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GlassWeekend 2013
GlassWeekend '09
July 17*, 18 & 19 (*For registrants only)
An International Symposium and Exhibition of Contemporary Glass.
July 17*, 18 & 19 (*For registrants only)
An International Symposium and Exhibition of Contemporary Glass.
Sponsored By
GUEST ARTISTS
Kari Russell-Pool and Marc Petrovic
Sybille Peretti and Stephen Paul Day
The Glass Studio demonstrations are included in the price of admission to WheatonArts during GlassWeekend.
Adults $10 Senior Adults $9 Students $7
Additional $6.00 per person to visit the Galleries in the Event Center
Click here for the GlassWeekend '09 Registration Form
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The Creative Glass Center of America
and
The Art Alliance For Contemporary Glass
Congratulate
Gay LeCleire Taylor and Joel Philip Myers
Recipients of the
2009 MILLVILLE ROSE SOCIETY AWARD
GlassWeekend'09 Registration Includes:
- Hands-On Experiences (additional fee required)
- Ice Cream Social, to meet the "Rising Stars" (see below) hosted by GlassWeekend sponsor Frank Crystal & Company.
- Special exhibition in the Museum of Glass: "Rising Stars - Contemporary Glass Artists for the 21st Century." This exhibit has been made possible by generous funding from the
Arts
Alliance for Contemporary Glass and Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
- Retrospective exhibition of Joel Philip Myers.
- Preview Gallery Reception, Friday, July 17
- Saturday Evening Dinner and Auction Lectures, Artist Presentations, Curators' Tours and Workshops, including:
- RISING STARS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
We are pleased to announce a new initiative to bring attention to young and talented artists. "Rising Stars for the 21st Century" will feature Oben Abright , Alex Bernstein, Christina Bothwell, Nicole Chesney, Deanna and Keith Clayton, Jeremy Lepisto, Mack Szosz, Ethan Stern, Tim Tate.
- "Glass in 2020 - A Gaze into the Crystal Ball" - a Curators' panel moderated by well-known art critic James Yood. Panelists are: Neil Watson, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art, Melissa G. Post, Curator, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Jane Milosch, Senior Program Officer, The Smithsonian Museum's Andrew Page, Editor of GLASS Magazine.
- "Collectors' Shopping Spree" - a panel of collectors will "shop" the gallery exhibits, with cameras in hand, to assemble and present a $1,000,000 collection.
- "Who Really Made it?" - a panel of fabricators and assistants who have worked for other artists.
- "Centers of Glass" - a presentation by representatives from the major glass centers in the US
- "Lighting and Displaying Your Collection" - Brad Pressman of DESIGN Impulse will demonstrate the latest techniques in lighting and displays.
- "Curator's Walk" - a tour of the Highlights of the Collection exhibit at the Museum of American Glass.
- Hot Glass Demonstration for Registrants Only, including "Glass Weekend Relay Competition," with two teams of four artists creating collaborative (serially) pieces. The finished pieces will be auctioned.
