2009 Special Conference Events
Pre-Conference ReceptionKick-Off Dinner and Private TourCorning Incorporated Headquarters Wednesday, June 10, 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm LIMIT: 190 guests - Reservations will be made by the date received. Price: $150/person Special Fundraising Event Advanced Registration Required Enjoy an elegant, private dinner and an exclusive tour of glass sculpture installations that were commissioned for the East and West wings of the Corning Incorporated World Headquarters Building in downtown Corning. Featured works are by Peter Aldridge, Dale Chihuly, Erwin Eisch, Rury Iwata, Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, Donald Lipski, William Morris, Therman Statom, Bertil Vallien, Harumi Yukutake, and Dana Zamecnikova. These works are not usually offered for public view. This dinner is hosted by Jim Flaws (Chairman, Corning Museum of Glass) and Marie McKee (President, Corning Museum of Glass). The Pre-Conference Reception is a fundraiser that supports low conference registration fees for student members of GAS. You must be registered in advance for the Pre-Conference Reception in order to attend as space is limited. Opening CeremonyCorning Museum Of Glass AuditoriumThursday, June 11, 1 - 5 pm Join GAS at the Opening Ceremony to kick off the conference events! 1:00 p.m. Welcomes & Blessing by Native American artist and Faithkeeper G. Peter Jemison of the Seneca Nation, Heron Clan (a tribe native to New York State) 1:15 p.m. Welcome from Shane Fero, GAS President, and the Corning conference co-chairs 2:00 p.m. Lifetime Membership Award presentation to John Leighton 3:00 p.m. Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Marvin Lipofsky 4:00 p.m. Keynote presentation by Tim MacFarlane (Design Partner at Dewhurst MacFarlane and Partners. He works with leading architects on challenging structures, where the structural engineering is essential to the aesthetic. Since 1991, he has headed the innovation of the use of structural glass. He has taught architectural students for 20 years. He has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and is on the council of the Architectural Association in London, as well as a Visiting Professor at Yale University.) Take the free Corning Museum shuttle to the Opening Reception at the Rockwell Museum, or walk across the pedestrian bridge (about a 10-minute walk). Opening ReceptionRockwell Museum of Western ArtThursday, June 11, 5 - 6:30 pm Kick off the GAS conference with a Western-themed evening at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. Enjoy live music and food and explore the Museum’s amazing collection of American Western and Native American art, as well as its special exhibitions of glass by Tammy Garcia and traditional Iroquois raised glass beadwork. A shuttle will run beginning at 6:30 pm to the Woodburning Furnace at Corning Community College. Gaffers in the Gaffer District Photo OpportunityCenterway Square6:45 p.m. Join your fellow gaffers for a group photo in the center of the Gaffer District. Woodburning FurnaceCorning Community CollegeThursday, June 11, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 pm Fred Herbst, Associate Professor of Art at Corning Community College, and Steve Gibbs, Manager of Hot Glass Programs at The Corning Museum of Glass, will demonstrate an outdoor wood-fired oven, used to simultaneously melt glass and fire ceramic objects. Shuttles will begin running at 6:00 p.m. from the Rockwell Museum to the wood-burning furnace at Corning Community College. Last shuttle will leave Corning Community College at 9:00 p.m. An Evening In The Gaffer DistrictFriday, June 12, 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 pmDowntown Corning Stroll historic downtown Gaffer District shops, galleries, and restaurants for a tasting of Finger Lakes wines and beer, and a pizza crawl at great local New York-style pizza parlors and restaurants. Enjoy glassmaking demos in Centerway Square. Bring your ID to a proofing tent (at the Information Center/Baron Steuben Place next to Centerway Square, on Bridge Street or at the Radisson), where, for $10, you can get your wristband and souvenir glass for samplings. (Must be 21 years or older to participate in wine tastings). Show your conference badge at select restaurants for special deals. Neon on the Bridge - Call for Entries (Apply by April 1st) |
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2012 Major Conference SponsorsFrederick S. Upton FoundationOhio Arts Council Toledo Museum of Art Friends of the Glass Art Society Health Care REIT Kingston HealthCare Company Libbey Inc. Owens Corning Owens-Illinois, Inc. NSG Group (Pilkington NA) Toledo Community Foundation Margy and Scott Trumbull Mary Wolfe  |
