{"id":123,"date":"2012-08-24T23:32:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=123"},"modified":"2012-08-24T23:23:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T06:23:10","slug":"george-jercich-artist-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"George Jercich Artist Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Started working in glass in 1972 at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA.<br \/>\n<\/strong><a title=\"Artist Website\" href=\"http:\/\/gjercichstudio.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gjercichstudio.blogspot.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Jercich graduated from San Jose State University in 1984 with his MFA in Sculpture\/Plastic Arts. He currently lives and works on a small farm in rural San Luis Obispo County. Before retiring in 2012, he instructed glassblowing\/glassforming\/3D design\/sculpture courses at Cal Poly SLO for over 35 years. He has travelled the USA\/Europe\/and Asia seeking experiences in glass including; attended Pilchuck School in 1972, the Interglas Symposium in Novy Bor, Czhecoslovakia in 1988, participated in American\/Thai Cultural Exchange Programs in 2002\/\u201905\/ and \u201908, and has co-instructed glassblowing at Ox-Bow Summer School of the Arts (SAIC) since 1995. George is also the co-founder of the California Glass Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>RECENT EXHIBITIONS\/Activities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April\/May \u201912 &#8211; lessons to 4 glassblowing enthusiasts at my studio in Los Osos, CA<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Live Oak Music Festival<\/span> exhibiting artist \u201912 &#8211; Santa Ynez, CA.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Paso Robles Festival of the Arts<\/span> = May 2012, Central Coast Sculptors Pavilion<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Arts Encore 2012<\/span> \u2013 fundraiser for San Marino Art Association, Huntington Library<\/li>\n<li>Art after Dark \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Aquarium<\/span> \u2013 May 2012 \u2013 Alegria Wine and Ware\u00a0 SLO, CA<\/li>\n<li><span>1<sup>st<\/sup> Phantom Gallery 2012<\/span> \u2013 Juried &#8211; Quaglino Bldg. Downtown SLO, CA.<\/li>\n<li><span>Gone Fishin\u2019<\/span> One man Installation in the McMeen Gallery at the San Luis Art Museum of SLO &#8211; November 2011<\/li>\n<li><span>Sculpture SLAM 2011<\/span> (Juried) \u2013 August \u2013 San Luis Obispo Sculptors Group &#8211; Art Museum of SLO, CA<\/li>\n<li><span>Connections with Nature II<\/span> \u2013 Botanical Gardens of SLO \u2013 April \u2013 May 2011<\/li>\n<li><span>Arts in the Gardens I &amp; II<\/span> Sage Nursery and Botanical Gardens Exhibit &#8211; March\u00a0 2011 &amp; \u201812 \u2013 Los Osos, CA<\/li>\n<li><span>Finding Balance<\/span> 2011 &#8211; Bay Area Glass Artists \u2013 Village Theatre \u2013 Danville, CA.<\/li>\n<li><span>Animal Narratives Exhibition<\/span> (juried) \u2013 October 2010 \u2013 Art Museum of SLO<\/li>\n<li><span>Sculpture IS <\/span>\u2013 May \u201810\/\u201911 &#8211; PVAC\/Sierra Azul Nursery \u2013 Watsonville, CA<\/li>\n<li><span>Connections with Nature<\/span> \u2013 March 2010\/\u201911\/\u201912, Botanical Gardens of SLO, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated lecture by Dale Chihuly Nov. 30, 2009\u00a0 at the Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, SLO<\/li>\n<li><span>Elemental<\/span>\/Thai American Exchange Project April 2009 &#8211; UAG, Cal Poly, SLO<\/li>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place cash award (juried) \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Central Coast Sculptor\u2019s Group<\/span> (June 2009) Morro Bay Art Association Gallery, Morro Bay, CA<\/li>\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place cash award &#8211;\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Made in California Exhibition <\/span>(March) 2009 (juried) City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_159\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-159\" title=\"Until\" src=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-2-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-2-461x300.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Until&#8221;<br \/>George Jercich<br \/>1994<br \/>Glass and mixed media<br \/>L = 26\u2019 x w = 8\u201d x h = 8\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_158\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158\" class=\"size-large wp-image-158\" title=\"Dear John\" src=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-1-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-1-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/George-Jercich-1-447x300.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Dear John&#8221;<br \/>George Jercich<br \/>1992<br \/>Glass and mixed media<br \/>20\u201d x 10\u201d x 11\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started working in glass in 1972 at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. gjercichstudio.blogspot.com George Jercich graduated from San Jose State University in 1984 with his MFA in Sculpture\/Plastic Arts. 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