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Hear from renowned artists, historians and glass experts in our public lectures and seminars. We offer a variety of artist presentations year-round, from free public Meet the Artist lectures in the Museum's Auditorium, to more informal evening presentations by artists teaching and working at The Studio. Each year, since 1961, the Museum has offered an Annual Seminar on Glass: a multi-day event with lectures by historians and experts from around the world.
Upcoming Lectures & Seminars
This week features Davide Salvadore, John Kobuki, Denise Stillwaggon Leone and Jiyong Lee in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the...
Watch Davide Salvadore demonstrate for his Studio course, Creating and Using Murrine, in which the focus is based on a Muranese technique called tociar piere—the roll-up technique. It consists of putting a composition of canes, murrine, tesserae, etc., on an iron plate, fusing them together in...
Studio glass pioneer Fritz Dreisbach offers a survey of the first decades of American studio glass. Dreisbach was a %%founding%% member of the Glass Art Society, 2002 recipient of the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is an unofficial historian of the American Studio Glass...
This week features Chad Balster, Karina Guévin, Cédric Ginart and Heike Brachlow in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class...
Watch Karina Guévin & Cédric Ginart demonstrate for their Studio course, Flameworking Cocktail, in which the focus will be on providing beginners with a solid foundation in basic technical skills. Students will be introduced to various techniques using both soft (soda lime...
This week features Boyd Sugiki, Lisa Zerkowitz, André Gutgesell, Martin Rosol, Pavel Novak and William Gudenrath in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday...
Watch Boyd Sugiki & Lisa Zerkowitz demonstrate for their Studio course, A Step-by-Step Approach, in which focus is on refining skills of basic forms such as the tumbler, cylinder, bowl, and bottle. Moving logically from one shape to the next will help students build a solid...
The NYS Middle School Association and The Corning Museum of Glass are proud to host the 10th Annual Middle-Level Institute, ABCs of Highly Effective Middle-Level Teaching, at The Corning Museum of Glass. Participants will select one of three workshops being offered by expert practitioners and will...
This week features Gianni Toso, Matthew Urban and Shane Fero in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class sessions. Gianni Toso is...
Watch Gianni Toso & Matthew Urban demonstrate for their Studio course, Reinterpreting Italian Techniques, which will focus on reinterpreting the glassblowing techniques that defined Italian glass in the modern era, between 1930 and 1960. A broad survey of hot-working techniques...
This week features Frederick Birkhill, Shin-ichi and Kimiake Higuchi in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class sessions....
Watch Shane Fero & Frederick Birkhill demonstrate for their Studio course, Survey of Flameworking, which will focus on beadmaking, figurative sculpture, and basic blowing techniques for vessels, and will touch on mixed media.
This week features Michael Schunke, Kristina Logan, Mark Ditzler, Harry Seaman, Jiří Harcuba and April Surgent in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday...
Watch as Michael Schunke demonstrates for his Studio course, Goblet Thinking for the Modern World, which will focus on building goblet-making skills through repetition. Students will be required to detach from expectations and remain open to the unexpected, enabling both success and—more...
This week features Martin Janecky, Emilio Santini, Rudi Gritsch and William Gudenrath in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class...
Watch Martin Janecky demonstrate for his class, Blowing and Sculpting Inside the Bubble, which will focus on unique techniques and approaches to solid and blown sculpting, emphasizing the freedom to explore process, as well as the potential of the material.
Watch Emilio Santini demonstrate for his Studio course, Sculptural Flameworking, which is designed for intermediate students who are interested in sculpting glass at the torch. Students will be introduced to various sculpting and glassblowing techniques using borosilicate and soda lime...
This week features Benjamin Cobb, Loren Stump, Gayla Lee and Frantisek Janák in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class sessions....
Watch Loren Stump demonstrate for his Studio course, Flameworking Using Ultimate Details, where students will learn advanced murrine techniques, including color blending, design analysis, shaded components, and assembling and pulling cane to produce Franchini-style shaded faces. They will examine...
This week features Ethan Stern, Jim Byrnes and Richard Whiteley in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class sessions. Ethan Stern...
Watch Ethan Stern demonstrate for his Studio course, Form and Surface: An Anatomy Lesson, in which focus will be placed on investigating glassblowing through a sculptural lens, focusing on form, scale, layering, and color application techniques.
Watch Jim Byrnes demonstrate for his Studio course, Beginning Flameworking, that will focus on the means more than the end. Students will be guided through sequential exercises designed to target specific skills. As students become familiar with a few skills, they will begin to combine them. The...
This week features Nadège Desgenétez, Suellen Fowler, Erica Rosenfeld and Leo Tecosky in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class...
Watch Erica Rosenfeld & Leo Tecosky demonstrate for their Studio course, Cross Pollination, which will focus on combining hot, warm, and cold techniques to create intricately patterned 2D and 3D work. The emphasis will be on design, method, concept, and finding new applications for...
This week features Susan Gott, Tim Drier, Doug Randall and Don Friedlich in the Studio Faculty Presentations series. Hear from some of the best-known glassmakers in the world, through free, informal public lectures by Studio faculty, every Tuesday night throughout the summer class sessions. Susan...
Watch Tim Drier demonstrate for his Studio course, Introduction to Flameworking, which will present a wide range of flameworking techniques using borosilicate glass. Students will work with glass tubing; make goblets, pendants, and beads; form sculpture and marbles; create perfume bottles and...
Join artists, collectors, scholars, curators and students from around the world as we celebrate the 50thanniversary of American Studio Glass. Speakers will include pioneers in American Studio Glass, scholars, gallery owners, and collectors. Participants will enjoy live glassworking...
Joanna Manousis holds an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Alfred University, NY, and a B.F.A. in Glass from The University of Wolverhampton, England. She has worked, studied, and taught in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and has received a number of scholarships and awards for her blown...
Andrew Erdos’ work is pop, sarcastic, and humorous, with a hint of social commentary. He says, “I like taking objects that we are comfortable with—like a human’s reaction to animals—and exploring how we interact with them. In my work, there is a complex series of relationships happening; I am...