2010 Conference Presenters
AWARD RECIPIENTSEach year, the
Glass Art Society honors and acknowledges the individuals who have made
outstanding contributions to the development of the glass arts
worldwide. These will be presented at the Opening Ceremony, Thursday, June 10, 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm at the Marriott Ballroom V & IV.
The
Lifetime Achievement award is the Glass Art Society's highest honor,
given in recognition of significant and sustained contributions to the
field of glass art to recipients over the age of 60. Achievement is to
be construed broadly, including, but not limited to diverse endeavors
such as artistic excellence, technical innovation, exemplary
scholarship, organizational leadership, dedication to education, and
support for and promotion of glass art.
2010 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
The Glass Art Society honors and acknowledges the individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Glass Art Society.
 2010 Honorary Lifetime Membership Award recipient Honorary Lifetime Membership Award for outstanding service to the Glass Art Society.
LECTURES
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 | Arlon Bayliss: The Death of a Dodo, the End of an
Era, or the Start of Something New: If Handmade Factory Glass Dies in
the US and Western Europe, What Effect Will It Have On Us?
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 | Chris Bird-Jones: The Worldwide Influence - Swansea Celebrates 75 years of Architectural Glass Education
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| Lindsay Capps & Christina Ryan: Law & Glass: What Rights Do You Have?
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| Deborah Dohne: Deborah Dohne - The Creative Spark
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| Fritz Dreisbach: Roots of the Glass Art Society
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| John Drury: Glass Outside: Works Including Glass by Untrained Artists
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| Richard Jolley: Surviving, Then Thriving While Trying Not to Be Compromising or How Did This Happen: 35 Years of Being Out of the Loop
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| Stephen Knapp: Glass is Not the Object
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| Patrick Martin: Substitution of Variables
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| Tom Moore: More is More |
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| | Strattman Lecture: Peter Morrin: Finding A Place for Contemporary Glass
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| Andy Paiko: Thinking In Parts: The Engineered Glass Object
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| Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture: Mark Peiser: Then I Had Another Idea...
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|  | Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Lecture: Tom Philabaum: Against All Odds
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| Keynote Lecture:Bill Samuels
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| Judith Schaechter: Beauty and the Beef
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 | Robert Stephan: Coldworking Techniques, Tips and Myths |
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| Max Stewart: When Light Congeals into Matter: The Alchemy of Making Colours
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| Labino Lecture: Stephen Tucker Glass Furnace Design - From Industry to the Studio
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| Kenneth von Roenn, Jr.: Executing Large Scale Kiln Cast and Slumped Glass
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| Willson Lecture: Corban Walker Scaling Perception Through a Glass Object
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| Michael Bell: Health and Safety Aspects Within an Art Glass Studio
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DEMONSTRATIONS
LEC-MO’S (Lectures on Artists Processes with samples)
| Oben Abright & McKinley Moore:
The Glass Portrait
| | | Ralph Carter:
Tips for Working with Plaster-Based Investments
Casting |  | Rene Culler:
Ingenious Imagery: Possibilities in Glass with Ceramic Materials
Fusing |  | John Groth:
Glass Compatible Clay
Kilnworking & Hot |
| Mark Hall:
Modifying the Roll-up; a Fresh Approach to Bring Kiln-Formed Glass to the Glory Hole
Kilnforming & Hot |  | Carmen Vetter:
Finding My Depth: Bas Relief with Frits and Powders
Kilnforming |  | Kenneth von Roenn, Jr.:
Issues with Large Scale Kiln Cast & Slumped Glass
Kiln casting & Slumping |  | Jeffrey Wallin:
The Glass Canvas
Kilnforming |
PANELSArtistic Vision in Industry, Design and Manufacturing Fred diFrenzi (moderator), Ursula Vourvoulis and Jon Wolfe
Similar Passions, Differing Approaches; The Collectors' Perspective Che Rhodes (moderator), Scott Erbes, Adele and Leonard Leight, Raphaela Platow, Julien Robson, Al Shands and Steve Wilson
How Many Skills Do You Need to Survive? Richard Yelle (moderator), Ruth King, Ruth Summers and Durk Valkema
Glass Studio as Energy Source Eddie Bernard (moderator), Charles Correll, Jim Gosnell and Douglas Ohm
Should the Term "Glass Artist" be Abolished? Andrew Page (moderator), Jim Butler, Judith Schaechter, and Walter Zimmerman
Sustaining a Studio: Hotshop Jeremy Lepisto (moderator), Benjamin Edols, Lynn Read and Tommie Rush
CancellationsDavid Harpe (1/12/10) Lori Beck (1/21/10)
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