Connect with fellow alumni in Bristol this November to celebrate our season of Global Gatherings. 

Join Linda Wilson (LLB 1982) from the Bristol Branch for a curator-led tour of the glass collection at Bristol Museum from 12 until 2 pm on Wednesday 6 November. Following the tour alumni can enjoy refreshments in the cafe.  

Bristol has a long history of glassmaking. By the end of the 1600s tall glass cones had become an iconic feature of the city’s skyline and during the following century the glass industry in Bristol flourished. Craftsmen in the city made a wide range of products including window glass, bottles, lead glass and coloured glass, for example the so-called ‘Bristol Blue’. Bristol Museum’s glass gallery displays a range of these objects as well as glass made at other centres of production in the UK and Europe, demonstrating the evolution of the industry in the UK and beyond during the 18th and 19th centuries. 

Cicadas, incense and pomegranates: Chinese glass at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.

Glass is not the most obvious material that springs to mind when thinking of Chinese art, compared with ceramics, paintings and jades. However, glassmaking in China has a fascinating history that goes back over 2,000 years and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is lucky enough to hold one of the best collections of glass outside China. Kate Newnham, Senior Curator, Visual Arts will introduce the topic in our compact Chinese glass gallery. Tour participants will be invited to consider the physical and symbolic properties of glass, how it was crafted and how it reflects interaction between China and the rest of the world.

 
Tickets 

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Your name and email address will be shared with your alumni host, along with the name and email of your guest if you are bringing one. We will also share details of any dietary or access requirements. This information will only be used for the purposes of delivering this Global Gathering. 

Cost 

This Global Gathering is being supported by a small grant from the Alumni Association Committee. Light refreshments will be provided, and a donation will be made to Bristol Museum.  

Contact information 

Please get in touch with alumni-volunteers@bristol.ac.uk if you have any questions about the event. 

 

The Alumni Association Committee are proud to support this Global Gathering by awarding the organisers a grant.  

Do you have a great idea to bring together alumni community? You can apply for an Alumni Association Initiative Grant at any time to get your plans off the ground.