Events
Glass Exchange Opening
National Glass Centre , Sunderland
Businesspeople and guests from the local arts scene gathered for the Glass Exchange Tour opening night event , held at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland .
Artists Monster Chetwynd , Ryan Gander , Katie Paterson and Pascale Marthine Tayou were invited by a panel of artists and curators , convened by Sunderland ’ s National Glass Centre to create a new glass work as part of Glass Exchange , which is open until Sunday , September 11 , 2022 .
See our special feature and more pictures on pages 36-37 .
Wear Business Live
Stadium of Light , Sunderland
Around 70 business leaders gathered for the first Wear Business Live event at Sunderland AFC ’ s Stadium of Light .
Sunderland City Council chief executive Patrick Melia and University of Sunderland vice-chancellor Sir David Bell were joined by Sunderland Culture ’ s chief executive Rebecca Ball and Sunderland BID chief executive Sharon Appleby for the event , which was sponsored by the University of Sunderland and hosted by Wear Business executive editor Rob Lawson .
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