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Members of VICARTE collaborating in two meetings in 2011:
Corpus Vitrearum - Portugal
Stained Glass after 1920: Technology and conservation Forum for
the Conservation of Stained-Glass Windows
Lisbon, 26-28 September 2011
Glassac 2011
Glass Science in Art and Conservation
Bronnbach Monastery near Wertheim, Germany, 10-13 May 2011
Corpus Vitrearum - Portugal
The next Forum for the Conservation of Stained-Glass Windows will take place in Lisbon
from 26th-28th September 2011. The Forum is being held under the auspices of the
Portuguese Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum and the International Committee of the
Corpus Vitrearum for the Conservation of Stained Glass.
20th and early 21st century stained glass presents particular technical features that
are related to changing aesthetics. New technology and materials also represent a
great challenge to conservators and conservation scientists. These aspects have not
yet been the object of systematic reflection in spite of some important contributions.
The next forum intends to propose an overall approach to this subject and motivate
related discussion. Art historical issues are central to the desired theoretical and
methodological debate to be engaged in this forum as well as an integrated vision of
artistic production in the considered period.
Glassac 2011
Glass Science in Art and Conservation in Germany (www.glassac.eu)
3rd GLASSAC-Conference in the Bronnbach Monastery near Wertheim, Germany on
10th - 13th May 2011 in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicat
Research in Wuerzburg and the Bronnbach Monastery, the International Convention Centre
for Cultural Heritage Preservation IZKK. The GLASSAC represents an international
forum, where glass experts exchange their latest trends, state-of-the -art experiences,
and solutions for certain problems.
History of the GLASSAC-conference
In 1999 the conference “Glass, Art and Science” took place in Lisbon, the capital of
Portugal.During this conference the participants noticed the growing need for a glass
community where they could share their knowledge and discuss the latest innovations and
practical problems that go along with the conservation of historical glass. Consequently
in 2005 a conference called “Glass Science in Art and Conservation” - short GLASSAC - was
convened in Caparica, Portugal, for the first time. In this conference the scope of application was
split in two areas: art and conservation. Three years later, in 2008, the second
GLASSAC-conference took place in Valencia, Spain. On the one hand the participants
of this conference explored and analyzed significant developments in the science of
glass as well as technical possibilities and on the other hand they review practical
issues and ethical dilemmas conservators are confronted with. In 2011 an international
group of scientists, artists and people working in the field of glass will meet in
the Bronnbach Monastery near Wertheim, Germany, on 10th - 13th May 2011 to take part in
the third GLASSAC-conference. The central theme will be: Innovative technologies
in glass art, design and conservation from the 19th to the 21st century – the role
of the sciences.
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