A successful conference was organised in Portugal in 1999 under the title "Glass, Art and Science".  As noted by the participants at the time, the conference demonstrated a need for the international glass community to share knowledge and insight across the barriers which all too easily separate science and technology from art, conservation and design.  

     In 2005 the first “Glass Science in Art and Conservation” congress took place in Lisbon aiming to create a focus on the applications of glass science in two areas: art and conservation.

     The second “Glass Science in Art and Conservation”, congress will take place in Valencia (Spain) on March 5-7, 2008. The congress explore a wide spectrum of issues in this field. On the one hand, the conference will examine significant developments in the science of glass that can show the art and conservation communities about innovative possibilities, and on the other hand, to provide an opportunity to discuss practical problems and the ethical dilemmas of intervention facing conservators.

      GLASSAC is an international meeting that tries to involve the chemical, physical and biological sciences with art, archaeology and history of glass artefacts. The scope of the congress includes all aspects of the history, the technology and the manufacture of glass and glass artefacts.

    Coinciding with GLASSAC congress, a glass exhibition:

THE LANGUAGE OF THE MATTER

Carlos Muñoz de Pablos: glassworking painter

   by one of the best contemporary Spanish glass working master, will be inaugurated during the congress and will be displayed during the month of March.

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