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Fondazione Giorgio Cini and LE STANZE DEL VETRO, in cooperation with Fondazione MUVE,  Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti and Consorzio Promovetro Murano are promoting the first international festival devoted to Murano glassmaking. All the major institutions of Venice are invited to take part. The aim of the festival is to revive and promote the most important artistic and industrial activity of Venice. The program of the festival will include exhibitions, conferences, seminars, screenings and open-days of furnaces. It is possible to take part in the program of initiatives by submitting a proposal by 28th February 2017.

The first edition of this new far-reaching program of events devoted to glass - the main artistic and economic driver in Venice known throughout the world - is scheduled to take place in Venice from 10th to 17th September 2017. The Venice Glass Week is an international festival devoted to the art of glassmaking, notably from the Island of Murano, and aims to celebrate and revive artistic glass. Venetian artistic glass is famous all over the world. Despite the severe crisis that Murano glass has suffered since the 2000s, glassmaking has been one of the key drivers of the Venetian economy for over 700 years, involving 1,100 employees and 150 companies, with a yearly revenue of €165 million, 66 million of which in foreign market exports. 

www.theveniceglassweek.com