Bild-Werk Frauenau – Milestones from 30 Years
18.9.1987
Foundation of the Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V. as a non-profit educational institution
Spring 1988
Expansion of the former OBAG gas distribution system including the ceramic workshop "Lehm & Lehm Lassen" in Frauenau as a workshop building, construction of a small glass-lined furnace by Eisch glassworks.
The Gemeinde Frauenau provides two workshop rooms in the former Hafenstube of the crystal glass factory Gistl, today Tom's Hall.
1. - 12. and 15. - 26.8.1988
The Summer Academy takes place for the first time with around 60 international participants. 2 x 5 courses are conducted by Renate Bachmayer (Rânebach), Thomas S. Buechner, Erwin and Gretel Eisch, David Hopper, Václav Hubert, Ursula Huth, Jörg von Manz, Renate Mertes-Kranz (Renate Kobbe), Christian Schmidt. On August 9, 1988, the "Summer Academy for Head, Hand and Art" opens.
17.7. - 4.8. and 7. - 19.8.1989
The second international Frauenau Summer Academy offers a two- and a three-week course block with courses in free and academic painting, stained glass, glass engraving, flat glass painting, ceramics and glassmaking.
Foundation of the Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V. as a non-profit educational institution
Spring 1988
Expansion of the former OBAG gas distribution system including the ceramic workshop "Lehm & Lehm Lassen" in Frauenau as a workshop building, construction of a small glass-lined furnace by Eisch glassworks.
The Gemeinde Frauenau provides two workshop rooms in the former Hafenstube of the crystal glass factory Gistl, today Tom's Hall.
1. - 12. and 15. - 26.8.1988
The Summer Academy takes place for the first time with around 60 international participants. 2 x 5 courses are conducted by Renate Bachmayer (Rânebach), Thomas S. Buechner, Erwin and Gretel Eisch, David Hopper, Václav Hubert, Ursula Huth, Jörg von Manz, Renate Mertes-Kranz (Renate Kobbe), Christian Schmidt. On August 9, 1988, the "Summer Academy for Head, Hand and Art" opens.
17.7. - 4.8. and 7. - 19.8.1989
The second international Frauenau Summer Academy offers a two- and a three-week course block with courses in free and academic painting, stained glass, glass engraving, flat glass painting, ceramics and glassmaking.
Easter Sunday 1990
Reopening of the Gasthaus Gistl as a cultural pub in cooperation with the Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V. Since then, a working group of the Bild-Werk has organized a regional cultural program with around 50 events a year ranging from music, theater and cabaret to cinema, readings and lectures. Until 2015 there used to be a theater ball with performances of the Gistl-Theatergruppe during the carnival season.
Summer 1990
Start of the cooperation with the glass school Železný Brod, followed by cooperation with Nový Bor 2001, as well as scholarships for students of many German, Czech and European schools and colleges. Bild-Werk currently co-ordinates cross-border scholarship programs for glass and art students in cooperation with technical colleges and university institutes in Nový Bor, Kamenický Šenov, Železný Brod, Turnov, Pilsen, Zwiesel, Rheinbach and Hadamar.
16. - 18.11.1990
Symposium "Grenzen-Los. Symposium on the Cultural and Contemporary History of Czechoslovakia and the Bavarian-Bohemian Border Region" as the first of many cross-border cultural events
29.4. - 8.5.1991
For the first time, spring courses for making pictures on and in paper, glass and wood are held in Tom's Hall as part of the International Summer Academy.
1992 - 2003
Campaign "Gistl - der Saal", theater and concert events in and for the historic Gistlsaal in Frauenau
Reopening of the Gasthaus Gistl as a cultural pub in cooperation with the Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V. Since then, a working group of the Bild-Werk has organized a regional cultural program with around 50 events a year ranging from music, theater and cabaret to cinema, readings and lectures. Until 2015 there used to be a theater ball with performances of the Gistl-Theatergruppe during the carnival season.
Summer 1990
Start of the cooperation with the glass school Železný Brod, followed by cooperation with Nový Bor 2001, as well as scholarships for students of many German, Czech and European schools and colleges. Bild-Werk currently co-ordinates cross-border scholarship programs for glass and art students in cooperation with technical colleges and university institutes in Nový Bor, Kamenický Šenov, Železný Brod, Turnov, Pilsen, Zwiesel, Rheinbach and Hadamar.
16. - 18.11.1990
Symposium "Grenzen-Los. Symposium on the Cultural and Contemporary History of Czechoslovakia and the Bavarian-Bohemian Border Region" as the first of many cross-border cultural events
29.4. - 8.5.1991
For the first time, spring courses for making pictures on and in paper, glass and wood are held in Tom's Hall as part of the International Summer Academy.
1992 - 2003
Campaign "Gistl - der Saal", theater and concert events in and for the historic Gistlsaal in Frauenau
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1993
Extension of the academy and first expansion of the academy building Tom's Hall by Eisch glassworks with new studios for classical painting, glass printing (vitreography), flat glass, glass casting, as well as for lamp glass (hell) and free painting (sky)
Summer 1994
First "Interdisciplinary Model Glass" as a project-oriented course with inclusion of the hot-glass studio; many more cross-material and cross-workshop courses follow. Since 2015, this course model has been continued under the motto "Form and Fire - Interdisciplinary Special" between the hot glass and ceramic studio and other workshops.
1996 - 2006
Cross-border event series "Conversations across the border" in cooperation with the Eisensteiner Club / Železnorudský Klub and other partners
1996
Beginning of evening and weekend courses for glass and art in cooperation with the Volkshochschule in the district of Regen
Since 2000
Workshops for painting, glass, ceramics and much more in cooperation with schools, social institutions and companies in the workshops of Bild-Werk Frauenau
27.8.- 2.9.2001
For the first time, a multi-day Late Summer Extra is organised with courses in woodcarving, rhythm, voice and singing as part of the International Summer Academy.
Extension of the academy and first expansion of the academy building Tom's Hall by Eisch glassworks with new studios for classical painting, glass printing (vitreography), flat glass, glass casting, as well as for lamp glass (hell) and free painting (sky)
Summer 1994
First "Interdisciplinary Model Glass" as a project-oriented course with inclusion of the hot-glass studio; many more cross-material and cross-workshop courses follow. Since 2015, this course model has been continued under the motto "Form and Fire - Interdisciplinary Special" between the hot glass and ceramic studio and other workshops.
1996 - 2006
Cross-border event series "Conversations across the border" in cooperation with the Eisensteiner Club / Železnorudský Klub and other partners
1996
Beginning of evening and weekend courses for glass and art in cooperation with the Volkshochschule in the district of Regen
Since 2000
Workshops for painting, glass, ceramics and much more in cooperation with schools, social institutions and companies in the workshops of Bild-Werk Frauenau
27.8.- 2.9.2001
For the first time, a multi-day Late Summer Extra is organised with courses in woodcarving, rhythm, voice and singing as part of the International Summer Academy.
2001 - 2003
EU funded project "International Summer Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau for Glass and Arts"
2002 - 2004
Lecture and discussion series "Conversations about Art" at Gasthaus Gistl
4.10.2003
First charity auction with works by artists of Bild-Werk Frauenau in favor of the renovation of Tom's Hall. Further charity auctions in favor of the International Summer Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau follow in October 2006 as well as 2014 and 2016 sponsored by the Förderverein Glaskörper Kulturverein e.V.
2003, 2013
The Dominik Bimann School / Jiří Harcuba School of Glass Engraving is guest at the Late Summer Extra Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau
24.4.2004
"Award of Good Neighborhood and Understanding" by "die Grünen" in the Bavarian and Bohemian Forest for the Bild-Werk Frauenau
September 2005 - May 2006
Renovation and expansion of the academy building Tom's Hall as a cross-border EU project, relaunch celebration on 23.7.2006
EU funded project "International Summer Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau for Glass and Arts"
2002 - 2004
Lecture and discussion series "Conversations about Art" at Gasthaus Gistl
4.10.2003
First charity auction with works by artists of Bild-Werk Frauenau in favor of the renovation of Tom's Hall. Further charity auctions in favor of the International Summer Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau follow in October 2006 as well as 2014 and 2016 sponsored by the Förderverein Glaskörper Kulturverein e.V.
2003, 2013
The Dominik Bimann School / Jiří Harcuba School of Glass Engraving is guest at the Late Summer Extra Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau
24.4.2004
"Award of Good Neighborhood and Understanding" by "die Grünen" in the Bavarian and Bohemian Forest for the Bild-Werk Frauenau
September 2005 - May 2006
Renovation and expansion of the academy building Tom's Hall as a cross-border EU project, relaunch celebration on 23.7.2006
2005 - 2014
At the art studio BLAU-kRauT people with and without disabilities meet for painting and artistic work. From 2005 to 2014, group work includes exhibitions, theater performances and artistic action days in cooperation with the Fachakademie Zwiesel, Lebenshilfe Regen e.V. and other partners.
Since 2005
Cooperations with Eisch glassworks and the Galerie am Museum, Frauenau, including the program "Artist in Residence" and the traveling exhibition "50 Vases - 50 Artists" (2006-2008)
29.3. - 9.4.2006
"Glass in Context: Art - Image - Industry", International Glass Symposium with master classes in cooperation with the Glasmuseum Frauenau, the Association of Friends of the Glass Museum and the community Frauenau; Cooperation partner for the Coburg Glass Prize 2006.
1991, 1995, 2002 Bild-Werk is decisively involved in the conception, organization and realization of the International Glass Symposia Frauenau.
Summer 2006
For the last time, Tom Buechner teaches classical painting in Bild-Werk.
2007
Presentation of the exhibition "1000 Miles to Frauenau" with artists from the British Midlands Glass Region, representing many other exhibition projects with regional and international artists
14. - 27.7., 1. - 17.8.2007
For the first time, shortened eight-day courses in painting and sculpture are offered in the summer course sessions of the International Academy.
September 2008
First inclusion course for people with and without disabilities in the Late Summer Extra of the Summer Academy 2008
At the art studio BLAU-kRauT people with and without disabilities meet for painting and artistic work. From 2005 to 2014, group work includes exhibitions, theater performances and artistic action days in cooperation with the Fachakademie Zwiesel, Lebenshilfe Regen e.V. and other partners.
Since 2005
Cooperations with Eisch glassworks and the Galerie am Museum, Frauenau, including the program "Artist in Residence" and the traveling exhibition "50 Vases - 50 Artists" (2006-2008)
29.3. - 9.4.2006
"Glass in Context: Art - Image - Industry", International Glass Symposium with master classes in cooperation with the Glasmuseum Frauenau, the Association of Friends of the Glass Museum and the community Frauenau; Cooperation partner for the Coburg Glass Prize 2006.
1991, 1995, 2002 Bild-Werk is decisively involved in the conception, organization and realization of the International Glass Symposia Frauenau.
Summer 2006
For the last time, Tom Buechner teaches classical painting in Bild-Werk.
2007
Presentation of the exhibition "1000 Miles to Frauenau" with artists from the British Midlands Glass Region, representing many other exhibition projects with regional and international artists
14. - 27.7., 1. - 17.8.2007
For the first time, shortened eight-day courses in painting and sculpture are offered in the summer course sessions of the International Academy.
September 2008
First inclusion course for people with and without disabilities in the Late Summer Extra of the Summer Academy 2008
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2009
Painter symposium in the Bohemian Forest, cooperation with the Šumava National Park and artist symposium "Phenomenon Wilderness", cooperation with the Bavarian Forest National Park
9.7.2010
BLAU-kRauT artists win the "Art Prize for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate" at the Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg.
Summer 2011
Art campaign "city bus Deggendorf - Design of a public transport bus"
Summer 2012
Hot glass action "Potentials of the Studio Glass" for the 25th anniversary of Bild.Werk
14./15.9.2013
International Meeting of Glass Engravers at Bild-Werk Frauenau. Starting point of the European traveling exhibition "Engraving on Tour"
2012 - 2015
The "hot glass project" is implemented as a cross-border EU funding project in cooperation with the Department of Cultural Education at the Faculty of Education of the University of West Bohemia Pilsen. Model setting up of a new hotglass studio with two studio glass furnaces for the summer 2013, running student workshops for blown glass sculpture
Since 2014
Days of the "Open Glassmaking Stage" for glassmakers and students at the furnace
30.10. - 5.11.2016
"Intermediate Worlds in Hot Glass: Perspectives of the Graal Glass" Symposium with Master Classes and Colloquium Day "Art | Design | Manufacture" in cooperation with the Glaskörper Kulturverein e.V., the Theresienthal Foundation, the Netzwerk Glas, the Zwiesel Glass School and many funding agencies
Painter symposium in the Bohemian Forest, cooperation with the Šumava National Park and artist symposium "Phenomenon Wilderness", cooperation with the Bavarian Forest National Park
9.7.2010
BLAU-kRauT artists win the "Art Prize for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate" at the Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg.
Summer 2011
Art campaign "city bus Deggendorf - Design of a public transport bus"
Summer 2012
Hot glass action "Potentials of the Studio Glass" for the 25th anniversary of Bild.Werk
14./15.9.2013
International Meeting of Glass Engravers at Bild-Werk Frauenau. Starting point of the European traveling exhibition "Engraving on Tour"
2012 - 2015
The "hot glass project" is implemented as a cross-border EU funding project in cooperation with the Department of Cultural Education at the Faculty of Education of the University of West Bohemia Pilsen. Model setting up of a new hotglass studio with two studio glass furnaces for the summer 2013, running student workshops for blown glass sculpture
Since 2014
Days of the "Open Glassmaking Stage" for glassmakers and students at the furnace
30.10. - 5.11.2016
"Intermediate Worlds in Hot Glass: Perspectives of the Graal Glass" Symposium with Master Classes and Colloquium Day "Art | Design | Manufacture" in cooperation with the Glaskörper Kulturverein e.V., the Theresienthal Foundation, the Netzwerk Glas, the Zwiesel Glass School and many funding agencies
2016
"Glass Road Prize" of the Tourismusverband Ostbayern
2017
Awarding of the first student prize of Bild-Werk Frauenau
9.7.2017
Appointment of the first advisory panel of Bild-Werk Frauenau with international experts from the world of glass, art and culture
Summer 2017
Bild-Werk Frauenau celebrates its 30th anniversary
"Glass Road Prize" of the Tourismusverband Ostbayern
2017
Awarding of the first student prize of Bild-Werk Frauenau
9.7.2017
Appointment of the first advisory panel of Bild-Werk Frauenau with international experts from the world of glass, art and culture
Summer 2017
Bild-Werk Frauenau celebrates its 30th anniversary
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