The Venice Glass Week is an international festival founded in 2017 to celebrate, support and promote the art of glassmaking: the artistic and economic activity for which the Lagoon City of Venice has been renowned around the world for over 1,000 years. The eighth edition of the festival will take place from 14th – 22nd September 2024.

The seventh edition, #TheArtOfFire, took place from 9^th – 17^th September 2023 and was attended by a record number of 152,000 visitors from Italy and abroad. The programme featured over 250 events dedicated to artistic glass, including exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, demonstrations, conferences, family activities and more, organised by over 200 participating organisations, institutions and individuals in 140 different venues around Venice, Murano and Mestre.

The Application process for the next edition will open in Spring 2024.  To be informed when the Call for Applications is launched, please subscribe to the festival newsletter via the website homepage.

The Venice Glass Week is promoted by Comune di Venezia and organised by Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, LE STANZE DEL VETRO – Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and Consorzio Promovetro Murano.