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JamFactory Announces 2026 FUSE Glass Prize Finalists
2026 FUSE Glass Prize Finalists
Established Artist Category:
Gabriella Bisetto (SA) Annette Blair (NSW) Dominic Burrell (NZ) Christine Cathie (NZ) Mel Douglas (ACT) Nicholas Folland (SA) Holly Grace (NSW)
Jessica Loughlin (SA) Nick Mount (SA) Kirstie Rea (NSW) Tom Rowney (NSW) Janice Vitkovsky (SA)
FUSE Glass Prize – David Henshall Emerging Artist Category:
Racquel Austin-Abdullah (Vic) Jordan Benson (Vic) Bradley East (SA) Bindi Nimmo (SA) Isobel Waters (SA) April Widdup (ACT)
The exhibition of finalist’s works will be shown at JamFactory, Adelaide from 24 April – 5 July 2026 followed by the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Canberra from 18 August – 4 September 2026.
The winners of the Established and Emerging Categories will be announced on the 25th June 2026.
The 2026 judges are Aimee Frodsham, CEO + Artistic Director, Canberra Glassworks; Lee-Anne Hall, Curatorial Director, JamFactory; Tami Landis, Curator of Post-War and Contemporary Glass Corning Museum of Glass; Tom Moore, Glass Artist and 2024 FUSE Glass Prize Winner; Brian Parkes, Chief Executive Officer at JamFactory.
The judges will come together in person toward the end of the exhibition season at JamFactory to select the 2026 winners of the established and emerging category prizes, with the announcement on the evening of 25 June.
Established in 2016, the biennial FUSE Glass Prize and FUSE Glass Residency continue to be predominantly funded through private philanthropy and sponsorship with ongoing support from founding donors, Jim and Helen Carreker along with David McKee AO and Pam McKee, Diana Laidlaw AM, Dr Pamela Wall OAM and Dr Ian Wall AM (1931-2022), Maia Ambegaokar and Joshua Bishop, Nicholas Linke OAM, Susan Armitage, and The David & Dulcie Henshall Foundation continue to generously support the Emerging Artist Category of FUSE through the David Henshall Emerging Artist Prize.
2025
STRANGE ALCHEMY : The Glass Worlds of Nick Mount + Tom Moore
Sydney Contemporary 2025
11 - 14 September 2025
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Sydney Contemporary is Australasia’s premier art fair - the largest and most diverse gathering of leading contemporary art galleries in the region.
Carriageworks
11 – 14 September 2025
Sydney Contemporary, Australasia’s premier art fair, returns to Carriageworks to present the largest and most diverse gathering of contemporary art galleries in the region. Staged at Carriageworks, Australia’s striking multi- arts venue, the Fair welcomes 110+ leading galleries from Australia, New Zealand, Asia and around the world. Billed as one of the most celebrated events on Australia’s cultural calendar, Sydney Contemporary has established itself as a must-attend art event and the perfect place to discover and collect modern and contemporary art.
Wednesday 10 September
2pm-8pm VIP Preview
Gathering Light. JamFactory Gallery One, 6 December – 30 March 2025
JamFactory
19 Morphett Street
Tarntanya / Adelaide, 5000
South Australia
Kaurna Country
www.jamfactory.com.au
Twenty
Anniversary Exhibition - Sabbia celebrates 20 years
SABBIA GALLERY
609 Elizabeth Street
Redfern
NSW 2016
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Main Gallery and Gallery Two 8 - 29 March
Upcoming
Physical Things
SABBIA GALLERY
609 Elizabeth Street
Redfern
NSW 2016
www.sabbiagallery.com
9 April - 03 May 2025
Featured In:
Nick Mount: The Fabric of work, Tony Hanning, published by Wakefield Press, South Australia
http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product.php?productid=97
Living with a Treasure by Peta Mount. Craft Arts International No 85.
https://www.craftarts.com.au/default.as
Glass, Knocking at the Door of Art. Jong Pill Pyun.
Published by Korean Craft promotion Foundation