Program

Children's Glass Symposium

Kamenický Šenov / Kunratice u Cvikova

June 18–21, 2026

Motto:

Children as an unspoiled source of ideas and creativity

Children as small but already original personalities

Children as the future

Children as glassmakers...

Symposium program

THURSDAY, June 18

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

• Arrival and registration of children and accompanying persons (SUPŠS Kamenický Šenov auditorium)

6:00 p.m.

• Organizational meeting of all participants and organizers (SUPŠS auditorium)

7:00 p.m.

• Opening ceremony attended by representatives of the region, city, guests, media, and the public

(in good weather in the garden of the Pačinek Glass glassworks, in case of rain in the Crystal Temple in Kunratice u Cvikova)

FRIDAY, June 19

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Active creation in the SUPŠS studios (grinding, painting, sandblasting, mosaic)

• Active creation at the glassworks in Kunratice u Cvikova

5:00 p.m.

• Joint evening trip (possible tips: bus to Ještěd or boat trip on Máchovo Lake)

SATURDAY, June 20

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Active creation in the SUPŠS studios (grinding, painting, sandblasting, mosaic)

• Active creation at the glassworks in Kunratice near Cvikov

6:00 p.m.

• Social evening for all participants, professors, parents, and craftsmen at Pačinek Glass

(small concert in the Crystal Temple, picnic in the illuminated Glass Garden, barbecue in the Glassworks Canteen, glassmaking show by Jiří Pačinek at the furnace)

SUNDAY, June 21

2:00 p.m.

• Festive opening of the symposium results at the North Bohemian Museum in Liberec