[PA-NJ Glassblowers] UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, NY): The 2015 Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium
Tony Patti
gaffer at glassblower.info
Sun Jul 26 16:16:02 EDT 2015
https://www.urbanglass.org/events/detail/academic-symposium-2015
The 2015 Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at UrbanGlass
October 22nd - October 24th, 2015
Event, Symposium
New York gallery tour | presentations | moderated discussions | breakout
sessions | networking opportunities
Join us for the second academic symposium at UrbanGlass, a unique
opportunity for glass department heads, faculty members, instructors, and
students to discuss with their peers the changing fine-art landscape in
academia, and best practices in the lecture hall and studio. New for 2015: A
special focus on new technologies and their implications for education.
Designed for professors at degree-granting institutions but open to all
glass educators and arts administrators, two days of provocative
presentations and formal and informal idea exchange will take place at the
center of the New York City artworld, with an organized tour of glass at
Chelsea art galleries and social events throughout the symposium.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
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Tina Aufiero
Artistic Director
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
bits + bytes: migratory investigations (technological implications for the
field of glass)
PRESENTERS:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
COLIN RENNIE HAS WORKED PREDOMINANTLY WITH GLASS AS A MATERIAL FOR SCULPTURE
SINCE 1992. ALONGSIDE AND COMPLEMENTING WORKING AS AN ARTIST, HE HAS TAUGHT
IN RENOWNED CENTRES OF GLASS EXCELLENCE, CURRENTLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SUNDERLAND, AND ALSO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND SARS POTTERIES,
MUSEE ATELIER DU VERRE IN FRANCE. IN THAT TIME HIS WORK HAS ACHIEVED
RECOGNITION IN MAJOR COLLECTIONS AND COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING THE VICTORIA
AND ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON, EBLETOFT GLASS MUSEUM DENMARK, HSIN-CHU
MUNICIPAL GLASS MUSEUM, TAIWAN, ERNSTING STIFTUNG GLASMUSEUM GERMANY, AND
NOMINATION FOR THE JERWOOD PRIZE FOR GLASS. A PREDOMINANT AND CONSISTENT
THEME IN THE WORK HAS BEEN EXPLORING THE TERRITORY CREATED WHEN CONTRASTING
FIELDS OF HUMAN ENDEVOUR ARE BLENDED; OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION OR DIGITAL
MODELLING WITH MORE TRADITIONAL CRAFT PRACTICES. RECENTLY WORK HAS BEEN
REALISED THROUGH CAD CAM, WATERJET, GLASSBLOWING AND DIGITAL SCANNING,
RESULTING IN WORK WHICH QUESTIONS THE NATURE OF SKILL AND CELEBRATES THE
EPHEMERAL MOVEMENTS OF A GLASS IN ITS LIQUID STATE. WORKING IN THE GREY
AREAS BETWEEN POLES PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HYBRIDISATION AND
AMBIGUITY PROVOKING RESPONSES THAT OFTEN REVEAL THE VIEWERS NEED TO
CATEGORISE AND DEFINE. RENNIE LIVES AND WORKS IN THE NORTHEAST OF ENGLAND
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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