The New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Inc is holding its biennial conference in Auckland on 4 and 5 March 2006. This year's conference will examine 'The Object as an Eloquent Statement', what inspires object-makers across various mediums to create the works they do and how they express eloquence through their art.

Image: Glass detail by Yoshihiko Takahashi - Presenter at The New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference in Auckland in the first week of March.The New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Inc is holding its biennial conference in Auckland on 4 and 5 March 2006. This year's conference will examine 'The Object as an Eloquent Statement', what inspires object-makers across various mediums to create the works they do and how they express eloquence through their art.

Image: Glass detail by Yoshihiko Takahashi - Presenter at The New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference in Auckland in the first week of March.From this conference the Society and its practitioners will examine NZ glass-making practices in the context of their global counterparts.

Presenters include: Keynote Presenter: Robert Bell - Senior Curator of Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. International Presenter: Yoshihiko Takahashi - glass blower from Japan. New Zealand presenters include John Edgar - Stone Sculptor, Brett Graham - Sculptor, Stephen Higgenson - Director, Milford House Dunedin, Elizabeth Thomson - Sculptor and Marea Timoko Glass Artist from Northland.

This year's conference will examine what inspires object-makers across various mediums to create the works they do and how they express eloquence through their art. From this conference the Society and its practitioners will examine NZ glass-making practices in the context of their global counterparts.

For more information, visit www.nzsag.co.nz or contact the Secretary, NZSAG Inc through the website or yks_louie@yahoo.co.nz