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Paperweight Fest 2006

CONTACT: Janet Peterson, Marketing and Public Relations Director
TEL: (856) 825-6800, Ext. 108
FAX: (856) 825-2410
E-MAIL: jpeterson@wheatonvillage.org


MILLVILLE, NJ – Wheaton Village, in association with the Delaware Valley Paperweight Collectors Association, presents Paperweight Fest 2006, May 18 – 21.

The event is designed to appeal to paperweight enthusiasts from novices to long time collectors.
Highlights include an exhibit and sale by a select group of paperweight dealers, artists and galleries, demonstrations by today’s leading glass artists, lectures and presentations by experienced artists and knowledgeable experts, live auctions, Artist Lunch and Learn sessions, and raffle prizes. Fest registrants will be able to participate in hands-on experiences in the Glass Studio, making a paperweight or bead or blowing into a bowl or vase form.

The schedule for registered participants is:

Thursday, May 18
Greeting: Susan Gogan, Wheaton Village president,
  and Stanley Kruger, DVPCA president.
“Millville Paperweights: The Fires Burn On,”
  Gay Taylor
“39 Years of Weighting” Peter McDougall
“Canadian Folk Art Paperweights,” Jamie McDougall
“New Work,” John and Craig Deacons
“The Ultimate Crimp Rose: Oscar "Skip" Woods,”
  Boyd England
“Crimp Rose Paperweight” Demonstration, Don Friel

Friday, May 19
“The Story of Twists Glass,” Mike Hunter
“Antique Baccarat Flowers” Ken Brown
“Post 1970 Pairpoint Millefiori,” Ed Poore
“Paperweights That Move/The Top Ten,” Bill Price
“Murrine Madness” lectures and demonstrations in the
 Glass Studio, Loren Stump and Chris and Lissa
 Juedemann

Saturday, May 20
Artist Demonstration, John Deacons and
  Peter McDougall
“Marbles as Paperweights and Vice Versa,”
  Beth Tomasello
“Paperweight-Like Glasshouse Whimseys,”
  Dale Murschell
“Demo Jam” and Live Auction in the Glass Studio

Sunday, May 21
Demonstrations “Devils Fire,” “Ship” and “Umbrella” paperweights by Wheaton Village artists Joe Mattson and Don Friel.

In addition, a memorial exhibit of the collection of the late William Drew Gaskill, president, Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc., will be on view in the Museum of American Glass. His entire collection of over 1,500 paperweights will be shown as he had it arranged in his home.

For more information or to register for Paperweight Fest, call 800-998-4552 or 856-825-6800, extension 100, or visit www.wheatonvillage.org to download the registration form.

Participants must be registered to attend lectures and some demonstrations. Registration also includes expanded access to the exhibit and sale area and some meals. Participants may register for the entire event or a single day. Full event registration is $225.00 for members (register by March 1: $202.50) and $250.00 for non-members (register by March 1: $225.00). Single-day registration is $125 (dinner is not included on May 20).

The exhibit and sale in the Event Center and the Glass Studio Demo Jam will be open to the public on May 20. The Glass Studio demonstrations on Sunday will also be open to day visitors.

Wheaton Village strives to make exhibits, events and programs accessible to all visitors. Call for details.

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Wheaton Village received a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State.

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