5. - Glass Art Society
5. - Glass Art Society
5. - Glass Art Society
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pre-conference tours<br />
Please register for these tours by using the registration form on page 18. All tours leave from the Corning Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>.<br />
Exploring Tiffany Windows<br />
in Western New York<br />
Wednesday, June 10, 8 am<br />
(7:45 am - board bus)<br />
Tiffany historians<br />
Lindsy R. Parrott and Diane<br />
C. Wright lead an in-depth<br />
exploration of Tiffany<br />
Studios ecclesiastic windows<br />
and interiors in Corning<br />
and Rochester churches.<br />
Ornamental, figural and<br />
landscape windows dating<br />
from the early 1890s through the 1920s are the focus of this<br />
day-long tour. Tiffany mosaics and other richly ornamented<br />
fittings for ecclesiastic interiors will also be considered.<br />
Ms. Parrott is the Director and Curator of the Neustadt<br />
Collection of Tiffany <strong>Glass</strong> in New York City. She will discuss<br />
the innovative materials and fabrication techniques used by<br />
Tiffany to create these windows.<br />
Ms. Wright works in the American Decorative <strong>Art</strong>s<br />
Department at the Yale University <strong>Art</strong> Gallery. She will focus<br />
on the designers who worked for Tiffany and the history of<br />
the American stained-glass movement.<br />
Cost: $140/person. Includes bus transportation and a<br />
box lunch. Minimum 20, maximum 50 participants.<br />
Sullivan Park Research Center<br />
Wednesday, June 10, at 12:30 and 2:30 pm<br />
Corning celebrated 100 years of Research & Development<br />
in 2008. A tour of the Sullivan Park R&D Center will be offered<br />
to <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Society</strong> participants. The tour will include an<br />
overview of Corning’s R&D programs and facilities followed by<br />
demonstrations of three technologies for new products.<br />
Cost: $15/person. Maximum capacity of 80 people per<br />
tour. Details will be available on the day of the of tour.<br />
Finger Lakes Studio Tour<br />
Wednesday, June 10, 8 am<br />
Take a ride and discover glass art studios nestled amidst<br />
the vineyards of the Finger Lakes. Our tour will visit 4 working<br />
glass studios along the shores of Canandaigua Lake, each with<br />
its own unique story and treasures. We will enjoy wine-tasting<br />
and lunch at one of the oldest wineries in the Finger Lakes,<br />
Widmer Wine Cellars.<br />
Cost: $95/person. Maximum 25 participants.<br />
Niagara Falls,<br />
NY Day trip<br />
Wednesday, June 10,<br />
7:30 am - 8 pm<br />
Tour the best of art<br />
and nature on our tour<br />
to Buffalo-Niagara Falls<br />
– we will visit the Darwin<br />
Martin House (a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home), the<br />
Albright Know Gallery, as well as enjoy a cruise on the famous<br />
Maid of the Mist. Tour includes a “traditional” Buffalo lunch!<br />
Cost: $130/person*. includes: transportation, English<br />
speaking guide, admission to the Maid of the Mist, lunch at<br />
Hard Rock Café and guide and driver gratuity. *Pricing is based<br />
on 35 passenger minimum and may increase with a lower<br />
passenger count. Minimum 35, maximum 50 participants.<br />
Technical Display - The Marketplace for <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Art</strong>ists<br />
Open to the public: Thursday, June 11, 11:30 am - 4 pm;<br />
Friday, June 12, 11:30 am - 6 pm; Saturday, June 13, 9 am - 3 pm<br />
Visit GAS’ annual Technical Display to see and purchase the newest and<br />
best equipment, supplies, services, publications and education materials,<br />
located in the lot between the Corning Museum of <strong>Glass</strong> and The Studio at<br />
the Corning Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>, in the midst of all of the conference activities.<br />
Interested in exhibiting?<br />
Technical Display packages will be available at $875 and $1,100 and<br />
include one 8 ft. x 10 ft. booth, one half page ad in the newly revamped<br />
GAS Directory and Resource Guide (see GAS Directory and Resource Guide<br />
Advertising, below) and two conference passes. For information on how to<br />
reserve your space or on our display allocation system, please contact the<br />
Seattle GAS office or check the web site at www.glassart.org.<br />
Deadlines<br />
February 15, 2009: Display space reservation and 50% deposit due<br />
April 1, 2009: Final Technical Display payment due<br />
April 30, 2009: Camera-ready art for Resource Guide ad MUST be<br />
at the GAS office in Seattle.<br />
GAS Directory and<br />
Resource Guide Advertising<br />
In 2007, GAS combined the Resource Guide<br />
with the Membership and Education Roster,<br />
which created a new, consolidated publication<br />
where you can find all of the contact information<br />
you need to know about members, schools,<br />
products and services. The new GAS Directory and<br />
Resource Guide is a great opportunity to present<br />
your product or program to a target market that<br />
members will save and refer to all year. Given<br />
to all GAS members and used year-round, the GAS Directory and Resource<br />
Guide also features a collection of advertisements from artists, museums,<br />
galleries, schools, manufacturers and suppliers of glass-related goods and<br />
services from around the world. For ad rates and specifications or to make<br />
ad reservations, please contact the GAS office, or check the GAS<br />
website at www.glassart.org<br />
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