Program Book

P rogram Book Your guide to VIRTUAL 2021! Use the table of contents below to find the area of the conference you want to know more about. Still have questions? Find the “Info Desk” within THE HUB in the VIRTUAL 2021 event on Remo (pictured to the right) where a GAS staff member can assist you with all your conference needs.

Accessibility + Translation 5 Remo 5 YouTube 5 GAS Website 6 GAS Market Booths 7 Alberta University of the Arts 7 Bay Area Glass Institute 7 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio 7 Coachella Glassworks Video Education | Paul Messink 7 Cutting Edge Products 7 Glass Axis 7 Glass Vegas 8 Glassybaby 8 Goldray Glass 8 His Glassworks 8 Hot Glass Color & Supply 8 Mobile Glassblowing Studios 8 Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience 8 Pilchuck Glass School 9 Pittsburgh Glass Center 9 Tulsa Glassblowing School 9 Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University 9 Wet Dog Glass 9 GAS Artist Booths 10 Anna Boothe, Pate de Verity 10 Brailsford Public Art | RAB Jewelry 10 Carol Milne | Knitted Glass 10 Cristine Baena | Glass Artist 10 Erin Pell | Contemporary Glass from the Canadian Prairies 10 Nathan Sandberg | OnGrade Studio 10 Tegan Hamilton | Glass Artist 10

Thursday, May 20 11 Livestreams + Events 11 HOT DEMO | James Devereux + Katherine Huskie 11 CONFERENCE KICKOFF | Glass Art Society 11 GLASS VIRUS INTERVIEW | Jens Pfeifer + Michael Rogers 11 RECEPTION | Member + Student Exhibitions 12 HOT DEMO | Claire Kelly + Corning Museum of Glass 12 HOT DEMO | Leo Tecosky 12 FLAME DEMO | Sibelle Yuksek 13 FLAME DEMO | Earl Jr. 13 GALLERY TOUR | Traver Gallery 13 HOT DEMO | Ayano Yoshizumi + JamFactory 13 HOT DEMO | Kensuke Takeoka 14 Pre-Recorded Presentations 15 CULTURAL LECTURE | Pilar Aldana-Méndez 15 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LECTURE | Claire Bell 15 TECHNICAL LECMO | Vanessa Cutler 16 FILM | María Eugenia Diaz de Vivar 16 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE | Celia Garland 17 PERSONAL PRACTICE LECTURE | Romina Gonzales 17 BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Jason Harris 18 GAS PANEL | Jessica Jane Julius, Brandi P. Clark, Leo Tecosky + Mike Saroka 18 TECHNICAL LECTURE | Dr. Jessamy Kelly + Dr. Goshka Bialek 18 SOCIAL ISSUES LECTURE | Silvia Levenson 19 COLD ENGRAVING DEMO | Eliška Monsportová 19 STUDENT PANEL | Paige L. Morris, Bri Gluszak, Stephanie Alacon + May Chua 19 CULTURAL LECTURE | Aya Oki 20 STUDIO TOUR | Plasma Art Alliance 20 HOT DEMO | Ondřej Novotný + Zdeněk Žigo aka Grýša 20 FLAME DEMO | Ivan Bestari Minar Pradipta 20 SAXE EMERGING ARTISTS PANEL | Nate Ricciuto, Joshua Kerly + Gracia Nash 21 COMMUNITY OUTREACH PANEL | Frederik Rombach, Anselm Croze, Jeff Zimmer, David Mola + Ilanit Shalev 21 KILN LECMO | Katrina Ruby-Chirco 21 BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Aimee E. Sones 22 TECHNICAL LECMO | Mitcheal Veenstra + Catherine Wehlburg 22 LECMO | Charlotte Wilkinson 23 IDENTITY LECTURE | Emma Woffenden 23

Friday, May 21 24 Livestreams + Events 25 KILN LECMO | Lisbeth Biger 25 COLD DEMO | Lothar Böttcher, Michael Robert Bokrosh, Samuel Weisenborn, Patrick Roth, Tobby Ritzkowski + Simon Holm 25 YOGA | Rosie Daniel 26 GLASS VIRUS INTERVIEW | Caroline Madden + Joseph McBrinn 26 RECEPTION | Green Exhibition 26 HOT DEMO | Elliot Walker 26 ACTIVITY | Carlyn Rae + Ashley Carter 27 ACCESSIBILITY PANEL | Elizabeth “Ann” Potter, Harry Seaman, Scout Cartagena + Debra Ruzinsky 27 HOT DEMO | Dan Friday at the Seattle Glassblowing Studio 27 HOT DEMO | Tegan Hamilton 27 KILN LECMO | Evelyn Gottschall Baker 28 HOT DEMO | Kenji Ito 28 Pre-Recorded Presentations 29 PERSONAL PRACTICE LECTURE | Kate Baker 29 CULTURAL LECTURE | Marzena Krzemińska Baluch + Kalina Bańka 29 CULTURAL LECTURE | Pascale Beaudet 30 FILM / PANEL | Shayla Behrman 30 IDENTITY LECTURE | Kayla Cantu 30 SAXE EMERGING ARTISTS PANEL | Bri Chesler, Morgan Gilbreath + Erin Hoffman 31 COMMUNITY PANEL | DMG School Project (Lauren Hill + Duncan McClellan) 31 HOT DEMO | Gray Barn Studios (Jimmy Anderegg, Conor McClellan + Megan Stelljes) 31 KILN LECMO | Leslie Rowe Isrealson + Ryan Bavin 32 FLAME DEMO | Marc Kornbluh 32 STAINED GLASS TECHNICAL LECTURE | Joel D. Kowit 32 TECHNICAL LECTURE | António Matos 32 FILM IN GLASS PANEL | North Lands Creative with Juli Bolaños-Durman, Madeline Rile Smith, Griet Beyaert, Jayne Cherry, Alison Lowry + Simone Fezer 33 HOT DEMO | Antoine Pierini 33 BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Chandell Elizabeth Popik 34 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE | Chas Prettejohn 34 CULTURAL LECTURE | Julia Stephenson + James Maskrey 35 COLD DEMO | Shayla Summers 35 FLAME DEMO | Daisuke Takeuchi 35 FLAME DEMO | Trina Urrata-Weintraub 36 FILM / PANEL | Susan Warner, Jabari Owens Bailey, Derek Klein + Elisabeth Emerson 36 NEON / PLASMA DEMO | Jacob Tyler Willcox + the Alfred Neon Program 37

Saturday, May 22 37 Livestreams + Events 38 GLASS VIRUS INTERVIEW | Gayle Matthias + Erin Dickson 38 GALLERY TOUR | C2 Centre for Craft, Carissa Baktay 38 HOT DEMO | Jeff Mack + Corning Museum of Glass 39 GAS MEMBER MEETING | Glass Art Society 39 NEON / PLASMA LECMO | Harriet Schwarzrock 39 CLOSING NIGHT DEMO + EVENT | Glass Art Society + Museum of Glass Tacoma 40 Pre-Recorded Presentations 40 MOSAIC TECHNIQUE LECTURE | Robin Brailsford 41 HOT DEMO | Marta Byrdziak 41 CULTURAL LECTURE | Lu Chi 41 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LECTURE | B. Jane Cowie 42 FLAME DEMO | Bandhu Dunham 43 FLAME DEMO | Alessia Fuga 43 EDUCATION PANEL | Jane Gavan, Gabriella Bisetto + Nadège Desgenétez 43 FLAME DEMO | Zach Jorgenson 43 HISTORICAL LECTURE | Floor Kaspers 44 KILN LECMO | Colette Langan 44 GREEN PANEL | Bennett A. Leff, Eddie Bernard, Chas Prettejohn + Ziad Abichaker 44 EDUCATION LECTURE | Shari Mendelson 45 NEON/PLASMA | Kamila Mróz + Michał Adamski 46 HOT DEMO | Darren Petersen 46 DESIGN COLLABORATION | Dagmar Petrovická, Eva Nováková + Irena Czepcová 46 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE PANEL | Jamie Marie Rose, Madeline Rile Smith, Teisha Holloway + Alison Lowry 47 FLAME LECMO | Madeline Rile Smith + Amy Lemaire 47 OTHER (FLAME VIDEO COLLECTION) | Victor Trabucco 47 NEON/PLASMA | David Wilson 48 COMMUNITY LECTURE | Yuan Yin 48

Accessibility + Translation

Please see the information below as you navigate the VIRTUAL 2021 conference on Remo and enjoy the pre-recorded presentations on YouTube! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Remo Remo does not have captioning functionality. However, Google Chrome recently released its new built-in captioning feature! Google Chrome captioning works across social and video sites, podcasts and radio content, personal video libraries (such as Google Photos), embedded video players, and most web-based video or audio chat services.

To learn more about this accessibility feature, please take a look at the Google blog post “ Chrome can now caption audio and video.”

Google Chrome

1. On your computer, open Chrome

2. Click the 3 vertical dots i n the upper right corner of your browser (next to the URL address bar) 3. Click ‘S ettings’ 4. Select ‘A dvanced’ to access the advanced Chrome settings 5. Select ‘A ccessibility’ 6. Toggle the option for 'L ive Caption' o n 7. Go back to your Remo Event and do a hard refresh (CTRL+SHIFT+R on Windows -or- CMD+SHIFT+R on Mac)

You will now be able to read the conversation happening in real-time in both Conversation and Presentation Mode.

Captions through Google Chrome are only available in English at this time; however, all live presentations will be recorded and available through the pre-recorded tab, which will allow you to watch the videos on YouTube where closed-captioning and translation are available.

YouTube YouTube has great options for auto-generated captions and auto-translating.

YouTube: 1. Play video 2. Select the closed captions (CC) button in the bottom right corner of the video. 3. If you would like to change the language, select the gear button which is next to the CC button. 4. Choose “Subtitles/CC English” on the menu 5. Select “Auto-translate” which will bring up a menu of languages to choose from

Here is a video showing how to turn on auto-translate.

GAS Website

Did you know the Glass Art Society website can be translated into more than 100 languages? Visit glassart.org and look for the blue stripe at the top of any page. Select the down arrow ⌄ n ext to “Select Language” and it will open a drop-down menu with all of the available languages.

GAS Market Booths

Can’t find the vendor or artist you’re looking for? Make sure to check both floors of the GAS Market. Some vendors and artists are located on Floor 2. You can use the “elevator” on the right side of the Remo platform to navigate to other floors (pictured to the right).

Alberta University of the Arts The glass program at AUArts fosters creative, independent makers and critical thinkers, and a high level of student interaction with both faculty and guest artists.

Bay Area Glass Institute The Bay Area Glass Institute offers classes in the glass arts, and public lectures and demonstrations by international and locally renowned guest artists.

Chrysler Museum Glass Studio The Perry Glass Studio brings the Chrysler Museum’s internationally-acclaimed glass collection to life by showing visitors how these masterpieces are created.

Coachella Glassworks Video Education | Paul Messink Coachella Glassworks Education provides rich online content that takes you to the next level in your artistic journey. Our C reating Dimension online course teaches you every aspect of Paul Messink's techniques for creating painted, multi-layered glass panels. With more than 25 hours of video content, this 4-course series covers: an introduction to enamels, the multi-layered glass panel process, a painting guide to multi-layered panels, and two specialty topics - bubble control and fog techniques.

Cutting Edge Products Cutting Edge Products — a division of Red Hot Metal — specializes in crafting hand-made, precision tools for the glass artist.

Glass Axis Glass Axis celebrates the art and science of glass. We embrace both the ‘glass as fine art’ ethos that has been our hallmark since 1987, and glass as scientific exploration of chemical and physical change. Adding this STEM learning component serves our #1 organizational priority: Education. Glass Axis is a destination for vibrant possibilities. Open to all, it is the place people come for freedom to learn, experiment, grow, create and share. We encourage creativity, provide opportunities for artists of all ages, and foster a sense of community for our visitors, members, and artists.

Glass Vegas Glass Vegas isn’t just some old ordinary glass art trade show with that same mundane and blahhh feeling. We’re a show that is driven by the passion, success, spirit, and energy of the entire glass culture. We thrive off of each and every one of you beautiful individuals in this tight knit community and strive to embody that essence into the soul of the show.

Glassybaby We hand-blow glass with color and light for people who love to give kindness.

Goldray Glass Goldray works with artists, designers, architects and installers to incorporate glass into creations to create unique spaces. In our factory we manipulate glass for use in public art and construction projects. We work hard at minimizing our impact on the built environment. Producing reusable and recyclable products allow us to empower our customers to deliver safe, beautiful breathtaking projects.

His Glassworks His Glassworks is here to assist you with all your coldworking needs. From equipment to adhesives, abrasives to polishing, and everything in between. We’re here with advice, experience, and support to help you work your glass.

Hot Glass Color & Supply Hot Glass Color & Supply sells color and tools to glass artists and studios all over the world. More than just a supply shop, we partner with our customers to find the perfect solution for your needs. Soft glass or borosilicate, we've got you covered. Featuring Kugler Colors and Clear, Glass Alchemy, NS & TAG colors. We also carry high quality tools by Red Hot Metal, Jasen Johnsen, and other makers. Join us in making the world more beautiful through glass art!

Mobile Glassblowing Studios MGBS is committed to providing all those with an interest in glass blowing with an affordable, simple way to experience hot glass in a wide range of environments. Using these furnaces, we have been able to bring the world of hot glass to audiences who might have never experienced this amazing process otherwise, spreading an appreciation for how things are made to venues not traditionally thought of as "art markets".

Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience Refract will return October 14-17, 2021, as the region’s luminaries of glass art come out to shine with special events, epic exhibitions, studio tours, intriguing demos, and opportunities to connect with artists working in this fascinating medium.

Pilchuck Glass School Pilchuck Glass School is an international center for glass art education. Our serene campus in Stanwood, Washington, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains amidst a working tree farm. From May through September every year, Pilchuck's Summer + Fall Program offers a series of courses as well as residencies for established artists in all media. Summer sessions vary in length and offer concurrent courses in a variety of glassworking processes for artists of all skill levels. Small classes taught by world-renowned artists and instructors emphasize experimentation and teamwork while fostering individual initiative and expression.

Pittsburgh Glass Center Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) is a nonprofit, public-access education center; an art gallery; a state-of-the-art glass studio; a community builder; and a hub for innovation and creativity. Anyone can take classes, explore the contemporary glass gallery, and watch the live hot glass demonstrations. World-renowned glass artists come here to create and teach.

Tulsa Glassblowing School Tulsa Glassblowing School was founded in 2007 and provides an open access hot shop and kiln studio offering unique experiences for anyone interested in the beauty of glass art. From the novice to the skilled glass artist, TGS provides an outlet for creativity, teamwork and self-expression. Opportunities to work with hot glass first hand range from one time experiences to multi-week classes to private lessons. Working with area youth and veterans drives our mission, offering a chance for people of all ages to explore an age old art form.

Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University The Tyler School of Art and Architecture educates and inspires students to be active participants in society with the highest aspirations for creative and social achievement, individual expression, scholarly discovery, and innovation.

Learning at Tyler is a profoundly transformative process in which students exceed their own expectations as creators, scholars, educators, and active citizens. Tyler prepares students to make valuable contributions in a range of fields through the strength of their creative and technical skills, their ability to visualize solutions to problems, and their personal vision informed by social and civic responsibility.

Wet Dog Glass We at WDG are committed to providing our clients with top-notch services and products that range from studio equipment design, fabrication and installation to consultation and technical support. We are specialists in combustion, safety and control systems, so you can count on us to provide you with exactly what you need. We understand the need for efficiency and so we put forth great effort into bringing you products of the highest quality. Since 1996, we have helped glass and ceramic artists around the world to solve problems unique to each situation. When you call on WDG for assistance, we give you all we’ve got! BACK TO TOP 9

GAS Artist Booths Can’t find the vendor or artist you’re looking for? Make sure to check both floors of the GAS Market. Some vendors and artists are located on Floor 2. You can use the “elevator” on the right side of the Remo platform to navigate to other floors (pictured to the right).

Anna Boothe, Pate de Verity A niche glass studio that features kiln cast work inspired by antiquity with a contemporary twist.

Brailsford Public Art | RAB Jewelry

Carol Milne | Knitted Glass Carol Milne creates works in knitted glass using the lost-wax casting process. Her latest work uses LED lighting to create illuminated, knitted glass sculptures.

Cristine Baena | Glass Artist

Erin Pell | Contemporary Glass from the Canadian Prairies Canadian lampworker & glass blower based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Currently focused on creating botanical sculptures featuring mainly native plants & those that evoke childhood memories.

Nathan Sandberg | OnGrade Studio

Tegan Hamilton | Glass Artist Tegan Hamilton is an Australian artist who is currently working in Melbourne, Australia. An active member of the Australian and Seattle glass arenas, she recently moved back to Australia after years working and developing her skills within the highly recognised Seattle glassblowing community. She works with internationally renowned glass artists in Australia and abroad.

Thursday, May 20

Livestreams + Events

All live presentations and events will be held in the LIVESTREAM building unless otherwise noted. You will enter VIRTUAL 2021 on Remo through THE HUB. Once you are on the platform, you can visit the LIVESTREAM building by using the buttons in the bottom right corner (pictured) to navigate to the other buildings.

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HOT DEMO | James Devereux + Katherine Huskie Salmon SCHOOL Project | 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM (PDT) James Devereux and Katherine Huskie of Devereux and Huskie Glassworks, located in Wiltshire, Great Britain, welcome you into their studio as virtual participants in S chool - a n international traveling exhibition that casts light on the diminished state of global salmon and steelhead populations. The installation, spearheaded and conceptualized by artist Joseph Rossano, features a life-size school of mirrored salmon-like forms, sculpted from molten glass by concerned glassmakers from around the world, as well as first-hand video accounts from scientists, artists, and Indigenous peoples. www.thesalmonschool.com | w ww.devereuxandhuskie.co.uk | @ devereuxhuskie

CONFERENCE KICKOFF | Glass Art Society VIRTUAL 2021 Conference Kickoff | 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM (PDT) Join Brandi P. Clark, Jessica Jane Julius, and Nadania Idriss as they help us celebrate the launch of our virtual conference! www.glassart.org

GLASS VIRUS INTERVIEW | Jens Pfeifer + Michael Rogers Glass Virus Conversations: Global Narratives | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT) This lecture explores Michael Roger’s international practices, as an artist, educator, and curator. Rogers has spent a large part of his career traveling and working in countries outside of the US which include Japan, China, South Korea, and Latvia. Through his travels and many years of teaching and collaborations, Rogers has collected a unique array of global narratives. In conversation with artist/researcher Jens Pfeifer, Rogers will share and explore the cultural richness of the connections garnered through these lived experiences.

Jens Pfeifer is an artist and Head of the Large Glass Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. He also is the founder and chairman of the Glass Virus.

Michael Rogers currently divides his time living and working in Riga, Latvia, and upstate New York in the US. He maintains active research relationships with Rochester Institute of Technology, the Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, and Alfred University. www.michaelrogersart.site/work | w ww.jenspfeifer.org | w ww.theglassvirus.com

RECEPTION | Member + Student Exhibitions Connections + Evolution: Showcasing GAS Members + Students | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT) NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN THE HUB

HOT DEMO | Claire Kelly + Corning Museum of Glass 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT) For this demo, I will roll up cane on a clear bubble to create pinwheels. These will be stored in an oven. Then I’ll overlay a lot of opal blue over enamel white to create a brilliant sky blue. My assistant will gather clear glass a few times. When the gather is ready I’ll use a torch to preheat areas of the bubble and begin sticking the pinwheels onto the preheated surface. Once we have everything applied and nicely worked in we will blow and sculpt the form with cork blocks. I’ll punty it once, close it off, and finish it with just a small pinhole to let air escape. And we’ll be doing it all with masks on! Thanks to the Studio for creating and installing a mechanical inflation system so we can still blow glass during Covid-19. www.clairekellyglass.com | w ww.cmog.org | @ clairekellyglass

HOT DEMO | Leo Tecosky Revolution | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (PDT) This demonstration will encompass multiple processes to create glasswork that addresses our Civil Rights movement. Techniques covered will be stuffed cups, hot sculpting, experimental enamel work, glass graffiti, and activism. This virtual venue will be the perfect platform to encourage and embolden all of us to use our medium, glass, to tell the world that we stand for what’s right and bring glass as an art form to the table of artistic activism. I plan to sculpt blown letterforms, arrows, and stars into a composition resembling a graffiti “throw-up” or bubble letter style that shouts out the Black Lives Matter movement. www.leotecosky.com | @ anserglass

FLAME DEMO | Sibelle Yuksek Anatomical Sculpting | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (PDT) Sibelle will show how to hollow sculpt a figure. www.sibelley.com | @ sibelley

FLAME DEMO | Earl Jr. Klein Bottle | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (PDT) The klein bottle is a 3D representation of a 4D concept. Essentially a klein is a 3D representation of infinity and the 4th dimension. I’ve been fascinated with this concept for quite some time and recently came up with a way to modify it into a functional piece. Earl Jr. will go through the process of making a klein bottle. The klein bottle process gives the viewer several aspects of making internal seals and shaping. It’s a great way for a beginner to gain a further understanding of scientific glass work.

@earljrglass

GALLERY TOUR | Traver Gallery Mel Douglas Exhibition | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (PDT) Join us for a special tour at the renowned Traver Gallery, located in Seattle, WA and dedicated to contemporary glass art! Director Sarah Traver, alongside Mel Douglas, an Australian glass artist, will take us on a guided tour of Douglas' current solo exhibition and then discuss Douglas' life, work, and process in an intimate conversation. Space is limited to only 50 participants. Be sure to grab your spot before they're gone! www.travergallery.com | @ travergallery | @ meldouglasglass NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN ZOOM & REQUIRES ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION.

HOT DEMO | Ayano Yoshizumi + JamFactory 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PDT) As an alumna of JamFactory's Associate program, Ayano Yoshizumi will be demonstrating a variety of processes for the development of her ICON Series. Using glassblowing, mold blowing, and hot joining, Ayano will develop complex artworks in JamFactory's hotshop with a team of past and recent alumni. www.ayanoyoshizumi.com | w ww.jamfactory.com.au | @ ayanoyoshizumi_glass

HOT DEMO | Kensuke Takeoka Line Transition | 10:00 PM - 12:00AM (PDT) My work is knitting, a structure with glass lines. By blowing the glass, the shape is rounded out. Each regular line changes softly depending on the force that swells outside. A line is born from the melted glass. The process by which it becomes a structure and becomes three-dimensional appears in the work as a movement of the line.

@kensuketakeoka

Pre-Recorded Presentations Pre-recorded presentations released on each day of the conference can be found by clicking the “Pre-Recorded Presentations” button within THE HUB in the VIRTUAL 2021 event on Remo (pictured below). This will open an exclusive GAS webpage that features playlists with links to each presentation video.

CULTURAL LECTURE | Pilar Aldana-Méndez Glass, Lights & Color at the Sagrada Familia Temple - Barcelona | 48 Minutes Thanks to the experience in the treatment of light in my sculptural glasswork, I was in charge of the creation of nine sculptures in solid glass for the top of the Sacristy Tower for the Sagrada Familia Temple in Barcelona, a very special commission from the architects of the temple. The project took place between 2014 and 2016. This lecture will discuss the evolution of the project with the realization in the Czech Republic and details of the installation.

The lecture includes my deep research about light and color at the Temple presented by amazing photos taken all year round to catch the different effects of light. The study of the presence of glass as a key element to creating the warm atmosphere predicted by Gaudi. The research includes the stained glass windows, the lanterns suspended in the ceiling, the sculptures in glass, and the Venetian glass mosaics of the pinnacles. I also present the concepts of rule geometry used by Gaudi to create the architectural patterns that will flood the interior of the temple with light, his research about color by Tricomy, and his experiments to measure the vibration of colors.

The Sagrada Familia Temple is a great treasure of the cultural heritage of humanity. It is the condensation of more than one century of research, experience, and actions initiated by the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudi and followed by the coherent group of architects, industrials, craftsmen, and artists who have worked and who still continue to build the temple. www.aldana-mendez.net | w ww.pilaraldana-mendez.blogspot.com | @ pilar.aldanamendez

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LECTURE | Claire Bell Glass graffiti; Starting from Scratch | 39 Minutes From November 5th, 2020, I took the plunge and went full-time as a mural engraver and mirror maker. This presentation will document how I got there, the history of the medium, and the creation of public and private artwork from then up to the conference in this unusual medium.

Mural engraving is an inspiring, but largely forgotten art in the studio glass world, pioneered by New Zealander John Hutton in the 1950s for The Great West Screen in Coventry Cathedral, England. It involves the use of float glass as a canvas for the engraver’s images, which are engraved using large and small drills. I was lucky enough to have a mentorship in 2017 with English engraver Jennifer Conway, who learned this technique from John and his son Warrick Hutton in the 1970s. While there, under her suggestion, I applied for and gained a 2018 Rakow Research residency at the Corning Museum Library to expand my practice and learn about applying mirror-making techniques to my engravings.

In 2019-2020 I was given the opportunity to scale up and design and create engraved bus shelters for John Hutton’s hometown of Whanganui, where I now live. One is finished, and two are going to be drawn up and engraved over the next three months, alongside smaller works for galleries and other in and outdoor commissions. There are not many of us working today in this way, and I’d like to lift the lid and share it with you all. www.clairebell.glass | @ claireellenbell

TECHNICAL LECMO | Vanessa Cutler Industry and I | 31 Minutes This will be a demonstration of how I work with industry and water jet technology. Many ask about the process and this would be an opportunity to go through the manufacture of a piece of work from the CAD work and drawings through to the industrial collaboration and end result. It will cover the use of the various machines that have been employed in my work over recent years from 3-axis through to 5-axis. It will offer insight and tips to the accessibility of using the process, its benefits, and insight into my practice www.vanessacutler.com | @ vanessacutler

FILM | María Eugenia Diaz de Vivar Glass by Ibero-American Women | 38 Minutes This v ideo documentary brings together a selection of outstanding women in the field of glass in Ibero-America. Artists, directors of institutions, designers, among others. Each of them will make a description of their work, explain what the glass represents for them and what their next projects are. The objective is to spread the work of these women and the influence they are generating in the community with their contribution. With the hashtag #glassbywomen we want to promote women's work and maybe think about generating an award from the GAS for future editions.

Featuring: ● Argentina: S ilvia Levenson, M iriam Di Fiore, C laudia Golzman, L ourdes Zenobi, Andrea da Ponte ● Uruguay: J eanine Altman ● Brazil: L uciana Medeiros

● Colombia: M arta Isabel Ramírez ● Costa Rica: S ilvia Monge, N atalia Phillips ● Mexico: L uisa Restrepo ● Panama: I sabel De Obaldia, G ladys Sevillano ● Venezuela: A na María Nava ● Spain: M aría Luisa Martínez, S ara Sorribes, M ontserrat Duran Muntadas www.objetosconvidrio.com | @ objetosconvidrio

ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE | Celia Garland The Glass Environmentalist | 33 Minutes There are those who say that glass art and conservation are opposing interests. I disagree. Glassmaking throughout history has had environmental impacts, deforestation for fuel, mining for materials, and localized impacts of production. While many glassblowers hold little to no historical guilt for our craft, as we move into the ever-pressing concerns of a warming climate, now is the time to reckon with our impact on our environment and ensure that our collective contributions are higher than our consumption.

As our society moves away from glass and toward plastic as a default, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the long-lasting repercussions of this. Glass isn’t blameless, for our medium has gone from a symbol of wealth to nearly being considered as disposable as plastic.

Countless glass artists continue to draw upon nature for inspiration. The beauty of the natural world has an incredible pull. As most artists learn throughout the creation process, an attachment to the source of inspiration is to be expected. In turn, glassblowers use their artistic expression to create societal awareness, which spurs and ignites genuine change.

I’ve found that having one foot in both the art and scientific world proves difficult at times, but ultimately beneficial. With a bit of history, science, and plenty of glass magic, I hope to show why turning up the heat isn’t inevitable. The allure and inherent value of glass, combined with the limitless potential of glass’s recyclability and use, make it a clear choice for the planet. www.celiagarland.com | @ celiagarland

PERSONAL PRACTICE LECTURE | Romina Gonzales Energy in Motion | 32 Minutes Glass has the ability to record irreplicable moments. I will speak about its memory, its responsiveness, and the development of methods for increasing productivity and scale. I will discuss three techniques that are essential to my work in glass: pulling, mechanical inflation, and controlled disruption.

“Finding The Window” consists of ladled masses of glass stretched while molten using only heat and gravity. “Formations” are amorphous pieces made by dropping solid gathers onto a surface and inflating them with compressed air. Both of these processes involve making a finalized piece in one go using solely the temperature provided by the furnace. “Molecular Tension” explores abrupt temperature changes in blown forms by super-cooling an area with compressed air until natural breakage occurs, as one portion of the piece contracts forcibly while the other portion remains expanded and relaxed. These three techniques revolve around a gesture and intend to capture e-motion, defined here as energy-in-motion. Glass is outstanding as a vehicle to translate the vibrational frequencies that exist in this material world, exceptionally illustrating that our biology is our biography. Through observation, investigation, and experimentation, I approach glassmaking as a study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world and its contemporary applications. By presenting glass in a condition that the public isn't normally used to encounter, perceptions of what is possible expands. This experience then translates into other areas of life, allowing us to live more consciously, openly, and fully. www.rominagonzales.com

BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Jason Harris Successful Studios in a Tumultuous Climate | 42 Minutes I will present a lecture that talks about how to maintain a successful studio and sustainable glass art business in this tumultuous climate through a pivot. www.jeromebaker.com

GAS PANEL | Jessica Jane Julius, Brandi P. Clark, Leo Tecosky + Mike Saroka Looking Forward: GAS Mission, Vision + Values | 15 Minutes www.glassart.org

TECHNICAL LECTURE | Dr. Jessamy Kelly + Dr. Goshka Bialek Entrapment: The development of inclusions and inner space within glass | 58 Minutes A talk about the use of intentional inclusions and inner space within art glass. A short history of inclusions in glass will be presented alongside a range of different techniques that are used when adding glass or metal inclusions to glass. We will also present some of the material compatibility problems we have solved during our research when mixing other materials with glass. In addition, a selection of artists that use other inclusions in glass such as air inclusions, pre-made glass inclusions, and print will be discussed. This talk sets out the parameters of the field providing an in-depth study into the concept and use of inclusions which plays an important part in understanding why so many artists use inclusions in their practice. Through this talk, we will define and explore the variety of ways, both from a historical and contemporary perspective, that inclusions in glass, have been combined together over many years. www.jessamykellyglass.com | w ww. goshkabialek.pl

SOCIAL ISSUES LECTURE | Silvia Levenson Political Revelation in Glass | 30 Minutes I was born in Argentina and I had to emigrate to Italy during the Argentinean dictatorship. All my work is connected with social and political issues: the work of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina, violence against women, racism, and discrimination against refugees. I was working with Berlin Glass and the Glass Biennale in the UK with refugees and immigrants. I will show how glass can be a medium for speaking about conflicts and how art can modify the feeling of viewers. www.silvialevenson.com | w ww.youtube.com/c/silvialevenson | @ silvia_levenson

COLD ENGRAVING DEMO | Eliška Monsportová Engraved | 14 Minutes I would like to start my presentation by introducing myself, my curriculum vitae, my studies, main inspiration, resources, and motivation for my work. I have particular interests in production that have accompanied my journey ever since, which I would also like to mention. Such as love for craftsmanship, hand-making, engraving, sketching, working with textile, etc. Next, I will make sure to highlight the work attitude I stand by. Meaning that I value quality over quantity, that I prefer producing alone rather than with a subcontractor, that the craft relaxes me and to me represents a sort of a meditation. The presentation will be appended by samples of my engraving work as well as bespoke designs as they were drawn up and produced. The craft of engraving has a deep and continuous tradition, its working principles, and techniques, which I will also be mentioning. www.monsportova.com

STUDENT PANEL | Paige L. Morris, Bri Gluszak, Stephanie Alacon + May Chua Post Graduate Preparedness | 53 Minutes Join current GAS Student Representative Paige L. Morris as she moderates a conversation with Bri Gluszak, MFA student at Ohio State University: Stephanie Alacon, a student working on an Associate’s degree from Palomar College in California: and May Chua, BFA student at Toyama City Institute of Glass Art. They will dive into critical elements educators and glass programs need to consider, such as professional practices in a class dedicated to the subject; formats for these professional practices; mentor/mentorship; responsiveness to the pandemic and changes to professional practices within art education; and most importantly, what would or could be best practices for a business practice pedagogy and what critical information may be missing from this aspect of art education.

@paigelizbethmorris | @ studio.gluszak | @ nialacon | @ whitehorsegrey

CULTURAL LECTURE | Aya Oki Glass Art which is Colored with Japanese Culture & the Aesthetic of Craft (Kogei) | 3 3 Minutes This lecture focuses on Japanese Culture and the Aesthetic of Craft (Kogei) which has been influencing glass art in Japan nowadays. I will also dive into the development of Japanese traditions such as Japanese clothes, comics, and poetry, as well as, Japanese glass artists, their work, and my own work as it relates to kogei.When wearing Japanese Kimonos, people must follow strict requirements in order to meet the expectations and limitations of tradition. However, it is due to these limitations and challenges that our culture grows. Similarly, poets use Haiku as a popular poetry format with focuses on the limitations set by the format. It’s under these limitations that a deeper understanding and appreciation can be found.Kogei is defined as Japanese Crafts made for functional everyday use that have practicality and aesthetic value, but it is also a practice and way of life that artisans follow in their pursuit of strong craftsmanship. I apply a Kogei approach when making glassworks. I begin with the material first and then come up with the idea. I also apply aspects of Japanese culture by restricting the material to only one focus and then developing it from there. It’s an expression of the material and myself.Since I was born and have grown up in Japan, I would like to introduce Japanese Kogei aesthetic and approach and then share examples of this approach from influential Japanese artists and also from myself with the Glass Art Society. www.aya-oki.com | @ ayaokidoki

STUDIO TOUR | Plasma Art Alliance Light on the Horizon | 24 Minutes An exhibition of plasma light art from artists around the globe, presented by the Plasma Art Alliance. www.plasmaartalliance.com | @ plasma_art_alliance

HOT DEMO | Ondřej Novotný + Zdeněk Žigo aka Grýša Bohemian Rap-Soda | 40 Minutes Novotny Glass Centre in Novy Bor includes a hot-shop studio, cold shop, museum, restaurant, gallery, and glass-making tool production. This presentation will show master goblet making for US brand Juliska, master Petr Novotny playing with glass, and pieces of art by Ondrej Novotny and our gypsy friend Grysa. www.novotnyglass.cz | @ novotnyglass

FLAME DEMO | Ivan Bestari Minar Pradipta Scrap glass flameworking | 43 Minutes This is a demonstration of how I make art from scrap glass using flameworking.

@ivanoozz

SAXE EMERGING ARTISTS PANEL | Nate Ricciuto, Joshua Kerly + Gracia Nash 2020 Saxe Emerging Artists | 1 Hour 45 Minutes Our Saxe Emerging Artists Award provides artists with promising talent an opportunity to introduce their work to a broad audience of established artists, educators, peers, collectors, art historians, and critics. Our 2020 award winners, Nate Ricciuto, Joshua Kerly, and Gracia Nash are coming together to share more about their artistic processes, inspirations, and more.

2020 Saxe Emerging Artists Catalog | @ natealso | @ joshuakerleymaker | @ gracia.glass

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PANEL | Frederik Rombach, Anselm Croze, Jeff Zimmer, David Mola + Ilanit Shalev Building a New Virtual Landscape with Financial Sustainability | 1 Hour Join us for a lovely conversation as panelists discuss what their current virtual landscape looks like pre-pandemic and currently and seek to answer questions such as: How do you maintain (or foster) relationships with network or community, i.e. vendors/customers/contractors? Are there things you’ve started to do in the pandemic that you know will continue to do in the future? And, how do you stay true to yourself and your organization while adapting to what you need to do to keep your doors open?

Moderator: ● Frederik Rombach, Rombachs Glas, Belgium Panel: ● Anselm Croze, Kitengala Hot Glass, Nairobi ● Jeff Zimmer, co-founder of GlasslabEdinburgh, UK ● David Mola, co-founder of GlasslabEdinburgh, UK ● Ilanit Shalev, Ilanit Shalev Glass Art Company, USA

Panelists w ill be available for a live Q&A Thursday, May 19th at 9 AM (PDT). Join them at their table to learn more about them! www.rombachs.com | w ww.kitengela.com | w ww.glasslabedinburgh.com | w ww.ilanitshalev.com

KILN LECMO | Katrina Ruby-Chirco Every Last Shard - Making the Most of Your Materials | 48 Minutes This lecmo is based on the principle of recycling; using what you have in the corners of your home studio, garage, junkyard, etc. to create kiln-fired pieces.

During the challenges of the pandemic, I have relied more than ever on my commitment to using secondhand, discarded, and even third-hand materials.

Recycled from home remodeling projects, picture frames, the thrift store, recycling bins, industrial projects, and more; usable kiln glass can be found almost anywhere. With some inspiration, we can

BACK TO TOP 21 save money and send some respect to Mother Nature by using every last shard. My presentation will highlight innovative ways to use glass, literally, down to dust. www.glassworksbykatrina.com | @ katrubyglass

BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Aimee E. Sones I know how to MAKE GLASS ART, now what? | 21 Minutes Have you perfected your craft, completed school, a recent workshop or years of self-taught exploration, and are now ready for the world and your community to see what you do?

Are you ready to reach a broader audience, sell your work and be successful in the digital age?

In this lecture, I dive into the possibilities through the broad use and integration of digital systems behind the scenes for successful artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and nonprofit studios.

Guided by over twenty years of experience in the field, I will share examples of how to integrate free apps that can be used on your phone or tablet to create and edit still and video documentation of your work, fliers, and catalogs for your budding or expanding business, and cloud storage to work on the go from home while commuting and traveling.

I’ll also share tips and techniques for everything from creating/refreshing your brand identity to maintaining and updating your website, newsletters, email campaigns, and social media.

Not to be forgotten will be tools for running a small business and staying organized, while working across multiple platforms, plus all the odds and ends from tracking sales, and inquiries to communicating and maintaining global relationships across many time zones.

Lastly, I’ll touch on building resilience, emotional intelligence, and GRIT to get you through to the next level of your career or transition as an artist, curator, educator, arts administrator, or entrepreneur. www.aimeesones.com | @ aimeesones

TECHNICAL LECMO | Mitcheal Veenstra + Catherine Wehlburg You see a pile of bricks - I see a furnace: building a simple and affordable furnace | 31 Minutes The heart of any glassblowing hotshop is the furnace. It’s also the most confusing and expensive piece for an aspiring hotshop builder to acquire. You can certainly purchase a furnace from one of many fantastic dealers – or you can build one yourself for a lot less. We see many small studios and hot shops struggling financially and this prevents overall access to the art – especially from marginalized and underrepresented peoples. This session will show the process we used to build a simple, reconfigurable, flexible, propane-powered, day-use brick furnace for less than $1000, plus the cost of your burner-train, in the hopes that we can better open the doors to glass blowing with lower

BACK TO TOP 22 introductory costs. This furnace is reasonably efficient, easy to build, and easy to modify to make it fit your needs and harkens back to the early days of studio glassblowing. We’ll show the plans, the process for building, and the way that we use this furnace as well as share the story of how this came to be. Come and join us as we load in the morning, fire up, blow glass, and shut down in the afternoon!

@wvglassworks

LECMO | Charlotte Wilkinson Manipulation of the intangible | 33 Minutes This is a presentation based on my Ph.D. research into the application of holograms onto handmade glass objects and the effect of hot and cold processes on the holographic image. The practical aim of my research is to produce a series of objects that explore the aesthetic, decorative use of holography when applied to handmade glass objects; whilst the theoretical aim of my research is to build an analytical framework in which to situate this new work.

Key areas to discuss: 1. The effect of glass on the holographic image - using the material qualities of glass to artificially alter the positioning of the holographic image. 2. Light as a tool and feature. 3. Transforming objects of novelty into objects of wonder - the development of holograms into sophisticated, contemporary glass art.

Techniques to be highlighted: 1. Novel approaches to the production of holograms. 2. Combining glass and holography beyond using glass simply as the “vehicle” for the emulsion.

As with most visually unstable surfaces, portraying holograms virtually faces some challenges. The artifacts that will be integral to my presentation will be incorporated as video clips and photographs to best capture and communicate the ephemeral moments of wonder. www.charlottewilkinson.co.uk | @ _charlotte_wilkinson_

IDENTITY LECTURE | Emma Woffenden Who has the power to do what to whom? | 40 Minutes The lecture title is a question my work explores in relation to gender in societal, religious, and domestic settings, at the same time recognising the fluid states of masculinity and femininity and how these two merge. The feminine voice can be silenced and craft dumbed down, my projects such as Play-Fight, Cross-dressing, and Elephant Revenge explore power struggles, hierarchal dualities, and powerlessness. My work talks about ugly events using beautiful forms without glorification and I will show how this connects me to statuary and figurative sculpture in the history of art.

I will explain how having been trained to a high level of craft with a certain set of material values, I challenged myself to make something meaningful by doing the opposite, resisting the urge to get lost in process, how contrarily glass skills and ‘glass language’ remained central to my practice.

I refer to the sociologist and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu’s idea of ‘symbolic violence’, that non-physical and unconsciously complicit violence is manifested in power differentials between social groups, that ‘the normal’ is imposed by the group with most social power, an insidious and pervasive reality not simply a gender conflict. Bourdieu’s ideas were applied to inequalities between disadvantaged, marginalised populations and the rest of the world, they reflect my unease, a feeling about power and glory within human society.

During the pandemic the value of people and their roles were questioned, we imagined change, different roles, and brighter futures. www.emmawoffenden.com | @ emma.woffenden

Friday, May 21

Livestreams + Events

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KILN LECMO | Lisbeth Biger The Beauty of Discarded Glass | 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM (PDT) After using recycled glass for several years, I want to celebrate the very specific beauty of this type of cast glass. The results of cast bottles or jars should not be regarded as the lesser choice, but simply as one more option. Choosing to work with recycled glass because of economic or environmental reasons can definitely be reason enough. But my interest in the material has shifted, to be primarily the beautiful marble-like structure that is so often overlooked.

During this lecmo I will share how to choose the right type of recycled glass, share my experience of firing and annealing with an unknown annealing temperature, and show how to use the shape of the bottle as a design aspect in the finished piece of art.

I would like to promote the option of using recycled glass, in any university-level glass program, not as the lesser choice, but as a viable alternative.

@Lisbethbiger

COLD DEMO | Lothar Böttcher, Michael Robert Bokrosh, Samuel Weisenborn, Patrick Roth, Tobby Ritzkowski + Simon Holm Lathe Riders: Secret Techniques from the Cold Shop | 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM (PDT) Lathe Riders is a collaborative presentation specifically focussing on the cold shop studio and cold-working techniques. The aim of this lecmo is to pass on the passion and knowledge from the presenters to inspire current and future generations of cold workers. Lathe Riders is also a continuation of the spirit of Grit & Wheels (the first international cold worker get together in 2019 in Schiesheim, Germany) encouraging and promoting cold work as a unique technique and skill, as well as building a stronger network and presence for this branch of creative glass worldwide. www.lotharbottcher.com | w ww.linkedin.com/in/lotharb1 | @ lotharbottcher

YOGA | Rosie Daniel Yoga for Creatives | 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM (PDT) Join us for a Yin Yoga class with Rosie Daniel, live from Traver Gallery in Seattle, WA. This hour-long class will guide you through breathing techniques, movement, and relaxation among Mel Douglas’s work. After this session feel free to join Rosie for a Q&A at one of the Remo tables! www.rosiedanielyoga.com | @ rosiedanielyoga

GLASS VIRUS INTERVIEW | Caroline Madden + Joseph McBrinn Glass Virus Conversations: Forgotten Narratives | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT) This lecture features Dr. Caroline Madden in an interview with Dr. Joseph Mc Brinn, who is currently researching and writing a biography of the Irish artist Evie Hone who was widely heralded as the greatest stained-glass artist of the twentieth century. In this interview, Dr. Mc Brinn will discuss the complex process of researching the material history of craft, where only fragments of an archive exist, and of unearthing the fascinating story of a highly individual artist who left a remarkable legacy.

Dr. Caroline Madden is an artist/researcher and lecturer in the School of Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design in Ireland and co-researcher for the Glass Virus.

Dr. Joseph Mc Brinn is a writer, curator, and lecturer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He writes about and has lectured widely on Irish art, design, and craft. He has published extensively on the intersecting histories of gender, disability, and sexuality in art and design and particularly in modern craft and has served as an editor on the Journal of Modern Craft. www.ncad.ie/directory/view/dr.-caroline-madden | w ww.ulster.ac.uk/staff/j-mcbrinn

RECEPTION | Green Exhibition Trace: Showcasing Sustainability in Glass Art | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT) For our first green exhibition, we’re coming together to celebrate everyone who made this exhibition possible. Plus, we’ll announce the winners and honorable mentions. Hear from members of the GAS Green Committee, some of the winners of the exhibition, and more! NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN THE HUB

HOT DEMO | Elliot Walker Demo from a Random British Guy | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT) www.ewalkerglassart.co.uk | @ ewalkerglassart

ACTIVITY | Carlyn Rae + Ashley Carter Glass Passport Activity Make-Along | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (PDT) After our successful launch of the Glass Passport last fall, we’re excited to bring you a live version for VIRTUAL 2021.

Glass Passport | w ww.carlynraydesigns.com NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN THE EDUCATION BUILDING.

ACCESSIBILITY PANEL | Elizabeth “Ann” Potter, Harry Seaman, Scout Cartagena + Debra Ruzinsky Creating Accessible Spaces: a Conversation for Glass Studios | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PDT) This panel is about the challenges that people who have disabilities face in learning to blow glass. It is a story of learning, how instructors make modifications, and looks at how glassblowing can be more accessible while challenging this community to be more accessible to artists with disabilities, especially physical ones. Ann Potter has been a student of Phillip Hickcok, Bill Passmore, Hugh Willa, and has worked with Ed Schmid. Moderator: ● Debra Ruzinsky, USA Panel: ● Scout Cartagena, USA ● Harry Seaman, USA ● Elizabeth “Ann” Potter, USA

@debraruzinsky | @ scoutcartagenamakes | @ harryseaman | @ Seattle_lotus_Glass

HOT DEMO | Dan Friday at the Seattle Glassblowing Studio Reef Net Anchor | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (PDT) The artist team at Seattle Glassblowing Studio works to hot sculpt a slice of pizza in our downtown Seattle hot shop. The piece will utilize color layering, hand sculpting, and murrini application to achieve a semi-realistic slice of food art. www.fridayglass.com | @ danfriday |w ww.seattleglassblowing.com | @ seattleglassblowing

HOT DEMO | Tegan Hamilton Hot Glass Sculpting | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (PDT) The global nature of the glass community leads to so many different connections. The connections between techniques, people, and place are all pertinent to glass development. I grew up in country Australia, moved to Melbourne for college and transitioned to the glass scene in Seattle for 7 years, and traveled back to Australia. Through all of those places and all of the “glass travel’’ that I’ve done,

I’ve picked up so many techniques and tricks. I want to demonstrate a cocktail of techniques to represent the amazing multitude of experiences that I’ve had in my global journey. I’m excited to be able to be working in a studio in Melbourne, with Australian artists, demonstrating to other artists from around the world. To places that I have taken snippets of techniques to my craft.

In this demonstration, I plan to sculpt a piece of glass that will be painted, brought back up to temperature, and then encased within a solid glass form. Many of my sculptures represent glass vessels as visual signifiers of the containment of cultural knowledge represented within museums. My glass provides a representation of our obsession with collecting, categorising, and preserving the world around us. This piece would represent my global journey and development as an artist. www.teganhamilton.com | @ tegan.hamilton

KILN LECMO | Evelyn Gottschall Baker Non-Traditional Pâte de Verre | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (PDT) I have experimented extensively with glass powders, developing a unique method of forming glass paste into sculptures that are fired without the use of investment molds. My experience as a Test Engineer has proved invaluable in shaping the discipline necessary for the methodical, detailed testing required to create the complex firing schedules for this method, which must account for shrinkage, varying thicknesses, and the way in which heat affects individual components. It is my pleasure to share this technique through teaching other artists, as well as through the display of completed sculptures.

During this lecmo, I will demonstrate my Pâte de Verre method to create objects that are fired without the use of investment molds. I will use reusable silicone molds that are filled with glass paste and frozen, then remove the frozen positive from the mold and use a low-heat process to dry the object. Once dry, the object resembles clay “leather” which can be carved and modified to add more detail as desired. I will also discuss the kiln setup, which does not require a mold for support although materials such as fiber paper, sand, aluminum oxide, and kiln furniture can be used to provide stability to the object during the firing process. Other considerations will be presented, including challenges such as dealing with shrinkage and color maturation, as well as the importance of documentation. Several completed sculptures will be shown and discussed to enable the audience to see possibilities. www.GlassFractions.com | @ GlassfractionsStudio

HOT DEMO | Kenji Ito Hot Sculpting | 9:00 PM - 1:30 AM (PDT) Blown and sculpted glass animal form created at Aya Glass Studio in Kawasaki, Japan, with a team of about 4 people. www.ayaglass.o.oo7.jp | @ kenji2560

PERSONAL PRACTICE LECTURE | Kate Baker Articulating the Ethereal - Digital and moving image practice within a studio glass context | 30 Minutes This presentation will provide a comprehensive look at the concepts and techniques I have been developing in my studio in recent years as a part of my Ph.D. studio-based research with the Australian National University School of Art and Design. This body of research has taken place over a four-year period and is focused on the relationship between both digital and moving image technologies and studio glass. The presentation will provide insights into the techniques and innovations I have been developing to integrate both the digital image and more recently the projected moving image with studio glass installation. Focusing on an interdisciplinary approach this presentation will demonstrate how glass can be successfully integrated into a broad contemporary art framework involving photography, film, performance, installation as well as the full breadth of studio glass processes. www.katebaker.com.au | @ katebakerart

CULTURAL LECTURE | Marzena Krzemińska Baluch + Kalina Bańka Polish Glass / tradition and education | 31 Minutes This presentation will be about 70 years of glass and the glass and interdisciplinary education system at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design in Wrocław, Poland. We would like to introduce a group of educators and artists who create the history of the polish glass scene. Show the audience the traditional grinding technique we use in Poland. Additionally, introduce our newly founded MFA in Visual Arts study program and education at the Doctoral School which is open for international students. We are also open to international exchange between faculty and students from around the world. www.marzenakrzeminska.com | @ marzena.krzeminska.52 | @ baluchmarzenakrzeminska

CULTURAL LECTURE | Pascale Beaudet Creativity and Refinement: Women Glass Artists from Quebec | 53 Minutes This lecture will lay emphasis on seven women artists coming from one province of Canada, Quebec. Artists here are not very well known in the States, except for a few and they merit publicity. I wish to expose the incredible creativity and refinement of these artists, aged from 36 to 77. Moreover, many women artists from Quebec do not receive the deserved acknowledgment for it. This lecture will be about equity.

Five of these artists work with one technique or several: either blown glass, flameworked, or thermoformed glass, and linger on this precarious border between visual arts and craft. Two of them name themselves visual artists and use multiple media, but mainly glass, to express their thoughts and feelings.

From the oldest to the youngest: Lisette Lemieux works with all kinds of material, notably glass, paper, and metal to express fugitive and wonderful moments through light and words. Michèle Lapointe tells beautiful and melancholic stories with installations often using dolls and glass. Susan Edgerley writes ethereal glass words or creates magical installations with flameworked glass. Claudie Gagnon forms surprising ceiling pendants. Carole Frève uses delicate labyrinths to express the difficulties of life. Annie Cantin produces playful installations for delight and contemplation while Montserrat Duran Muntadas speaks of motherhood with astonishing and delicately adorned pieces.

@pascale.beaudet.39

FILM / PANEL | Shayla Behrman Collab with Robert Mickelsen Glass Vegas 2020 | 2 Hours Part documentary part panel, this presentation is moderated by Mike Mason, who after showing footage from Glass Vegas 2020, sits down with Shayla Behrman and Robert Mickelson to discuss their experience from Glass Vegas 2020.

@Windstar_Glass | @ ramickelsen | @ glassvegasexpo

IDENTITY LECTURE | Kayla Cantu an(Other) practice | 35 Minutes I am fat. I am female. I am half-Mexican. I am bisexual. The goals I have for this lecture include discussing various ways individuals identify as “other”, and how society’s desire for normalcy results in the erasure of identity. By drawing from personal narrative, feminist theory, and scholarly investigations into psychological research, this lecture and my practice parallel glass processes to human identity by exploring these questions: How can differences be used as tools for understanding rather than tools for isolation? What role does erasure play in our art practice and how do we identify? By connecting glass to concepts of human identity, what are these discussions in service of?

My lecture highlights failures within my practice as a means to speak to human capability and desire for understanding. Through hollow-core casting and processes influenced by glass adjacent thinking, I explore various physical and psychological ways in which humans identify. When castings fail, I view them in the same way I view myself. I disregard what they were desired to exist and alter my perception to explore what they are capable of. Rather than dwell on their assumed wrongness, I search for relatability in their differences. I view these works in the same way I desire to be viewed in my otherness. My lecture will explore the necessity of diversity and question what we think we know about our artistic practices, others, and ourselves. www.Kaylancantu.com | @ kaylacantu66

SAXE EMERGING ARTISTS PANEL | Bri Chesler, Morgan Gilbreath + Erin Hoffman 2021 Saxe Emerging Artists | 1 Hour 30 Minutes Out of 38 nominated artists from 10 different countries, Bri Chesler, Morgan Gilbreath, and Erin Hoffman were selected to receive the 2021 Saxe Emerging Artist Award because of their fresh and unique approaches to working with glass. Explore the exhibition, and then watch these amazing creators discuss their artistic process, inspirations, and more.

2021 Saxe Emerging Artists Exhibition | @ brichesler | @ morgangilb | @ erinphoffman

COMMUNITY PANEL | DMG School Project (Lauren Hill + Duncan McClellan) DMG. Demonstrate, Mentor, Grow | 50 Minutes Demonstrate - What we’ve done. Join us as we recap with recipients of DMG’s residency program such as Aya Oki, Julie Johnson, and Raven Skyriver. Mentor - Where we are. Community outreach programming with mobile glass blowing lab and virtual learning. Grow - Where we are going. We are honored to announce our New and Upcoming Stephen Rolfe Powell Residency. In addition to this exciting development, we are also partnering with "Creative Pinellas" for a DMG educational, satellite campus. www.dmgschoolproject.org | @ dmgschoolproject | @ DMGschoolproject

HOT DEMO | Gray Barn Studios (Jimmy Anderegg, Conor McClellan + Megan Stelljes) Pilchuck Presents: Gray Barn Studios | 1 Hour 14 Minutes Pilchuck Glass School is proud to present upcoming Artists@Work residents from Gray Barn Studios. Gray Barn Studios was founded in 2018 in Arlington, WA by Jimmy Anderegg, Nicole Anderegg, Conor McClellan, and Megan Stelljes. Together they operate hot, cold, and neon glass spaces, creating work as individuals as well as collaboratively. They bring together a passion for the material, as well as education and community building. Watch them collaborate on a hot assembled glass panel highlighting each of their various technical skills and talents. Filmed and edited by Abram Deslauriers. www.pilchuck.org | @ graybarnstudios | @ jimmy_anderegg | @ ronoc101 | @ meganstelljes

KILN LECMO | Leslie Rowe Isrealson + Ryan Bavin HATCHING OF IDEA: From the Kiln to the Hotshop | 38 Minutes Ryan Bavin and I would like to walk you through the creation of kiln cast glass pieces being brought to the hot shop, manipulated, and blown out to create a sculptural vessel form that brings the viewer to think of "HATCHING OF IDEAS". Ryan and I have worked together for years now, and enjoy the challenges of taking Bullseye Glass into the hot shop and manipulating it into unique and one-of-a-kind designs. We would also like to introduce artists to a mold material called Mold Mix 6 from Zircar Refractory Composites that allows us multiple firings. With the use of multiple firings, we can then create pieces like feathers that can be attached to the vessel to form a cap.

@leslie.rowe.israelson | @ ryanbavin

FLAME DEMO | Marc Kornbluh Flameworking soft glass on the lathe | 1 Hour 9 Minutes I’d like to demonstrate a process I have developed for making soft glass cups and goblets using a torch and a small blowpipe on a glass lathe. The technique enables me to achieve some very unique effects with striking and reactive colors that require higher temperatures and a more oxidizing flame of a torch.

@Kornbluhglass

STAINED GLASS TECHNICAL LECTURE | Joel D. Kowit How Does Life Work? Observing the Cellular Universe Through Stained Glass | 34 Minutes A retired Professor of Biology, I began stained glass 4 years ago, using my scientific background as the inspiration for my work. Each piece is an accurate image of a cellular structure or a protein structure, the latter having been solved by researchers using X-ray diffraction. Each piece has a story to share with the non-scientist, and each is also a testament to scientific research. Each stained glass piece is a testament to a major scientific discovery and a way of sharing that discovery with the non-scientists.

You can choose many paths in life, concurrently. Mine were: scientist, graphic designer, cowboy, writer, painter, glassblower, stained glass artist. I love doing this. www.biostainedglass.com

TECHNICAL LECTURE | António Matos Several Causes of Glass Color | 1 Hour 31 Minutes Some causes of glass color are explained as well as the scientific and technological processes used. Several compounds of d transition elements, for example, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, and copper, are used to give a large variety of colors. Very small particles of silver, gold, and copper give origin to yellow and red glasses. Yellow, orange, and red can be obtained by the inclusion of very small particles using cadmium, selenium, and sulfur. When cooling the glass very small crystals are

BACK TO TOP 32 formed diffusing the light and an opaline white color is obtained. The deposition of very thin layers of metals in the glass gives origin to dichroic glass. Small quantities of rare earth in glass under ultraviolet light give orange-red, orange, green, yellow, and purple colors.

A brief note will be given to the red, orange, and yellow glasses. Due to the toxic properties of some of the compounds used, alternatives are discussed. Among several non-conventional techniques used in our Studio (vicarte.org), are the spray pyrolysis technique to obtain a copper-red color and the transformation of a silver mirror into a strong yellow color (see attached artwork).

Some comments on ArtLight will also be made. The addition of small quantities of several rare earths to the usual batches can provide the artist with glasses with different colors under ultraviolet. Examples of luminescent filigree canes and of artwork are given in the attached pictures. www.vicarte.org

FILM IN GLASS PANEL | North Lands Creative with Juli Bolaños-Durman, Madeline Rile Smith, Griet Beyaert, Jayne Cherry, Alison Lowry + Simone Fezer Touched by the Screen The Glass, Meet the Future project is an on-going collaboration with North Lands Creative and Toyama City Institute of Glass Art which aims to deliver a cultural exchange using the platform of a film festival to appropriate glass artists’ intersection and application with glass art, performance, digital and film. Originally aimed to be a gathering space on-two-physical sites in Scotland and Japan the project was pivoted online for the 2020 and 2021 festivals due to the pandemic and realised a virtual connection and showcase of glass performance, glass artist commissions and podcasts to a wide audience interested in glass and cross-disciplinary work.

In an extraordinary year seven artists have been granted the chance of support by an artists commission for the GMTF Festival 2021 by North Lands Creative. They used the chance, embracing the challenges and changes brought upon the working conditions by the pandemic and pursued their visions in glass and film. They all share a love for the medium of glass and yet the approach on how to use the medium of film to convey and bring their ideas across are very different. In this panel the artists explore what these approaches are and what these women envision for the future of their practices as well as for film and glass in general. www.northlandscreative.co.uk | @ julibd_com | @ madhotglass | @ griet1111 | @ jayne.cherry.1 | @alison_lowry_glass | @ simonefezer

HOT DEMO | Antoine Pierini Vestige Contemporain - Amphora | 22 Minutes Vestiges Contemporain (amphora) demo, with merletto pattern on the body with top and handles added hot. I try to represent it with purity and minimalist lines, and the merletto is for me a way to represent the sea's eddies creating foam on its surface. Amphora is such an iconic object who symbolises a Mediterranean journey and this spirit. This object gave us a lot of information from the past and was made all around the sea by different civilizations before it traveled (with wine, oil in) to another destination and created connections between them. That's for me a great example of positive exchanges between different cultures and a reason to keep learning from others and to leave all together with our differences. www.antoinepierini.com | @ antoine_pierini

BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Chandell Elizabeth Popik Desires, Dreams, and Dedication | 31 Minutes Desires, Dreams, and Dedication the trials and tribulations in building a diverse commercial glass studio… when you have a passion for glass, are a single female, and have an over-the-top ambitious goal! This presentation will highlight the journey in establishing the Under the Sun Glass Studio in Leduc, Alberta, Canada, and reinforce the issues dealt with in this presentation: The plan, The problems, The solution. Using anecdotes, pictures, and stories from her journey, Chandell will use this interactive part of the presentation to answer questions in a candid and honest conversation with the audience that new business owners face. This presentation tackles three passionate issues: 1. Diversity, equity, and inclusion 2. Developing a career/business in glass 3. Access for female artists By presenting the experience of Chandell Popik, this presentation aims to highlight key success factors for female artists thinking about starting their own commercial studio and provide a roadmap to realise their vision. It offers women (and men) both new and experienced artists the opportunity to gather tips and tactics from fellow artists about setting up a glass art business for the first time. www.Underthesun.glass

ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE | Chas Prettejohn Recycling & History of glass in Eswatini/Swaziland | 29 Minutes Ngwenya Glass was set up as a Swedish Aid project in 1979, a first of its kind in Africa. The Ngwenya area was chosen because it is one of the cooler parts of the Kingdom, there is a silica deposit close by, and because an iron ore mine (the oldest mine in the world) was about to close down, so it was thought that the glass factory would be able to absorb some of these employees. The company went into liquidation in 1985 for several reasons and was brought back to life in 1987 by the Prettejohn family. The company has slowly grown into the top tourist attraction in Eswatini and a major contributor to the

BACK TO TOP 34 local community, producing around 1500 pieces per day from 100% recycled glass bottles, by hand using traditional glassblowing techniques. The environment and community are very important to the company. www.ngwenyaglass.co.sz | @ngwenyaglass

CULTURAL LECTURE | Julia Stephenson + James Maskrey Glass Exchange | 46 Minutes National Glass Centre (NGC) is working with four high-profile, contemporary artists introducing them to the potential of glass. Through a project titled ‘Glass Exchange’, Ryan Gander, Monster Chetwynd, Pascale Marthine Tayou and Katie Paterson are working with the staff at NGC to create major commissions that rely on the exchange of skills and approaches between contemporary artists and artists who specialise in glass. The commissions will be made throughout 2021 and exhibited in and between the British cities of Sunderland and Durham as they are created culminating in their presentation at Durham Cathedral. ● Ryan Gander will create ‘Ghost Shop Illuminated’, an abandoned betting shop sited in a disused city centre retail unit made entirely in clear glass. ● Monster Chetwynd i ntends to create a series of three-dimensional scenes depicting key events in the lives of Saint Cuthbert and Saint Bede, two key figures from North East England who played an instrumental role in early Christianity and had a connection with glass! ● Pascale Martine Tayou p lans to display 100 versions of the Christian cross made from glass figures created in styles associated with Cameroon, his country of birth. ● Katie Paterson intends to create glass using sand from every desert in the world. ● ‘Glass Exchange’ aims to raise the profile and understanding of glass within the wider visual art world, provide opportunities to share and develop skills and concepts, create opportunities for a diverse range of artists working regionally and internationally and strengthen audience interest in glass. www.nationalglasscentre.com | w ww.durhamcathedral.co.uk | @ juliahstephenson

COLD DEMO | Shayla Summers Easy Portrait Engraving At Home | 45 Minutes This demo will demonstrate how I engrave at home as a student away from the studio. My process is very inexpensive and simple to set up. I will be showing portrait engraving techniques from start to finish. I will cover safety and ventilation while working at home or in a small studio. Next, I will show the tools and materials needed to set up your workstation. Then I will be showing how I source my images and how I transfer them to glass. After that, I will go over how I technically approach a portrait on glass. Soon after, I will go over value changes and texture in the glass. Lastly, will explore the possibility of layering and finishing the edges of the glass.

@_Trillogy

FLAME DEMO | Daisuke Takeuchi Core-formed glass made with murrini | 1 Hour 15 Minutes This presentation will show the use of murrini made of transparent colored glass to create a core-formed glass body. The murrini allows light to pass through, it seems like a rose window. I’ll show how to make core, murrini, core-formed glass with murrini, and polish. www.tk-glass.net

FLAME DEMO | Trina Urrata-Weintraub Some Assembly Required… | 1 Hour 29 Minutes Join Trina as she assembles Fragile Finger Monsters at the torch! Trina will make the many detailed parts and elements that comprise the monsters and then carefully assemble them into finished pieces. She will demonstrate the process at both a small and large scale, comparing the similarities and differences when working at different sizes.

@trina.caterina

FILM / PANEL | Susan Warner, Jabari Owens Bailey, Derek Klein + Elisabeth Emerson Junior Curator Academy: An Exploration of Cross-Curricula Education | 52 Minutes COVID-19 has forced many parents to become instant educators often requiring them to produce content at multiple grade levels. MOG’s Junior Curator Academy is an interactive mini-series focusing on single glass art objects and installations presented in a framework designed to examine each from the lenses of art, civics, economics, geography, and history.

This new program utilizes the extensive audiovisual capabilities and archive at the Museum of Glass and its ability to live-stream. The narrators are fun, high-energy, slightly quirky individuals. Each episode is between 15 -20 minutes in length. In each section, a pop-up “note to home educators/teachers'' appears as necessary with hints, prompts, and resources including links back to Washington State’s K - 12 Learning Standards for Social Studies and Art, including Enduring Understandings and Performance Standards. Each episode entails completing art projects and writing assignments submitted back to MOG through email.

The goal of MOG’s Junior Curator Academy is to provide vibrant content that stimulates curiosity about the world, an appreciation of cultures and diverse perspectives, and to encourage the ability to assimilate information and critically analyze it. While the impetus for this new program was COVID-19, Junior Curator Academy is designed as a continuing core program of MOG expanding access for all. The presentation will include viewing 3 pilot episodes followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the creative team. www.museumofglass.org | @ museumofglass

NEON / PLASMA DEMO | Jacob Tyler Willcox + the Alfred Neon Program BENDING IT UP | 27 Minutes I plan to recreate an iconic logo that evokes memories and nostalgia amongst many different generations. This is the iconic 6 lined S. I added the drips to include more bends to strengthen the demo. In this design, there is almost every bend needed to make traditional signs. This includes double backs, 90 degree bends, rise turns, drop turns, and larger curves. This design will not only cover a lot of neon basics but will also be a fun and light-hearted demo due to the subject matter.

@jacobwillcox.glass

Saturday, May 22

Livestreams + Events

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GLASS VIRUS INTERVIEW | Gayle Matthias + Erin Dickson Glass Virus Conversations: Embodied Narratives | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT) Erin Dickson and Gayle Matthias are UK-based artists who each have distinctive and diverse research practices engaging theoretical, digital, and making genres as conceptual communication tools. The significance of British cultural heritage has defined both their work; they are interested in UK post-industrial landscapes and cultures of the North East and the Midlands (the Potteries). Through a conversational style dialogue, they explore mutual/threads of common thematics of inspirations and working methodologies and will discuss their personal responses to these experiences.

Erin Dickson is an artist, digital specialist, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London

Gayle Matthias is an artist, researcher, and Subject Leader for BA (Hons) Crafts and Material Practices course at Plymouth College of Art and co-researcher for the Glass Virus www.gaylematthias.com | w ww.erindickson.co.uk

GALLERY TOUR | C2 Centre for Craft, Carissa Baktay Manitoba Craft Council Tour | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT) Join us for a special tour of the Spring Exhibition showcasing a selection of work in Form(er) with artist Carissa Baktay, curated by Jenny Western. Carissa is a glass and interdisciplinary artist and craftsperson who splits her time between Iceland and Alberta, Canada. Following a pre-recorded tour, artist Carissa Baktay will offer attendees a live Q&A! www.c2centreforcraft.ca NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HUB.

HOT DEMO | Jeff Mack + Corning Museum of Glass Inspiration Murano - Jeff Mack GAS Demo 2021 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT) For this demonstration, I’m inspired by the craftwork of friends and mentors who are the glassmakers of Murano. This year, being 10 years since Elio Quarisa’s passing, I’m inclined to echo the sentiment of a collaborative demonstration I performed with Eric Meek at the 2012 Toledo GAS conference. That demo celebrated the energy and generosity that Quarisa put out in the last decade of his life- as he focused on sharing his understanding of and passion for the material with ambitious glassblowers eager to learn traditional Venetian techniques as a path to material mastery.

Emulating Elio’s approach at the furnace, the demonstration will be an energetically paced glass-making performance that will be as much about the process and participating in this tradition and system of work- as it is about the finished piece. The team (Helen Tegeler, Katie Hubbs, and Eric Meek) and I will showcase the processes of working up mezza filigrana for small vessel parts and putting these together with hot gilt and sculpted creatures from the traditional and symbolic bestiary of Venice.

To help celebrate this commemorative demo, Adriana Quarisa will be releasing some select pieces for sale from her personal collection of works by Elio. Six pieces will be exclusively available through The Shops at the Corning Museum of Glass. Each piece represents an exhilarating moment and expression in the life of a Maestro and a series of lessons that helped inspire a generation of glassblowers around the world. www.mackcreativeglass.com | w ww.cmog.org | @ kcamffej

GAS MEMBER MEETING | Glass Art Society Annual Meeting of Members | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Join members of the Glass Art Society Board and Staff to hear about the highlights of the past year and plans for the future. We will provide a financial update and elect new Directors to the Board. We welcome all GAS members to join us for this annual member meeting. www.glassart.org/membership NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN ZOOM & REQUIRES ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION

NEON / PLASMA LECMO | Harriet Schwarzrock Between Stillness & Movement: Experiencing an Immersive Plasma Installation | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT) With the opportunity to create a second installation of interactive plasma filled glass hearts, for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (Canberra, Australia) which will be open during the GAS conference, this lecmo is a walkthrough of this installation and the presentation of their process video that they are specifically developing to accompany this exhibition.

This lecmo is a way to share this ambitious exhibition installation to an international audience, as well as providing insight into my practice. Whilst stepping out of my comfort zone to share the concepts and nuances of this technical investigation. www.curtisglassart.com | @ harryschwarzrock

CLOSING NIGHT DEMO + EVENT | Glass Art Society + Museum of Glass Tacoma VIRTUAL 2021 Closing Night Party | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (PDT)

Join the GAS Staff and the Museum of Glass Tacoma team as we celebrate VIRTUAL 2021 and share some of our plans for GAS 2022 in Tacoma. Enjoy a live demo by the hot shop team and hear some of the things you have to look forward to when we all gather together next year!

MOSAIC TECHNIQUE LECTURE | Robin Brailsford Big, Bigger Biggest Plaza Monolithic Glass Mosaics: How I got there, what the future might be | 2 6 Minutes When BLACK LIVES MATTER was painted boldly at the White House. We all saw that the scale of public art in the ground plane was about to take off. Today I was contacted by a client for a 60,000' Plaza Monolithic Mosaic (PLM) - a process I invented. That 60,000' glass commission can really only be done in PLM.

Today, the largest PLM is a vast 3000'. It depicts deep-sea canyons and 100 life-sized creatures, from a 31’ juvenile Grey Whale to a 13” Mola Mola. In this time of COVID, how could cities and museums bring glass art outside to their plazas and parks to an underserved populace? How can we deliver the highest curatorial vision no matter what the climate - political or atmospheric? www.robinbrailsford.com | @ robinbrailsford

HOT DEMO | Marta Byrdziak Hot and Wet | 5 8 Minutes Marta Byrdziak will lead the Gent Glas team to create one of her unique, signature pieces. Marta's work focuses on issues of sexuality and gender (in)equality in contemporary society, often pointing the finger at the policies of her home country of Poland.

@byrdziak_marta_mb

CULTURAL LECTURE | Lu Chi My Cross-cultural Glass Journey | 55 Minutes For the past 15 years, I have kept creating a series of works based on my worldwide travels. I call this series “Glass Journey”.

Traveling around the world and my Chinese-Swiss marriage helped me to improve my understanding of western culture. My life, my thinking way as my artistic sensibility became more cross-cultural and this cross-cultural influence slowly became an important art vocabulary of my glass sculptures.

Chinese calligraphy, paper cutting, western painting, architectural arts are melted together like the hot glass casting into my glass sculpture molds. In my works, Chinese-Western landscapes, history, stories, philosophies are mixed together to create a borderless glass wonderland. www.LuchiGlass.com

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LECTURE | B. Jane Cowie Creating Installation Artworks and Glass in Asia | 41 Minutes B. Jane Cowie established Art Glass Solutions in 2008 to offer a specialised service to design, create and install site-specific artworks and architectural installations. Based in Singapore, her company works with developers, architects, interior designers, and private clients to bring artworks of inspiration and beauty into public spaces. Over the past 15 years, Jane has created many large-scale architectural artworks for hotel lobbies, office building foyers, driveway entrance ponds, gardens, and public spaces. Predominantly working with a small team of artists and a network of fabrication companies within the region, her creative path has moved quite some distance away from the studio - towards factory production. Her role now is more project manager than glassmaker, as the scale and complexity of her installations increases. Jane offers insights into her experiences. How she communicates with different people from different countries, backgrounds, and cultures. And discusses how the environment and the economic market have changed over the past 10 years in Asia.

It is an amazing, challenging, and exciting experience, working within large project teams required in the construction industry. Understanding the role I play as the ‘artist’ offering input and recommendations when working with a diversity of onsite situations and construction limitations. Artists offer a considered approach and different perspectives to resolve a variety of technical and aesthetic issues. Working within this larger industry allows me to understand different perspectives – and the bigger picture – that goes beyond my own practice as an exhibition artist and studio glass-making educator. www.artglasssolutions.com | @ instagram.com/bjanecowie

FLAME DEMO | Bandhu Dunham Solid Fabrication Techniques on the Lathe | 40 Minutes Glassblowing lathes are typically employed to fabricate hollow objects, such as scientific apparatus and pipes. But they can also be used to make solid and nearly solid forms, large or small. Bandhu will demonstrate several solid forms that take advantage of the lathe's precision and symmetry (spinning tops, a mechanical pulley, goblet stems). He will also show how one can use the lathe as a jig to maintain alignment of parts for complex asymmetrical assemblies, including a mechanical crankshaft. There will also be some handy tips, such as how to compensate for a misaligned lathe or glass stock that arrives bent (!) from the factory. www.bandhu.info | w ww.patreon.com/bandhu | @bandudunham

FLAME DEMO | Alessia Fuga Enchanted Sea Turtle | 39 Minutes This demo will show the making of one of the first pieces onto which I've applied my most recognizable kind of decoration: a sea turtle with the shell decorated as one of my Fenice beads whose main characteristic is the base covered with an oxidized silver leaf. All is then decorated with dots and the final result is almost like a cloisonné piece. www.alessiafuga.com | @ alessiafuga

EDUCATION PANEL | Jane Gavan, Gabriella Bisetto + Nadège Desgenétez The AUS Educator panel: Flying to OZ – a series of virtual live visits to the vibrant community of AUS glass schools | 56 Minutes Panel discussion and Q&A + emerging practitioner studio demo / visit

A chance to present an update on the glass research that is happening around Australia to Glass Art Society. In Australia we have a range of schools with diverse approaches to our discipline. In a Panel session, members from each studio are asked to respond to a question - what are the innovative ideas and techniques emerging in Australian glass studios at the moment? We will fly to Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and possibly Perth and Victoria pending program availability.

We then feature a series of emerging and established school community professionals across Australia. Each panel member chair a demo or studio visit to see work in progress live from their studio desk, giving an opportunity to an emerging researcher or senior student to showcase their skills and creative approach. You will see the spaces, soak up the atmosphere and get to know the community in this 2021 snapshot of the Australian Glass Schools.

@janegavan | @ bisettogabriella | @ nadegedesgenetez The University of Sydney |U niversity of South Australia | A ustralian National University

FLAME DEMO | Zach Jorgenson Murrine Marble | 3 1 Minutes Making a murrine marble at the torch. I will encase it with clear glass preheated, polished murrine, fill out the second half, add signature murrina, round out, punty, and fire polish.

@lazuliflux

HISTORICAL LECTURE | Floor Kaspers Lampworking around the world | 44 Minutes Lampworking is done in many countries around the world. This presentation will show the techniques from lampworkers from for example India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Czech Republic. By looking at their techniques, within the context of the history of lampworking, we can learn different ways of working with glass. From watching glass rods being pulled from a molten gather in a cooking wok to beads made with a kerosine burner with foot bellows: you will probably never look at lampworking the same way again. www.floorkaspers.nl | @ floor.kaspers | @ floorkaspers

KILN LECMO | Colette Langan Sparking creativity in children with glass | 3 0 Minutes In this lecmo, I wish to challenge the idea that glass is a medium too dangerous for children to explore with. In my practice, I engage with children in the creation of glass artwork through the media of glass painting, mosaic work, or glass fusing. I have worked with children as young as three but usually, the age range is between the ages of 5 and 12. On consultation with the primary educators, we decide which medium is best to use depending on class size and other considerations. We usually make group projects but this year to minimise group contact under current restrictions I choose for each student to make their own piece and contour fuse it. I am always delighted by the enthusiasm of the children and the cheer they give me on return visits sustains me through the nerve-wracking experience of 20 or 30 children working on glass at the same time. www.colettelangan.com

GREEN PANEL | Bennett A. Leff, Eddie Bernard, Chas Prettejohn + Ziad Abichaker Experience Producing in a Sustainable Way | 50 Minutes Hear from a panel of experts discussing sustainable practices through various lenses in the glass community. Moderator Bennett A. Leff is the D irector of Sustainability at Corning Incorporated, USA, and represents an organization pushing for transparency; Eddie Bernard, the founder, and owner of Wet Dog Glass, LLC, USA represents an equipment manufacturer; Chas Prettejohn of Ngwenya

Glass, Swaziland/Eswatini provides insight as a retailer, and then there is Ziad Abichaker of Green Glass Recycling Initiative (GGRL), Libanon as a material supplier representative. www.corning.com | w ww.wdg-us.com | w ww.ngwenyaglass.co.sz | w ww.ggril.org

KILN LECMO | Jessica Loughlin

Striking Blue | 34 Minutes Blue is the colour of the furthest point we can see, the colour of distance, the colour of the space above. Opaline glass behaves in a similar way to light in the sky. Fine molecules in opaline glass split the surrounding light into cool and warm colours, allowing the glass to change from a deep blue to pale pink. In this presentation, I will share the aims of my work and take the viewer through my process of making a piece using opaline glass.

Filmed within my studio in Adelaide, I will cover techniques using Bullseye opaline sheet glass including fusing in layers to create form, considerations using striking glasses, minimizing bubbles, mould making, kiln firing setups, and coldworking surfaces specifically suited to bullseye glass. www.jessicaloughlin.com.au

BUSINESS PRACTICE LECTURE | Mary Drach McInnes

Thinking Through Glass Digitally | 43 Minutes Let’s start with an ironic fact. We know art primarily through photographic media. Flat images—mostly singular, largely static—are what we principally see of three-dimensional work. Photography has allowed us access to sculptures we could not possibly own, collect, or even travel to. The advent of the internet has magnified this virtual circulation exponentially. So, how do we critique the viewing of glass art in the digital age? And, pragmatically, how do glass artists respond to, and innovate on, the current demands in constructing their own websites?

My video lecture will address the theory and practice of artist website production. I will introduce some of the key issues of viewing glass art digitally and then offer a pragmatic guide to website construction. In the initial section, I will draw on recent scholarship in the emerging and lively field of photography and sculpture. Further, I will showcase current writing on digital culture and ways artists may broaden how we look at images on their websites. In the subsequent section, I will offer a tutorial on website construction, setting up a series of design and writing parameters that will help artists build and manage their digital presence. “Thinking Through Glass Digitally” will offer both a critical framework and specific criteria for glass artists to become stronger online advocates of their studio practice. www.silicaconversations.com

EDUCATION LECTURE | Shari Mendelson Plastic Trash, Ancient Glass, Contemporary Sculpture | 34 Minutes This lecture will be about my sculpture – how I came to be working with recycled plastic, how my work has been influenced by ancient glass, and how my residencies at the Corning Museum of Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, and UrbanGlass have affected my work. I will discuss how working with the glass community has contributed to my work in plastic. I will show images of my sculptures next to the historical glass pieces that have inspired them. Although my lecture will not be technical, I will discuss the processes I use to achieve the glass-like forms and surfaces. I will discuss the general themes that run through my work such as my love of ancient objects, my interest in the hand-made, my questions concerning originality, the value that comes from very close looking, and my use of the internet and how museum archives have affected my work. www.sharimendelson.com | @ sharimendelson

NEON/PLASMA | Kamila Mróz + Michał Adamski Plasma Light Art in Poland | 30 Minutes 1. How it all started - our background, how we met, and the craziness that ensued from thereon. 2. Presentation of chosen items from Kamila's body of work, including her kiln working roots and all the way to neon and plasma sculpture 3. Presentation of Kamila's glass sculpting process in stages 4. Demonstration of our current version of pumping and filling station 5. Demo of kiln pumping procedure followed by filling with rare gasses and halogens composition 6. Display of finished glass and plasma sculpture www.kamilamroz.pl | @ kamila_mroz_glass

HOT DEMO | Darren Petersen Curlew Decoy - Solo Hot Glass | 20 Minutes Working solo from a home-based hot glass studio, this demo will showcase the adjustments necessary to create hot glass work without the aid of assistants. It will also feature the transformation of a traditional blown vessel form into a sculptural folk-style bird form. Bit work and simple murrine applications will also be a part of this demo. www.darren-petersen.com

DESIGN COLLABORATION | Dagmar Petrovická, Eva Nováková + Irena Czepcová One for All - All for One, the necessity of collaboration | 29 Minutes The lecture introduces a female-run studio named Penocze as an example of a Czech educational encounter with a strong collaboration basis between our knowledge and the Czech glass industry. Penocze was established in 2011, when we were finishing our Master’s degrees, we needed a platform to present commercial projects covering site-specific light installations, custom-made kiln-casting, and

BACK TO TOP 46 design production. Our strength is having various educational backgrounds with different specializations and networks. Connecting and sharing made us a forceful team to keep passionately working towards a business building.

The advantage of our “educational encounter” focuses on the tradition of glassmaking schools in the Czech Republic that has lasted for nearly two centuries and they have been of great importance both for glass making and for art culture. The unique aspect is that each glassmaking school has specific fields of focus and therefore their students vary with their specializations and technological knowledge. Today, a multi-disciplinary artist is a global standard, and we should ask if the specialization in a discipline is a limit, to us, it was a benefit.

Penocze’s design approach co-exists with attaining a deep understanding of the operating principles of the materials and parties involved. We were in charge of the research to utilise glass-generated waste with the existing technologies in the company Brokisglass, which resulted in compatibility sorted offcuts for a variety of uses in large quantity casting production. Through cooperation with the industry, we gained knowledge of cross-sector glass production that allows us to support other design companies and artists. www.penocze.com

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE PANEL | Jamie Marie Rose, Madeline Rile Smith, Teisha Holloway + Alison Lowry Where we’re going, we don’t need gloryholes: Lights, Camera, Glass | 51 Minutes This presentation will explore the experimental approaches that three artists from the GMTT festival utilize, generating a conversation about the limitations of glass and how preconceived 'traditional' techniques can and should be subverted. The artists will discuss their own practices as well as theoretical techniques that may be implemented in the future. It will be a conversation about speculation and discovery; about truly subverting what glass is 'meant to be' and, with any luck, inspiring those who listen. www.jamiemarierose.com | @ jamie.marie.rose | @ madhotglass | @ alison_lowry_glass

FLAME LECMO | Madeline Rile Smith + Amy Lemaire Flameworking as Performance Art | 25 Minutes We will explore the intersection of flameworking and performance through a presentation and a series of performances filmed on-site. Challenging the standard notions of flameworking practice through ensemble-based performances, we will reveal how the torch can be used as an expressive and educational tool through a contemporary art perspective. www.madhotglass.com | @ madhotglass | w ww.amylemaire.com | @ parakeetfarmer2

OTHER (FLAME VIDEO COLLECTION) | Victor Trabucco The Magic of Glass | 37 Minutes My demonstration is of lampworking and my 46 professional years of working in glass. I will demonstrate the techniques that I use to create lampwork paperweights. Will also show my range of work on casting glass, fusing glass, cold work, and how I have used lampwork to create architectural structures up to 25 feet long. In the last few years, I have been working on rediscovering the techniques used by the Blaschkas to create the glass flowers of the Harvard museum. The video will show several examples. For three years I was a technical advisor to Steuben glass and developed equipment that was used for 60% of their production. www.paperweight.tv

NEON/PLASMA | David Wilson Solar Powered Neon Plasma | 55 Minutes A nuts-and-bolts dive into powering glass plasma/neon/sculpture with solar power opens doors for remote siting of glass art and light sculpture.

@fordewilsonglass

COMMUNITY LECTURE | Yuan Yin Glass blowing, from Studio Practice to Social Practice | 35 Minutes I have become increasingly aware of how special of a place the glassblowing studio is for me as I developed this research. It is the place I feel the most myself and it is the best way that I have to communicate. As I have reflected on this, the objects themselves have become less important than the act of making in the studio. This presentation explores the social relations within glass blowing as the outcome of a studio practice. My interest in poetry has led me to consider the poetics of the social relationships in the studio found in working together in a team toward an outcome. I contend that it is these interactions along with material and skill that inform my artwork in the glass studio.

I have explored these relationships as the content generated from the studio through the lens of my personal experience in the glass studio. The resulting artworks explore my relationship with glass blowing and the social relations of glass through the poetics of my personal experience. The works explore shared language and structures of working together within the glass studio, as well as my desire to highlight the activity as being important. Social relations in the studio is an informative part of glass blowing and for myself, it is the heart of what it is to be a glassblower. www.yuan-yin-hthm.squarespace.com