Glass palace DordtYart Opened its doors
On May 1st, the opening took place where the Biesboschhal and its beautiful light and glass art reveiled itself as a true glass palace. The works commissioned by DordtYart and made by the artists in Murano Berengo Studio, stole the show. Rossella Biscotti, Zoro Feigl, Folkert de Jong and Giny Vos obtained excellent results with their contemporary art. Homage to Adriano Berengo and his team who took the production on their shoulders. Jeanne van der Horst documents the struggle, cooperation and joy in DordtYart resulting in a triptych.
Pentecost glassblowing weekend In coöperation with the Association of Friends of Modern Glass the glass factory in DordtYart is available for workshops. Visiters can witness the participants who work under expert guidance of glassblowers of the Association of Friends of Modern Glass.
On the second day of pentecost Peter Vink will conduct experiments at the furnaces for his new outdoor work.
De workshops are fully booked. New dates are anounced later this week on our website.
Readings On the opening day Koen Van der Stukken held a short intro talk about modern glass art. On Juli 7th he will do this extensivly, together with Koen Vanmechelen. On juli 14th Maarten Doorman will hold a reading about art and engagement, from his book "De navel van Daphne".
Lunches at the lunchcafé Let yourself be surprised by the choice of Deborah. Inspired by the installation of Vanmechel.
Watertaxi for GlassFever Imbarcazione Barone provides transportation between the various locations of Glass Fever with her Venetian water taxi. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can buy a ticket through the website of GlassFever or at the counter of DordtYart.
Co-financing and co-operation
For DordtYart coöperation is important because we hope that more people will enjoy contemporary art. To DordtYart it is not only about the number of visitors, but about the pleasure and joy, the curiosity for knowledge. About seeing, exploring, playing with the imagination, about wonder and amazement. We want to share with as many visitors as possible. The participation of DordtYart to Glass Fever is sponsored by:
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