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The Glass Art Society is holding their 37th Annual Conference in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 7 - 9 2007.<br>
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The most favorable rates are for those who register on-line on/before
April 2, which can be done here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.glassart.org/Pittsburgh_2007.html">http://www.glassart.org/Pittsburgh_2007.html</a><br>
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Past conferences were in St. Louis, Australia, New Orleans, Seattle,
Amsterdam, so you are not likely to see any closer than Pittsburgh for
many years, and the 2008 conference will be in Portland.<br>
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GAS is dedicated to all forms of Glass (not just hot glass, but also
cast, architectural, lamp-working/torch-working, kiln-worked, etc.)<br>
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<h1>Pittsburgh 2007</h1>
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<p><strong>GLASS ART SOCIETY 37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Transformational Matter</em>, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
June 7-9, 2007</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007-registration.html">Register
Online</a></strong></p>
<p><a class="DOC" target="_blank"
href="http://www.glassart.org/files/docs/2007_Conf_Registration_Form.doc"><strong>Printable
Registration Form</strong></a></p>
<p>GAS Conference pre-registration is open till May 17! After May 17,
register at the conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 7-9.</p>
<p><u>Here's a peek at what you can expect to find at <em><strong>Transformational
Matter</strong></em>:</u></p>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;">
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/Letters.html">From the President
& Co-Chairs: Welcome to Pittsburgh!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Award_Recipients.html">Award
Recipients</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Lectures_Demos_Panels.html">Demonstrators,
Lecturers, and Panelists</a><br>
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<a class="PDF" target="_blank"
href="http://www.glassart.org/files/docs/2007Program_Schedule.pdf">Preliminary
Conference Schedule </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Venues_and_Hotel.html">Accommodations
and Main Conference Venues</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Pre-Conference_Tours.html">Pre-Conference
Tours: <br>
</a>• Fallingwater & Kentuck Knob <br>
• Collector's Tour: Art & Architecture<br>
• Walking Architectural Tour of Downtown Pittsburgh <br>
• Industrial Glass Tour</p>
<p><a
href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Special_Conference_Events.html">Special
Conference Events: </a> <br>
• Pre-Conference Reception <br>
• Gallery Hop <br>
• Closing Night Party</p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/Auction_2007.html">Annual GAS
Auction</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Goblet_Grab.html">Goblet Grab</a>
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Get_Involved.html">Get
Involved: </a> <br>
• International Forum for Glass Organizations <br>
• Gallery Forum <br>
• Education Resource Center</p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Student_Exhibition1.html">International
Student Exhibition</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Work_Exchange.html">Work
Exchange</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Tech_Display.html">Technical
Display</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Tech_Display.html">NEW! GAS
Directory & Resource Guide Advertising</a></p>
<p>What's Happening in Pittsburgh?: <a
href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Special_Exhibitions.html">Special
Exhibitions</a>; <a
href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Pre-Conference_Workshops.html">Pre-Conference
Workshops</a><br>
</p>
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<p><strong>Prepare to be Transformed in Pittsburgh!</strong></p>
<p>Pittsburgh is at a point of transformation: From steel mills and
glass factories to high technology and artist studios, from lost and
abandoned spaces to reclamation through creative force. Brown fields
have become green fields, empty buildings have become artists’ hubs.
Not only has the city experienced a transformation but so have its
people and institutions. We are evolving personally from within but
also being changed by forces outside of ourselves. We are conscious of
the external pressures coming from academia, industry, the economy,
customers and competition that affect us, but we are not certain how we
are being impacted. </p>
<p>Transformation is always internal and external. That is the struggle
- to keep focus, keep vision intact and not get lost in the pull of
external pressures or mired in uncertainty. We, as artists and
institutions want to find the balance in the transformation. The
question to be addressed at this conference is what lies in the vortex
of transformation. </p>
<p>Join us in Pittsburgh!</p>
<h5>Related Topics:</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/Letters.html"
title="Find out about the 2007 GAS Conference in Pittsburgh!">Letters
from the President & Co-Chairs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Venues_and_Hotel.html"
title="2007_Venues_and_Hotel">2007_Venues_and_Hotel</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Special_Conference_Events.html"
title="2007_Special_Conference_Events">2007_Special_Conference_Events</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Work_Exchange.html"
title="2007_Work_Exchange">2007_Work_Exchange</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Goblet_Grab.html"
title="Join us at the 2007 GAS Conference!">2007_Goblet_Grab</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/Auction_2007.html"
title="Find out about the 2007 GAS Conference in Pittsburgh!">2007_GAS_Auction</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Get_Involved.html"
title="JOin us at the 2007 GAS Conference in Pittsburgh!">2007_Get_Involved</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Pre-Conference_Tours.html"
title="Join us in Pittsburgh for these great Pre-Conference Tours!">2007_Pre-Conference_Tours</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Pre-Conference_Workshops.html"
title="Join us in Pittsburgh for these great Pre-Conference Workshops!">2007_Pre-Conference_Workshops</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Award_Recipients.html"
title="Join us for the 2007 GAS Conference!">2007_Award_Recipients</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Special_Exhibitions.html"
title="Join us in Pittsburgh for the 2007 GAS Conference!">2007_Special_Exhibitions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Lectures_Demos_Panels.html"
title="Join us at the 2007 GAS Conference!">2007_Lectures_Demos_Panels</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Tech_Display.html"
title="2007_Tech_Display">2007_Tech_Display</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassart.org/2007_Student_Exhibition1.html"
title="Join us for the 2007 Glass Art Society Student Exhibition.">2007_Student_Exhibition</a></li>
</ul>
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<h1>ABOUT THE GLASS ART SOCIETY</h1>
<p><img src="cid:part2.01030500.05070303@glassblower.info" align="left">The
Glass Art Society is an international non-profit organization founded
in 1971 whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education,
to promote the appreciation and development of the glass arts, and to
support the worldwide community of artists who work with glass. We hold
an <a href="http://www.glassart.org/conference.html">annual conference</a>,
publish the <a href="http://www.glassart.org/journal.html">Glass Art
Society Journal</a>, the <a href="http://www.glassart.org/roster.html">Membership/Education
Roster</a> and the bi-monthly <a
href="http://www.glassart.org/newsletter.html">GASNews</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part3.05090005.06060105@glassblower.info" align="right">GAS
strives to stimulate communication among artists, educators, students,
collectors, gallery and museum personnel, art critics, manufacturers,
and all others interested in and involved with the production,
technology and aesthetics of glass. We are dedicated to creating
greater public awareness and appreciation of the glass arts.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part4.09000906.04060903@glassblower.info" align="left"><a
href="http://www.glassart.org/membership-home.html">Membership</a>
is open to anyone interested in glass art - artists, students,
educators, collectors, gallery and museum personnel, writers, and
critics. Members are entitled to vote, hold office, and enjoy all other
rights and privileges as determined by the Society's bylaws. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part5.06040100.05010402@glassblower.info" align="right">GAS
is made up of a <a href="http://www.glassart.org/boardofdirectors.html">Board</a>
(elected annually by the full membership and comprised of at least 75%
artist/educators and a student representative), a staff of five and a
membership of over 2500 glass enthusiasts from 46 countries.</p>
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<h1>Membership</h1>
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<p>The Glass Art Society is an international non-profit organization
founded in 1971 whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance
education, to promote the appreciation and development of the glass
arts, and to support the worldwide community of artists who work with
glass. The Society strives to stimulate communication among artists,
educators, students, collectors, gallery and museum personnel, art
critics, manufacturers, and all others interested in and involved with
the production, technology and aesthetics of glass. We are dedicated to
creating greater public awareness and appreciation of the glass arts. </p>
<p>Membership is open to anyone interested in glass. Members are
entitled to vote, hold office, and enjoy all other rights and
privileges as determined by the Society's bylaws. Additional membership
benefits include eligibility for the GAS in CERF Fund, access to the
GAS database of over 14,000 artists, collectors, galleries, schools and
museums, other special publications and planning surveys, links from
the GAS web site to members' sites, free classified listings in the
newsletter and discounts on newsletter display ads.</p>
<h2>Membership Benefits</h2>
<p>Basic Benefit Package for Individuals, Families, and Students</p>
<ul>
<li>6 issues of the GAS Newsletter </li>
<li>Journal </li>
<li>Resource Guide </li>
<li>Membership/Education Roster </li>
<li>Access to database information/mailing lists </li>
<li>Opportunity to attend conference </li>
<li>Free classified listings in Newsletter </li>
<li>Discounts on display ads in Newsletter </li>
<li>Eligibility for GASin CERF Fund </li>
<li>Link from GAS website to member website </li>
<li>Access to the Members Only Section of the website </li>
<li>Voting rights </li>
<li>Inclusion in GAS slide registry at Corning Museum of Glass </li>
<li>20% discount on <em>GLASS, The Urban Glass Art Quarterly</em> </li>
</ul>
<h2>Additional Benefits</h2>
<p>Expanded Benefits for Sponsors and Above</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Sponsor:</strong> Basic Benefit Package plus: Donation
Acknowledgement in Journal, Highlighted entry in Roster. Can include 2
people at one address. </li>
<li><strong>Corporate/Business:</strong> All above plus one free
custom <a href="http://www.glassart.org/purchaselist.html">mailing list</a>
(max 500 names) ... Special link with business logo from GAS website to
member website ... 10% off members' price for one newsletter ad. </li>
<li><strong>Associate:</strong> All above plus one free conference
pass and 50% off 2nd conference pass. </li>
<li><strong>Benefactor:</strong> All above plus one more free
conference pass (total of 2-1/2) ... one free 1/9 page ad in newsletter
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Membership Levels</h2>
<ul>
<li>Individual </li>
<ul>
<li>USA, Canada, Mexico - $50 </li>
<li>International Individual (outside North America) - $65 </li>
</ul>
<li>Family (two individuals at the same address) </li>
<ul>
<li>USA, Canada, Mexico - $75 </li>
<li>International Family (outside North America) - $90</li>
</ul>
<li>Full-time Student (copy of current student ID required) </li>
<ul>
<li>USA, Canada, Mexico - $25 </li>
<li>International Student (outside North America) - $35 </li>
</ul>
<li>Sponsor - $100 </li>
<ul>
<li>Corporate/Business - $250 </li>
<li>Associate - $500 </li>
<li>Benefactor - $1,000 </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>To join, print out the membership application form, fill it in and
then mail or fax it to us with payment information. </p>
<p>Unused benefits expire with membership and are not transferable. For
further information, contact the Glass Art Society. </p>
<p>Low student fees are subsidized in part by the Sy Kamens Educational
Fund. Unused benefits expire with membership. For further information,
contact the Glass Art Society. </p>
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