KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Tina Aufiero
Artistic Director
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
PRESENTERS:
Pamina Traylor
Craft Curriculum Coordinator, Glass Program Faculty
California College of Art, Oakland, California
Making Art That Matters: The Intersection of Hand & Digital Fabrication and Social Responsibility
PAMINA TRAYLOR EARNED HER M.F.A. FROM THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANDHER B.A. FROM BRYN MAWR COLLEGE. SHE HAS LECTURED AND DEMONSTRATED AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, KOREA, AND TAIWAN AND HAS TAUGHT WORKSHOPS AT THE GLASS FURNACE, ISTANBUL, HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, AND THE STUDIO OF THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS, AMONG OTHERS. HER WORK IS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE BENTON MUSEUM OF ART, CT; THE SPEED ART MUSEUM, KY; AND THE TITTOT GLASS ART MUSEUM, TAIWAN, AMONG OTHERS. FROM 2013– 2015, SHE WAS CRAFT CURRICULUM COORDINATOR AT CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS WHERE SHE HAS BEEN ON THE FACULTY SINCE 1995. SHE WAS INTERIM CHAIR OF THE GLASS PROGRAM 2012 – 2013 AND 1999-2000. IN THE FALL SEMESTER OF 2007, SHE WAS AN INVITED VISITING ARTIST/FACULTY MEMBER AT THE OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF ART. SHE ALSO SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE GLASS ART SOCIETY FROM 2003 - 2011.
David Schnuckel
Visiting Assistant Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Advancing The Digital Hand
DAVID SCHNUCKEL HAS EARNED DEGREES FROM ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (BA IN FINE ARTS, ’03) AND THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MFA, ’10). HIS WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN IN MANY NOTEWORTHY EXHIBITIONS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS IN MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY, THE GLAZENHUIS OF LOMMEL, BELGIUM AND GLASMUSEET EBELTOFT OF DENMARK. SCHNUCKEL’S WORK HAS EARNED HIM A NOMINATION FOR THE 2011 LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY AWARD, HAS BEEN A CONTENDER FOR THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL GLASS PRIZE, BEEN REVIEWED AND PUBLISHED IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES AND BELONGS IN SEVERAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO TEACH, LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATE FOR STUDENTS STATESIDE, AS WELL AS IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. CURRENTLY, SCHNUCKEL SERVES AS VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE GLASS PROGRAM OF THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Dan Clayman
Practicing Artist
The Foundations of the Digital Interface: Integration and Practice
DANIEL CLAYMAN IS A SCULPTOR WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GLASS AS HIS PRIMARY MEDIUM FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. HIS WORK REVEALS HIS INTERESTS IN ENGINEERING, THE BEHAVIOR OF LIGHT, AND HOW THE MEMORY OF EXPERIENCE ACTS AS THE IMPETUS FOR MUCH OF HIS WORK. WORKING LARGE AND SMALL, HE EMPLOYS TECHNOLOGY FROM THE SIMPLEST HAND TOOL TO THE LATEST THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING AND PRODUCTION TOOLS. AN ARTIST/EDUCATOR, DANIEL HAS TAUGHT IN ISRAEL AND AUSTRALIA IN ADDITION TO A ROBUST TEACHING SCHEDULE HERE IN THE U.S. IN THE FALL OF 2015 HE WILL BE TEACHING GLASS CASTING AT TYLER SCHOOL OF ART WHILE CONTINUING HIS PRINTMAKING RESEARCH OF PURPOSELY DEVITRIFIED GLASS SURFACES.
Helen Lee
Assistant Professor, Head of Glass.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tools for Teaching Glass as Movement-Based Praxis
HELEN LEE USES GLASS TO THINK ABOUT LANGUAGE. SHE HOLDS AN MFA IN GLASS FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND A BSAD IN ARCHITECTURE FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. LEE HAS TAUGHT AT RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ART, TOYAMA CITY INSTITUTE OF GLASS ART, HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS STUDIO, AND THE MIT GLASS LAB. HER RECENT HONORS INCLUDE THE INAUGURAL IRWIN BOROWSKY PRIZE IN GLASS ART (2013) AND THE EDNA WIECHERS ARTS IN WISCONSIN AWARD (2014). LEE HAS BEEN A FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR CHRONICLE BOOKS AND CELERY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE, AND AN AFFILIATE ARTIST AT HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. HER WORK WILL BE EXHIBITED THIS YEAR AT CHANDRA CERRITO CONTEMPORARY (OAKLAND, CA), THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (BOSTON, MA), URBAN GLASS (BROOKLYN, NY), AND THE MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART (ST. PAUL, MN). SHE IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF GLASS IN THE ART DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON.
Colin Rennie
Program Leader: Glass and Ceramics BA Hons, Senior Lecturer in Hot Glass, Module Leader: Digital Crafts.
University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England
Crafted Computation
Peter Houk with MIT Media Lab graduate students
Director, Glass Lab
Massachusets Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Case Study: Direct Digital Printing of Glass
PETER HOUK IS A STUDIO GLASS ARTIST, INSTRUCTOR, AND DIRECTOR OF THE GLASS LAB AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. TRAINED AS A PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER, HOUK INCORPORATES GRAPHIC IMAGERY INTO WORK RANGING FROM RELATIVELY SMALL BLOWN PIECES TO LARGE-SCALE ARCHITECTURAL INSTALLATIONS. HOUK HAS BEEN AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND A FELLOW AT THE CREATIVE GLASS CENTER OF AMERICA AT WHEATON VILLAGE, NEW JERSEY. HIS WORK IS INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS AND THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF GLASS IN NEW JERSEY.
Mei-Ling Israel
Doctoral Candidate
Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York City
Ramping Up: Kilnformed Glass and Digitally Circulated Knowledge
MEI-LING ISRAEL IS A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT THE BARD GRADUATE CENTER FOR DECORATIVE ARTS, DESIGN HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN NYC. SHE HOLDS A BA FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY. HER CURRENT RESEARCH EXPLORES THE CAPACITY OF ONLINE INTERFACES FOR SELF-ORGANIZATION, EXTRA-INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING, AND THE TRANSMISSION OF TRADITIONS. SHE ALSO PRACTICES KILN-FORMED GLASS, AND HAS STUDIED AT PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS AND AT URBAN GLASS. SHE MOST RECENTLY PRESENTED HER RESEARCH AT THE SMITHSONIAN RENWICK GALLERY SYMPOSIUM ON CRAFT.
Kim Harty
Head of Glass Program
College of Creative Studies, Detroit
Case Study: Implementing Technology into an Established Glass Program
KIM HARTY IS AN ARTIST, WRITER, AND EDUCATOR. HER WORK INVESTIGATES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CRAFT AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGH SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, VIDEO, AND PERFORMANCE. SHE IS HEAVILY INFORMED BY HER TRAINING AS A GLASSBLOWER AND DRAWS ON HER PERSONAL HISTORY AS A CRAFTSPERSON TO EXPLORE HOW KINETIC KNOWLEDGE CAN BE TRACKED, EMBODIED, AND PERFORMED. HARTY HAS EXHIBITED IN GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING THE DESIGN MUSEUM GHENT, THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, AND THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS. HER WRITING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN GLASS QUARTERLY AND SHE IS CURRENTLY THE EDITOR OF GASNEWS, THE GLASS ART SOCIETY NEWSLETTER AND SERVES AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GLASS ART SOCIETY. HARTY HAS TAUGHT AT THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO, OX-BOW ART SCHOOL, AND PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, IN ADDITION TO HER CURRENT POSITION AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND SECTION CHAIR OF GLASS AT THE COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES.
Judith Schaechter
Adjunct Professor, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Technological Novelty Is Not Actually Very Novel
JUDITH SCHAECHTER HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN PHILADELPHIA SINCE GRADUATING IN 1983 WITH A BFA FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN GLASS PROGRAM. SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF MANY GRANTS, INCLUDING THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP, TWO NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIPS IN CRAFTS, THE LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY AWARD, THE JOAN MITCHELL AWARD, TWO PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AWARDS, THE PEW FELLOWSHIP IN THE ARTS, AND A LEEWAY FOUNDATION GRANT. JUDITH HAS TAUGHT WORKSHOPS AT NUMEROUS VENUES, INCLUDING THE PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL IN SEATTLE, THE PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, TOYAMA INSTITUTE OF GLASS (TOYAMA, JAPAN), AUSTRALIA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN CANBERRA AUSTRALIA. SHE HAS TAUGHT COURSES AT RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY, THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, WHERE SHE IS RANKED AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. JUDITH'S WORK WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2002 WHITNEY BIENNIAL, A COLLATERAL EXHIBITION OF THE VENICE BIENNALE IN 2012 AND SHE IS A 2008 USA ARTISTS ROCKEFELLER FELLOW. IN 2013, JUDITH WAS INDUCTED TO THE AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL COLLEGE OF FELLOWS.
Vanessa Cutler
MA Glass Programme Director, School of Design and Applied Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Technology: Added Risk?
VANESSA CUTLER IS AN ARTIST, EDUCATOR AND CONSULTANT. LECTURING ON GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE GLASS PROGRAMMES AT UWTSD (UNIVERSITY OF WALES TRINITY SAINT DAVID) SWANSEA WALES, UK. THE COURSE SPECIALISES IN TEACHING ARCHITECTURAL GLASS ARTS AND FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS DELIVERED VARIOUS MODULES THAT INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE TRADITIONAL GLASS PROGRAMME. SPECIALISING IN WATER-JET TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1997, SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED LECTURING, WRITING PAPERS, AND WORKING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WITH HER GLASS PRACTICE. IN 2012, HER BOOK, NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN GLASS, WAS PUBLISHED. IT DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO MATERIALS WE USE AS GLASS ARTISTS. CUTLER HAS WORKED WITH MANY ARTISTS TO INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR PRACTICE. IN 2013 SHE WAS AWARDED A PERSONAL CHAIR BY UWTSD.
Dan Cutrone
Assistant Professor, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
Finding a Balance Between Digital Technologies and Traditional Glassmaking Practices and Methodologies
DANIEL CUTRONE IS AN ARTIST AND EDUCATOR LIVING AND WORKING IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA. HE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE GLASS PROGRAM AT TYLER SCHOOL OF ART AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. HE HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS AND GRANTS AND HIS WORK IS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS. HE WAS A FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT FROM THE CREATIVE GLASS CENTER OF AMERICA AT WHEATON ARTS AS WELL AS AN ARTIST GRANT RECIPIENT FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, AMONG OTHERS. HIS MOST RECENT SOLO EXHIBITION WAS AT THE DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS.
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