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HistoryConference Location History1971 Penland, North Carolina
1972 Penland, North Carolina 1973 Marietta, Ohio/Williamstown, West Virginia 1974 Marietta, Ohio/Williamstown, West Virginia 1975 Toledo, Ohio 1976 Coring, New York 1977 Madison, Wisconsin 1978 Asilomar, California 1979 Corning, New York 1980 Huntington, West Virginia 1981 Seattle, Washington 1982 New York, New York 1983 Tucson, Arizona 1984 Corning, New York 1985 New Orleans, Louisiana 1986 Los Angeles, California 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1988 Kent, Ohio 1989 Toronto, Canada 1990 Seattle, Washington 1991 Corning, New York 1992 Mexico City, Mexico 1993 Toledo, Ohio 1994 Oakland, California 1995 Asheville, North Carolina 1996 Boston, Massachusetts 1997 Tucson, Arizona 1998 Seto, Japan 1999 Tampa, Florida 2000 Brooklyn, New York 2001 Corning, New York 2002 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2003 Seattle, Washington 2004 New Orleans, Louisiana 2005 Adelaide, Australia 2006 St. Louis, Missouri 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2008 Portland, Oregon 2009 Corning, New York 2010 Louisville, Kentucky 2011 Seattle, Washington Award Recipients HistoryHonorary Lifetime Membership AwardFor outstanding service to the Glass Art Society Penny Berk Scott Benefield William H. Blenko, Jr. William Brown (1923-1992) Thomas S. Buechner Robert Carlson Andries Dirk Copier (1901-1991) Daniel Crichton Dan Dailey Laura Donefer Fritz Dreisbach Erwin Eisch Frank Fenton Susanne K. Frantz O.J. Gabbert (1918 - 1992) Paul V. Gardner (1908-1994) Henry Halem Audrey Handler Frances Higgins (1912–2004) Michael Higgins (1908-1999) David Jacobs Robert Kehlmann Dominick Labino (1910 - 1987) John Leighton Marvin Lipofsky Harvey K. Littleton Lani McGregor Joel Philip Myers Mark Peiser Michael Rogers Ginny Ruffner Takako Sano (1939-2006) Jack A. Schmidt Daniel Schwoerer Josh Simpson Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend Sylvia Vigiletti Lifetime Achievement Awards For exceptional achievement in the field of glass art Jaroslava Brychtová Thomas S. Buechner Dale Chihuly Fritz Dreisbach Erwin Eisch Kyohei Fujita Henry Halem Jiri Harcuba Itoko Iwata Dominick Labino (1910-1987) Marvin Lipofsky Stanislav Libensky (1921-2002) Harvey K. Littleton Finn Lynggaard Paul Marioni Richard Marquis Klaus Moje Ann Robinson Alice Rooney Ludwig Schaffrath Lino Tagliapietra Sybren Valkema (1994) Ann Wolff Labino Lecturer History1993Dr. Robert H. Brill Glass and Glassmaking in Ancient China, and Some Other Things from Other Places 1994 Dr Carlo G Pantano The Surface of Glass (The relationship between glass composition and molecular structure, and the way molecular structure controls properties) 1995 Dr. L. David Pye A History of Color in Glass 1996 A Day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Introduction by Thomas Eager Solid Free-Form Fabrication: Computer Renderings to Solid Artifacts by Michael Cima Glass in Architecture: Intentions and Innovations by Ken Kao Holography: The Last Stop Before Cyberspace by Betsy Connors A Feast of Sounds by Walter Lewin 1997 Dan Watson The Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory Lecture 1998 Junji Tanahashi Technical Advancements and Glass Production during the Edo Period 1999 Vladimir A Rakov Lightning Makes Glass (How lightning makes Fulgurites and information on Fulgurites) 2000 Henry E. Hagy Glass Seals and Thermal Expansion Compatibility 2001 Frank Woolley and William Gudenrath Technology Helping Art: Making Glass the Way It Wants to Be Made 2002 Mick Eekhout Limits of the Material 2003 Dr. Carlo Pantano Glass Surfaces: Old, New and Engineered 2004 Dr. William LaCourse Sol-Gel and Other Curiosities 2005 Chris Sorrell How Science, Art, and History Come Together Through New Techniques in Glass Analysis 2006 Dr. Delbert E. Day Glass – From Outer Space to Inner Space 2007 Michael Greenman Glass Art & Science – Moving Forward Together 2008 Dr. Roger Ely Sustainable Energy for Tomorrow: The Natural Beauty of Light 2009 Dr. Adam Ellison The Art of Glass Science 2010 Stephen Tucker Glass Furnace Design—From Industry to the Studio 2011 Pamela Vandiver Original Sins, Glass Origins: Glass Durability & Other Technological Problems |