GAS 2012 Toledo Presenters

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Brian P. Kennedy, Director of the Toledo Museum of Art
The Toledo Museum of Art Glass Workshops: Changing Contexts from the Early 1960's to Now

The Toledo Museum of Art glass workshops in 1962 have become the classic marker of the launching of the Studio Glass Movement, founded at a time of both international crisis and cultural experimentation. Today we are absorbing the impact of the third great print revolution in history – the digital age – a technological avalanche bringing constant innovation. Fifty years after the Toledo glass workshops, how far have we come? And what indicators have we for future artistic directions in glass? This event is sponsored by HCR ManorCare.

Thursday at 1:45pm in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater

GAS HONORARY AWARD RECIPIENTS

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP AWARD for Outstanding Service to the Glass Art Society

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John Steinert, Steinert Industries, Inc. Ohio

If you work in a hotshop, chances are you've seen his name — on, say, a white Delrin mouthpiece or a 36" grinding machine. But John Steinert has left his mark on more than the tools we use to create our art. Since his first GAS conference in 1977, he has been a familiar and constant presence in Tech Display, dispensing advice and expanding his product range in response to feedback from artists. His philanthropy and support have benefited GAS's Student Exhibition awards, many early glass programs in the US, and the glass community at large.

Thursday at 2:30pm in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD		LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Joel Philip Myers Pennsylvania		Bertil Vallien SWEDEN
En Lykkens Pamphilius (One Lucky Guy)		There Must Be a Reason
While studying ceramics at Alfred University, Joel Philip Myers signed on at Blenko Glass as Director of Design. There, he designed over 400 products, taught himself to blow glass, and earned Alfred University's first MFA degree in glass. In 1970, he set up the glassblowing program at Illinois State University, which he nurtured and taught at for nearly 30 years. Myer's numerous awards include GAS's Honorary Lifetime Membership Award and two NEA Craftsman's Fellowships. His classic blown vessels, known for their innovative incorporation of shards and pioneering work with color chemistry, appear in museum collections worldwide.		Bertil Vallien has been at the forefront of Swedish glass design since the early 1960's. Accolades came early for this longtime Kosta Boda designer; they have included Second Prize at the Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis, the Visionary Award from New York's Museum of Arts & Design, and a Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Gold Medal. As the key figure in the development of sandcast glass, Vallien became its greatest exponent, teaching this technique in workshops around the world and using it to create magnificent sculptures that are held in museum collections around the world.
Thursday at 2:45pm in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater		Thursday at 3:30pm in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater

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Special Lectures
Fred Wilson (Willson), John Parker (Labino), Glenn Adamson (Strattman)

Lectures
Daniel Clayman, Stephen Paul Day, John Drury, Emerging Artists, Luke Jerram, Daniel Schwoerer, Mary B. White, Mark Zirpel

Demonstrations
(Cold) Masahiro Asaka, Joon Yong Kim (Flame) Lucio Bubacco, Ellie Burke, Matthew Eskuche, Shane Fero, Kiva Ford, Andre Gutgesell, Dorie Guthrie, Jin Won Han, Bronwen Heilman, Robert Mickelsen, Gideon Rockwood, Robin Schultes (Hot) Hank Adams, Jeff Ballard, Fritz Dreisbach, Beccy Feather, Clayton Hufford, Jeff Mack, Richard Marquis, Mark Matthews, Shawn Messenger, Klaus Moje, Nick Mount, Thomas Rowney, Davide Salvadore, Charles Savoie, Ian Schmidt, Jack Schmidt, Rick Schneider, Bertil Vallien, Albert Young

Lec-Mo's
Gary Adcock, Masahiro Asaka, Herb Babcock, Scott Benefield, Daniel Clayman, Katherine Gray, Judy Hill, HS Martin, Inc., Sidney Hutter, Richard LaLonde, Kristin McFarlane, Joel O'Dorisio, Paul Stankard

Panels
Amy Baur, Eddie Bernard, Brian Boldon, Lucio Bubacco, Robin Cass, Dr. Vanessa Cutler, Fritz Dreisbach, Glen Gardner, Henry Halem, Samuel Herman, Ruth King, Marvin Lipofsky, Tim Mather, Klaus Moje, Jessi Moore, Joel Philip Myers, Tina Oldknow, Andrew Page, Charles Parriott (Fresh, World), Alexander Rosenberg, Matthew Szösz, Tim Tate, Chris Taylor, Bertil Vallien, William Warmus (History, World), Mary B. White, Toots Zynsky

SPECIAL LECTURES back to top

		WILLSON LECTURE: Fred Wilson New York *Speak of Me as I Am: Glass Works Made in Venice and Seattle* Fred Wilson will speak about his glass works made in the US since 2001, as well as his work for the Venice Biennale. This event is sponsored by ProMedica. Image: Fred Wilson (American born 1954), Iago's Mirror, 2009, black plate glass, mirrored, molded, tooled, cut, and assembled, made in Murano, Italy, 80x48.75x10.5". Toledo Museum of Art, Partial gift of The Pace Gallery in honor of Georgia E. Welles and partial purchase with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 2010. Photo credit: Kerry Ryan McFate/Courtesy The Pace Gallery. © Fred Wilson, courtesy The Pace Gallery. The Robert Willson Fund sponsors a lecture on sculpture at each annual conference.	Friday 1-2pm TMA Peristyl
		LABINO LECTURE: John Parker UNITED KINGDOM *Seeing Glass in Its True Colors* “How did they do that?” That’s a question colored glass artifacts often elicit. Colors are generated by solution, precipitation, coating, and staining; but concentration/thickness effects, redox, particle size, interference, and fluorescence add extra interest. Color has an artistic context and matters in energy-generation and communications, underpinning mobiles and internet use. The Dominick Labino Fund sponsors an outstanding technical lecture at each conference.	Friday 2:15-3:15pm Seagate 202-208
		STRATTMAN LECTURE: Glenn Adamson, Head of Graduate Studies in Research Department of the Victoria & Albert Museum UNITED KINGDOM *The Attack of the Blob: Glass Art and the Will to Form* The earliest 1960s Toledo expressions of studio glass art: Are they immature - signs of a struggle with material and technique? Or are they radical objects, worthy of art historical stature in their own right? Adamson will suggest that these literally “informal” works might be adopted as models of progressive practice. The Wayne Strattman Critical Dialogue Lecture Fund sponsors a lecture with new and stimulating information on art glass at each annual GAS conference.	Saturday 1-2pm TMA Peristyle

LECTURES by day and time back to top

	Daniel Clayman Rhode Island Turn Right to Go East! In 1980, a fateful turn eastward to take a glassblowing class from Bill Carlson at Penland.	Friday 8-9am Seagate 302-306
Emerging Artists Presentations Three emerging artists each speak for 20-30 minutes. View more images and statements from these emerging artists Virginia Griswold Indiana Griswold talks about "opposites" as they exist in her recent work, specifically: inside/outside, making/un-making, moving/being-still. David King Pennsylvania Productive Illusions A presentation of artwork that draws from the historical form and properties of glass to elicit a participatory understanding of the material's relationship to vision. Anna Mlasowsky DENMARK Contemporary Traditions This is a challenging contradiction but it can create unity in glass-art practices. Mlasowsky reflects on the character of a material and its context-defined usage.		Friday 12:30-2pm TMA Little
	Stephen Paul Day Louisiana Stairway to Heaven, 25 years of work with Erwin Eisch Stephen Paul Day invites you to an entertaining hour honoring a special relationship between these two artists and their work. He adds, "A very special guest will be present!"	Friday 1-2pm Seagate 202-208
	Daniel Schwoerer Oregon *Bootstrapping, Brainstorming and Busting Butt (the early years of Bullseye)* Think it's a tough time to start a business? Dan Schwoerer, President of Bullseye Glass Company, describes co-founding the company during the mid-70's recession, with "stagflation" of 11% and interest rates of 23%. Collaborating with artists, the company developed compatible glasses for kilnwork and innovative methods for their use.	Friday 2:15-3:15pm TMA Peristyle
	Mary B. White California *Eco Art Collaborations & Inquiries: Marking Flood Levels* White will describe a synergistic science/art/public/private collaboration: the Boulder, CO flood level marker she designed with a team of artists, geographers, floodplain managers and City departments. She will discuss the tremendous power and interesting challenges of science/art collaborations and briefly show the path that led to her current work.	Friday 2:15-3:15pm TMA Little
	John Drury New York Winds of Change: The Future is Now Generations of young glassmakers have made the leap from the blatantly decorative as dictum, to embrace the conceptual, scientific, and technology-based means of creation with the same vigor and experimental nature exhibited during the early years of the Studio Glass Movement in America. Drury expands on the discussion - and our understanding - with, as he says, "laser, wit, and info-mercial."	Saturday 1-2pm TMA Little
	Luke Jerram UNITED KINGDOM *Edges of Perception* Jerram will describe his approach to making glass sculptures and place this body of work into the context of his overall practice. He will also describe how he collaborates with glassblowers and present some of his new work. This event is sponsored by ProMedica.	Saturday 2:15-3:15pm TMA Peristyle
	Mark Zirpel Washington The Glass Isn't the Thing Zirpel presents recent work that explores photovoltaics, rain-powered sound sculptures, incompatibility, and modeling the solar system.	Saturday 2:15-3:15pm TMA Little

DEMONSTRATIONS by type, day and time back to top

	Masahiro Asaka AUSTRALIA *Coldworking: NOT Just About Taking Punties Off* Asaka discusses the basics of coldworking, roughing out, polishing, working on a lathe, using handheld tools, and advanced sculptural techniques. Ergonomics and coldworking theory will also be covered.	COLD	Friday 8:30-Noon Pavilion Coldshop
	Joon Yong Kim SOUTH KOREA *Air Tools on Blown Glass* If your glass is too heavy or you are scared to use the wheel, why don't you try to use the air grinder first? These are some lazy glassblower's ways to cut and carve your piece. *The work created in this demo is slated for the Live Auction!	COLD	Saturday 8:30-Noon Pavilion Coldshop
	Robin Schultes Ohio *Off With Their Heads!* Schultes says that working on her Graveyard series has manifested many strange things - things that popped out of her torch - like chopped-off fingers and the severed heads of women and animals. During this demo, Schultes will make one of her favorite severed heads.	FLAME	Thursday 8:30-10am Pavilion Flameshop
	Bronwen Heilman Arizona *Imagery Inside the Orb* Heilman discusses vitreous enamels and demonstrates her technique of using them before and within the torch. She also shows how to create a marble with her original artwork inside – and how to apply enamels on the outside.	FLAME	Thursday 8:30-10am Seagate Flame
	Gideon Rockwood Ohio *From Libbey to the Lamp* Assembly of multi-pieced, lampworked vessel.	FLAME	Thursday 10:30-12pm Pavilion Flameshop
	Robert Mickelsen Florida *Pattern and Chaos - Sculpting with Small-Diameter Rod* Mickelsen demonstrates the use of very-small-diameter rod to make a large bowl that incorporates many small leaves, each containing a detailed pattern of veins.	FLAME	Thursday 10:30-Noon Seagate Flame
	Matthew Eskuche Pennsylvania Homage-o-thon Millionbillion Four or five 'flamous' torchers will pit wits against each other in an homage to each other's work. The players, to be announced, will randomly pull one of the other's names out of a hat and be charged with creating an object unmistakably of that person's style.	FLAME	Friday 8:30-Noon Pavilion Flameshop
	Ellie Burke Wisconsin *Snappy Dresser: Perfume for my Mother* Using some borosilicate tubing, color cane, precision ground joints, and perhaps some powders, Burke will fabricate a perfume bottle that captures a quiet moment when a woman checks herself out in a mirror before a night on the town.	FLAME	Friday 8:30-10am Seagate Flame
	Andre Gutgesell GERMANY *Surprise, a Composition from Coloured Soft Glass Tubing* A composition from colored soft glass tubing. Gutgesell will show it in the old Thuringien Style, like Albin Schadel and Kurt Wallstab. The resulting work will be an abstracted expression of the object.	FLAME	Friday 10:30-Noon Seagate Flame
	Dorie Guthrie Illinois *Shadows in the Dark* Shadows in the Dark will be a non-traditional learning experience for viewers, highlighting the history of flameworking and its influence on America.	FLAME	Saturday 8:30-10am Pavilion Flameshop
	Jin Won Han CANADA *1+1=3 (Utilizing 3D computer rendering for flameworking)* Han will introduce 3-D computer rendering skills and show how to utilize them for glassmaking. Combining flameworking with the computer technology opens interesting new possibilities in the designing process. Watch Han create a virtual 3-D mock-up and a real object. A large-scale sculpture will be assembled with borosilicate glass.	FLAME	Saturday 8:30-10am Seagate Flame
	Shane Fero North Carolina *Exotic Hummingbirds* Fero demonstrates the blowing of exotic hummingbirds that he will place on a branch with flowers.	FLAME	Saturday 10:30-Noon Pavilion Flameshop
	Lucio Bubacco ITALY Discobolus *The piece created in this demo is slated for the Live Auction!	FLAME	Saturday 10:30-Noon Seagate Flame
	Charles Savoie Wisconsin *Goblets 201* As Savoie says, "It takes at least two for me to make one!"	HOT	Thursday 8-9:30am Seagate CMoG Roadshow
	Rick Schneider Alabama *From the Chop Shop to the Hot Shop* Using a pre-made, four-color graal depicting a classic, custom, chopper ’50s flame pattern, Schneider will create an abstract of a human bust. This demo will utilize inside sculpting methods. Examples of the graal stages will be available for viewing during the demonstration.	HOT	Thursday 8-9:30am Pavilion GlassLab
	Jeff Mack Ohio *A Glass for Elio* Mack collaborates with longtime friend Eric Meek to create an elaborate 19th-century Venetian design to celebrate the memory of their mutual friend and teacher, Elio Quarisa. This venue is sponsored by Mansour Wealth Management.	HOT	Thursday 8:30-10am Pavilion Hotshop
	Davide Salvadore ITALY *The Tradition Continues* Observe the continuance of the Muranese tradition as Davide Salvadore creates his one-of-a-kind sculptures while working alongside his two sons, Mattia and Marco.	HOT	Thursday 10-11:30am Seagate CMoG Roadshow
	Hiromi Takizawa & Angus Powers both from New York Glass in Space / Dachshund On the Moon Takizawa and Powers collaborate on sending a small piece of glass to space while sculpting a moon with a portrait of a daschund. They’ll use a glass graal applied with digital photo enamels and ceramic decals to apply graphics of craters and a dachshund portrait.	HOT	Thursday 10-11:30am Pavilion GlassLab
	Jeff Ballard Oregon Stopping Time Complicated cane and stuff-cup techniques will be used to enhance the form of this highly controlled and innovative sculpting process. A cylindrical bubble will be transformed into an undulating, fluid form, capturing the essence of a water droplet and the ripple effect it creates. This venue is sponsored by Mansour Wealth Management.	HOT	Thursday 10:30-Noon Pavilion Hotshop
	The Ripple Effect: (featuring a lineage line-up for the ages) Michael Amis, John Miller, Alex Stisser, Amanda Pierce-Ghahramany all from Illinois In honor of Joel Phillip Myers, these former students of his will create hot-glass assemblages inspired by sketches Amis made during his time as a Myers’ student at Illinois State University.	HOT	Friday 8-11:30am Seagate CMoG Roadshow
	Klaus Moje AUSTRALIA Wrapping the Fusing Wrapping the Fusing is an extension of the good old "Aussie Roll-Up" process, with Tom Rowney at the bench. The team will "hot form" two pre-fused panels and feet. Of note: All work will be executed without using the furnace. *This piece will be auctioned off during the demo by Klaus himself. Be there to buy it! Learn more	HOT	Friday 8-9:30am Pavilion GlassLab
Richard Marquis & Nick Mount Washington / AUSTRALIA *The Nick & Dick Show*		HOT	Friday 8:30-10am Pavilion
There is special ticketing for this demonstration, as room capacity is limited by fire codes. Numbered tickets for this event are available to conference attendees starting at 7:30 am on Friday, June 15, at the TMA Glass Pavilion Hotshop. (Attendees may not get tickets for this event earlier than June 15.) You must stay in line to keep your place. Anyone waiting past the maximum number of places will be alerted that they need to choose another demo. Once the demo ends, the room will be cleared. This venue is sponsored by Mansour Wealth Management.*			Hotshop
California State University - San Bernardino - STUDENT Group Hot Demonstration Bubble! Bubble! Bubble! Students: Sarah Dominick, Liz Herrera, Aya Oki and Nao Yamamoto Teacher: Katherine Gray		HOT	Friday 8:30-10am Pavilion Small Hotshop
	Shawn Messenger, Ian Schmidt & Jack Schmidt Ohio **Schmidt / Messenger Family Blow** Shawn Messenger, Jack Schmidt and Ian Schmidt will collaborate on a piece using techniques unique to each of their particular styles of working with hot glass.	HOT	Friday 10-11:30am Pavilion GlassLab
	Bertil Vallien SWEDEN Demo by Lifetime Achievement Recipient *Nose in the Dirt Makes No Art* *There is special ticketing for this demonstration, as room capacity is limited by fire codes. Numbered tickets for this event are available to conference attendees starting at 9:30 am on Friday, June 15, at the TMA Glass Pavilion Hotshop. (Attendees may not get tickets for this event earlier than June 15.) You must stay in line to keep your place. Anyone waiting past the maximum number of places will be alerted that they need to choose another demo. Once the demo ends, the room will be cleared.	HOT	Friday 10:30-Noon Pavilion Hotshop
Ohio State University - STUDENT Group Hot Demonstrations Glass Furnace Students: Josephine Anderson, Abby Christ, Robert Flowers and Megan Lockhart. Teacher: Richard Harned		HOT	Friday 10:30-Noon Pavilion Small Hotshop
	Fritz Dreisbach Washington *Where Were You in '62?*	HOT	Saturday 8-9:30am Seagate CMoG Roadshow
	Beccy Feather & Clay Hufford Pennsylvania / North Carolina *Sum of the wHole* Flameworking, casting, hot sculpting, coldworking, and glassblowing all in, as Feather and Hufford put it, "one giant, incomprehensible, unconquerable mountain of extravagance and pizzazz." They include a warning, "All viewers are to be advised, this demo has been known to cause synapse explosion, causing irreversible and permanent side effects of confusion and disbelief."	HOT	Saturday 8-9:30am Pavilion GlassLab
	Albert Young Michigan *Foundry to Furnace* The presentation will involve casting hot glass into a welded-steel sculptural form, and then blowing a large vessel molded by found, steel objects.	HOT	Saturday 8:30-10am Pavilion Hotshop
University of Wisconsin - River Falls - STUDENT Group Hot Demonstrations The Cheese Inside Students: Chris Gray, Carol Lehman, Phil Reed, Andy Schultz and Jeff Stenbom Teacher: Eoin Breadon		HOT	Saturday 8:30-10am Pavilion Small Hotshop
	Thomas Rowney AUSTRALIA *Sea Horse Bowl* Rowney constructs a Venetial-styled, cane-worked, footed bowl, utilizing a stylized motif of seahorses for the stem.	HOT	Saturday 10-11:30am Seagate CMoG Roadshow
	Mark Matthews Ohio *Precision Air Entrapment (void as subject)* A Super Jetson III will be produced, as will an example of a multi-level, geometric, precision air-entrapment. The peculiar methods involved with this unique technique will be elucidated.	HOT	Saturday 10-11:30am Pavilion GlassLab
	Hank Adams New York *Historic Methods of Mold Blowing* There is special ticketing for this demonstration, as room capacity is limited by fire codes. Numbered tickets for this event are available to conference attendees starting at 9:30 am on Saturday, June 16, at the TMA Glass Pavilion Hotshop. (Attendees may not get tickets for this event earlier than June 16.). You must stay in line to keep your place. Anyone waiting past the maximum number of places will be alerted that they need to choose another demo. Once the demo ends, the room will be cleared. This event is sponsored by PNC Bank.* This venue is sponsored by Mansour Wealth Management.	HOT	Saturday 10:30-Noon Pavilion Hotshop

LEC-MOS (lecture type presentations on artistic process) by day and time back to top

		Joel O'Dorisio Ohio Ultra-Clean Glass Casting: Understanding and Controlling Glass Flow in the Kiln. O’Dorisio will demonstrate two types of glass-mold materials, and mold-making techniques. He will also discuss glass placement and the fluid dynamics of glass at various temperatures to enhance our understanding of (1) how glass flows in a mold, and (2) how this affects the quality of glass in the finished piece.	Thursday 8-9:30am TMA Little
		Paul Stankard New Jersey *50 Years of Cajoling Glass in a Flame* A lec-mo that is complemented by reminiscing about the past and leading to what is next. This event is sponsored by Entelco Foundation.	Thursday 8-9:30am Seagate 302-306
		Masahiro Asaka, Daniel Clayman, Judy Hill JAPAN, Rhode Island, Oregon *Molded My Way* This presentation explores individual approaches to the kilncasting of one assigned and exact shape. Each participant brings his/her resulting piece and a visual record of the processes each used in its creation. This event is sponsored by Entelco Foundation.	Thursday 10-11:30am TMA Little
		Richard LaLonde Washington new slot Inspiration for a Recycled Revolution - 1950s American “Window Glass Fusers” Learn about eight of the early “window glass fusers,” US “designer craftsmen” who kilnformed glass in their own studios before the 1962 Toledo workshops. See step-by-step images of La Londe’s glass experiments, which were inspired from their actual pieces in his collection.	Thursday 10-11:30am Seagate 302-306
		Sidney Hutter Massachusetts *Making Art Using Ultraviolet Adhesives and Plate Glass* Hutter creates his artwork through an intricate process that uses ultraviolet adhesive and plate glass to create components for his vases. Depending on the series, these components are refined with the grinder, polisher, and/or diamond saw.	Friday 8-9:30am TMA Little
		Herb Babcock Michigan Hot Roundel Pie "So," asks Babcock, "You want a thin layer of unique color that can be selectively removed from a relief cast glass form?" All basic ingredients and serving instructions are reviewed to make this delicious treat. Plus a bonus: making the donuts.	Friday 10-11:30am TMA Little
		Scott Benefield UNITED KINGDOM Slow Blowing Slow Blowing documents the process of making a single, complexly patterned hollow form from hot glass, showing how creative decision-making can be extended by starting and stopping the process at several points, and by integrating cold and warm techniques into the hot-glass activity.	Friday 10-11:30am Seagate 302-306
		Katherine Gray California *The Why and the How* A visual explanation of the thought process and techniques behind Gray's recent work.	Saturday 8-9:30am Seagate 302-306
		Gary Adcock Illinois new slot *3D Stereoscopic Video* Join filmmaker Gary Adcock and guest artist Davide Salvadore for sneak preview of a 3-D stereographic motion picture exploration of his art, his sons, and his island home, Murano.	Saturday 8-9:30am TMA Little
		Gordon Smith, HS Martin, Inc New Jersey Industrial Methods for Arts Sake Unique possibilities are available to glass artists and designers who utilize the scientific and industrial glass industry. The discussion will include the use of a glass lathe to aid in the creation of large-scale work.	Saturday 10-11:30am Seagate 302-306
		Kristin McFarlane AUSTRALIA *Typecasting: Typography Within Glass* This lec-mo will explore intersections between typography, glass, and technology. The use of high-firing decals and their application in multiple-layered works will be discussed, as will 3-D rapid prototyping and its possibilities for creating typography and intricate molds for glass.	Saturday 10-11:30am TMA Little

PANELS by day and time back to top

HISTORY PANEL Blowin' in the Wind Friday at 3:30-5pm in the TMA Peristyle Theater
William Warmus New York MODERATOR	Fritz Dreisbach Washington	Henry Halem Ohio	Marvin Lipofsky California	Joel Philip Myers Pennsylvania	Toots Zynsky Rhode Island
Learn what it was like to be present at the creation, or at least nearby. Centuries of studio glass history are represented by the panelists, who are also great storytellers. They share their take on Labino, the emerging role of women, encounters with industries and universities, and how one became the unofficial ambassador for glass. This event is sponsored by PorMedica.

FUTURE METHODS PANEL Friday at 3:30-5pm in the Seagate rooms 202-208
Dr Vanessa Cutler WALES MODERATOR	Amy Baur Minnesota	Brian Boldon Minnesota	Glen Gardner Pennsylvania
Does technology increase our skill base as glass artists or are we becoming more technique-led, looking for the next gimmick? This panel sets out to demonstrate the applications of technology (rapid prototyping, digital printing, and water jet) and where it may lead within glass practice.

POST STUDIO GLASS PANEL A Look at the New Parameters for Work in Glass Saturday at 1:45-3:15pm in the Seagate rooms 202-208
Andrew Page New York MODERATOR	Alexander Rosenberg Pennsylvania	Matthew Szösz California	Tim Tate Washington D.C.
The work in glass being shown in galleries and art fairs still focuses on formalist object on a plinth. A new generation of glass artists is breaking with the existing glass art field to apply new strategies. Panelists speak with GLASS Quarterly editor Andrew Page about this generational shift and its implications.

"FRESH DIRECTIONS" DESIGN PANEL new slot Saturday at 2:00-3:30pm in the Glass Pavilion Salon
Tina Oldknow New York MODERATOR	Charles Parriott Washington	Paul Haigh Connecticut	Michael Rogers New York	Robert Zollweg Ohio
Presentations and Q&A on CMoG’s GlassLab Design Program; HAIGH Architects + Designers’ “Liquid Fusion” design course at Boisbuchet; new Czech glass design; a collaboration with RIT’s Vignelli Design Center; and global trends in designing glass tableware at Libbey.

WORLD INFLUENCES PANEL American Glass or World Glass? Saturday at 3:30-5pm in the TMA Peristyle Theater
William Warmus New York MODERATOR	Lucio Bubacco ITALY	Sam Herman ENGLAND	Klaus Moje AUSTRALIA	Charlie Parriott USA/CZECH REPUBLIC	Bertil Vallien SWEDEN
Studio glass was founded in the US, but the European influences run deep, and ideas flow in both directions. This panel surveys a parallel universe of glass through the eyes of artists who are central to European glass, and also explores eastward, to Australia. This event is sponsored by HCR ManorCare.

EFFECTIVE TEACHING PANEL Embodied Learning: Intelligence of the Making Body Saturday at 3:30-5pm in the TMA Little Theater
Herb Babcock Michigan MODERATOR	Robin Cass New York	Tim Mather Indiana	Mary B. White California
This panel discussion will investigate education that embraces embodied learning. Craft-based/ material-based educational programs have always been based in experiential/embodied learning. What importance does this kind of educational experience have for the students of today?

GREEN PANEL Sustainable Glass Education Saturday at 3:30-5pm in the Seagate rooms 202-208
Eddie Bernard North Carolina MODERATOR	Ruth King Washington	Jessi Moore Illinois	Chris Taylor Rhode Island
This panel considers the role that educational facilities are – or should be – playing in addressing the sustainability issue of glass as an art medium.

conference presentation schedule changes to pre-conference brochure

Gary Adcock's Lec-mo now takes place on Saturday at 8am in the TMA - Little Theater.
Richard LaLonde's Lec-mo now takes place on Thursday at 10am in the SeaGate rooms 302-306.
Fresh Directions Panel will now take place on Saturday at 2pm in the Glass Pavilion Salon.
Tom Rowney will fill the TBA hot demo slot on Saturday at 10am in SeaGate Hall C, CMoG Roadshow.
Hiromi Takizawa will fill the TBA hot demo slot on Thursday at Lecture will take place on Friday at 2:15pm in the TMA - Little Theater.