Learn glassworking from world-class instructors. Whether you take an introductory one-day class or an intensive two-week course, you can be sure you are learning from some of the best glass artists and teachers in the world. Below is a list of artists who teach regularly at The Studio.
Eric Dahlberg received his B.F.A. in glass art from Ohio State University and his M.F.A. in glass sculpture from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches at More Fire Glass in Rochester, NY.
Janet Dalecki was first introduced to art glass in 1989 through her family’s glass business. She received her B.F.A. from Alfred University in 2002 and has worked in many privately owned glass studios. She enjoys glassblowing, flameworking, fusing, and stained glass.
Ross Delano has been working with glass since 2005. He has worked with numerous artists in Boston, MA, rural Connecticut, and most recently in Corning, NY, where he currently resides.
Paul DeMarco received an M.F.A. in sculpture from The University of the Arts. He is known for his teaching and involvement in contemporary flameworking, and works as a post-conceptualist studio sculptor in Southern California.
Nadège Desgenétez is a lecturer in the Glass Workshop at the Australian National University in Canberra, and teaches internationally. She has worked with a variety of artists in the United States and abroad, including Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, Dante Marioni, and others. Desgenétez has been...
Miriam Di Fiore has been working with fused glass since 1985. Her fused landscape works are in many public and private collections, and have been displayed in numerous exhibitions around the world. Di Fiore co-founded the Vetroricerca Glass School in Italy and has been teaching for more than 15...
Frederick Dietz is a retired master scientific glassblower. He studied glass at the University of Mainz in Germany, and he spent much of his career working for Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY.
Mark Ditzler is a Seattle-based artist specializing in kiln-fired glass for art and architecture. He teaches at studios across the United States, and has taught at the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey. He has degrees in fine art and industrial design, and his work is regularly commissioned and...
Ben Dombey is currently an M.F.A. candidate in the School for American Crafts Glass Program, at The Rochester Institute of Technology, where he has taught several glassblowing courses. He earned his B.F.A. in glass at Tulane University in New Orleans. A versatile and accomplished artist, Dombey has...
Laura Donefer has used glass as her primary medium for more than 30 years, combining it with diverse materials. She was trained as a glass artist at Sheridan College School of Craft and Design. Later, she taught at Sheridan, in addition to Espace Verre, in Montreal. Her work has been exhibited at...
Quinn Doyle is a contemporary artist focused on producing beautifully designed functional and sculptural objects in glass, as well as paintings involving narrative visions of the figure. In addition to producing her independent studio line, she assists other artists in their glassware production...
Fritz Dreisbach was a founding member of the Glass Art Society. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is an unofficial historian of the American Studio Glass. He received the 1993 Rakow Commission, celebrating the first 30 years of studio glass and his own...
Tim Drier has been a glassblower for 25 years, and applies his scientific glassblowing expertise to artistic flameworking. He concentrates on creating decanters, goblets, vases, and human sculptural forms. Drier has taught flameworking courses at The Studio and the Pittsburgh Glass Center, and has...
Allison Duncan joined the museum in 2008. She coordinates special programing and events at The Studio. Duncan plans and teaches programs that introduce people to hands-on glassmaking techniques. These include Fun with Glass, Immersion in Glass Studies, Road Scholars,...
Bandhu Dunham is the author of the definitive glass text, Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame, as well as Formed of Fire and Creative Life. He has been working with glass for more than 30 years and has taught flameworking techniques throughout the...
