[PA-NJ Glassblowers] Cut Glassmaking Symposium in White Mills, PA
Tony Patti
tonyspatti at comcast.net
Sun Aug 21 11:59:00 EDT 2011
The Eastern Lakes Chapter of the American Cut Glass Association (ACGA)
is holding a
*Cut Glassmaking Symposium* in White Mills, PA from September 30, 2011
through October 2, 2011
at the Dorflinger Glass Museum, which is colocated at the Suydam
Wildlife Sanctuary,
Questions to Joan Randles <jrandles at rochester.rr.com>
Tony Patti
www.glassblower.info
gaffer at glassblower.info
*A Symposium*
*Cut Glassmaking in White Mills, Corning, and New York*
September 30-October 2, 2011
*Program*
*Friday, September 30*
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Registration and wine and cheese welcome at the Dorflinger
Glass Museum
*Special Exhibit:Bowls of Cheer:Crystal Punchbowls from the Parker
Collection*
*Saturday, October 1*
8:00-8:30 a.m. -- Registration in the Blough Building, Dorflinger-Suydam
Wildlife Sanctuary
8:30 a.m. -- Welcome
Jim Asselstine, Chairman, Glass Committee
8:45 a.m. -- Opening Remarks
Karen Udell Parker, President, American Cut Glass Association
9:00-10:30 a.m.
* "The Connection Between the Glassmakers Of Corning and White
Mills"*
Jane Shadell Spillman, Curator of American Glass, Corning
Museum of Glass (CMOG)
10:30-10:45 a.m. -- Break
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
* "Dorflinger and the Delaware and Hudson Canal"*
Kurt Reed, noted author and historian
12:00-12:30 p.m. -- Break
12:30-2:00 p.m. -- Lunch
A catered buffet lunch will be served on the grounds of the
Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
2:00-3:30 p.m.
* "Early Steps in the Mechanization of Glass Cutting, 1850-80:
Jean-Pierre Colné Rediscovered"*
Ian Simmonds, researcher and dealer in early American glass
3:30-3:45 p.m. -- Break
3:45-5:00 p.m.
* "The June Dorflinger Hardy Collection at the Dorflinger Glass
Museum"*
Henry Loftus, Curator,
Dorflinger Glass Museum
5:00-5:45 p.m.
Meetings of the MidAtlantic Chapter and the Eastern Lakes Chapter
of the American Cut Glass Association
6:30 p.m.
Dinner in the historic Dorflinger Glass Cutting Shop
*Special Exhibit:Cut Glass Windows by Ray LaTournous*
*Sunday, October 2*
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in the Blough Building,
Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
9:00-9:30 a.m.
*"Making White Mills a Destination for the History Of Cut Glassmaking in
America"*
Jim Asselstine, Chairman, Glass Committee
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Bus tour, led by Kurt Reed
Glass Workers House
White Mills Fire Hall and Museum
Lock Tenders House
Dorflinger Factory Office Building
Dorflinger Glass Cutting Shop
Ray LaTournous Collection
Dorflinger Glass Museum
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