Spenning i vente! En dag sol, en dag regn. Vi holder utstillingen 1som/1het åpen gjennom resten av sommeren. Etter sitt besøk i mai skrev Brynhild Winther i nettmagasinet Kusthåndverk: "...For sjølv om alle sanasa er retta utover, oppstår forståinga på innsida. Og slik blir hud eit slags glas mellom "eg" og "verda utanfor". [...] Kanskje må ein somme gonge fragmentere sitt indre, for å gjere det forståeleg." Kom…
Vernissage September 23rd at 7 p.m. Observations of different phenomenon and conditions may be highlighted as a characteristic feature of this 10th edition of Young & Loving! Where wearable art, digitalised crafts and kinetic sculptures are presented. Young & Loving! Is a humorous translation of “young and promising”, pointing to the exhibition’s focus on newly graduated artists. An exploratory approach to glass as part of an artistic expression is a…
In this solo exhibition we´ll get to know the unique and distinctive glass paintings of the internationally renowned artist Palo Macho (b. 1965, Slovakia). Palo Macho is one of the most original contemporary glass artists in Slovakia, known for his innovative approach to glass. His artistic expression and technique differs from the Slovak glass school where glass objects perfectly cut in to geometric shapes with optical qualities are central. As…
The Gallery in S12 will stay closed for the public in January. 5 artists will be working in the workshop during the period: The Artists in Residence: Maria Bang Espersen, Max Syron and Monica Amundsen. In addition Ingrid Nord, Maria Frantzsen and Æsa Björk. Our education program for 2015 is a busy one starting already at the end of January with students from the ART School in Hardanger fjord HAKU, being taught…
Julia Chamberlain has been our Artist in Residence since beginning of November. Working and experimenting with Touch. Julia will give an artist talk on Saturday 13th of December at 02.00 p.m. She will in addition demonstrate Flame-Working in the studio accompanied by Gingerbread and Gløgg. In our Gallery we are showing works by Saman Kalantari made during his residency in November, and photos by a member of the S12 team…
CUD & Tinna in S12 The Residency of John Drury and Robert Miller, the CUD artist duo, will culminate in an exhibition opening Friday 16th of May. In addition to preparing their own exhibition they have been working with us on: Til Skostredet, our biggest community project ever. The exhibition: "Sålebrødre" "Solebrothers" will include a lot of shoes - including the biggest shoe in Bergen made in mosaic. The pianist TINNA…
Exhibition: “Se Mitt Bilde !”, Last week, last day is April 27th. Siste utstillingsuke og siste dag søndagen 27. april. AiR i S12: Mike Simi has been working in the Studio all of April. He was the top ranking scholarship recipient in Pilchuck Glass School in 2013. A part of his scholarship was a residency in S12. Mike is now working in S12, and will be until beginning of May.…
Velkommen til utstillingsåpning lørdag 5. april kl. 14.00. Utstillingen viser 163 selvportrett i glass, laget av like mange barn og realisert gjennom Den Kulturelle Skolesekken i S12 Galleri og Verksted. Utstillingen åpnes av ordfører Trude Drevland. Welcome to our exhibition opening on Saturday April 5th, at 2pm. The exhibition shows 163 self-portrait in glass, made by the same number of children and realized through "The Cultural Rucksack" in S12 Open Access Studio…
Open House and Demonstration: The Master Blower, Brad Turner, will demonstrate his glass blowing skills on Saturday 25th from 13.oo – 16.oo, assisted by Alli Hoag. Brad Turner has been the Artist in Residence in March. Education: The Creative SundaySchool every Sunday between 12:oo - 17:oo Kids from DKS continue making their portraits of glass And Students from HAKU The Gallery will be closed until 5th April when we open…