About the AACG

About the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass

What is AACG?

The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to further the development and appreciation of art made from glass. The Alliance informs collectors, critics and curators by encouraging and supporting museum exhibitions, university glass departments and specialized teaching programs, regional collector groups, visits to private collections, and public seminars.

Ann Wolff

Why Join AACG?

How often in your life are you able to pursue a passion and do some good at the same time? If you love glass as an art form, want to teach others to love it also, and wish to make it more accessible, click here and read on - and then join us.

Membership Information

Membership in the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass provides:

Information
Communication between artists, collectors, critics and galleries
Promotion of glass as an art form
Educational programs
Visits to collections through our Visitor Network (see below)
Invitations to relevant programs including our Annual Meeting, GLASSWEEKEND, and S.O.F.A.
Leadership in helping to establish local collector groups
Subscription to the newsletter of the AACG.

Membership levels:

Member $65
- Subscription to the AACG Newsletter
- Access to the Visitor Network Program
- Free admission and catalogs to SOFA Chicago and New York (Courtesy of Expressions of Culture)
- Active role in GlassWeekend
- Meting and communicating with artists, critics, gallery owners and fellow collectors
- Leadership in helping to establish local collector groups
- Invitation to educational programs
- Participation in trips to visit private collections and museums.
Collector $100
- All of the above, plus one gift membership
Friend: $250
- All of the above, plus book on glass art
Contributor: $500
- All of the above, plus a total of two gift memberships
Founder: $1000
- All of the above, plus two guaranteed places on one of our trips
Gallery: $100

Members outside the United States please add $15 to cover additional mailing costs.

Click here for a membership application that you can print and mail.

Yoichi Ohira

The Collectors' Travel Network

The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass maintains a list of members who are willing to open their collections to visits from other members. This is a wonderful way to see private glass collections and make new friends all over North America when you're traveling. For more information about the visitors' network, to register as a member of the network, or to get information about collections you can visit, click here.

For the Bylaws of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, click here.

AACG Offices:

Administrator: Laura Deremo
P.O. Box 7022
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone and Fax: (847) 869-2018

last update on 16 nov 2006

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