Welcome to AACG
The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG) is a not-for-profit organization and leading resource for glass collectors, art enthusiasts, artists, gallerists, museum personnel, and educators on all things related to glass art. AACG provides a collaborative place for robust conversations about glass art, including its production, techniques, and trends. We also encourage and support the glass community through annual grants and artist scholarships.
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Artist of the Month: Travis Adams
September 2026
Private Member Video Library
The AACG Resource Library provides a virtual space to share information on the ever-changing field of glass art. Our Zoom programs enable you to access all parts of the glass art ecosystem - exhibition tours, artist talks, tours of private collections, art and climate change, community programming information, specialized information on collecting and the market, and more.
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Free First Fridays with FIRED UP!
Join AACG every First Friday of the month for virtual programming that is free and open to the public. We are committed to community outreach and education and continue to provide a means for educational outreach through our FIRED UP! series.
Our First Friday Fired Up! program on November 6, at 1 PM ET, will present AACG's Annual Awards. Click here to register.
AACG Exclusive Member Virtual Programming
AACG members can join us on Fridays the rest of each month for a new MeetUp program on glass art. Recordings of these members-only programs are made available on our website through our Private Member Video Library after the programs have aired. Our Meetups are a great way to connect with our other members and see what’s going on in the world of glass. If you are not a member and wish to start enjoying and learning from our Friday MeetUps, click here to become an AACG member.
AACG's next virtual MeetUp will be on Friday, November 13, when AACG will feature Brit Micho, Curator of Exhibitions at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, showcasing the current exhibition Luminous Bodies: Figures in Glass.
You can count on AACG for the best in virtual programming about the world of contemporary glass art.
Announcements
AACG Sponsors Talking Out Your Glass Podcast Episode Featuring Peter Hermansson
Swedish glass artist Peter Hermansson is a master of the Swedish Graal technique that embeds narrative imagery within blown glass. Hermansson constructs a blank from multiple thin layers of colored glass, then masks and sandblasts through them to build the motif—a meticulous process that can take up to two weeks. Once reheated and blown, the imagery expands, bends, and wraps around the vessel. After two decades of experimentation, Hermansson continues to push Graal beyond its traditional limits, developing new tools and methods that transform the vessel into a... read more
AACG Sponsors Talking Out Your Glass Podcast Episode Featuring Hannah Gibson
Working predominantly with recycled glass, UK artist Hannah Gibson transforms glass that has played a meaningful role in people’s lives, from medicine bottles and insulin vials to perfume bottles, windscreens and everyday domestic objects, into cast sculpture that preserves the histories embedded within the material. Every object is carefully selected for the story it carries, allowing experiences of healing, celebration, loss and survival to become inseparable from the finished work. Through this process, she invites audiences to reconsider the social, emotional, and cultural significance of the objects that... read more
