Our Vision
To continue to be recognized as the principal body for the promotion of glass artists and crafts people in Australia.
Our Mission Ausglass is a membership organisation established to contribute to the advancement of Australian glass art by fostering effective communication and information exchange between its members and interested parties.
Our Objectives
To convene National Conferences
To disseminate information and services to members through electronic and printed material
To represent members' interests, nationally and internationally
To encourage prizes, exhibitions, scholarships and other opportunities for glass artists
To promote Australian glass art internationally
To contribute funds to the Vicki Torr Memorial Fund, a separately existing charitable fund, established to award a prize for excellence in glass art making.
Our History
Following a conference held at Sydney College of the Arts in December 1978, it was decided that a national organisation of people working in glass should be formed.
At first the group was called PIG (People in Glass), the name changed from Ozglass to Ausglas, and finally settling on Ausglass. The first major Australian Glass exhibition 'With Care' was held in association with Ausglass at the Jam Factory Gallery in April 1979.
Glass artists working in relative isolation around Australia have found a uniting link in the national organisation. In the early 1980s Ausglass played an important role by establishing national survey exhibitions and provided opportunities for Australian artists to have contact with others through biennial conferences, international visitors and workshops.
The 2nd Ausglass Conference was held in Melbourne in 1981, and a new regional gallery was opened at Wagga Wagga with a glass exhibition in that same year. The then Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery Director, Judy Le Lievre, chose to make contemporary Australian glass a focus for a specialist collection.
