Artists residencies
Azou Bade
As part of its mission to support artistic creation in the field of glass arts, the Vitromusée Romont launched its artist residency programme in 2024.
On this occasion, we invited Senegalese artist Azou Bade for a week-long residency from 9 to 13 July 2024, with a selection of his works presented in the exhibition « Regards du Sénégal. Souwèr de la collection Afric.Art ».
The artist
Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Dakar, he lives and works in Saint-Louis (Senegal) and has been creating souwèr for over 30 years.
The created work
During his residency, he created a reverse glass painting that has been added to the museum’s collection. Visitors had the opportunity to talk with him and follow the progress of his work throughout the week, which required great dexterity and meticulous skill.
From 9 to 13 July 2024
Oksana Kondratyeva
In 2025, we had the pleasure of welcoming Oksana Kondratyeva, London-based artist born in Ukraine. During her stay from 25 April to 1st May 2025, visitors were able to meet her in the museum’s workshop and discover her glassworking techniques.
The artist
After years living and working in Bonn and Frankfurt, Kondratyeva honed her architectural glass art skills at Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London. Her works, primarily made of glass, have been incorporated into historical and contemporary buildings across the UK as architectural art. Her experimental work on glass was selected for exhibition in the British Glass Biennale 2024. Her stained glass and paintings have been featured in prestigious publications, including Physics World magazine.
The created work
Her recent visit to CERN in Geneva further reinforced the importance of science for her stained glass window project in Romont: the experimental discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) led her to develop a stained glass window entitled Discovery as an element of ongoing dialogue between science and the arts. Kondratyeva’s work has been on display since her residency in the workshop and enjoyed considerable visibility during the inauguration of the Espace Michel Eltschinger.
From 25 April to 1st May 2025
Sadika Keskes
From 27 March to 5 April
Vitrorencontre
Le Vitromusée offre une occasion unique de rencontres interculturelles et intergénérationnelles aux familles portugaises et suisses ainsi qu’aux personnes de tous âges pour découvrir le monde fascinant des arts du verre.
Encadré·e·s par une médiatrice culturelle plurilingue, vous explorez de manière créative et ludique ce matériau fragile et transparent qu’est le verre et créez votre propre oeuvre d’art. La Vitrorencontre se poursuit par une visite guidée du musée qui vous présente un aperçu de cet important patrimoine culturel suisse et se termine dans une ambiance conviviale autour d’un café et d’une pâtisserie.
Prix :
Adultes : CHF 12.-
Enfants : CHF 5.-
Familles (2 adultes et 2 enfants jusqu’à 16 ans) : CHF 25.-