from 11th March 2022. ![]() Culture and technology will be the key words that run throughout the programme: not as two separate dimensions, but deeply and inextricably linked, one functional to the development of the other, according to the peculiar characteristics that distinguish them, making them unique" – commented the President of VITRUM, Dino Zandonella Necca, who continued - “With The Italian Glass Weeks we intend to give renewed strength to the positioning of the Italian glass supply chain at an international level, underlining how the Italian proposal is “unique ”and“ original”. “The Italian Glass Weeks will be the largest event in Italy, and most probably in Europe, that will be dedicated to glass in 2022: two weeks animated by initiatives designed for all kinds of audiences. Today the representatives of Vision Milan Glass Week and The Venice Glass Week, the two most important festivals in Italy dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of glass at an international level, both from an industrial and artistic point of view, announced the launch of a new joint festival: The Italian Glass Weeks. In the UN International Year of Glass, Vision Milan Glass Week and The Venice Glass Week unite to present The Italian Glass Weeks: Italy’s first festival dedicated to industrial and artistic glass, which will take place in Milan from 10th – 18th September and in Venice from 17th – 25th September 2022Īpplications can be submitted for the Venetian week from 11th March until 3rd May, while applications for the Milanese week can be submitted until 30th May 2022
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