Contents 2. 1962-2012: 50 Years of US Studio Glass 3. About the Glass Art Society 4. GAS 2012 Sponsors • The Cuban Missile Crisis – the world stands on the brink of nuclear war • Brazil wins soccer’s World Cup • Nelson Mandela is jailed in South Africa 5. From the President: About the Conference • Gas costs 28 cents per gallon • Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show • The first Beatles single, “Love Me Do”, is released in England 5. From the Co-Chairs: Welcome to Toledo • The first Pop Art group exhibition opens in an “uptown gallery” in New York City • Millions of children receive Sabin’s new oral polio vaccine 6. Opening Ceremonies & Other Special Events: • 1st anniversary of the Berlin Wall • Telstar, the world’s first active communications satellite, is launched • First Australian National Ballet performance • Award Recipients • Keynote Speaker • Civil Rights flashpoint: In spite of riots, James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at University of Mississippi • Pre-Conference Reception — A Fundraiser • John H. Glenn, Jr., becomes first American to orbit the earth during Friendship 7’s orbit • The Space Needle opens in Seattle for the World’s Fair • Closing Night Party & Fashion Show • Additional Special Events 8. Conference Presenters & Presentations 10. Preliminary Conference Schedule 12. Conference Venues 13. Accommodations in Toledo / Getting There 14. Tours: Collectors Tour & Area Tours 15. Technical Display 15. Advertising & Sponsorship Opportunities The workshop’s batch 16. Student & School Opportunities: was made with fiberglass • Artist Portfolio Review marbles obtained by Labino from Johns Manville. • Education Resource Center TMA has some of these • International Student Exhibition & Sales marbles on view. • Poster Presentations 17. Reducing Your Registration Fee: • Student Scholarships • Work Exchange 18. Days of Glass 19. Concurrent Glass Exhibitions 20. The GAS Auction & 18th Annual Goblet Grab 22. Things to Do in the Toledo Area 24. Pre- and Post-Conference Workshops Studio glass spread in all kinds 25. Conference Registration / Membership Form of ways. Brian Lonsway from Toledo built the first mobile 27. GAS Membership, Funds & Fine Print hotshop and took to the road. Bringing the crucial glass chemistry knowledge (The rims of Lonsway’s trailer Register by March 1, 2012, to the first studio glass workshops at TMA was matched his 1932 Chevy.) for the lowest conference fee. Dominick Labino, Director of Research at the Johns Manville Toledo branch. 2 Register online at www.glassart.org. The Glass Art Society is a 501c3, non-profit, professional, international organization whose purpose is to encourage Harvey Littleton, a ceramic excellence, to advance education, to promote the artist and teacher, was appreciation and development of the glass arts, the catalyst for the devel- and to support the worldwide community of artists opment of studio glass in who work with glass. the United States. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011-2012 In 1975, GAS held its President Jeremy Lepisto 5th conference, in Toledo. Vice President Jutta-Annette Page (At the bench, Henry Halem, Treasurer Lance Friedman wearing a Bertil Vallien workshop T-shirt; with Secretary Caroline Madden Mark Peiser, Richard Ritter, Rik Allen Peter Layton Cappy Thompson and Rollin (Bud) Bodley.) Pat Bako Jiyong Lee Jessi Moore Chris Clarke Jay Macdonell (Student Rep) Geoff Isles Wayne Strattman Already in Toledo since 1903: GAS 2012 TOLEDO Owens Bottle Machine Company, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS founded by Edward Drummond Margy Trumbull Libbey and Michael Owens, the machine’s inventor. Jack Schmidt Herb Babcock Jutta-Annette Page (GAS Board Liaison) STAFF Pamela Figenshow Koss, Executive Director Patty Cokus, Executive Assistant Rosie Gaynor, Communications Manager Katrina Ernst, Administrative Assistant / Registrar Sarah Bak, Consultant / Bookkeeper* Ted Cotrotsos, Graphic Designer* Susan Rossi-Wilcox, Journal Editor* *part-time The first TMA workshop’s 10 participants were treated to 6512 - 23rd Ave NW a Harvey Leafgreen demo. Suite 329 A retired Libbey Glass glass- Seattle, WA 98117 USA Already in Toledo since 1888: Libbey Glass. The blower, he was the workshop’s famous punch bowl, the largest piece of cut glass only professional gaffer. Tel: 206.382.1305 [email protected] in existence, is on view in TMA’s Glass Pavilion. (At left: Tom McGlauchlin.) Fax: 206.382.2630 www.glassart.org 3 GAS 2012 Sponsors The Glass Art Society salutes the following sponsors who have already signed on to support the GAS 2012 Toledo conference. Owens-Illinois The Collectors Tour: An Insider’s View of Toledo’s Treasures Mansour Wealth Management ProMedica Tuesday - Saturday, June 12 - 16 Entelco Foundation HCR ManorCare Brooks Insurance Key Bank One of the most impressive museum collections of glass makes its home in Toledo. So, too, do many avid and long-standing art collectors. What better time to visit both than during the GAS conference, when Toledo Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Inc. • Bowling Green State University • Hanson, Inc. and the surrounding area celebrate glass art? Enjoy exclusive access to Johns Manville • Madhouse Design • Owens Community College private collections, curator-led tours, special demonstrations — plus GAS conference highlights. Sign up for the Collectors Tour. Interested in supporting GAS, glass art, and glass artists? For more information, please turn to page 14. 4 Please contact the GAS office at 206.382.1305 or [email protected] about available sponsorship opportunities. From the GAS President: Hello, Toledo! A Welcome from the Conference Co-Chairs The Glass Art Society is very pleased to be taking our 42nd annual conference to Toledo is honored to host the 2012 Glass Art Society conference, a Toledo, Ohio. In addition to serving as home to major glass companies, a world- celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Harvey Littleton-Dominick Labino renowned museum glass collection, and numerous artists who began or continued workshops that launched the Studio Glass Movement in the United States. their artistic careers in the area, Toledo is also the location of the 1962 workshop Those innovative workshops took place at the Toledo Museum of Art, set up by Harvey Littleton — the workshop that is responsible for bringing us all one of the host sites for this conference. TMA houses one of the world’s together from around the world and into the Studio Glass Movement. largest collections of historic glass and in conjunction with this conference When I think about the 1962 workshop, I think of the Victor Hugo quote: the Museum is curating an exhibition of contemporary works in glass. “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” Harvey The Museum campus includes a stunning Glass Pavilion designed by the Littleton’s workshop was an idea at the right time. It was also an idea in the Pritzker Prize-winning, Tokyo-based firm SANAA. We can’t wait to watch the right place. GAS demonstrations in this beautiful space that uses glass for both exterior Veterans’ Glass City Skyway Bridge The Toledo Art Museum not only provided a venue for the workshop, but the and interior walls. city of Toledo itself had the crucial connections to the glass industry that would Our conference program is rich with presentations by renowned artists, enable Harvey’s idea to have a defining impact on the future of glass. With glass scientists, and writers; studio visits; workshops; auctions; and many Toledo Mud Hens’ Fifth Third Field chemistry help from Dominick Labino (the then Director of Research at the Johns other special events. Demonstration sites include the TMA Glass Pavilion Manville Corporation) and a demonstration by Harvey Leafgreen (a retired Libbey Studio, two mobile units from Corning Museum of Glass, and the SeaGate Glass glassblower), the 10 workshop participants inadvertently set our movement Convention Centre, where Tech Display will be held as well. The Park Inn, in motion 50 years ago. our conference hotel, is in the heart of downtown Toledo and conveniently Over the last 50 years, studio glass has not just grown, it has covered the attached to the convention center. globe. Glass in all its respects is now taught in universities. Studio glass has The region’s active art community has embraced GAS, making prepa- seen many companies, equipment, ideas, techniques, and innovations arise rations for a public Day of Glass both before and after the conference. from its pursuit. Nearby studios have put together glassmaking workshops for artists coming As a Glass Art Society, we look forward to returning with you to Toledo to early or staying late. Our favorite tourist attractions also await you, including look back over the distance that US studio glass has come in its 50 years. Fifth Third Field (home of the Toledo Mud Hens) and the Veterans’ Glass You will see many familiar and revered names from our industry in our impressive City Skyway (a cable-stayed bridge whose pylon of LED lights creates roster of presenters. Each of these individuals has made a unique impact on our unlimited color combinations). We hope you’ll also take advantage of the progress as a movement and as a community. exciting glassmaking facility tours we have lined up; they’ll give you a sense As well as assessing our past progress, we will take time during this semi- of the region’s long and interesting track record of innovation in glass — centennial celebration to discuss and determine what methods artists working from the 19th century, when industrial glass companies like Libbey Glass, with glass will need to employ to achieve the next 50 years of the Studio Glass Libbey-Owens-Ford, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Pilkington North Movement. America called Toledo home, to today, with studios at Bowling Green GAS/2012/Toledo is the right idea/at the right time/in the right place. State University and the College for Creative Studies in Detroit “greening” We hope that you will come to Toledo to share your ideas, hear of other’s their hot glass practices.