THE LUDWIG MOSER AWARD CONTEST JUST ANNOUNCED, A FEAST OF GLASS IN FULL SWING BOTH IN PRAGUE AND NEW YORK

The international exhibition of modern glass works PF 12 was opened on Thursday, 26 April 2012. The ceremony took place in the Gorlice monumental hall at Prague’s Vyšehrad in the presence of TV and other media representatives, glass artists and professionals. Throughout the month, visitors are be able to admire contemporary glass art on the six Prague’s exhibition locations, galleries and cultural centres, where creation styles of which are typical for each participating country, can be compared.

Called "Invitation", the selective exhibition of the most successful glass sculptures and other art objects exhibited in previous PF years, was officially opened on 18th April at the Czech Center in New York. The show lasting till 29th May presents authorial works of the young Czech artists (such as Světlana Svatošová, Jakub Janďourek, Ota Svoboda – all graduates of Václav Machač’s atelier, Lukáš Jabůrek, the Moser’s chief designer and others, who all superbly demonstrate in reality that the current generation well masters demanding glass craft and contemporary design in combination with free and applied arts.

The presentation of the 2^nd annual competition for young talented glass artists, graduates from both high schools and colleges named “The Ludwig Moser Award” was in fact a culmination of the two glass festive events held in Prague and New York. The competition supports the acquisition of practical experience and individual creation of incoming art glass generation. The winning design of the 1^st Ludwig Moser Award competition being the range of multi purpose bowls designed by Světlana Svatošová, graduates of the glass high school at Nový Bor, was realized in the Moser glassworks and will be included to the glassworks production programme due to its invention and novel design.

You can see the above crystal bowls and the exhibition of students works in various glass making disciplines in the Moser Prague sales gallery Na Příkopě 12, other successful works are on display in the CzechTourism, Staroměstské náměstí 5, Prague followed by the Photo exhibition at the Prague Ruzyně Airport.

We believe that the above feats will support a good name and future of the Czech glass-making.

You are cordially invited to participate of the above events!

The whole programme of the Festival here