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seminars, conferences, events
Other Opportunities
Volunteer Torchers and Fusers Needed Aquila Art Glass Studio
and Best Mix Products, 1628 N Columbia Blvd Unit F, Portland,
OR, 97217, Tel: 503-240-9449, info@aquilaartglass.com, www.
aquilaartglass.com. Aquila Art Glass Studio makes beads and
pendants for Beads of Courage (in Tucson, AZ) and Journey
Beads (Immanuel Hospital here in Portland) for the kids who
have this awful affliction. Every third Thursday we gather and
using donated glass from Uroboros, Glass Alchemy and Northstar,
gas donated by Aquila Glass School and the artists skill we
make glass pieces to donate to kids who really need them. See
website under Kids-N-Glass for details. We need everyone to
make and clean beads and pendants (both torchers and fusers).
Summer Studio Rental Espace VERRE is a school and studio
located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. During the summer we
are renting our studios to professional glass artists. To use our
facilities, please see the regulations and fees on our website and
contact the head technician, François Perreault. More details at:
administration@espaceverre.qc.ca. Espace VERRE Centre des
métiers du verre du Québec, 1200 rue Mill, Montréal, QC, H3K
2B3, Canada, Tel: 514-933-6849, Fax: 514-933-9830,
direction@espaceverre.qc.ca, www.espaceverre.qc.ca
Publications
E-Merge 2006 Catalog, Bullseye Connection Gallery, 300 NW
13th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, Tel: 503-227-0222, lanimcgregor@
bullseyeglass.com, www.bullseyeconnectiongallery.com,
Bullseye presents the e-merge show in a full-color catalog. This
48-page 8.5” x 11” exhibition catalog will be available in January
2007. The price is $25/catalog. Shipping costs are not included.
Licensing Art 101, 2nd Edition Don’t get ripped off in the
licensing industry! This book will help demystify the licensing
industry with step-by-step tactics of how to go about getting
your artwork licensed. This 2nd edition contains a wealth of
ideas and practical examples of how artists can increase their
income through licensing reproduction rights to manufacturing
and publishers. ARTNETWORK, PO Box 1360, Nevada City,
CA, 95959, Tel: 530-470-0862, info@artmarketing.com,
www.artmarketing.com
New Publications and a New Flameworking Video Now
available are: European Glass Furnishings for Eastern Palaces, by
Jane Shadel Spillman, 144 pages and 125 illustrations; New Glass
Review 27 by The Corning Museum of Glass staff, 126 pages
and 199 illustrations; and An Introduction to Flameworking with
Emilio Santini, (Foundations Series, Volume 2), 34 minutes, DVD
or VHS. Information: The Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum
Wy, Corning, NY, 14830, Tel: 607-937-5371, contactus@cmog.org,
www.cmog.org
Reflections: A Decade of North Lands Creative Glass A new
hardback exhibition catalogue, is now available. This full-color
catalogue shows over fifty images of contemporary glass
from around the world from the North Lands Creative Glass
Permanent Collection and of the current exhibit at the Royal
Museum/Museum Of Scotland in Edinburgh to celebrate our
tenth anniversary. Catalogues are priced at £15.00 + (postage
which will be in the region of just over £2.00 for 2nd class within
Great Britain, approximately £4.00 for Europe and £7.50 for
the rest of the world). North Lands Creative Glass, Quatre Bras,
Lybster, Caithness, KW3 6BN, Scotland, Tel: +44 1593 721 229,
info@northlandsglass.com, www.northlandsglass.com
A Celebration of Contemporary Glass: 10 x 10. From Aug.
26 to Nov. 4, 2007 CGS will be promoting a number of events
in the South West of England, together with many partners,
to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. Included in this extensive
program will be: an open submission Glass Exhibition entitled
SIDE by SIDE, at Bovey Tracey, Sept. 22 - Nov. 4, in partnership
with The Devon Guild of Craftsmen and a Glass Conference
“Looking into Glass” at the Eden Project Sept. 28 - 30, 2007.
Contemporary Glass Society, c/o Broadfield House Glass
Museum, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 9NS, England,
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 507737, admin@cgs.org.uk, www.cgs.org.uk
American Glass Guild’s 2nd Annual Conference July 25-29,
2007 at the Hilton Hotel, Providence, RI. National and
international notables will be making presentations and
participating in panel and group discussions geared toward
the sharing and exchange of information. There will also be
another fabulous glass art auction. Information: American
Glass Guild, 148 Main Street Ste B1, Lebanon, NJ, 08833,
info@americanglassguild.org, www.americanglassguild.org
Artifact International Contemporary Arts Fair April 21-23,
2007 in at the Belfry in Bruges, Belgium. Information:Artifact,
Kanselarijstraat 19, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium, Tel: +32 2 227 49
02, info@artifact.be, www.artifact.be
Artist Trust’s 20th Anniversary Benefit Art Auction Feb. 3
at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA. Information: Artist Trust,
1835 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, Tel: 206-467-8734,
info@artisttrust.org, www.artisttrust.org
CODA 2007 Conference June 14-17 in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada as part of Canadian “Craft Year 2007”, a nation-wide
festival of professional craft with hundreds of events.
CODA will explore the vibrant, growing inter-relationship of
American and Canadian craft practice at its annual conference,
hosted by the Alberta Craft Council at the Alberta
College of Art and Design. The theme of this year’s conference
“Craft Has No Boundaries” will provoke discussions
on the future of craft and will include topics such as Young
Professionals in Craft Culture, Cross Border Partnerships,
Canadian Connections, Making and Developing Media
Contacts, Identities in Fine Craft - investigating issues of
global competition and how the aspect of identity (ideas,
cultural distinctiveness and innovation) create the distinguishing
edge. Information: Craft Organization Development
Association, PO Box 59, Onia, AR, 72663, Tel: 870-746-4396,
info@codacraft.org, www.codacraft.org
Glass Bead Extravaganza May 5, 2007 at the Aremnian
Cultural Center, Watertown, MA. The Boston Chapter of the
Society of Glass Beadmakers presents a member show and
sale of contemporary handmade glass beads and jewelry.
Information: International Society of Glass Beadmakers, 1120
Chester Ave #470, Cleveland, OH, 44114, Tel: 888-742-0242,
ddugina@isgb.org, www.isgb.org
Glass Processing Days June 15-18, 2007 in Tampere, Finland.
Information: TAMGLASS Ltd. Oy / GPD Glass Processing Days,
Vehmaistenkatu 5, Tampere, 33730, Finland, Tel: +358
3 382 3280, Fax: +358 3 382 3285, gpd@glassfiles.com,
www.glassprocessingdays.com
Glass Technology 2007 Sept. 20-23, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Master Fair Company is proud to announce the only trade
fair dedicated to glass industry in the region of Turkey,
the 4th International Fair for Glass and Glass Technology.
Information: Master Fair Company, Çobancesme Sanayi Cd.,
Yenibosna Istanbul, 34530, Turkey, Tel: +90 212 452 74 50,
info@glasstechnology.org, www.glasstechnology.com.tr
Hottest Hot Jams Ever PGC is enhancing its First Friday
open house events called “Hot Jams” beginning on Friday,
Jan. 5. The free open houses will feature heat-defying acts of
art in PGC’s state of the art flameworking and glass blowing
studios! PGC will offer live entertainment, refreshments and
a chance to “Make-it-Now” for people who would like to give
glassworking a try. For $25, participants are given the opportunity
to design and make their own glass paperweight with
the help of PGC’s instructors. Free and open to the public.
Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206,
Tel: 412-365-2145 ext 202, karen@pittsburghglasscenter.org,
www.pittsburghglasscenter.org
Lecture by Marvin Lipofsky Feb. 8, at the San Francisco
Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA. Marvin Lipofsky
founded the CCA Glass Program in the summer of 1967 after
receiving his MFA at the University of Wisconsin in 1964,
where he studied with Harvey Littleton. Marvin will tell his
story of the founding of the American Studio Glass movement
and the CCA Glass Program. Also, Feb 17, will be a
studio visit with Marvin Lipofsky. Marvin Lipofsky’s Studio is
both a work space and an exhibition space. Join us to learn
about Lipofsky’s complex creative process and see a broad
range of his work. Advocate level members only/space
limited/reservations required. To become an Advocate level
member or find out more: San Francisco Museum of Craft
+ Design, 550 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA, 94102,
Tel: 415-773-0303, info@sfmcd.org, www.sfmcd.org
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival May 19-20 at the
Greater Reston Arts Center in Reston, VA. Information: Greater
Reston Arts Center, 12001 Market St Ste 103, Reston, VA,
20190, Tel: 703-471-9242, msaunders@restonarts.org,
www.restonarts.org
Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft Feb. 16 -19
at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. This
is a wholesale trade show that provides artists a professional
venue to build relationships with craft buyers from all across
the country. Approximately 1,500 artists exhibit annually to
more than 9,000 buyers from 3,000 companies across the
United States and Canada. The show, held every February
and August at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in
Philadelphia, sees more than $42 million in sales each year.
Information: The Rosen Group, 3000 Chestnut Ave Ste 300,
Baltimore, MD, 21211, Tel: 410-889-2933 ext. 218,
info@rosengrp.com, www.americancraft.com
Experience Glass Blowing in Seattle
at the McKinney House
The McKinney house is a private Seattle home with a state-of-the-art glass blowing studio
on the premises. Three to six month leases for individual rooms are available year round
to glass blowing students, artists, and enthusiasts worldwide. All amenities are included.
Just bring your suitcase. We’re looking forward to meeting you.
Blow Glass at Home
• 3 bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms, washer, dryer,
dishwasher
• Minutes from Seattle Center, grocery stores,
bus line, library, shops, park, local pool, marina
• Phone, cable TV, Internet access
• Fireplace, hardwood floors;
private, fenced backyard
In a Private, Fully Tooled Studio
• Stocked with world’s finest glass: Spruce Pine batch
• 300-gallon crucible, 3 annealers, electric furnace,
1 color box
• Automated, state-of-the-art equipment for
private use
• Excellent ventilation. 100% up to code certification
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For details and online photos, contact Stephanie and Doug McKinney:
(425) 830-6690, mckinneyink@verizon.net