Reflecting on a smashing year of glass

2022 was the United Nations International Year of Glass (IYoG2022). Did it make a difference for glass artists?

Glass has an attraction, seductively luring through its play of colour, light and form. And yet, the medium has struggled in recent years, notoriously expensive to make and an art market that has dwindle over the past decade.

In was the fourth edition of Fuse, presented by the JamFactory in Adelaide and will be touring to NSW and ACT.

In further news, Martiniello was awarded an Order of Australia (OAM) this year for her contribution to the glass medium.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina