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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.

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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!

AACG Virtual Programming

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 next First Friday Fired Up! program is on May 2, at 1 PM ET, when AACG will present glass cast glass pioneer Daniel Clayman, who will discuss his path to glass, his career, his process, and where he is today. Register to attend.

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. 

At our next MeetUp on Friday, April 18, at 1 PM ET, AACG will present Light, Space, and the Shape of Time, the exhibition currently on view at the Albuquerque Museum, rooted in the Light and Space art movement that took shape in Southern California in the early 1960s.

AACG Exclusive Member Virtual Programming

You can count on AACG for the best in virtual programming about the world of contemporary glass art.

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Travel to Philadelphia for AACG’s 2025 Member Trip September 3-7

AACG is pleased to announce that the 2025 annual member trip will be based in Philadelphia, with activities in and around the surrounding Pennsylvania and New Jersey area from September 3-7 (the week after Labor Day). The trip will start with dinner on Wednesday, September 3, and end after a full day on Saturday, September 6. Some of the highlights of the trip are seeing Judith Schaechter's amazing new Installation at the Michener Museum of Art, a behind-the-scenes tour of Rago Auctions, visits to three spectacular home collections, a tour of the... read more

AACG Sponsors Talking Out Your Glass Podcast Episode Featuring Joyce J. Scott

AACG is sponsoring the Talking Out Your Glass podcast featuring the work of Joyce J. Scott. For more than three decades, trailblazing artist and activist Joyce J. Scott has elevated the creative potential of beadwork as a relevant contemporary art form, repositioning craft as a forceful stage for social commentary and activism. Her work has been the focus of a number of major museum exhibitions in the past several years. Click here to learn more about Scott and see her work. read more

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