remembering our roots
The Virginia Glass Guild, formerly known as The Peninsula Glass Guild, was established in 1986 to promote quality glass art in the community and to provide a forum for glass arts. The Virginia Glass Guild is organized for educational, artistic and charitable purposes as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. With this name change in 2015, artists, businesses and supporters living and working throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia are welcome to join the Guild and further the goals that were set by the Founding Members. These goals include the sharing of artistic ideas, expanding knowledge and awareness of glass as an art form, and stretching artistic imagination through exploration of glass as an artistic medium. Members achieve these goals through an annual public donation of art glass or educational materials related to glass to local art centers. To promote awareness of glass as an art form, the Guild has sponsored the Annual Juried Exhibition at The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center in Hampton for the past 30 years, in addition to smaller exhibits in venues throughout Virginia.
The Jewel of Chesapeake
September 2014, The Jewel of Chesapeake was dedicated to the City of Chesapeake. Over 2 years, 25+ guild members and nearly 100 donated glass art pieces went into making "The Jewel". Today the Heron still stands in the entry of the main city building.
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28+ Years as the Peninsula Glass Guild!
The original website for the Peninsula Glass Guild is still available to view. Please feel free to look back through the archives to see all of the wonderful things the Guild achieved during its nearly 30 years as PGG.
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