https://vimeo.com/350066316 How would you explain your organization in 300 words or less? The Glass Furnace is Turkey’s largest and best-equipped glass and art center. On the shore of the Riva river, the campus has given its back to the green nature in Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. The Plasma Art Alliance is an international art organization representing over 100 artists and enthusiasts of the sculptural medium of lighted plasma in glass. We strive to foster advancements in the Read More
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Sylvia Bernice Vigiletti September 22, 1933 – October 12, 2020 Sylvia Bernice Vigiletti passed away peacefully at home in Southfield, Michigan on Monday, October 12, 2020. She was born in Chatham, Ontario on Friday, September 22, 1933 to John and Dora Glover. Read More
Marianne Spottiswoode McLane August 23, 2020 It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Marianne, known to her family as ‘Jean Marian’. Marianne passed away on Sunday 23rd August 2020, in Tijuana, Mexico. Marianne was blessed with Read More
Dylan Christopher Atkinson-Betz December 13, 1989 – July 19, 2020 In the early morning hours of July 19, 2020, the American glass community lost a shining star. Dylan Christopher Atkinson-Betz passed away suddenly at the age of 30. Born on December 13, Read More
Robert M. Minkoff April 12th, 1951 – September 6th, 2020 Robert Minkoff passed away September 6th, after a 2018 diagnosis of CNS Lymphoma. Robert was the son of the late Leon and Marianne Minkoff of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He is survived by Read More
At the center of the Glass Art Society is our community, and we take great pride in taking care of our members, even in memoriam. We’ve dedicated part of our website to memorials so the greater glass community can remember those who Read More
Cane Smokestack Monster Sawfish Watermelon Fish Damascus Tweezers Damascus Jacks Artist Tim Spurchise Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Spurchise, originally from Syracuse, New York, is skilled in both glassblowing and metalworking and has shown work both nationally and internationally. His main Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. My name is Catherine Chevrier Turbide. I am daughter of a glass blower, and I am now glass blower myself, after having studied Biology, Arts and Communications! I Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Kayla Cantu is a fat, female, half-mexican, bisexual artist who utilizes glass, video, photography, and mixed media. Through questioning society’s understanding of normality and abnormality, her practice explores curiosities of unruly bodies. Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. I have been a lamp-work glass artist for over twenty-five years. I produce one-of-a-kind objects of art including marbles, blown vessels and cups, as well as sculptural glass. My work Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. A BFA, Textile graduate, from the California College of Art, she went on to study sculpture when awarded merit scholarships for Gage Academy’s Sculpture Atelier program and studied Metalworking and Read More
Days before we were set to publish this issue of GASnews, we received a letter from Nate Watson, Executive Director of Public Glass. Not only do we whole-heartedly support Nate in his statement, we also believe that his impactful words cannot wait for our Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. KCJ was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and grew up in New England and South Florida before moving to Jacksonville, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Printmaking Read More
Head shot in Lift Like a Princess Installation, 2017, Carrack Modern Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, Photo Credit Kelsie McNair Lift Like a Princess Installation, 2017, Carrack Modern Gallery, Durham, North Carolina Glow, 2019, Glass and Latex Sweet as Candy, Sharp as Knives, Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Born and raised in China, Jinya Zhao discovered a passion for glass whilst studying for a BA at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou(2013-17) and MA at the Royal College of Art in London(2017-19). She Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Helen Slater Stokes gained an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in 1996. Having set up her practice in 1999, exhibiting both nationally and internationally, she went back to the Royal College of Art in 2013 and completed a PhD by practice in 2020. Helen lectures and has presented research papers at numerous conferences, most recently the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference 2019, in Florida. Her work has been selected to be shown at the British Glass Biennale 2017 and 2019, and is held in both public and private collections. Helen uses the medical science of optical perception in conjunction with historic and contemporary illusionary image techniques. This work discusses our notion of ‘Space and Place’ and challenges our spatial perception. Pieces adopt traditional observational Read More
Previous Next Tell us about yourself. I have a long background within sculpture but started with glace in 2004 and has then worked with kiln casting, slumping lost wax, and pate de verre in my own Stockholm-based studio (Sweden). I am a Read More
Artwork by GAS Member Maia Stern (https://www.sternglassworks.com/) The Glass Art Society is dedicated to lending a helping hand to our members to offset the negative effects brought about by the spread of and resulting quarantine situations of COVID-19 (coronavirus). If you are Read More