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 100 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 that join the conference from all across the globe.
Confirmed presenters are updated weekly and are subject to change. Looking for someone specific? Use the search bar or header tabs to sort by FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, LOCATION, TYPE, CATEGORY, or TITLE.
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First Name | Last Name | Country | Type | Category | Title | Website | |
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Abegael | Uffelman | United States | DEMO | HOT | Midwest's Best! | Website | @abbey.u |
Adrienne | DiSalvo | United States | DEMO | COLD | It's What's Inside That Counts | Website | @babedrienne |
Albert | Young | United States | DEMO | HOT | Ladle, Pipe, and Torch | Website | @albertyoungsculpture |
Alejandra | Toribio | Argentina | DEMO | COLD | Designing Techniques With the Potential of the Material | Website | @aletoribio22 |
Alex | Ubatuba | United States | DEMO | FLAME | Large scale assembly with borosilicate glass | Website | @alexubatuba (Instagram) |
Andrew | Madvin | United States | OTHER | Motor City Production Line | Website | @axiomglass | |
Andrew | Kups | United States | FILM | FLAME | Art That Gives Back: The Michigan Glass Project | Website | @themichiganglassprojecgt |
Andy | Paiko | United States | PANEL | COMMUNITY | European Opportunities for Glass Artists | Website | @andypaikoglass |
April | Wagner | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Creating Space for Artists to Thrive | Website | @epiphanyglass |
Atreya | Mathur | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Legal Toolkit for Glass Artists | Website | |
Bohyun | Yoon | United States | PERFORMANCE | Fanfares and Blooms in Light | Website | ||
Bri | Chesler | United States | DEMO | HOT | LiquidLush Collaboration | Website | @brichesler |
Brian | Gillespie | United States | LECMO | TECHNOLOGY | Digital Workflows for Reusable Hot Shop Molds | Website | @b.gillespie.art |
Brian | Frus | United States | PANEL | SUSTAINABILITY | Green Panel | Website | |
Cary | Rapaport | United States | FILM | OTHER | Creating with the Fourth State of Matter: Plasma Artists in the Studio | Website | @caryrapaport |
Caterina | Toso | Italy | FILM | FLAME | THE FLAME - The Art and the History of Lampworking | @caterinatoso.murano | |
Catie | Newell | United States | LECMO | TECH | Machined Lines: Waterjetting Glass | Website | @catienewell |
Charlene | Foster | United States | DEMO | FLAME | Chain Making | Website | @chacha_chainz |
Charlyn | Reynolds | United States | DEMO | HOT | Abnormalities and Absurdities: Sculpting Hybrid Animals | Website | @charlynreynoldsglass |
Cheryl | Derricotte | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Your Guide to Proposal Writing | Website | @cherylderricottestudio |
Chiontea | Thomas | United States | DEMO | HOT | Brave not Broken: Finding Beauty in the Cracks | Website | |
Christopher | Day | United Kingdom | DEMO | HOT | Chris Day Politely Shouts | Website | @christopherdayglass |
Cooper | O'Brien | United States | LECTURE | HISTORY | The Polished Subject | Website | @obriencooper |
Danielle | James | United States | DEMO | NEON | Where Have All the Guilds Gone? | Website | @neonmakersguild |
Darin | Dennison | United States | DEMO | HOT | To Have or To Hold... Plaster Life Casts to Form Hot Glass | ||
David | King | United States | LECMO | COLD | Building With What is Already Around: Advanced Sheet Glass Construction | Website | @seethruart |
Deaunata | Holman | United States | DEMO | HOT | Brave not Broken: Finding Beauty in the Cracks | Website | |
Earl | Jr. | United States | DEMO | FLAME | Functional Fundamentals | @earljrglass | |
Emanuel | Toffolo | Italy | FILM | FLAME | THE FLAME - The Art and the History of Lampworking | Website | @emanueltoffolo |
Eric | Goldschmidt | United States | FILM | FLAME | THE FLAME - The Art and the History of Lampworking | @ericsglass | |
Ferdinand | Hampson | United States | LECTURE | EDUCATION | Glass Defined (In the Art World) | Website | |
Ferran | Collado | Spain | DEMO | FLAME | Borosilicate Textures in Design | Website | @ferrancollado |
Floor | Kaspers | Netherlands | LECTURE | HISTORY | From Czechia to Mecca, Connecting communities through beads | Website | |
Francesco | Langer | Germany | LECTURE | TECHNOLOGY | New Technologies New Approaches | Website | @chappisto_design |
Fumio | Adachi | Japan | LECMO | MOLD | Glass art and Technology | Website | @fumio_ren_adachi |
Guy | Marshall-Brown | United Kingdom | LECTURE | TECHNOLOGY | Modular Moulds for Kiln-Glass Utilising Digital Tools | Website | @guymarshallbrown |
Harsh | Nowlakha | India | LECMO | KILN | Glass Strokes | @havnow | |
Herb | Babcock | United States | LECTURE | LITTLETON | Detroit Campus Martius Sculptures | Website | |
Hoseok | Youn | South Korea | PANEL | COMMUNITY | Combating Imposter Syndrome In The Glass Field | Website | @hoseok_youn |
Carolyn | Delli-Santi | United States | LECMO | KILN | Glass, Marine Biology and Physics | ||
James | Labold | United States | LECMO | TECH | Analog Art Goes Digital and Back Again: 3D Models to Glass Sculpture | Website | @jameslabold |
Jason | Mcdonald | United States | DEMO | HOT | Hot to Cold to Warm and Back Again | Website | @Jasonmcdonald42 |
Jeff | Heath | United States | DEMO | FLAME | Boro murrine roll ups | Website | @Jeffheathbar |
Jeffrey | Sarmiento | Australia | LECMO | KILN | Glass 3D Printing | Website | @sarmiento_glass |
Jenna | Efrein | United States | LECMO | KILN | Glass, Marine Biology and Physics | Website | @jennaefrein |
Jessica | Tsai | United States | DEMO | FLAME | Flameworking Lifeforms | @jessicatsai.glass | |
Jin Won | Han | Canada | LECTURE | EDUCATION | Introduction to CNC Machining for Glassforming | Website | |
Joe | Hobbs | United States | DEMO | HOT | Illustrating Glass in the Hotshop | Website | @joehobbsart |
John | Vanamerongen | United States | PANEL | HISTORIES & CONTEXTS | Studio Glass in Detroit, A History | ||
Josefina | Muñoz | Chile | LECTURE | COMMUNITY | Outside Your Realm: Exceptional Initiatives and Creators from South America and Africa | Website | @josefinamunoztorres |
Joshua | Kerley | United Kingdom | LECTURE | TECHNOLOGY | Modular Moulds for Kiln-Glass Utilising Digital Tools | Website | @joshuakerleymaker |
Kaitlin | Santoro | United States | LECMO | PHOTOGRAPHY | Photography, but make it Glass | Website | @kaitlinsantoro |
Karen | Reyes | United States | DEMO | HOT | Brave not Broken: Finding Beauty in the Cracks | Website | @firebirdcommunityarts @pearldick @glassmaniac29 |
Kate | Hush | United States | DEMO | NEON | Hush's Hot Lines and Ladies | Website | @katehush |
Kathryn | Starrs | United States | DEMO | HOT | Iconic Yonic | Website | @kathrynstarrs @glassybitch |
Kayla | Cantu | United States | PANEL | COMMUNITY | Combating Imposter Syndrome In The Glass Field | Website | @kaylacantu66 |
Kitty | Lameris | Netherlands | DEMO | HOT | Breaking the Ice with Glass: Jokes, Puzzles and Mysteries | @kittylameris | |
Laura | Winston | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Legal Toolkit for Glass Artists | Website | @laurawinston7002 |
Lauren | Kalman | United States | DEMO | HOT | To Have or To Hold... Plaster Life Casts to Form Hot Glass | Website | @laurenkalman |
Lisa | Naas | United States | LECTURE | Forwarding Glass Education: My PhD Thesis is Post-Studio Glass | Website | ||
Lucie | Kovarova | Canada | DEMO | FLAME | Murrine Cane Portrait of Aretha Franklin | Website | @lunacyglass |
Lucio | Bubacco | Italy | DEMO | HOT | Ladle, Pipe, and Torch | @luciobubacco | |
Lynquell | Biggs | United States | DEMO | HOT | Brave not Broken: Finding Beauty in the Cracks | Website | |
Marc | Barreda | Netherlands | DEMO | HOT | Breaking the Ice with Glass: Jokes, Puzzles and Mysteries | Website | @ambidextrousambassador |
Marek | Veselý | Czech Republic | PANEL | CAREER | European Opportunities for Glass Artists | Website | @libenskyaward |
Marja | Hepo-aho | Finland | FILM | OTHER | Infinity Vessel, short movie | Website | @infinityvessel |
Mark | Wolcott | United States | LECMO | FLAME | Algorithmic Art for Flameworked Graal | @headband | |
Marta | Byrdziak | Belgium | DEMO | HOT | Iconic Yonic | Website | @byrdziak_marta_mb |
Martha | Zackin | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Legal Toolkit for Glass Artists | ||
Marzena | Krzeminska- Baluch | Poland | PANEL | CAREER | European Opportunities for Glass Artists | Website | @baluchmarzenakrzeminska |
Michael | Hatch | United States | LECTURE | Black Glassworkers in Hand Blown Bottle Factories | Website | @crafthatch | |
Min Haeng | Kang | United States | PANEL | SUSTAINABILITY | Green Panel | @minhaengkang | |
Minhi | England | United States | DEMO | HOT | LiquidLush Collaboration | Website | @m.i.n.h.i. |
Morgan | Gilbreath | United States | LECMO | KILN | Experimental Kilnforming with Recycled Glass | Website | @morgangilb |
N'Kosi | Barber | United States | DEMO | HOT | Brave not Broken: Finding Beauty in the Cracks | Website | @glassmaniac29 |
Nadine | Saylor | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Your Guide to Proposal Writing | Website | @naynaysay |
Nolan | Young | United States | PANEL | HISTORIES & CONTEXTS | Studio Glass in Detroit, A History | Website | @nolanyoungdetroit |
Norwood | Viviano | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Your Guide to Proposal Writing | Website | @norwoodviviano |
Pearl | Dick | United States | DEMO | HOT | Brave not Broken: Finding Beauty in the Cracks | Website | @pearldick |
Robert | Sestok | United States | PANEL | HISTORIES & CONTEXTS | Studio Glass in Detroit, A History | @citysculptureDetroit | |
Ross | Delano | United States | DEMO | HOT | To Have or To Hold... Plaster Life Casts to Form Hot Glass | ||
Ryan | Tanner | United States | DEMO | COLD | Engraving by Hand: Past, Present, and Future Techniques | Website | @ryeglass |
Sadhbh | Mowlds | Ireland | DEMO | HOT | Iconic Yonic | Website | @sadhbh.mowlds |
Sally | Prasch | United States | LECMO | HOT | Flame to Furnace to Lathe | Website | |
Scout | Cartagena | United States | PANEL | COMMUNITY | Combating Imposter Syndrome In The Glass Field | Website | @scoutcartagenamakes |
Sibelle | Yuksek | United States | DEMO | FLAME | Fantastical Hollow Sculpting | Website | @sibelley |
Sini | Majuri | Finland | FILM | OTHER | Infinity Vessel, short movie | Website | @infinityvessel |
Stephanie | Lifshutz | United States | DEMO | NEON | The Subtle Intricacies of Neon Letters | Website | @stephanie_sara_lif |
Stephanie | McCune | United States | DEMO | HOT | Iconic Yonic | Website | @s.makyoon |
Stephanie | Moyerman | United States | LECMO | COLD | Technology for Digital Design on Glass | Website | @stephmoyerman |
Stephen | Day | United States | LECTURE | COMMUNITY | “I look for the ground, heaven starts here.” | Website | |
Steven | Hagan | United States | DEMO | HOT | All Juice No Seeds: Assembling a Citrus Fruit | Website | @stevehagandesigns |
Steven | Ciezki | United States | LECMO | COLD | Creating Interactive Circuits using Glass with Focus on Lighting | ||
Tabitha | Thierjung | United States | DEMO | HOT | Iconic Yonic | Website | @tangled_glass |
Theo | Brooks | United States | DEMO | HOT | Goddess Energy of Cyprus! | Website | @Theo.brooks |
Therman | Statom | United States | PANEL | CAREER | Your Guide to Proposal Writing | Website | |
Tiff | Massey | United States | LECTURE | WILSON | Wilson Lecture | Website | @tiff_massey |
Tony | Koutsonikolas | Australia | FILM | TECHNOLOGY | Glass 3d Printing and Recycling | Website | @mapleglass3dp |
Tyler | Gordon | United States | PANEL | SUSTAINABILITY | Green Panel | Website | |
Vivek | Prakash, Ph.D. | United States | LECMO | KILN | Glass, Marine Biology and Physics | Website | |
Viviane | Stroede | Germany | DEMO | HOT | Iconic Yonic | Website | @vivianestroede |
Ying Chiun | Lee | United States | PANEL | COMMUNITY | Combating Imposter Syndrome In The Glass Field | Website | @niki266 |
Zac | Weinberg | United Kingdom | LECMO | COLD | Bolts, Nuts: The Dirty Details of Glass and Mixed-Media Assemblage | Website | @zacweinberg |
Laura | Donefer | Canada | Lecture | History | History of the Glass Fashion Show | @laura44donefer | |
Thom | White | United States | TOUR | COLLECTORS TOUR | Architecture Tour | Website | @work-program-architects |