{"id":1044,"date":"2012-10-08T14:37:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2012-10-18T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T21:13:38","slug":"press-event-october-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"Press Event-October 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Symposium:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>California Contributions: 50 Years of American Studio Glass<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>November 10 and 11<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>10-6pm<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>Exhibition:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Reception and Awards Ceremony<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>November 10\u00a0 6-9pm<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Crucible<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>1260 7th\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Oakland, CA 95607<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>The Crucible is hosting a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass movement: \u2018<em>California Contributions: 50 Years of American Studio Glass 1962-1212\u2019 <\/em>on November 10<sup>th<\/sup> and 11<sup>th<em>.<\/em><\/sup>.\u00a0 Come and celebrate the evolution of the Studio Glass movement and the contributions of California artists. During the past fifty years, the studio glass movement has grown as artists have chosen glass as their medium and major universities have offered undergraduate and graduate degrees in the glass arts. This symposium offers attendees a unique opportunity to meet and learn from over 100 prominent glass artists who work and\/or teach in California. The work of the conference&#8217;s presenting artists spans five decades and includes the some of the early founders and innovators of the studio glass movment and many new rising stars.\u00a0 The two-day event includes glass demos, lectures, and over 50 pieces of original art in a two-day art exhibition. <strong>Check out our website for the full press packet and more information about the program: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\">www.californiastudioglass.org<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><strong><em>50 Years of Studio Glass Press Event &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><em>October 17, 2012, 1:00-3pm<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>RSVP to Barbara Barnett: at <a href=\"mailto:glasscrucible@gmail.com\">glasscrucible@gmail.com<\/a> for this special press event. \u00a0Or call Barbara at 510 835-5815.<\/p>\n<p>As the San Francisco Bay Area begins its celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the American studio glass movement, the Crucible invites members of the press to a preview of the symposium. Come meet and interview prominent glass artists, see a glass blowing demonstration in the Crucible\u2019s hot shop, and meet members of the Crucible glass comunnity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet the Artists at the Special Press Event \u2013 October 17th<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flameworker <strong>Janice Peacock<\/strong>, a contemporary beadmaker and teacher who creates small sculptures and beads using Italian soda-lime glass that\u00a0incorporate glass powders and metal foils, giving each piece an ancient look.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=432\">http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=432<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gas plasma sculptor <strong>Ed Kirshner<\/strong> \u201cLike Dr. Frankenstein in his lab, I hover over my glass and gas plasma work, spending many hours mixing, balancing and fine-tuning. Still, the plasma light behaves in a way that I can never completely control.\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=134\">http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=134<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Bead-making flameworker and glass educator <strong>Harlan Simon<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harlanglass\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harlangla<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harlanglass\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ss<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pamina Traylor<\/strong> is an artist and educator, currently Interim Chair of the Glass Program at the California College of the Arts where she has been a member of the faculty since 1995.<strong> <\/strong>Her work is in the permanent collection of the Benton Museum of Art, CT; The Museum of American Glass, NJ; The Speed Art Museum, KY; Tittot Glass Art Museum, Taiwan; and Cam Ocagi, Istanbul.\u00a0 She was featured on KQED public television\u2019s SPARK program, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/arts\/people\/spark\/profile.jsp?id=4748\">By Hand<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=452\">http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=452<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Symposium keynote speaker <strong>Marvin Lipofsky<\/strong>, has been invited to attend the press event.\u00a0 Marvin started the glass program a UC Berkeley in 1964. \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=107\">http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=107<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary White and Michelle Knox<\/strong>, co-producers of the event, are prominent glass artists themselves and will demonstrate glass blowing in The Crucible hot shop.\u00a0 Both Mary and Michelle have pieces in the upcoming exhibit, \u201cPlay with Fire\u201d at the Oakland Museum of California.\u00a0 See these artists at work during the special press event.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to young glass artist <strong>Henry Cardenas\u00a0<\/strong>about his experiences as a member of The Crucible Youth Glass Program. \u00a0The Watts Mudtown youth glass blowing team is coming to the Bay Area to participate in the Symposium. \u00a0They will be blowing glass with youth Crucible youth at the workshop on Nov 11th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Note:\u00a0 A complete list of artists giving workshops at the Symposium is located on the event website including bios and images of their work\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\">www.californiastudioglass.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Symposium is part of a larger Bay Area Celebration!<br \/>\n<\/strong>There are three events in the Bay Area that celebrate the 50th anniversary of Studo Glass.\u00a0 The Oakland Museum of California and the DeYoung Museum both have exhibits opening in October.\u00a0 On November 9th, the California College of the Arts Glass Program is celebrating its&#8217; Glass Jubilee and Alumni Exhibit with demo by alumnus Boyd Sugiki.\u00a0 Many of the artists exhibiting works at these events, will be presenting workshops at the Symposium where they will be sharing their skills and demonstating the techiques that made them world class artists.\u00a0 See links to these other events on our website: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?page_id=805\">http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?page_id=805<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Symposium Program<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>November 10 and 11<sup>th<br \/>\n<\/sup><\/strong><strong>10am \u2013 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynotes-<\/strong>Suellen Fowler, Marvin Lipofsky, Richard Marquis, and\u00a0Susan Stimsmuehlen-Amend<\/p>\n<p><strong>Demonstrations<\/strong>-in The Crucible\u2019s six glass studios: Blowing, Cold Working, Fusing, Casting, Neon, Flame Working and Enameling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panels and Lectures<\/strong>-featuring glass artists who began working in glass in California from 1962 to present day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art Exhibition-<\/strong>The exhibit features California glass artists from the 1960\u2019s to the current era.\u00a0 The 50+ piece exhibition will be on display both Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<div><strong id=\"internal-source-marker_0.11770267551764846\">Future Generation: A Glass Student Workshop-<\/strong>This workshop is a partnership between The Crucible Youth Glass Program and Jaime Guerrero, the Director of the Mudtown Glass Department at Watts Labor Community Action Committee. \u00a0Approximately 28 youth will participate in the weekend workshops, meet each other, and have the opportunity to learn and speak with active glass professionals. The Watts Mudtown youth glass blowing team will give a hot demo for the rest of the conference on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 11. \u00a0This event is open to the public.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Living Glass Time Line-<\/strong>Add your information to the \u201cLiving Glass Timeline\u201d that will be created during the event.\u00a0 We encourage artists to bringing studio photos and bios to add to the timeline at the event.\u00a0 In addition, we are creating a \u201cDirectory of California Glass Artists\u201d on our website.\u00a0 We welcome glass artists of all decades who have worked in California to fill out an information form with a bio and photos of your work to include in the Directory. The form is available on our website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">www.californiastudioglass.org.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glass Vendor &amp; Organizations-<\/strong>Local glass and tool suppliers will be there to exhibit their wares.\u00a0\u00a0 Meet and talk to glass institutions as they showcase their programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission:<\/strong> $15 general admission per day, $10 for students and Crucible members.\u00a0 Pre-registration is available on our website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reception and Awards Ceremony<\/strong>: <strong>Saturday November 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 6pm-9pm<\/strong>.\u00a0 This event will honor collectors, including collector Dorothy Saxe, and artists who have made special contributions to the California glass community.\u00a0 Admission is free for the reception and awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background-<\/strong>The studio glass movement began in 1962, when the artist Harvey Littleton gathered a group of artists, craftspeople, scientists and scholars at the Toledo Museum of Art for a series of workshops that demonstrated how glass could be made into art in the artist\u2019s studio rather than in an industrial setting. \u00a0These came to be known as the founding events of studio glass.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium program follows the tradition of the California Glass Exchanges.\u00a0 San Jose State glass instructor, Dr Fritz and his student George Jercich started the Glass Exchange with the goal of gathering the California glass community together to share skills and techniques.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This event is partially sponsored by<\/strong>-The Crucible, The Glass Alliance of Northern\u00a0California, the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Denny Abrams, the\u00a0Glass Art Society, the Clay and Glass Arts Foundation, Annieglass, and the\u00a0Chalsty Family Foundation<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Crucible-<\/strong>The Crucible is an educational facility that offers <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrucible.org\/classes\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">classes<\/span><\/a> <\/span>in the fire and industrial arts to people at all skill levels as well as original <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrucible.org\/corporate-teambuilding\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Bay Area corporate team building<\/span><\/a><\/span> events. The Crucible is located at 1260 7th Street, Oakland, CA 95607.\u00a0\u00a0 For more information about the Crucible go to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrucible.org\">www.thecrucible.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symposium: California Contributions: 50 Years of American Studio Glass November 10 and 11 10-6pm \u00a0Exhibition: Reception and Awards Ceremony November 10\u00a0 6-9pm The Crucible 1260 7th\u00a0 Oakland, CA 95607 The Crucible is hosting a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=1044\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presskit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}