Paperweight Fest 2020 Schedule

Registration, Make Your Own Experiences, Artists & Dealers Fair

Thursday, May 14

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Make-Your-Own Experiences in the Glass Studio (By Appointment)

Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Registration in the Arthur Gorham Paperweight Shop

1:00 p.m.
A guided visit to the bayshore to view the shore birds and the East Point Lighthouse. Dinner on Your Own

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Artists and Dealers Fair

Friday, May 15

Breakfast on Your Own
“Name That Rose” Contest Begins

8:30 a.m. – Noon
Registration in the Event Center

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Greetings from Susan Gogan, Executive Director of WheatonArts, and John Hawley, President DVPCA

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Gay LeCleire Taylor, WheatonArts 50th Anniversary

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Andy Dohan – Murrine primer (Intro to Loren Stump Demo/presentation)

10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Loren Stump Demo and Presentation in the Glass Studio

Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break (Boxed Lunches Provided)

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Meet the Artist Sessions (Choose One): David Graeber, Mike Hunter, or Alison Ruzsa

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Meet the Artist Sessions (Choose One): Paul Stankard, Damon MacNaught, or Cathy Richardson

2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Collaborative Artist Demonstrations: Melissa Ayotte/Mayauel Ward, and Clinton Smith/Chris Sherwin

4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Artists and Dealers Fair

7:00 p.m.
Dinner on Your Own

Saturday, May 16

Breakfast on Your Own

8:30 a.m. – Noon
Late Registration

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Remarks, Notices from John Hawley, President DVPCA

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Angela Bowey, Highlights from Down Under

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Break

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Marek Kordasiewicz, Silesian Influences: 200 Years of Revival of the Millefiori Glass Art

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 p.m.
Jim Lefever – Contest Results

Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break (Boxed Lunches Provided)

Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Artists and Dealers Fair (Open to the Public)

Raffle Tickets must be purchased by 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2020
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1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WheatonArts Glass Artists with David Graeber and Gordon Smith assisting – World’s largest Millville Rose

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Cocktails and Dinner

Sunday, May 17

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Make-Your-Own Experiences in the Glass Studio (By Appointment)