Glass Safari 2026 – Past | Present | Future
25 July – 15 August 2026
Moya African Glass Network (MAGN) invites the public to the Glass Safari 2026 Exhibition, Past, Present, Future — the closing showcase of its international glass-art biennale. The exhibition opens at the Association of Arts Pretoria on Saturday 25 July 2026, from 11:00 to 13:00, and runs until 15 August. Entry is free and open to the public.
Location:
Association of Arts
173 Mackie Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria, 0181
Tel: +27 (12) 346 3100 / Email: artspta@mweb.co.za
Dates: 25 July – 15 August 2026
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday 09:00–17:00 and Saturday 09:00–13:00 (closed Sundays and Mondays). Entry is free.
Glass Safari 2026 — Past, Present, Future
The Moya African Glass Network‘s second biennale, and its first under Moya as a formally incorporated NPC, closed its four-leg programme with an exhibition at the Association of Arts Pretoria from 25 July to 15 August 2026.
Titled Past, Present, Future, the show brought three generations of Southern African glass into one room — from the pioneers who first melted local sand into studio work, through today’s practising artists and lecturers, to student work publicly exhibited for the first time.
At its centre was a collective display of graal works from the opening Smelt Sessions with David Reade, made side by side by South African artists, international guests and TUT students. A jewellery showcase across six cabinets — curated by Melanie Dawson — presented wearable work by invited glass jewellers, including a one-day-only presentation by UK artist Katherine Huskie. Two collaborative student projects filled the north gallery: an international collaboration between TUT and De Montfort University in the UK, and a design collaboration between TUT glass and interior-design students developed for the Ngwenya Glass production line.
Glass Safari 2026 ran across four legs: the Smelt Sessions in Pretoria with David Reade, Ngwenya Glass in eSwatini, TUT, and the closing exhibition. It was delivered by MAGN in partnership with Smelt Glass Studio, Tshwane University of Technology, Ngwenya Glass and the Association of Arts Pretoria, with support from the National Arts Council of South Africa.
“The foundation is laid, and it is solid. What made this safari work was not funding or logistics — it was the people who gave their time to it. Everything we do next is built on that.” — Lothar Böttcher, Chairperson, MAGN
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