Norwegian Crafts hosted three international guests for a visitor programme in Bergen, with a main focus on contemporary glass art. The programme coincided with the group exhibition Ved Bordet [At the Table] at S12 Gallery and Workshop, a collaborative project between Norwegian Glass Artists and the US artist Beth Lipman.

Participating in the visitor programme were:

• Mikkel Hammer Elming, Director, Glas – Museum of Glass Art, Ebeltoft, Denmark
• Uta Maria Klotz, Editor-in-Chief, Neues Glas – New Glass, Cologne, Germany
• Dr. Sven Peter Hauschke, Director, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany

The visitors had studio visits with the following Bergen-based artists: Patrícia Šichmanová, Beate Einen, Sigrid Rostad, Æsa Björk, and Nina Malterud. They also participated in guided tours at several of the city's prominent art institutions: KODE, KRAFT, Bergen Kunsthall, S12 Gallery and Workshop for Glass, and Northing.