Participants were invited to hone their collaboration skills by designing their ideal table sets. Despite not being able to travel to Murano due to the COVID-19 crisis, they were able to learn from glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra’s decades of wisdom and experience, thanks to a fifty-minute documentary.

This program saw the creation of a site-specific installation for the courtyard of Murano’s local high school. A collaborative effort between young artists Laila, Emma, Sofia, and Abate Zanetti’s fourth-year students Dorotea, Samuele, Melissa, and Yadali, the artwork was developed during a five-day workshop engineered to embody the initiative’s values of cultural enrichment and creative connection.

The 2023 edition of the program culminated in a conference that gathered 18 students and 9 instructors from 3 countries across the globe at Pilchuck Glass School. During the two-week-long residency, the students participated in a series of workshops and lessons aimed at exploring sustainability in glass art and design and fostering cross-cultural exchange and collaboration among the participants. Maria Vittoria and Dorotea from Liceo Abate Zanetti were selected to take part in the event alongside glass master and teacher Eros Raffael.