2026 Hsinchu City Glass Art Festival: Experience Glass and City Culture with 'The Grand Era of Glass' on its Centennial!

The biennial 'Hsinchu City Glass Art Festival' is set to take place from October 17th to November 15th, 2026! Hsinchu is not just the 'Windy City,' but also an industrial hub, one of the leading centers for high-tech heavy industry and manufacturing in Taiwan and globally. Beyond that, it's also a 'City of Glass.' Since the establishment of its first glass factory in 1925, Hsinchu glass has undergone a century of development, closely intertwined with the city's industry, life, and culture. To mark this centennial, the '2026 Hsinchu City Glass Art Festival' – 'The Grand Era of Glass' event will be held! Through long-term accumulation and development, Hsinchu glass has not only shaped the city's local character but also continuously showcased diverse forms in craftsmanship and artistic creation. This year's 'Glass Art Festival,' themed 'The Grand Era of Glass,' will be exhibited at the Wind Livehouse and the Glass Craft Museum. With 'Contemplation' as the core of the curation, it explores how glass has responded to the needs of different eras and how it has been shaped by them, from daily life and technology to industry and artistic creation. Starting from Hsinchu's glass experience, the exhibition also looks back at the history of global glass development, presenting the different axes of Taiwanese glass art evolving from life's 'needs' and the mutual advancement of global glass development and human 'innovation.' Building upon the developmental context of Hsinchu glass art, it further connects with contemporary global glass creations, inviting the public to re-examine the relationship between glass and this city from various perspectives. https://reurl.cc/3yW4G8