Mgr. Jakub Jelinek
The chairman of the Society of the Symposium of Engraved Glass since 2019 is also the deputy director of the Secondary School of Glass Arts and Crafts in Kamenický Šenov since 2014. He graduated from this school in 1993–1997 in the field of Engraved Glass and continued his studies at the Higher Vocational School of Glassmaking Nový Bor in the field of Cut Glass in 1997–1998. Subsequently, he graduated from the Faculty of Education at the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (1998–2004). He taught professional subjects at SUŠ Liberec s.r.o. in the field of graphic design. Currently he is coordinator of investment and non-investment projects of SUPŠS Kamenický Šenov, chairman of Young Glass Symposium z. s. – Children's Glass Symposium YGS and executive director of 4Arte z. s. – association for artistic leisure activities for children and adults. Occasionally and discerningly he is involved in graphic design, art and product photography.
MgA. Jana Hradcová
She started her artistic career by studying at the Secondary School of Glass Arts in Železný Brod (1993–1997), majoring in designing and creating glass figurines. She continued her studies at the Faculty of Art and Design, Studio of Graphic Design, UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (2001–2006), under the guidance of prof. akad. mal. Karel Míšek, PhD. She enriched her studies with two half-year internships in Krakow (PL) and Sydney (AU). As part of her PhD studies, she received a 14-day stay in New York (US). Her work is characterized by an effort to maximize the integration of information and to create a comprehensible visual component of design. She has consistently worked on creating educational and interactive tools for environmental education and personal development. Her knowledge of the glass industry helps her to promote glass and ceramic artists in a meaningful way and to collaborate on individual and group events – she works for the International Ceramics Symposium in Bechyně, collaborates on exhibitions and printed materials with the Association of Ceramic Artists and on exhibitions of association and individual members: Permanent exhibition of the sculptor and ceramist Lubomír Šilar ALTAMIRA – Municipal Museum in Lanškroun, Anna Klimešová, 4D - Topič's Salon in Prague, Miroslav Oliva – Angels and Cats, Chodov Fortress in Prague, 9. a 10. Ceramic Meeting Kolín, Exhibition Phenomenon B for the 130th Anniversary of the Bechyně Ceramic School – International Museum of Ceramics in Bechyně, branch of the Alš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou, IGS 2015 catalogue, etc. Creates various graphic outputs for presentations of glass artists and designers, e.g. Zdeněk Lhotský and Studio Plechov, Jitka Kamencová Skuhravá, Jaroslav Skuhravý, Jan Frydrych, Zdeněk Štěpánek. Together with Eva Fišerová, she is the co-author and curator of the travelling exhibition project Neighbours, which extends from the artistic to the sociological sphere. She also works as a teacher in the field of graphic design.
BcA. Dita Hálová, DiS.
Long term has been curating and producing exhibitions in the field of design and liberal arts with a focus on silicates. She focuses on the promotion of these fields as author of web presentations or FB profiles of organizations and authors. She has curated numerous collective exhibitions of contemporary Czech ceramic sculpture (2012–2018) and monographic exhibitions in major galleries and museums. From 2009–2018 she worked at the Museum of Decorative Arts Museum in Prague. Theoretically and organizationally she participated in exhibitions contemporary glass with curator Milan Hlaveš and was a curator: P. RADA! Cool! Pravoslav Rada – ceramic work (2011), FIRE / CLAY / LED, Václav Šerák and Pupils (2014 and others) and also at the International Symposium She has participated in exhibitions, competitions and fashion shows (nominations for TOP STYL DESIGNER, Styl a Kabo, BVV 2003–2004, Talent of the Season Prague Fashion Week, 2005). exhibition and a retrospective exhibition of Lubomír Šilar for the City Museum Lanškroun (2016), where she also served as director (2019–2023). She has been cooperating with the Beroun Pottery Fair and the Beroun Ceramics Museum since 2010. Since 2016 she has been involved in the activities and promotion of projects Society of Engraved Glass z.s. and curating the International Symposium of Engraved Glass glass.