From demos and lectures to panels and films, we’ve got a unique line-up of presenters from across the globe!
Each year, the GAS Conference features approximately 70 presenters from various stages of career development and involvement in the glass community to showcase their expertise, talent, research, and more. From emerging artists to established professionals, our presenters make up a diverse and engaging group of artists, educators, curators, researchers, and administrators who join the conference from all across the globe.
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First Name | Last Name | Country | Type of Presentation | Title of Presentation | Website | |
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Simone | Fezer | Germany | DEMO: HOT | Re-Generate | Website | @simonefezer |
Jack | Gramann | United States | DEMO: HOT | Line Work | Website | @jackgramann |
Ned | Cantrell | Denmark | DEMO: HOT | Inflatable Animal | Website | @nedcantrell |
Mert | Ungor | Turkey | DEMO: HOT | Mediterranean Gems: Heritage Meets Contemporary Glass Design | Website | @lonca.studio |
Jahday | Ford | United Kingdom | DEMO: HOT | Alchemy: Evolution of Glass | Website | @jahdayfordesign |
Claudia Virginia | Vitari | Germany | DEMO: HOT | Silkscreening and Roll-up demo | Website | @claudia_virginia_vitari |
Peter | Kuchinke | Sweden | DEMO: HOT | Silkscreening and Roll-up demo | @kuchinkepeter | |
Karen | Nyholm | Denmark | DEMO: HOT | Growing Hand | Website | @karennyholm |
Special Guest | Blown Away | DEMO: HOT | ||||
Beccy | Feather | United States | DEMO: HOT AND FLAME | American Cheese | Website | @bffglass |
Sarah | Gilbert | United States | DEMO: HOT AND FLAME | American Cheese | Website | @crashkillbert |
Kit | Paulson | United States | DEMO: HOT AND FLAME | American Cheese | Website | @kitpaulson |
Brent | Rogers | United States | DEMO: HOT AND FLAME | American Cheese | Website | @bbobj_ |
Ondrej | Novotny | Czech Republic | DEMO: HOT AND FLAME | No Barriers | Website | @ondrejnovotnyglass |
Tatyana | Boyarinova | Russia | DEMO: HOT AND FLAME | No Barriers (With Ondrej Novotny) and Glass Snowdrops | @tatyana_boyarinova | |
Zach | Puchowitz | Spain | DEMO: FLAME | The Punished Head 14mm bowl | Website | @ouchkick |
SIMONE | CRESTANI | Italy | DEMO: FLAME | Something Old for Something New: Translating Renaissance Venetian Technique Into Borosilicate Glass | Website | @simonecrestani |
ivan | bestari | Indonesia | DEMO: FLAME | Sculptural Recyled Glass Flameworking | Website | @ivanoozz (instagram) |
Anne | Wenzel | Germany | DEMO: COLD | Dialogue of Wheels: Contemporary Glass Engraving | Website | |
Ioana | Stelea | DEMO: COLD | Dialogue of Wheels: Contemporary Glass Engraving | Website | ||
Lothar | Böttcher | South Africa | DEMO: COLD | Lathe Riders: International Cold Working | Website | @lotharbottcher @latheriders |
Samuel | Weisenborn | Germany | DEMO: COLD | Lathe Riders: International Cold Working | @samuelweisenborn | |
Patrick | Roth | Austria | DEMO: COLD | Lathe Riders: International Cold Working | Website | @patrick.roth.glass |
Jenny | Mulligan | Ireland | DEMO: COLD | Lathe Riders: International Cold Working | Website | @jenmulliglass |
Jára | Šára | Czech Republic | DEMO: COLD | Engraving the White Unicorn | Website | instagram @jarasara81 |
Victoria | Ahmadizadeh Melendez | United States | DEMO: NEON | Website | @internet___angel | |
Marta | Gibiete | Latvia | LECMO: KILN | Design or Art? Creating 3D sculptures in Glass Fusing | Website | @martagibiete |
Nate | Ricciuto | United States | LECMO: KILN | Practical Magic: Now You See It… | Website | @natealso |
Aaron | Peters | United States | LECMO: COLD | Is it a Window or Not? Unconventional and Contemporary Ways of Using Stained and Flat Glass in Design and Art | @aaroncharlespeters | |
Ricardo | Hoineff | Czech Republic | LECMO: KILN | Laziness, Mother of Creativity? How I Had to Create New Ways of Working in Order to Adapt to my Creative Space | Website | @hoineff.com_ |
Carrie | Strope | United States | LECMO: KILN | Freeze Casting with Borosilicate Glass | Website | @calyxann |
Saman | Kalantari | Italy | LECMO: KILN | From Papier-Mâché to Pâte de Verre | Website | @saman_kalantari_glass |
Chuchen | Song | United States | LECMO: KILN | Traditional and non-traditional methods of imagery on glass | @chuchen_glass | |
Adeye | Jean-Baptiste | United States | LECMO: KILN | Intergalactic, intergenerational, bead weaving | @adayamonthayear | |
Anthony | Amoako Attah | United Kingdom | LECMO: KILN | @kente_glass | ||
Brenda | Page | Australia | LECMO: MOLD | The Image Within | Website | @brenda_page1 |
Brian | Gillespie | United States | LECMO: MOLD | Digital Workflows for Reusable Hot Shop Molds | Website | @b.gillespie.art |
Helen | Stokes | United Kingdom | LECMO: MOLD | Digital Design and Glass Art | Website | @helenslaterglass |
Silvia | Levenson | Italy | LECTURE: SOCIAL JUSTICE | I Feel a Bit Nervous | Website | @silvia_levenson |
Christopher | McElroy | United States | LECTURE: HISTORY | Patternwork of the American Glass Pipe Movement | Website | @2_stroke_glass |
Ryan | Kuhns | United States | LECTURE: TECHNOLOGY | CAD and Glass Integration | Website | @Kuhnsglass |
Barbara | Schmidt | Germany | LECTURE: COMMUNITY | Glass: Hand Formed Matter; Perspectives of Manual Glass Making in Europe | Website | @glass_handformedmatter |
Peter | Kuchinke | Sweden | LECTURE: COMMUNITY | Glass: Hand Formed Matter; Perspectives of Manual Glass Making in Europe | @kuchinkepeter | |
Julia | Wolf | Germany | LECTURE: COMMUNITY | Glass: Hand Formed Matter; Perspectives of Manual Glass Making in Europe | Website | |
Ella | Einhell | Germany | LECTURE: COMMUNITY | Glass: Hand Formed Matter; Perspectives of Manual Glass Making in Europe | Website | |
Alexandra | Muresan | Romania | LECTURE: HISTORY | Translucent Narratives: A Journey through Romanian Glass Art. | @alexandramuresanglass | |
Phillip | Bandura | Canada | LECTURE: SOCIAL JUSTICE | IS GLASS QUEER? OR IS IT JUST ME? | Website | @phillipnfriends |
Alison | Lowry | United Kingdom | LECTURE: SOCIAL JUSTICE | Addressing the Past Through a Glass Lens | Website | @Alison_lowry_glass |
Meghan | Bunnell | United States | LECTURE: CAREER | Wholesale 101 | Website | @corningmuseumshops |
Andrew | Adejo | Nigeria | LECTURE: TECHNOLOGY | Recycling of Glass into Pigmented Material for Arts Application | ||
Daniel | Kvesic | Croatia | LECTURE: TECHNOLOGY | How we Built the Heaviest Glass Sculpture in the World (probably) | Website | @bokart.glass |
Fatma | Ciftci | Turkey | LECTURE: TECHNOLOGY | Reviving Iridescent Magic: A Contemporary Approach to a Centuries-Old Craft from Mesopotamia to the Present | Website | |
Halil | Yoleri | Turkey | LECTURE: TECHNOLOGY | Reviving Iridescent Magic: A Contemporary Approach to a Centuries-Old Craft from Mesopotamia to the Present | Website | |
John | Dillard | United States | LECTURE: HISTORY | Why Glassblowing is Irrelevant | Website | @johndillard__ |
Sarah | Rothwell | United Kingdom | PANEL: COMMUNITY | Endangered Status – The Current Situation for Stained Glass in the UK | Website | @sarah.j.rothwell |
Jessamy | Kelly | United Kingdom | PANEL: COMMUNITY | Endangered Status – The Current Situation for Stained Glass in the UK | @jessamykellyglass | |
Sax | Shaw | United Kingdom | PANEL: COMMUNITY | Endangered Status – The Current Situation for Stained Glass in the UK | @saxshaw | |
Jasmine | Allen | United Kingdom | PANEL: COMMUNITY | Endangered Status – The Current Situation for Stained Glass in the UK | @stainedglassmuseum | |
Chloe | Monks | United Kingdom | PANEL: EDUCATION | Fostering Creativity and Learning: Exploring the Impact of Nonaccredited Education in the Creative Glass Community | Website | @chloemonks_ |
Michael | Endo | United States | PANEL: EDUCATION | Fostering Creativity and Learning: Exploring the Impact of Nonaccredited Education in the Creative Glass Community | Website | @michael.endo |
Joshua | Kerley | United Kingdom | PANEL: EDUCATION | Fostering Creativity and Learning: Exploring the Impact of Nonaccredited Education in the Creative Glass Community | Website | @joshuakerleymaker |
Jo | Andersson | Sweden | PANEL: EDUCATION | Fostering Creativity and Learning: Exploring the Impact of Nonaccredited Education in the Creative Glass Community | Website | @jo.andersson.studios |
Charlott | Rodgers | PANEL: MENTAL HEALTH | Crafting Calm – Discussion and Strategies on How to Keep Sane as a Glass Artist | @charlottrodgers | ||
Leona | Nicholas | United Kingdom | PANEL: MENTAL HEALTH | Crafting Calm – Discussion and Strategies on How to Keep Sane as a Glass Artist | Website | |
Gregory | Alliss | United Kingdom | PANEL: MENTAL HEALTH | Crafting Calm – Discussion and Strategies on How to Keep Sane as a Glass Artist | Website | @gregoryallissstudioglass |
Gayle | Matthias | Netherlands | PANEL: EDUCATION | The Glass Virus: On the Hybrid II | Website | @gayle.matthias |
Caroline | Madden | Ireland | PANEL: EDUCATION | The Glass Virus: On the Hybrid II | https://www.ncad.ie/directory/view/dr.-caroline-madden | |
Jens | Pfeifer | PANEL: EDUCATION | The Glass Virus: On the Hybrid II | @theglassvirus | ||
Jesse | Magee | PANEL: EDUCATION | The Glass Virus: On the Hybrid II | |||
Sarah | Höchstetter | Germany | PANEL: CAREER | Creating Training and Networking Opportunities to Support Emerging Glass Makers | Website | |
Nathalie | Flückiger | Switzerland | PANEL: CAREER | Creating Training and Networking Opportunities to Support Emerging Glass Makers | @nathalieflueckiger | |
Selina | Weber | Germany | PANEL: CAREER | Creating Training and Networking Opportunities to Support Emerging Glass Makers | @selina_amelie | |
Zuzana | Kubelková | Czech Republic | PANEL: CAREER | Creating Training and Networking Opportunities to Support Emerging Glass Makers | ||
Anne | Kenealy | United States | WORKSHOP | Grantwriting for Artists | @annegkenealy | |
Hannah | Guisewhite | United States | WORKSHOP | Melting Tension – The Benefits of Massage for Glassblowers | @travelinghandsbyhannah | |
Suzanne | Peck | United States | PERFORMANCE | Honeymoon, Honeymouth | Website | @suzannepeck |
Emilia | Marcjasz | Poland | PERFORMANCE | Bonfire | Website | @emilia.marcjasz |
JanHein | van Stiphout | Netherlands | PERFORMANCE | Rroaring Glass | Website | |
Siobhan | Healy | United Kingdom | WORKSHOP | Diamond point engraving with AI design | Website | @HealyArtsScotland |
Anna | Mlasowsky | WORKSHOP | What, Why, How Think Tank | Website | @annamlasowsky | |
Jonathan | Capps | United States | DEMO: HOT | Can We Make this Work: Why Not?! | @jonnycappucino |