History of Glass Art Society Conferences
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The Glass Art Society holds an annual conference to bring together an international community of glass enthusiasts and artists from every discipline of glass.
- Chronological List of Conference Locations w/ chairs
- GAS Award Winners
- Labino Lecturers: 1993-2015
- Littleton Lecturers: 2015
- Strattman Lecturers: 2005-2015
- Willson Lecturers: 2003-2015
Annual Conference Locations
*With Chairs and Site Coordinators

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47th - Murano, Italy • May 16-19, 2018 Il Percorso di Vetro - The Glass Path
Lino Tagliapietra, Cesare Toffolo, Lucio Bubacco, Davide Salvadore, Adriano Berengo, Marina Tagliapietra, Consorzio Promovetro Murano.
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46th - Norfolk, VA • June 1-3, 2017 Reflections from the Edge: Glass, Art, and Performance. Diane Wright, Charlotte Potter, Virginia Hitch and Colin McKinnon.
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45th - Corning, NY • June 9-11, 2016 Creating Context: Glass in a New Light Ellen Corradini, Steve Gibbs, Angus Powers, Michael Rogers, Chris Sharkey
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44th- San Jose, CA • June 5-7, 2015 Interface: Glass, Art, and Technology Steven Aldrich, Susan Longini, Cassandra Straubing, Demetra Theofanous
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43rd - Chicago, Illinois • March 19-22, 2014 Strengthening Community, Collaboration, Forging New Bonds Glen & Trish Tullman, Deb & John Gross, Angie West
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42nd - Toledo, Ohio • June 13-17, 2012 50 Years of Studio Glass: Idea-Impact-Innovation Margy Trumbull, Jack Schmidt, Herb Babcock, Jutta Page (GAS Board Liaison)
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41st - Seattle, Washington • June 1-5, 2011 Creative Crossroads Chuck Lopez, Joanna C. Sikes, Cyrena Stefano, Paula Stokes
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40th - Louisville, Kentucky • June 10-12, 2010 Ingenious Possibilities Merrily Orsini, Ché Rhodes, J. Page von Roenn, Brook Forrest White, Jr.
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39th - Corning, New York • June 11-13, 2009 Local Inspiration, Global Innovation Rob Cassetti, Nancy Earley, Marshall Hyde
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38th - Portland, Oregon • June 19-21, 2008 Forming Frontiers Jeremy Lepisto, Lani McGregor, Dan Schwoerer
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37th - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • June 7-9, 2007 Transformational Matter Randi Dauler, Ron Desmett, Karen Johnese, Kathleen Mulcahy
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36th - St. Louis, Missouri • June 17 - 19, 2006 Glass Gateways: Meet in the Middle Jessica Cope, Jim McKelvey, Tracy Varley
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35th - Adelaide, Australia • May 7 - 9, 2005 Matters of Substance Alison Dunn, Matthew Larwood, Pauline Mount
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34th - New Orleans, Louisiana • Jun 10 - 12, 2004 Elegance, Decadence, Lagniappe Mitchell Gaudet and Mark Rosenbaum
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33rd - Seattle, Washington • Jun 12 - 15, 2003 Community Catalyst Penny Berk
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32nd - Amsterdam, Netherlands • May 30 - June 1, 2002 Sources of InspirationDurk Valkema
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31st - Corning, New York • Jun 14 - 17, 2001 At the Crossroads of Art, History, and TechnologyElizabeth Whitehouse and Peter S. Aldridge
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30th - Brooklyn, New York • Jun 8 - 11, 2000 Bridge to the Future John Perreault and Brett Littman
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29th - Tampa, Florida • Apr 29 - May 2, 1999 Sizzling Sands: Engulfed in Glass Susan Gott and Lenn Neff
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28th - Seto, Japan • May 28 - 31, 1998 Takako Sano and Michael Rogers |
27th - 1997 Tucson, Arizona Thomas A. Philabaum and Leah Wingfield
26th - 1996 Boston, Massachusetts Alan Klein and Linda Ross
25th - 1995 Asheville, North Carolina Richard Eckerd and Katherine Vogel
24th - 1994 Oakland, California Mary B. White and John Leighton
23rd - 1993 Toledo, Ohio Jack A. Schmidt
22nd - 1992 Mexico City, Mexico Ana Thiel
21st - 1991 Corning, New York Stephen Dee Edwards
20th - 1990 Seattle, Washington Ginny Ruffner
19th - 1989 Toronto, Canada Daniel Crichton and Laura Donefer
18th - 1988 Kent, Ohio Henry Halem
17th - 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania William Carlson
16th - 1986 Los Angeles, California Christine Robbins and Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend
15th - 1985 New Orleans, Louisiana Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend
14th - 1984 Corning, New York William Warmus
13th - 1983 Tucson, Arizona Kate Elliott and Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend
12th - 1982 New York, New York Dan Dailey
11th - 1981 Seattle, Washington Walter Lieberman
10th - 1980 Huntington, West Virginia Marvin Lipofsky and Henry Halem
9th - 1979 Corning, New York Marvin Lipofsky and Henry Halem
8th - 1978 Asilomar, California Marvin Lipofsky
7th - 1977 Madison, Wisconsin Audrey Handler and Fritz Dreisbach
6th - 1976 Corning, New York Joel Philip Myers and Henry Halem
5th - 1975 Toledo, Ohio Henry Halem, Joel Philip Myers, Fritz Dreisbach, Jack A. Schmidt
4th - 1974 Marietta, OH/Williamstown, WV Henry Halem
3rd - 1973 Marietta, OH/Williamstown, WV Henry Halem
2nd - 1972 Penland, North Carolina Fritz Dreisbach, William Brown, William Bernstein, Mark Peiser
1st - 1971 Penland, North Carolina Fritz Dreisbach, William Brown, William Bernstein, Mark Peiser
Award Recipients
Labino Lecturers
2016 - Dr. Peter Bocko, Enabling and Expressive Medium of the Information Age: Art & Technology of Glass
2015 - Amy Schwartz (moderator), Rob Cassetti, Glen B. Cook Ph.D., Eric Meek, Tina Oldknow, Albert Paley Exploring New Possibilities with Science and Art: Corning Museum of Glass/Corning Incorporated Specialty Glass Residency
2014 - Sophie Kahn and Norwood Viviano Digital Playground: The Power of CAD and 3D Printing
2012 - John Parker Seeing Glass in its True Colors
2011 - Pamela Vandiver Original Sins, Glass Origins: Glass Durability & Other Technological Problems
2010 - Stephen Tucker Glass Furnace Design—From Industry to the Studio
2009 - Dr. Adam Ellison The Art of Glass Science
2008 - Dr. Roger Ely Sustainable Energy for Tomorrow: The Natural Beauty of Light
2007 - Michael Greenman Glass Art & Science – Moving Forward Together
2006 - Dr. Delbert E. Day Glass – From Outer Space to Inner Space
2005 - Chris Sorrell How Science, Art, and History Come Together Through New Techniques in Glass Analysis
2004 - Dr. William LaCourse Sol-Gel and Other Curiosities
2003 - Dr. Carlo Pantano Glass Surfaces: Old, New and Engineered
2002 - Mick Eekhout Limits of the Material
2001 - Frank Woolley & William Gudenrath Technology Helping Art: Making Glass the Way It Wants to Be Made
2000 - Henry E. Hagy Glass Seals and Thermal Expansion Compatibility
1999 - Vladimir A Rakov Lightning Makes Glass (How lightning makes Fulgurites and information on Fulgurites)
1998 - Junji Tanahashi Technical Advancements and Glass Production during the Edo Period
1997 - Dan Watson The Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory Lecture
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
1995 - Dr. L. David Pye A History of Color in Glass
1994 - Dr Carlo G Pantano The Surface of Glass (The relationship between glass composition and molecular structure, and the way molecular structure controls properties)
1993 - Dr. Robert H. Brill Glass and Glassmaking in Ancient China, and Some Other Things from Other Places
Littleton Lecturers
2016 - Judith Shaechter
2015 - Therman Statom Stories/Contexts
Saxe Emerging Artists Lecture
2016 - James Labold, Ito Laïla Le François, Wil Eldridge Sideman
Strattman Lecturers
2016 - Emily Zilber, Of Our Time: Contemporary Art, Craft, and the Encyclopedic Museum
2015 - Helen Lee, Matthew Szösz, and Alex Rosenberg The Critical Vacuum
2014 - James Yood W(h)ither Glass? The Next 50 Years
2012 - Glenn Adamson The Attack of the Blob: Glass Art and the Will to Form
2011 - Stefano Catalani Memory : Identity :: Signs : Craft
2010 - Peter Morrin A Place For Contemporary Glass
2009 - Bruce Metcalf The Art Glass Conundrum
2008 - Mark L. Johnson Aesthetics of Human Meaning
2007 - Maria Porges A Critique on Criticism
2006 - Janet Koplos Reconsidering Glass
2005 - Kevin D. Murray Painterliness in Contemporary Glass Art
Willson Lecturers
2016 - Buster Simpson Shards of Anthropocene
2015 - Mildred Howard Waiting for Humble Objects to Speak
2014 - Albert Paley Glass & Steel: The Sympathy of Opposites
2012 - Fred Wilson Speak of Me as I Am: Glass Works Made in Venice and Seattle
2011 - Gay Outlaw Coming to Glass From Someplace Else
2010 - Corban Walker Scaling Perception Through a Glass Object
2009 - Pat Oleszko Highlights from a Hi! Life: The Pats to Suckcess
2008 - Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter: New Work
2007 - Keith Sonnier Coloras Volume
2006 - Nick Cave "Soundsuits" The Beginning, The Middle, and The...
2004 - Bertil Vallien There Must Be a Reason-Traces of the Past, Memories of the Future
2003 - Matthew Kangas Robert Willson: American in Venice
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