Corning Museum of Glass
June 20-28, 2024 - Scotland
Itinerary
*Program details are still being planned and are subject to change. We will meet many glass artists in Scotland and see wonderful sights in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands.
DAY 1
Thursday, June 20: Arrivals
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Arrivals
Individual arrivals and transfer to your hotel in Glasgow
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Check In
Check-in to Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow
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Afternoon
Visit to the studio of glass artist Charlott Rogers and other artists located within the Glasgow Ceramic Studio.
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Dinner
Tour followed by dinner at Charles Rennie Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover
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Overnight
Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow
House for an Art Lover
Although designed in 1901 as an entry in a competition run by a German magazine, this house in Bellahouston Park was not built until the 1990s. Mackintosh worked closely with his wife on the design and her influence is evident, especially in the rose motif. The overall effect of this brilliant architect’s ideas is one of space and light.
DAY 2
Friday, June 21
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Morning
Visit to the Glasgow School of Art.
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Lunch
Lunch in at the Burrell Collection Museum
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Afternoon
Curator led tour of the Burrell Collection Museum
The Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection displays objects from Europe and Asia representing five millennia of art and history. The focus is on late medieval and early Renaissance Europe but the collection also contains important examples of Chinese and Islamic art, artefacts from ancient civilisations and collections of fine art. The collection was amassed by Glasgow shipping magnate Sir William Burrell and given by him and his wife to the City of Glasgow in 1944. It is displayed in an award-winning building located in a beautiful woodland setting. The museum includes reconstructions of rooms from Sir William’s former home. William Burrell (1861–1958) was interested in contemporary art. His first purchases were of Scottish, French and Dutch late 19th century art. Particular passions were the Parisian artists Manet and Degas, the sculptor Rodin and the Hague School artists Anton Mauve and Matthijs Maris. His European paintings collection also includes a Bellini ‘Madonna and Child’ and a self-portrait by Rembrandt. The Burrell Collection reopened in 2022.
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Evening
Evening visit and tour of the stained glass windows at Glasgow Cathedral
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Dinner
Dinner at Celentano's overlooking Glasgow Cathedral
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Overnight
Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral has a rare timelessness. The dark, imposing interior conjures up medieval might and can send a shiver down the spine. It’s a shining example of Gothic architecture, and unlike nearly all of Scotland’s cathedrals, it survived the turmoil of the Reformation mobs almost intact because the Protestants decided to repurpose it for their own worship. Most of the current building dates from the 15th century.
Built on the supposed site of the tomb of St Kentigern (Mungo), Glasgow Cathedral has been closely entwined with the city’s history. The necropolis behind it is one of Glasgow’s best rambles.
DAY 3
Saturday, June 22
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Morning
Check out of our hotel and transfer to an artists studio in Glasgow
Visit the studio of Siobhan Healy
Transfer to Scone Palace. -
Lunch
Tour and lunch at Scone Palace.
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Afternoon
Check in at the Fife Arms Hotel
Optional tour of the art collection at the Fife Arms -
Dinner
Pre-dinner whisky followed by dinner at the Fife Arms
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Overnight
Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar
Siobhan Healy
Siobhan Healy makes sculpture that depicts endangered flora, fauna and corals and is interested in exploring the theme of biodiversity. She creates her work as ethereal images, to suggest the transient and delicate nature of the subjects. Healy’s current work combines imagery from her sculptural work in glass & crystal. She then created fine art screen-prints with digital images & added details with oil paints. These works are then embellished with crystals & diamond dust to add to the sense of value and to ask the viewer to consider the potential loss of these species.
DAY 4
Sunday, June 23
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Morning
Optional outdoor activities in the Scottish highlands. Details TBD.
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Lunch
Lunch in Braemar.
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Afternoon
Outdoor activities continue in Braemar.
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Late-afternoon
Meet with artist and designer Karlyn Sutherland who will talk about and present her work to the group.
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Dinner
Dinner at The Fish Shop Ballater.
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Overnight
Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar
Braemar
Surrounded by the fine Grampian Mountains and woodland scenery, Braemar is a delightful village and a year round holiday playground, Situated in the spectacular mountain scenery at the eastern gateway to the highest mountains of the Cairngorms National Park, it is a heaven for walkers, climbers or wanderers. There are no less than 24 Munros (mountains over 3000 ft high) as well as over 65 miles of high level walks and cycle routes of varying length and difficulty.
A quarter of a mile east of the town stands Braemar Castle, a 17th century castle with a colourful past. Built by the Earl of Mar in 1628, it has been a hunting lodge, fortress, garrison and family home. Join a local volunteer on a guided tour and discover its fascinating history. Just eight miles away to the south is Glenshee, home to the largest ski centre in Scotland, while the River Dee flowing past Balmoral Castle offers the finest salmon fishing.
This ancient village is also home to the world famous annual Braemar Gathering and Highland Games. Held on the first Saturday in September, the event is regularly attended by the Royal Family and features the best pipe bands, pipers, Highland dancers and athletes.
DAY 5
Monday, June 24
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Morning
Check out and transfer to an artist studio in Fife.
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Late Morning
Visit to the studio of glass artist, Carrie Fertig
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Lunch
Lunch at the V&A Dundee.
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Afternoon
Visit of the V&A Dundee.
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Late Afternoon
Check in at The Balmoral, Edinburgh.
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Dinner
Dinner at leisure in Edinburgh.
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Overnight
The Balmoral, Edinburgh
Carrie Fertig
Carrie Fertig is a socially engaged interdisciplinary artist working in performance, video, sound, installation, sculpture, and virtual reality. She is the 2020 recipient of the Jane Adams Wait Residency in Performance at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York. Most of her work is collaborative like musical project Torcher Chamber Arkestra, using all glass instruments, some of which she makes live in the fire during performances, combining live percussion, electronics, movement and sound design.
DAY 6
Tuesday, June 25
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Morning
Visit to the Edinburgh College of Art with Dr Choi Keeryong and Dr Jessamy Kelly. The group will also enjoy a presentation by the students on their work.
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Lunch
Lunch at the Edinburgh College of Art.
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Afternoon
Visit to The Scottish Gallery with Elizabeth Jane Campbell.
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Dinner
After-hours tour of the National Museum of Scotland with curator Sarah Rothwell followed by dinner at the museum.
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Overnight
The Balmoral, Edinburgh
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.
National Museum of Scotland
Elegant Chambers St is dominated by the long facade of the National Museum of Scotland. Its extensive collections are spread between two buildings: one modern, one Victorian – the golden stone and striking architecture of the new building (1998) make it one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks. The museum’s five floors trace the history of Scotland from geological beginnings to the 1990s, with many imaginative and stimulating exhibits.
The modern building connects with the original Victorian museum, dating from 1861, the stolid, grey exterior of which gives way to a beautifully bright and airy, glass-roofed exhibition hall. The old building houses an eclectic collection covering natural history, archaeology, design and fashion, science and technology, and the decorative arts of ancient Egypt, the Islamic world, China, Japan, Korea and the West.
DAY 7
Wednesday, June 26
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Morning
Morning visiting glass artists in the Leith area of Edinburgh. Highlights may include: Juli Bolaños-Durman, Jeff Zimmer, Vicky Higginson, Ainsley Frances, Karen Akester, and Amanda Baron...
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Lunch
Lunch in Leith.
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Afternoon
Continue visiting glass artists in Leith.
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Dinner
Dinner at leisure.
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Overnight
The Balmoral, Edinburgh
Juli Bolanos Durman
Juli Bolaños-Durman is an artist and sculptor best known for her work with cut and engraved recycled glass. She was born and raised in Costa Rica, initially studying graphic design. However, in 2010 she moved to Edinburgh to take an MA in her chosen material and her career took off.
Her beautifully colourful, joyfully decorative, genuinely jaunty pieces have been exhibited at the V&A in London, Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, Somerset’s Make Hauser & Wirth, Design Days Dubai and the Corning Glass Museum in the US. Over the years, she has also received commissions from the National Glass Centre Collection in Sunderland as well as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
In 2015 she won an Elle Decoration British Design Award, while in 2017 she was selected for the prestigious Jerwood Makers Open.
Keiko Mukaide
Keiko Mukaide is a Japanese artist who lives and works Fife on the Scottish coast. She was an early winner of a Creative Scotland award and was shortlisted for the 1998 Jerwood Prize for glass.
Andrea Walsh
Andrea Walsh’s boxes and vessels are an exquisite exploration of materials honed into the most personal and concentrated objects. These tactile forms invite touch and handling, and combine finely honed components; ceramic, glass and metal. She explores these for their properties of “clarity, purity and translucency”. What results is a kind of functional sculpture in minature, cylindrical perhaps or crisply and asymmetrically faceted. Born in Stockport in 1974, Andrea Walsh studied Fine Art at Staffordshire University and Glass at Edinburgh College of Art, and she lives and works in Edinburgh. Her investigation of containment and material has resulted in items of precious simplicity, very covetable, and which add immeasurably to our appreciation of the highly crafted and the intimate.
DAY 8
Thursday, June 27
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Morning
Guided visit of Jupiter Artland.
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Lunch
Lunch at Jupiter Artland with founders, the philanthropist art collectors Robert and Nicky Wilson
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Afternoon
Visit to the glass artist and musician, Alison Kinniard at her home and studio in Temple
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Dinner
Farewell tour and dinner at Hopetoun House.
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Overnight
The Balmoral, Edinburgh
Jupiter Artland
The grounds of 17th-century Bonnington House, 10 miles west of Edinburgh, have been lovingly converted by owners and art patrons Robert and Nicky Wilson into a gorgeous, landscaped sculpture park. Meadows and woodland showcase works – many of them specially commissioned – by a clutch of Britain’s leading artists, including Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker and Nathan Coley, anchored by the the vast landscape sculpture Cells of Life by Charles Jencks.
Alison Kinnaird
Alison Kinnaird has an international reputation as a visual artist and musician. She works primarily from her home and studio, a converted church near Edinburgh, Scotland.
One of the world’s leading glass artists and engravers, with work in public, royal and private collections throughout Europe, America and the Far East, Alison’s glass ranges from small intimate pieces to large-scale architectural installations which incorporate light and colour. A recipient of many awards and winner of many competitions, her creative contribution was recognized in 1997, when she was presented with an M.B.E. for services to art and music.
Alison is also one of the foremost exponents of Scottish harp music, playing both gut and wire-strung Scottish harps. She was the first player to make a recording of Scottish harp music, and co-wrote (with Keith Sanger) ‘The Tree of Strings’, a history of the harp in Scotland, as well as producing many other recordings and printed collections of music. She is much in demand, at home and abroad, as a performer, a lecturer, and teacher in both her fields.
DAY 9
Friday, June 28
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Departures
Airport transfers as required for departures.
