Ginny Ruffner accepting the 2019 GAS Lifetime Achievement Award in St. Petersburg, Florida We are saddened by the passing of Ginny Ruffner, a truly visionary glass and mixed media artist who was awarded the Glass Art Society’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. “Ginny Read More
Long-time GAS member Frederick Birkill passed away this summer. As a photographer of early GAS Conferences, he was instrumental in creating a record of GAS and the Studio Glass Movement. His friend, Shane Fero, remembers Fred in this blog post. I met Read More
As we join together for our next annual conference—the first time we have gathered in person since 2019—we want to celebrate and memorialize those we have lost over the last few years we have been apart. Erwin Eisch (1927-2022) Sylvia Bernice Vigiletti Read More
By Stephen Paul Day The lights dimmed as all the students anticipated an exciting lecture from the teacher and German glass artist Erwin Eisch. He was nowhere to be seen and the discord simmered. Suddenly a voice from the lodge’s balcony drew Read More
This article was originally published by Tampa Bay Times by Maggie Duffy, Arts and Music Reporter Lenn Neff’s legacy is stamped on and inside buildings throughout Tampa Bay. His abstract stained and leaded glass work features geometric lines, redefining the notion Read More
This article was originally published by Urban Glass Quarterly. Details are still emerging, but glass great Benjamin Moore died on Friday, June 25th, 2021, in Seattle. Moore is considered one of the most influential American glassblowers of the 20th century, not only Read More
Gerald “Jerry” Catania (1945 – 2020) Midwest glass pioneer and gifted art educator Jerry Catania, peacefully left an artistic legacy behind, on May 13, 2020, at the age of 74 years young. Jerry’s career in glass started serendipitously in 1971 with a Read More
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