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We look forward to hearing from you.
U N I T E D S T A T E S
FLorida
Newy Fagan Studio, PO Box 336, Ocklawaha, FL, 32183,
Tel: 352-288-1426, newyf@aol.com, www.newyfagan.com
Feb. 2-4: Comprehensive Introduction to Kilnformed Glass/
Newy Fagan
Feb. 9-11: Advanced Techniques in Kilnformed Glass/Newy Fagan
ILlinois
Ed Hoy’s International, 27625 Diehl Rd, Warrenville, IL, 60555,
Tel: 800-323-5668/630-836-1353, Fax: 630-836-1362,
ehoy@edhoy.com, www.edhoy.com
Feb. 16: Etching Dichroic Glass/Cheryl Frech
LouisianA
Andrew Jackson Pollack, 4811 Tchoupitlulas, New Orleans, LA,
70115, Tel: 504-723-8235, apollack420@msn.com,
www.andrewjacksonpollack.com
Jan. 20-21: Torchworking/Andrew Jackson Pollack
Feb. 2-3: Torchworking/Andrew Jackson Pollack
Feb. 24-25: Torchworking/Andrew Jackson Pollack
Mar. 10-11: Torchworking/Andrew Jackson Pollack
Mar. 24-25: Torchworking/Andrew Jackson Pollack
MarylanD
Art of Fire, Inc., 7901 Hawkins Creamery Rd, Laytonsville, MD,
20882, Tel: 800-639-6979/301-253-6642, Fax: 301-391-6818,
artofire@verizon.net, www.artoffire.com
Mid-Atlantic’s largest state-of-the-art studio, 1 hour from
Washington, D.C. Classes at all levels, monthly scheduling
through June, 2007. Furnace rental available. Reference website
or call for more information and pricing.
MIchigan
Eberhart Studio, 3154 Shamrock Ct, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, Tel:
734-764-3385, harald@eberhartglass.com, www.eberhartglass.com
Mar. 31- Apr. 1: 3-D Neon/Argon Plasma Flame Glassblowing
(No Electrodes for Advanced Students)/Harald Eberhart
Apr. 12-15: Pyrex Flame Glassblowing (all levels)/Harald Eberhart
Apr. 26-29: Pyrex Flame Glassblowing (all levels)/Harald Eberhart
New jersey
Carlisle School of Glass Art, 412 S Wade Blvd, Millville, NJ, 08332,
Tel: 800-922-1167/ 856-825-0627, carlisle@carlislemachine.com,
www.carlisleschoolofglassart.com
Jan. 13: Boro Bead Blast/Lauri Copeland
Jan. 14: Boro Bead Blast II/Lauri Copeland
Jan. 15: Off Mandrel Workshop/Lauri Copeland
Feb. 9-10: Boro Lampworking-Pendants/Chris Roesinger
Feb. 11-12: Boro Lampworking-Marbles/Chris Roesinger
Feb. 17-18: Floral Gardens/Kim Fields
Mar. 20-24: Loren II/Loren Stump
New York
Creativity Workshop, 245 E 40th St Ste 25H, New York, NY, 10016,
Tel: 866-217-1980/212-922-1555, questions@creativityworkshop.
com, www.creativityworkshop.com
Founded in 1993, the Creativity Workshop is dedicated to
teaching people about their creativity and how to spark it and
use it in all aspects of life, work, and creative expression.
Crete: June 17-26, 2007
Prague: June 26 - July 5
Bruges: July 5-14
Florence: July 13-22
Barcelona: July 21-30
Dublin: July 29 - August 7
Hafner Studio, 180 Varick St #502, New York, NY, 10014, Tel: 212-
337-3795, info@dorothyhafner.com, www.dorothyhafner.com
“Glass as a Painterly Medium” is the theme of fusing and kiln
forming workshops in the studio of artist Dorothy Hafner.
Classes are small and intimate, 2 - 4 only per class and all levels
are taught. Call or email for complete spring 2007 schedule.
Next group session begins Feb. 7.
The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way,
Corning, NY, 14830, Tel: 607-974-8914/6467, Fax: 607-974-6370,
thestudio@cmog.org, www.cmog.org
WINTER PROGRAM:
Session One
Jan. 8-13: Blowing and Sculpting/Martin Janecky; Flameworking
for Everybody/Emilio Santini; Finding Your Way with
Kiln-Cast Glass/Sheila Mahut; Beginning Glassblowing/
Ray Friday
Session Two
Jan. 15-20: Sculpting from Nature/Treg Silkwood; Flameworking
Using Ultimate Details/Loren Stump; Enhance Your
Glass/Martha and Ed Biggar; Next Steps in Glassblowing/Bob
Handley
Session Three
Jan. 22-27: An In-Depth Introduction to Venetian Techniques/
William Gudenrath; Working with Color in Borosilicate
Glass/Suellen Fowler; Kiln-Cast Glass/Mark Abildgaard;
Cold Construction/Martin Rosol
Session Four
Jan. 29 - Feb. 3: An In-Depth Introduction to Venetian Techniques/
William Gudenrath; Bead Intensive/Caitlin Hyde;
Mold Making and More/Lucartha Kohler
Session Five
Feb. 5-10: Using Color Bar in Glassblowing/Eric Meek; Glass
Panels: An Artistic Breakthrough/Paul Stankard and
Gary Beecham; Painting the Void: Sandblasting and
Vitreous Painting/Denise Stillwaggon Leone
Session Six
Feb 12-17: Great Venetian Glassblowing/Elio Quarisa; An Introduction
to Flameworking/Alex Hamilton; Introduction
to Fused and Slump-Molded Glass/Mark Ditzler
Session Seven
Feb 19-24: Great Venetian Glassblowing/Elio Quarisa; The Eclectic
Goblet/Shane Fero; Exploring Surface Texture in
Depth/Eric Hilton and George Kennard
ORegon
Bullseye Glass Co., 3722 SE 21st Ave, Portland, OR, 97202,
Tel: 503-232-8887, Fax: 503-238-9963, classes@bullseye-glass.com,
www.bullseye-glass.com
Jan. 15: Kilncast Glass & Cold Working/Bullseye Staff
Jan. 22: Pâte de Verre/Alicia Lomné
Jan. 29: Platemaking Basics/Bullseye Staff
Feb. 2: Glass Cutting/Bullseye Staff
Feb. 3: Beginning Beadmaking (2-day)/Bullseye Staff
Feb. 5: Intro to Kilnformed Glass/Bullseye Staff
Feb. 12: Platemaking Basics/Bullseye Staff
Feb. 17: Growing Large Sculptures/Susan Longini
Mar. 2: Beginning Beadmading (3-day)/Larry Brickman
Mar. 3: Ways of Thinking, Making/Jane Bruce and Steve Klein
Mar. 12: Painting with Light/Bullseye Staff
Mar. 19: Set Your Kiln on Fire/Bullseye Staff
Mar. 30: Glass Cutting/Bullseye Staff
Mar. 31: Intro to Slumping/Bullseye Staff
This season we are also continuing our popular series of artist
presentations and demonstrations at the Bullseye Resource
Center which are scheduled on occasional Sunday afternoons.
Reservations are required. Details included in the class schedule.
Chemeketa Community College, PO Box 14007, Salem, OR,
97309, Tel: 503-365-4717, lhagner1@chemeketa.edu, programs.
chemeketa.edu/glass
Chemeketa offers for credit and non-credit classes in flameworking,
fusing and slumping, kiln casting, stained glass, and mosaics.
Hot Glass Horizons, 15500 NE Kincaid Rd, Newberg, OR, 97132,
Tel: 503-538-5281, fusionhq@aol.com, www.hotglasshorizons.com
May 9-12: Class taught by GIl Reynolds
Lincoln City Visitor & Convention Bureau, 801 SW Hwy 101,
Ste 1, Lincoln City, OR, 97367, Tel: 800-452-2151/ 541-996-1274,
vickil@lincolncity.org, www.oregoncoast.org
Classes offered are Beginning Glassblowing, Sand Casting,
Make Your Own Paperweight, and Blow Your Own Float. Free
demonstrations are Wed-Sun. All classes held at the Jennifer L.
Sears Glass Art Studio in Lincoln City and classes are taught by
Jon Myers, Kelly Howard, James Benson, and Daniel Millen.
PennsylvaniA
Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206,
Tel: 412-365-2145 ext 202, karen@pittsburghglasscenter.org,
www.pittsburghglasscenter.org
Spring Break Intensives
Apr. 2-6: Intensive Goblet Workshop/Jim Mongrain
Apr. 2-6: Intensive Jewelry Techniques and Flower Construction/
Margaret Neher
Glass Workshops – PGC offers many three-hour workshops from
bead making to paperweights and fusing.
Multi-Day Workshops: beginning Jan. 15
Cane Workshop/Stephen Protheroe
Advanced Glassblowing Workshop - Encalmo Technique/Drew Hine
Seven-Week Glass Classes
PGC offers in depth classes for beginners and advanced students.
All classes meet once a week (beginning Jan. 15) for 3.5 hours.
Classes include: Get Your Feet Wet Goblet Class; Introduction to
Hot Glass (Glassblowing I); Hot Glass (Glassblowing II); Hot Glass
(Glassblowing III); Flameworking I FUNdamentals; Flameworking
II - Molding Moretti
Flameworking II - Blowing Boro; Beginner Beadmaking; Beadmaking
II; Introduction to Fusing and Slumping; Fused and
Slumping Design; Introduction to Kiln Casting
Special Collaboration with Society for Contemporary Craft
Jan. 20 & 27: PGC and Society for Contemporary Craft, also
located in Pittsburgh, will join forces to present a two-day
workshop called Glass Bead Jewelry taught by Darlene
Durrwachter Rushing and Melissa Davenport. Class held at PGC
on Jan. 20 and at SCC on Jan. 27.
Tennessee
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, PO Box 567, Gatlinburg, TN,
37738, Tel: 865-436-5860, Fax: 865-430-4101, info@arrowmont.
org, www.arrowmont.org
Mar. 11-17: 3-D Kiln Casting Step By Step/Paul Kimball
Mar. 18-24: Leading, Painting & Beveling for Stained Glass/
Carl Powell
Mar. 25-31: Glass Fusing for Beginners/Linda Banks
WAshington
Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 S Main St, Seattle, WA, 98144,
Tel: 206-328-2200, info@pratt.org, www.pratt.org
CASTING
Jan. 17- Mar. 7: Glass Casting I/Cathy Chase
Feb. 17- Mar. 10: Glass Casting II/Chad Holliday
GLASSBLOWING
Jan. 21- Mar. 11: Glassblowing I/Chuck Lopez
Jan. 22- Mar 12: Glassblowing II/Paula Stokes
Jan. 16 - Mar. 6: Glassblowing III/Cayn Thompson
Feb. 4 - Mar. 11: High School Glassblowing/David Minetti
Jan. 25 - Mar. 1: Introduction to Goblets/Eric Mead
Jan. 20-21: Introduction to Glassblowing/Carrie Mood;
Introduction to Glassblowing/Josie Gluck
Feb. 10-11: Introduction to Glassblowing/Carrie Mood
Mar. 10-11: Introduction to Glassblowing/Carrie Mood
Feb. 16-17: What to Make, and How to Make it/Michael Fox
Jan. 13-14: Incalmo/Chuck Lopez
Mar. 2-3: Veiled Cane/Chuck Lopez
Jan. 25-28: Glassblowing and Sculpting/Martin Janecky
Jan. 31- Feb 3: Hot or Not?/Ethan Stern and Sean O’Neil
COLDWORKING WORKSHOPS
Jan. 20-21: Introduction to Coldworking/Pat Bako
Mar. 3-11: Advanced Cold Working/Paul Larned
MASTER ARTIST INTENSIVE WITH LARRY BRICKMAN
Feb. 3-5: Bigger, Better, and More Dots/Larry Brickman
KILN CASTING
Jan. 9 - Feb 27: Kiln Casting I/Susan Balshor
Feb. 17-18: Kiln Casting with Image on the Inside: Hollow
Form and Cores/Susan Balshor
Feb. 3-10: Pate de Verre/Delores Taylor
Mar. 8-11: Photo Kilnforming/Laura Ward
FUSING
Jan. 16 - Mar. 6: Fusing I/Dianne Rasmussen
Jan. 10 - Feb. 28: Fusing I/Robin Oakes
Jan. 11- Feb. 15: Fusing II/Jeanne Ferraro
Mar. 3-5: Advanced Fusing and Design Elements/
Patty Gray
Feb. 10-24: Fusing II: Pattern Bars and Beyond/Pat Bako
Jan. 27-28: Introduction to Fusing and Slumping/Pat Bako
Jan. 20: Fusing with Family and Friends/Robin Oakes
Feb. 3-4: Fusing for the Home/Robin Oakes
FLAMEWORKING
Jan. 16 - Feb. 20: Flameworking I: Solid Sculptures/
Melinda Wellsandt
Jan. 18 - Feb 22: Flameworking II/Nat Franco
Feb. 17-18: Stems and More/Cheryl Matson
BEADMAKING
Jan. 17- Feb. 21: Glass Beadmaking I/Stacy Frost
Jan. 31- Feb. 21: Independent Projects in Beadmaking/Stacy Frost
Feb. 1-22: Refining Your Beadmaking/Elaine Alhadeff
Feb. 10-11: Drawer Pulls/Stacy Frost
Jan. 13: Hearts and Valentines/Cheryl Matson
Jan. 27-29: Flamework and PMC - Putting It All Together/
Stacy Frost and Kendra Bruno
Jan. 20-21: Dichroic Glass Applications/Justin Bagley
Feb. 24-25: Window Beads/Cheryl Matson and Pat Bako
Mar. 10-12: Organic Beadmaking/Kimberly Jo Affleck
STAINED GLASS
Jan. 22 - Feb. 26: Stained Glass and Mosaics/Kim Mahar
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
AUSTRALIA
Australian National University, Glass Workshop School of Art,
Acton, ACT, 0200, Tel: +61 2 6125 5829, Fax: +61 2 6125 5722,
Richard.Whiteley@anu.edu.au, www.glassaustralia.anu.edu.au
Jan. 24-28: Explorations In and Out of the Kiln: Personal
Approaches to Kiln Formed Glass (intermediateadvanced)/Kirstie
Rea
Jan. 24-28: Squares, Etc: Hot Glass, Fusing and Cold Working
(intermediate-advanced)/Giles Bettison; Solid Light:
Kiln Cast and Cold Worked Glass (intermediateadvanced)/Richard
Whiteley; Marble Flame:
Flameworking for Marble & Pendent Making
(intermediate-advanced)/Alexandra Chambers