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All Glass and Steel Exhibition Entries Due </font></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font color="#c0c0c0"
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Questions? Call Sam, 412-365-2145 ext. 208</font></strong></p>
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<p><font color="#000000"><font
face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>Free open house
featuring heat defying acts of art</span><span> on Friday, Mar. 7 from
6 to 9 pm. Live glassblowing and flameworking demonstrations. Plus see
"Recollection" an exhibition about collecting by Michael Rogers and
Richard Hirsch. This exhibition closes on March 30. </span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>Hot
Jams happen during the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative’s Unblurred event on
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size="2">The Easter Bunny will be surprised to see a beautiful
handmade glass egg in your basket this year.</font><span> </span><font
size="2">Make your own colorful glass egg for $25.<span> </span>A
great activity for the whole family; just remember where you hid it!</font>
</span></span></span></span></span>Make-It-Now
workshops are an opportunity to try glass making “on the spot” in 30
minutes or less.<span> </span>Pre-registration is not required, but
we suggest that you call ahead because time slots fill up fast. For
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<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>PGC
</span><span>offers special programs
exclusively for teenagers, including both weekend workshops and 3-day
courses in the hot, warm, and flame studios.<span> </span>From March
20 – 22<sup> </sup>during the Pittsburgh Public School Spring Break,
students ages 13 to 18 can experience the excitement of hot glass in
these 3-day classes or take a one-day workshop on Sunday, April 13.<span> </span></span></font><font
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<font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span><span><strong><font
size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Teen Boot Camp June 16 – 20
SIGN UP TODAY</font></font></strong></span></span></font></font></font><span><br>
<font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2">Teens
take over </font></span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Pittsburgh</span><span>
</span><span>Glass</span><span> </span><span>Center</span></font><font
size="2"><span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"> in this one-week
intensive summer boot camp!</font></span></font><font
face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span> Forget sitting in a
classroom. This course takes place in one of the top glass studios in
the </span><span>U.S.</span><span> with a furnace full of molten glass
at 2,200 degrees. This is a rare opportunity to create glass art at the
furnace or torch, blowing and sculpting on the very first day!</span></font>
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<li><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Face
the furnace and learn to handle a blow pipe while gathering, sculpting
and blowing molten glass.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Fire
up the torch and learn to use heat and gravity to shape molten glass in
miniature form for marbles and jewelry.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Make
it funky and learn to fuse, slump, cut and laminate flat glass to
create your own designs and patterns.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Polish
it up and learn to sandblast, etch, grind and finish your work like a
pro.</span></font></li>
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<font color="#000000"
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href="mailto:hpuskarich@pittsburghglasscenter.org" target="_blank">hpuskarich@pittsburghglasscenter.org</a>.<strong><span> </span></strong></span><strong><span>
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<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><strong>Ross
Richmond, Pat Bako and Brian Engel classes filling FAST!</strong><br>
We have an exciting line-up of week-long intensive classes in our
studios running from May 19 - August 8. Check it out:<br>
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<p><span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><strong>Hot
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size="2"><strong>classes</strong> with Randy Walker, </font></span><span><font
face="Tahoma" size="2">Ross Richmond, </font></span><font
face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>Michael Schunke, </span><span>Jay
Macdonell, </span><span>Dave Walters, Janusz Pozniak, </span><span>Jason
Forck, </span><span>Daniel Spitzer,</span><span><span> </span>Rob
Scavuzzo,</span><span><span> </span>Jacqueline Mendelson, </span><span>Eoin
Breadon, Jason Chakravarty, and </span><span>Scott Darlington. </span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span><span><font
face="Tahoma" size="2"><strong>Flame classes</strong> with </font></span>Shane
Fero, </span><span>Chris</span><span>tian Luginger, </span><span>Andre
Gutgesell, </span><span>Eric Goldschmidt, </span><span>Steve
Sizelove, </span><span>Theresa Cress, </span><span>Jill Reynolds, </span><span>Sally
Prasch, </span><span>Motavenda Melchizedek and </span><span>Tim Drier.</span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span><span><span><font
face="Tahoma" size="2"><strong>Warm classes</strong> with </font></span></span>Tony
Serviente, </span><span>Mark Ditzler, </span><span>Judith Schaechter,
</span><span>Bert Weiss, </span><span>Joel
O’Dorisio, </span><span>Brian Engel, </span><span>Richard Parrish, </span><span>Michael
Dupille, </span><span>Gail Stouffer, </span><span>Janet Kelman and </span><span>Delores
Taylor.</span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>One
<strong>cold class</strong> with the one and
only <strong>Pat Bako!</strong></span></font></font></p>
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<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>The
Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC) is hosting it’s 17th annual
benefit, Out of Hand!, on </span><span>March 1, 2008</span><span> from
</span><span>6-10:30p.m.</span><span> This
event supports SCC’s programs while celebrating the hand and its vital
role in the creation of the visual arts. Hand-packed with activities
from beginning to end, this is not an ordinary fundraiser! </span></font></p>
<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Out
of Hand! will fill every corner of SCC’s Strip District facility with
artist demonstrations including </span></font><font
face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Jessica Rutherford from the </span><span>Pittsburgh</span>
<span>Glass</span><span> </span><span>Center
among others</span></font><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>,
unique entertainers, and delicious Strip District fare. Guests will
make their own handicrafts and watch local artists as they create
distinctive pieces. </span><span>Later in the evening visitors will
raise their hands in the live and silent auctions to bid on spectacular
craft objects that have been handmade by nationally and internationally
known artists including glass artists Sibylle Peretti, John Miller,
Stephen Protheroe and Rene Culler. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Tickets
for this event are $175 at the supporter level and $300 for the patron
level. RSVP by </span><span>Friday, February 22, 2008</span><span> to
Nancy Phillips at 412-261-7003 ext. 12.</span></font></p>
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