JGAA HIST0RY　1972～1980

1972 72 ● Inauguration of Japan Glass Artcrafts Association (April)
●President Hisatoshi Iwata, 56 charter members
●"Glass and I" series of 11 informal gatherings held to promote friendship and understandin
1973 73
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73 		● Lecture by Dorothy Blair from Corning Museum of Glass
●Publication of first issue of JGAA journal
●"Look and Listen" Kansai study tour to observe ancient Japanese glass and glass introduced into Japan from other countries, with a lecture by Junji Tanahashi "Red Lead Oxide Glass and Graphite (Black Lead) Glass"
1974 74 ●President Hisatoshi Iwata, 67 members ●First association exhibition, Glass in Japan: From Ancient Times to the Present; Organizers: JGAA, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun Co.; Backing: The Agency for Cultural
●Affairs; Venue: The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (June 29 through July 28)
●Sponsorship of the 10th International Congress of Glass held in Kyoto (July)
1975 75 ●"Listen" meetings: Experts from other fields present suggestions for glass artists (Lecturers: Tetsuzo Tanikawa, Teruo Sakaino, Susumu Sakane, Chieko Akiyama, Yoshiko Ishii)
●"lide lecture by Marvin Lipofsky from the United States
●Look" meetings: Suntory Yamanashi Winery, Ishiguro Collection
Slide lecture by Marvin Lipofsky from the United States
"Look" meetings: Suntory Yamanashi Winery, Ishiguro Collection
1976 76 ●President Kyohei Fujita, 68 members
●Slides of artwork by JGAA members presented to the World Craft Council (Mexico)
1977 77 ●Resolution passed at the general meeting in March to hold second JGAA exhibition in 1978, executive committee organized and inaugurated (September)
●Call for participation by all JGAA members in New Glass exhibition (Corning Museum of Glass, USA;
1978 78 ●President Kyohei Fujita, 74 members ●Glass '78 in Japan: All About Glass from Art to Design; Organizers: JGAA; Backing: The Agency for Cultural Affairs, The Asahi Shimbun Co., The Ceramic Association (currently The Ceramic Society of Japan); Sponsor: The Glass Manufacturers' Association of Japan; Venue: Odakyu Grand Gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo; September 9-20)
●Over thirty glass artists from abroad participated in the exhibition opening Sponsorship of the World Craft Council in Kyoto (September)
1979 79 ●"Listen" meetings: Restoration of the Glass of Shoso-in (Lecturer: Tsuneo Yoshimizu), Recent Trends in Alcoholic Beverages and Glasses (Lecturer: Eizo Fukunishi)
●JGAA journal named GLASS SQUARE
◎Ann Warff from Sweden attended the JGAA meeting
●Publication of '79 Nihon Garasu Kogei Kyokai sakuhin shu ('79 Japan Glass Artcrafts Association glass art collection)
1980 80 ●President Saburo Funakoshi, 85 members
●Participation in Contemporary Glass Art in Japan exhibition; Organizers: Gekkan Bijutsu; Sponsor: JGAA; Venue: Gekkoso Gallery (April)
●Independently produced mini exhibition (Matsuya Ginza, October)
◎Slide lecture by Monica Backstrom from Sweden
◎Slide lecture by Sidney M. Goldstein from Corning Museum of Glass