VISUAL ART GUIDE

Hautot-Saint-Sulpice, France, our aims are to promote soft pastels as an art form by:Restoring pastel to its proper place among the main techniques for creating pictures.

England, the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

McKinnon Vic, Australia, 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.

Cornwall, England was started by John and Tricia Christian in 2000 bringing together the two crafts of hand forged wrought iron and stained glass, both steeped in centuries of tradition. This unique team of designer makers produces a wide range of work in wrought iron and stained glass to an extremely high standard of craftsmanship.

London, England, The British Society of Master Glass Painters, founded in 1921, is Britain's only organization devoted exclusively to the art and craft of stained glass. From the outset, its chief objectives have been to promote and encourage high standards in the art and craft of stained glass painting and staining, to act as a locus for the exchange of information and ideas within the stained glass craft and to preserve the invaluable stained glass heritage of Britain. Its wide range of activities includes: lectures, conferences, exhibitions, forums, guided walks and other events connected with stained glass; an annual Journal of Stained Glass, a quarterly Stained Glass Newsletter and other publications; access to the Society’s extensive reference library on stained glass and illustrated online design portfolios. A new feature for 2007 is the online Members' Forum. More

London, England, the national development agency for contemporary crafts in the UK. Read about our work, how we're funded and the people that make it possible.

London, England copyright and collecting society for artists and visual creators. We exist to promote and protect the copyright and related rights of artists and visual creators.

Our unique range of comprehensive services brings together artists and visual creators and those who wish to use and have access to our dazzling repertoire of artistic work

Kingswinford,West Midlands, United Kingdom, The Glass Association concerns itself with all types of glass, both historical and contemporary, and through its visits, meetings and publications, seeks to cater for a wide range of glass interests. Whether you are a collector of glass, an antique dealer, a museum curator, or you are involved in the making of glass, the Glass Association has something to offer.

The International Association of Pastel Societies represents pastel societies uniting in a common cause—to demonstrate the validity and quality of fine art in pastel around the world. Membership is limited to qualified pastel societies. There are no individual memberships available. Only Member Societies are eligible to participate in certain IAPS activities. IAPS was founded in 1994 through the efforts of Urania Christy Tarbet.

The International Guild of Glass Artists, Inc. is an international non-profit association of artists, artisans and craftspeople who work with glass as a crafts and art medium.

Dublin Ireland Visual Artists' Rights Organisation was established in June 2005 to promote and protect the copyright and related rights of artists and visual creators in Ireland and worldwide.

London, England, a small company with a big presence in decorative glass in the U.K.
As a major supplier of tools and materials, and a leading producer of commissioned windows, we have encouraged and participated in the expansion of Stained Glass as a decorative art and craft over the last thirty years.

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, The Liquid Glass Centre aims to provide the very best standard of glassmaking tuition. We teach a broad range of courses, from cold to warm to hot glass, and were pioneers in the provision of short glass courses all the year round in the UK.

Lybster, Scotland, North Lands is open both to glass artists and to painters, sculptors, architects and designers wishing to explore the technical and artistic potential of glass either on its own or in combination with other materials. Through its programme of summer master classes, its annual conference and its residencies, North Lands aims to stimulate a lively exchange of ideas whilst also allowing time for reflection and action in a professional environment. North Lands was born in the nineties out of a need to create a centre of excellence to stimulate the growing interest in the possibilities of glass as an art form.

Oslo, Norway copyright organisation that manages the rights of visual artists pursuant to the Norwegian Copyright Act. BONO enters into agreements regarding the use of visual art, and collects remuneration on behalf of its members. Another important aspect of BONO's activities is informing members and users about copyright in the area of visual art.

Moorooka, Australia, our vision is to promote the art of soft pastel painting through the provision and facilitation of various activities.

New Plymouth, New Zealand, PANZ’s aims are to promote pastel art as an art form in its own right and to promote New Zealand pastel artists. It is achieving these aims through publicity, workshops, setting up a regional structure, exhibitions and a two-monthly full colour newsletter NZ Pastel Artist.

London, England, Peter Layton's London Glassblowing is a hot glass studio focused on the creation and display of contemporary glass art. The studio has a reputation as one of Europe's leading glassmaking workshops with a particular flair for the use of colour, form and texture.

London, England, as well as representing established artists and designers in the United Kingdom and Europe, we are constantly looking for emerging talent that is innovative and original. A selection of quality furniture, many of which are one-off pieces or very limited edition are shown among functional as well as sculptural pieces of glass and ceramics.

Zürich, Switzerland A Swiss copyright society for literature and art. It was founded in 1974. Since 1 July 2000 it has also been licensed to operate in the principality of Liechtenstein.

Rome, Italy, a point of reference for authors and publishers, as well as for those who operate in the entertainment industry. A society (in the language adopted by author’s societies it is often referred to as a “multi-purpose society”) that issues thousands and thousands of licenses for the uses of each work, thus facilitating the payment of royalties by the users and protecting the authors’ works. Authors, publishers, and other rightholders adhere voluntarily in order to economically protect their works. SIAE’s Headquarters is located in Rome, at Viale della Letteratura n. 30 (tel. 06/59901, fax 06/59647050-52). Siae is represented in Italy with 13 regional offices, 34 branch offices and over 600 agents.

Drottningsholmsvägen, Sweden, BUS operates under the copyright legislation and helps develop these legislations for the benefit of its members. Our objective is to ensure that the creator of an original artwork receives a remuneration when his/her work is used in different media.

Eastern Canada, PSEC is a non-profit organization constituted of both professional and amateur pastel artists.

Milan, Italy, The Associazione Italiana Acquerellist (A.I.A) was born in the early 1974 in Milan, when a few painters decided to promote the ancient technique ofwatercolouring in order to fathom as well as to popularize its many possibilities.
This fascinating, magical way of painting is particularly difficult as it requires spontaneity and immediacy:usually corrections mean "disaster". Moreover, the founders established that the members were forbidden to use guaches or pastels to obtain lights and the white: the paper ought to be kept untouched for this purpose.

Birmingham, United Kingdom, The Birmingham Watercolour Society was founded in 1907. Letters to the 'Mail', a local Birmingham, U.K. newspaper, suggested that there be an organisation formed which would be dedicated to the advancement of painting in watercolour. The response was considerable, and soon after the Society was born under the Presidency of Mr Walter Showell.