This petition brings together the friends of Erwin and Gretel Eisch and supporters of Bild-Werk Frauenau and beyond in the worldwide studio glass community, and all those who have lost their hearts in Frauenau.
We call upon the Bavarian State Government to financially support the concept of a GLASS CULTURE CAMPUS and to sustainably secure the future of glass and art in Frauenau NOW.
Reason
For over sixty years Erwin and Gretel Eisch inspired countless people with their ideas, their art, their commitment to mankind and to nature. From 1965 onwards, Erwin Eisch gathered the international glass art world around his studio glass furnace within the Eisch glass works, making Frauenau the European capital of the studio glass movement.
At Bild-Werk Frauenau this distinctive combination of glass, art and craft, of poetry and the joy of creation lives on. Since 1988, the International Summer Academy has sparked between regional skills, western European traditions and transatlantic innovation. Further, in the EU project "Glass Works", young glass people have found their way into cross-border networks and international marketing. Lively relationships and networks have grown in the region and across Europe in diverse projects and cultural initiatives.
In the summer of 2023 we stand at a turning point. In order to continue these activities, we need a reliable guarantee for the future. The Academy, as well as the atmospheric Art Nouveau villa with the Foundation of Erwin and Gretel Eisch, are endangered in their existence.
Together with many knowledgeable people from culture and politics, we developed the idea of the GLASS CULTURE CAMPUS and put it up for discussion. The concept brings together the unique potentials of Frauenau: educational work in art and culture, creative industries in glass and the cross-border heritage of the glassmakers. They could find their permanent place and home in the listed glassworks ambience in Frauenau. Details of the concept can be read below.
In Frauenau, the future of glass has already started. NOW it is time to secure it!
Let the heart of glass continue to beat!
For the board and staff of Bild-Werk Frauenau:
Heinz Fischer and Prof. Dr. Katharina Eisch-Angus (chairs), Mark Angus, Brigitte Busch, Anne Petters, Michal Poustka
Sarah Höchstetter (Geschäftsführerin), Jana Jaksova
.
Links
- Expose Glass Culture Campus
- Konzept Glas Kultur Campus
- Zeitungsartikel "Aufbruch in eine blühende Glaslandschaft" (Bayerwaldbote, 19.4.2023)
- Memorial Book for Erwin Eisch: https://www.bildwerkfrauenau.de/aktuelles/gedenkbuch-fur-erwin-eisch
- Memorial Book for Gretel Eisch: https://www.bildwerkfrauenau.de/memorial-book-for-gretel-eisch
- Website of EU project GLASS WORKS www.glass-works.org
This petition has been translated into the following languages
Translate this petition now
new language version-
Changes to the petition
on 09 Aug 2023 -
Changes to the petition
on 07 Aug 2023 -
Changes to the petition
on 07 Aug 2023
Debate
The skill of glass processing in all its aspects has a centuries-old history, which is important to be preserved! The Glass Culture Campus in Frauenau is one of the best ways to make that happen.
No CONTRA argument yet.
Tools for the spreading of the petition.
You have your own website, a blog or an entire web portal? Become an advocate and multiplier for this petition. We have the banners, widgets and API (interface) to integrate on your pages.
Signing widget for your own website
API (interface)
- Description
- Number of signatures on openPetition and, if applicable, external pages.
- HTTP method
- GET
- Return format
- JSON
Why people sign
Copenhagen K.
The petion is important for me as the Frauenau was since 1980-ties one of the most important international centres of the emerging studio glass in Europe. The internationally recognized personalities and pioneer of the movement was Erwin Eisch and his family. Frauenau with its museum was also an important educational center and a place for many international gatherings, conferences as well as informal meetings and discussions.
Hadamar
Meine Enkeltochter hat ein Praktikum in Frauenau gemacht.Sie hat soviel gelernt und das mit Freude.Das Bildungswerk ist einfach für junge Menschen die etwas wollen super.
Ng
Glass skills need to be shared and passed on.
Bu
It is vital to keep this unique facility and community open.
London
Frauenau is an important Glass centre. All over Europe (including the U.K.) support for Glass is dwindling. This is a time when Glass is really important to our existence and culture.