Glass POP | Nuit Blanche de Montréal 2025 Free admission For the 2025 edition of Montréal’s Nuit blanche, Espace VERRE lights up MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE with a vibrant, immersive evening in its hot glass studio, all under the theme “Pop”, March 1st from 8PM to 1AM. This year, step into the dazzling world of glass, [...]
From November 14 to December 20, 2024, the Espace VERRE gallery will present Winter Reflections, a pop-up for the holiday season. Our gallery-boutique offers a delightful selection of gifts for every taste: contemporary vases in unique colors and shapes, bowls and glasses to enhance your holiday table, decorative glass animals, elegant paperweights, and ornaments to [...]
Last month, ten Espace VERRE students spent two days in Corning, NY, where they explored the Corning Museum of Glass and several galleries. They delved into 3,500 years of glass history, explored the Innovation Center dedicated to glass science and technology, attended glassblowing demonstrations by artist-in-residence Manolo Aguilera, and toured the Studio's brand-new facilities. An [...]
Make Your Own Blown Glass Ornament, 2024 edition Espace VERRE is pleased to announce the 15th edition of the its most popular and anticipated Holiday tradition, Make Your Own Blown Glass Ornament Activity. Whether with family, friends or work colleagues, create a unique ornament by choosing from this year’s models and seasonal colours, before assisting one [...]
ECLOSION Contemporary Fine Craft Exhibition at Art Mûr gallery Montreal, October 7, 2024 Emerging Creations in Fine Craft. Presented at Art Mûr Gallery from Saturday, October 19th to Saturday, November 2nd, 2024, this exhibition’s first edition brings together more than thirty pieces, highlighting the singular craft practices of seventeen graduates from Montreal's eight fine craft [...]
We invite you to watch the recording of Jay Macdonell's lecture, filmed on June 20th at Espace VERRE as part of the advanced workshop on designing blown glass objects he conducted from June 17th to 21st for eight privileged glassmakers. Jay Macdonell, glassblower, sculptor, project manager, design consultant, educator, and artist, generously shares his remarkable journey [...]
Espace VERRE and its many benefactors are incredibly pleased to announce the names of this year’s bursaries’ recipients. Each one was created in support of emerging glass artists. As in past years, the selections from the many applicants were made by members of their peers, on a rigorous criteria basis, to recognize excellency, originality and [...]
It is with great sadness that we learned of Ronald Labelle's passing. Glass artist and cofounder of Espace VERRE, he passed away on February 29, 2024. Born in 1942 in Montreal, Ronald was an important figure of the Quebec artistic scene, notably in the glass art and photography domains. As a photographer, he fulfilled numerous [...]
From 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM on March 2, for the 2024 edition of Montreal Nuit Blanche, Espace VERRE is delighted to participate in the MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE celebrations once again. We invite you to an enchanting evening, "Magie du Verre et du Feu," which will immerse you in a universe of fiery creativity. At [...]
In these uncertain times, during which we must work together to minimize the negative impacts of COVID-19, Espace VERRE has decided to temporarily suspend all of its activities. It is a time for responsibility and benevolence, and our Board of Directors has sanctioned this difficult decision made with everyone's health and safety in mind -- [...]
