here - Glass Art Society

Membership Information
To join GAS, use the registration form on page 22. You must be a current
member of GAS through June 2010 in order to register for the conference.
GAS BASIC BENEFIT PACKAGE (Individual and Student)
• One member eligible to attend annual conference
• 6 issues of newsletter, GASnews • Free classified listings in the newsletter
• Members’ price on display ads in GASnews • Annual GAS Journal
• Eligible for GAS in CERF fund • Access to GAS Online Directory & Resource Guide
• Access to Members Only area of GAS website w/personal login
• One profile on GAS website (bio, contact info, website link)
• Two images associated with profile (students receive one image w/ profile)
• Access to GAS Database & able to purchase mailing lists
• 20% discount on GLASS, The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly magazine
• Hertz and Alamo rental car discounts • Domestic insurance access
• Domestic Shipping & printing discounts with FedEx Office
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS (Sponsor and above)
Receive all benefits as Individual and Full-Time Students, plus:
Sponsor:
• 2 members eligible to attend annual conference
• 2 Profiles on GAS website (bio, contact info, website link), 1 for each member
• 2 images associated with each profile (total of 4 images)
• Donation acknowledgement in Journal • Highlighted entry in Directory
Corporate:
• Special Link with business logo on GAS website
• One custom mailing list (up to 500 names max)
• 10% off members’ price for one 1/6 page newsletter ad per year
• 25% off one conference pass
Patron:
• Total of 50% off one conference pass
Benefactor:
• Total of one free conference pass
$40 Full-Time Student (copy of current Student ID required)
$70 Individual
$120 Sponsor
$275 Corporate
$500 Patron
$1000 Benefactor
Low student fees are subsidized in part by the Sy Kamens Educational Fund.
Unused benefits expire with membership and are not transferable to renewal
for the following year.
GAS Special Funds
Becky Winship Flameworking Scholarship Fund supports attendance for
students whose work includes flameworking techniques.
Dominick Labino Fund sponsors an outstanding technical lecture at each
annual conference.
GAS in CERF Fund (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) aids artist members of
GAS faced with career-threatening catastrophe.
General Scholarship Fund provides support for student members who
could not otherwise afford to attend the annual conference.
Hilbert Sosin Fund for Professionalism in the Glass Arts helps provide
financial and business expertise to GAS and its members.
Robert Willson Fund sponsors a lecture on sculpture at each annual
conference.
Sy Kamens Educational Fund helps keep students’ membership and
conference registration fees low.
Takako Sano International Student Scholarship Fund enables GAS to
send one student from outside the host country to the GAS conference.
Wayne Strattman Critical Dialogue Lecture Fund sponsors a lecture
with new and stimulating information on art glass at each annual
GAS conference.
Tax-deductible contributions for all of these funds and general
contributions to GAS may be sent using the conference registration form,
even if you are not attending the conference.
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Photo Credits: Cover, (L-R): Cover: Fritz Dreisbach, Rosy Violet; Mark Peiser,
Sanctuary; Lino Tagliapietra, Mandara; Tom Philabaum, Ascending; Stephen
Rolfe Powell, Lurid Screaming Whipper; Amy Pender, Kool Aid; Tom Moore,
Hammergirl and The Weasel (Goes Pop); John Groth, Dance Sculptures.
Page 4: Mark Peiser, Sanctuary; Tom Philabaum, Sunset; Ché Rhodes, Untitled;
Jon Wolfe, Two-Color Wolfe Lust Vase Blue. Page 5: Martie Negri, Indigo Spirit
Vessel; Boyd Sugiki, Nightfall; Paul Stankard, Golden Orb Floral; Jeffrey Wallin,
The Fire Burns, The Pages Turn; Carmen Vetter, Hot or Cold; Steve Sizelove,
The Second Dance. Page 14: Arlon Bayliss, Bella Boca; Oben Abright, Market
Street Series VI; Ben Edols, Capillary Leaf; Dave Walters, Calami-tea (detail);
Page 15: Loren Stump, Crystals; Max Stewart, Dolly Mixture Sub-boi.
Page 16: Matthew Cummings, Introspection; Richard Jolley, New World Best.
Page 17: Slate Grove, Maori; Matt Eskuche, The Whitewashing of Corporate
Greed; Scott Darlington, Lightbulb. Back Cover: Stephen Knapp, First Symphony;
James Breed, Backhoe #4; Kenneth von Roenn, Orlando Federal Courthouse;
Andrew Scott Paiko, Oxcart (detail); Brook Forrest White, Jr., Cocoon;
Shelley Muzylowski-Allen, Tangerine Jester; Judith Schaechter, Joan of Arc.
The Fine Print
English is the official language of the conference.
All payments made to the Seattle GAS office must be
in US dollars.
Registration
Conference fees include: all lectures, panels,
lec-mos, demonstrations, and other events taking
place during the conference and organized by GAS
EXCEPT events with additional fees.
Daily fees include: all lectures, panels, lec-mos,
demonstrations and other events taking place only
on the day or days for which your registered EXCEPT
events with additional fees.
We are unable to process registration forms
received in the GAS office after May 19, 2010.
After May 19, register on site with increased fees.
Student rates apply to full-time students from
accredited schools only. You must either be a current
full-time student member through the time of the
conference or include a photocopy of your full-time
student ID or other proof of student status with conference
registration and membership form to be eligible
for student rates. Rate is determined by date ID/proof
is received in GAS office, NOT when registration form
is received in office. Registration is NOT complete until
copy of ID/or other proof of student status is received.
GAS reserves the right to deny registration for the
conference to anyone for any reason.
Confirmation
Confirmation of your registration will be sent
within 2 weeks of our receipt of your registration form
to the email address on your form; if no email, to the
address on your form. Please contact the GAS office if
you have not received confirmation within a month of
sending your registration.
Cancellation Policy
• Cancellations received in writing before April 7, 2010
will receive a full refund.
• Any changes to registration received in writing
April 8 - May 19, 2010 are subject to a
$35 administrative fee.
• No refunds after May 19, 2010.
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Membership fees are non-refundable.