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Glass Weekend
GlassWeekend 2009: July 17 - 19, 2009
Glass Weekend 2011 is scheduled for June 10 - 12, 2011. This earlier date is intended to avoid conflict with SOFA Santa Fe.
The 2009 GlassWeekend is now over, and planning begins for the 2011 event. The information below is from GlassWeekend 2009, and will remain on this page until new information for 2011 is available.
GlassWeekend 2007 DVD Available: A 1-hour DVD showing highlights of GlassWeekend 2007 has been produced and may now be purchased for $15. The DVD includes appearances and/or demos by Judith Schaechter, Laura Donefer, Jenny Pohlman, Sabrina Knowles, Paul Stankard, Jay Musler, Liz Mears, and Carmen Lozar. It also shows the Museum reception and exhibits, the keynote speaker, Dan Klein, the guest curators and the gallery exhibits. Collectors who were there can look for themselves and their friends having a great time. If you were not there, you can see some of what you missed. To purchase the DVD, click here.
Demonstrating artists were two husband-and-wife teams:
- Marc Petrovic and Kari Russell-Poole
- Stephen Paul Day and Sybille Peretti
Exhibiting Galleries for Glass Weekend
2009:
- Chappell
Gallery, Boston, MA
- Galerie Pokorna, Prague
- Habatat
Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
- Habatat Galleries, Chicago IL
- Heller
Gallery, New York, NY
- Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Leo Kaplan
Modern, New York, NY
- Marx-Saunders
Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Maureen
Littleton Gallery, Washington DC
- Morgan
Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Mostly
Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
- R.
Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- Sandra
Ainsley Gallery, Toronto Canada
- Silica Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
- Thomas
R. Riley Galleries, Columbus, OH
- Wexler
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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Other Events:
- Hands-on Experiences (additional fee required)
- Ice Cream Social, to meet the "Rising Stars" (see below). Sponsored by Frank Crystal Co.
- Special exhibition in the Museum of Glass: "Rising Stars - Contemporary Glass Artists for the 21st Century."
- Retrospective exhibition of Joel Philip Myers.
- Preview Gallery Reception, Friday, July 17
- Saturday Evening Dinner and Auction
- Lectures, Artist Presentations, Curators' Tours and Workshops, including:
- "Rising Stars for the 21st Century" featuring
- Oben Abright,
- Alex Bernstein,
- Christina Bothwell,
- Nicole Chesney,
- Deanna and Keith Clayton,
- Jeremy Lepisto,
- Mack Szosz,
- Ethan Stern
- Tim Tate.
- "Glass in 2020 - A Gaze into the Crystal Ball" - a Curators' panel moderated by well-known art critic James Yood. Panelists are:
- Neil Watson, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art
- Melissa G. Post, Curator, Museum of Glass, Tacoma
- Jane Milosch, Senior Program Officer, The Smithsonian Museums
- Andrew Page, Editor of GLASS Magazine
- "Collectors' Shopping Spree" - a panel of collectors will "shop" the gallery exhibits, with cameras in hand, to assemble and present a $1,000,000 collection.
- "Who Really Made it?" - a panel of fabricators and assistants who have worked for other artists.
- "Centers of Glass" - a presentation by representatives from the major glass centers in the US
- "Lighting and Displaying Your Collection" - Brad Pressman of Design Impulse will demonstrate the latest techniques in lighting and displays.
- "Curator's Walk" - a tour of the Highlights of the Collection exhibit at the Museum of American Glass.
- Hot Glass Demonstration for Registrants Only, including "Glass Weekend Relay Competition," with two teams of 4 artists creating collaborative (serially) pieces. The finished pieces will be auctioned.
General Information:
Begun in 1985, GlassWeekend brings together the world's leading glass
artists, collectors, galleries, and museum curators at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
for a three-day weekend. Proceeds of the event support the fellowship
program of the Creative Glass Center of America and the educational
programs of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, both of which are
not-for-profit organizations.
In addition to the featured artists, other artists, collectors, curators,
and galleries are present for a program of exhibitions, lectures, gallery
sales, artists' demonstrations, and social events in the relaxed country
atmosphere of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center. Some of the world's leading galleries
in the field of contemporary studio glass exhibit works from dozens
of the field's premier artists. Both famous and emerging artists demonstrate
their work in the large glass studio. There is also a series of receptions
and social events. About 2,500 people, including over 200 of the nation's
leading collectors, generally attend the gallery exhibits and see the
guest artists at work.
The Creative Glass Center of America, a division of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center,
Inc., was formed in 1983 to provide fellowships to emerging artists
working in glass. At that time, few facilities were available to artists
in which to develop and experiment with their own work. CGCA fellowships
provide for the free use of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center's 16,000 square-foot glass
factory, cold shop, and associated facilities such as the Museum of
American Glass for research. Since the beginning, over 150 fellowships
have been awarded to both emerging and mid-career artists. Many of the
emerging artists have gone on to become leaders in the field, including
José Chardiet, Mary Van Kline, Steve Tobin, and Hiroshi Yamano,
while mid-career and master artists such as Jane Bruce, Lino Tagliapietro,
and Dan Dailey have also taken advantage of the program. A CGCA fellowship
allows artists approximately three months of uninterrupted time to develop
their own work, experiment, and pursue new ideas and techniques. Along
with the use of studio facilities, each fellowship includes housing
and a stipend.
For information about the programs of the Art Alliance for Contemporary
Glass, see other pages on this site.
Accommodation Information (be sure to mention GlassWeekend):
- Holiday Inn Express, 398 Smith St., Vineland, (856)
293-8888
- Ramada Inn, West Landis & State Hwy 55, Vineland, (856) 696-3800
- Wingate Inn, 2196 W. Landis Ave., Vineland, (856) 690-9900
- Country Inn, 1125 Village Dr., Millville, (856) 825-3100
Registration Information
Registration information will be posted here as soon as it is available. In the meantime, save the dates and make your hotel reservations.
last update on 28 feb 2010
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