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Visiting Artists & Instructors
PGC has an exciting and diverse list of artists scheduled to teach during the 2008 session.
If you are interested in joining this exciting line-up of instructors at PGC, contact Heather McElwee at 412-365-2145 ext.206.
Meet our Visiting Artists & Instructors
Pat Bako
Summer 2008 - Cold Shop: From the Nitty-Gritty to the Perfect Polish
Pat Bako studied at The Dominik Beeman Glass School in the Czech Republic, the Penland School for Crafts, and Pilchuck Glass School, where she recently finished a residency.
- She is originally from Ohio and first started working with glass as an undergraduate at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
- She has taught and demonstrated coldworking nationally and internationally.
- She teaches at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle where she works as the Glass Studio Manager.
Eóin Breadon
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Sculpted Luminosity
Trained in the United States, Australia, and Ireland, Eóin Breadon has taught many workshops and classes at schools around the U.S. and is currently a faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
- Function and experience, purpose and presence are the thematic elements of his art.
Jason Chakravarty
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Sculpted Luminosity
Based in Southern California, Jason Chakravarty makes mixed-media objects that explore questions of identity. Illumination using neon is a key component of his work.
- Materials such as glass, wood, metal, and found objects layer his work with narratives tracing the overlap between social, political, cultural, and personal identity.
Scott Darlington
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Secrets Revealed
Scott has been working with hot glass for nearly 20 years. For 10 years, he worked as an assistant for many different artists in Seattle.
- He was the hot shop coordinator at Pilchuck Glass School for 7 summers.
- He spent 4 years in Japan teaching at the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art.
- Scott is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the glass department at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Mark Ditzler
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Fused Glass - A Design Perspective
Mark Ditzler is a Seattle glass artist specializing in decorative kiln fired glass. With degrees in Industrial Design and Fine Art, he has been working in glass for over 20 years.
- Mark is an instructor at several schools, including Pratt Fine Art Center, The Frye Art Museum, and The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, in N.Y.
- His studio produces commissions for businesses, hospitals, department stores and private individuals nationwide, and his art glass is featured in galleries across the country.
- Recent commissions include The Audubon Society, Franciscan Health System, Everett Medical Center, Evergreen Healthcare, Marshall Fields of Chicago, Nordstrom’s, Bon Marche, and international clients.
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Tim Drier
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: Beginning with Boro
Tim has progressed from Journeyman Glassblower to Master Scientific Glassblower (Dow Chemical Standards).
- He has worked for Dow Chemical Company as a master scientific glass blower since 1989. He currently teaches at Corning Museum of Glass “The Studio” .
- He is a member of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) "Active Great Lakes Member" and Glass Art Society.
Michael Dupille
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Cast and Blast
Seattle resident Michael Dupille developed and refined a technique for 'painting with glass' that uses crushed glass (frit) in combination kiln fired methods that he refers to as fritography.
- He is experienced in a variety of media including animation, illustration, print, and textile design
- Part of the glass blowing program at Central Washington University in the early 70's.
- His numerous public and private commissions include projects for the Washington and Oregon State Arts Commissions, The Everett Cultural Commission, The Seattle Times, The Pierce County Arts Commission, Amazon.com and the Seattle Mariners.
Shane Fero
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: Survey of Forms in Soft & Borosilicate Glass
Currently President of the Board of Directors of the Glass Art Society, Shane Fero has been a flameworker for 39 years and maintains a studio next to Penland School in North Carolina.
- He has taught at institutions such at Penland School, Urban Glass, the Pratt Fine Arts Center, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, the University of Michigan, Pilchuck Glass School, Bild-Werk, Frauenau, Germany, the International Glass Festival in Stourbridge, UK, and in Seto, Osaka, and the Niijima Glass Art Center in Japan.
- He participates in international symposia and demonstrations and has exhibited worldwide.
- His work can be found in collections both private and public institutions worldwide.
Eric Goldschmidt
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: Introduction to Flameworked Goblets
For 12 years he has practiced and developed the techniques of several well-known glass instructors, while studying and assisting with many of the world’s most talented glass artists. He combines this wealth of knowledge with his own interests in holistic living, nature, delicate forms, and intricate color application to create original new works.
- He was the resident flameworker at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass for six years.
- He is currently working with Arribas Brothers Company where he designs, develops, and produces works at Walt Disney World.
André Gutgesell
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: Behind the WigWag
From the famous glass village of Lauscha, Germany, André Gutgesell has been working in glass for 25 years.
- His work can be found in museums across Germany.
- Demonstrating artist at the 2006 Glass Art Society Conference in St. Louis
- His modern designs incorporate simple, elegant applications of the montage technique, executed with a high level of skill and taste.
- His work is an example of the way that "less" can be "more" in the right hands.
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Janet Kelman
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Fusing for Beginners
Janet Kelman has fused, slumped, sandblasted, lampworked, cast, and blown glass in her studio near Detroit since 1970. She produces sculptural objects and architectural projects using all of these techniques.
- Janet’s work appears on the cover of "500 Glass Objects" and in three issues of "New Glass Review."
- She exhibits at Prism Contemporary Glass in Chicago and at Habatat Galleries in Michigan and Florida.
Christian Luginger
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: The Graceful Goblet
While apprenticing in studios and taking classes, he developed a deep interest and respect for European, Venetian, Japanese and other historic vessels and art glass.
- He trained with Robert Mickelson, Roger Paramore, Don Niblack, Milon Townsend, Doug Remschnider, Emilio Santini, and Caesare Toffolo.
- He has been featured in the National Liberty Museum, PBS, The Flow Magazine, Artful Home 3, American Art Collector, and is one of the artists featured by Glass Art Collector Cards.
Jay Macdonell
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Object Design
Jay has been blowing glass since 1992. He completed an apprenticeship at Robert Held Art Glass in 1996 with maestro Daniel Vargas and has had the opportunity to work at Pilchuck Glass School with Ann Wahlstrom, Randy Walker, Preston Singltary and Katherine Grey.
- He has received many awards including the Tiffany Glass Scholarship, The Corning Award for Excellence and Saxe Award for Excellence.
- His work is in many private collections such as Elton John, the Bronfman family’s Claridge collection and also The Museum of Glass’ permanent collection.
Motavenda Melchizedek
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: For the Love of Beads
Motavenda Melchizedek is a self-taught glass artist, writer and astrologer who living in the Southwest.
- She began making beads and selling them to jewelry designers on ebay and before he knew it, five years had passed and he had made over 20,000 beads!
- She now makes beads for his own jewelry.
Jacqueline Mendelson
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Introduction to Glass in the Function of Lighting
Jacqueline Mendelson has been producing blown glass lighting pieces for 18 years.
- She has produced custom lighting for many restaurants, bars and clubs as well as many private homes.
- Some of her lighting can be seen on the set of the television show "Will & Grace" and the movie "Batman III".
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Joel O’Dorisio
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Capturing Light - Using Light as a Sculptural Element in Glass
Joel O’Dorisio’s work has been represented in private and museum collections including the Museum of American Glass and the Carnegie Museum of Art.
- He is currently the coordinator of the glass department at Ohio State University.
- Previously, he lead the glass programs at Bowling Green State University and Alfred University SUNY.
- He owns Lost Angel Glass Studio.
Richard Parrish
Summer 2008 - Shop: Working in Shallow Space: Bas Relief in Kilnformed Glass
Richard Parrish maintains a studio for kilnformed glass and architecture in Bozeman, Montana. His glasswork includes freestanding and wall hung panels and architectural installations with design elements such as lighting, tiles, windows and panels.
- He holds an MA and BA degrees in architecture.
- His work was selected for the Corning Museum of Glass’ New Glass Review 27 and he was awarded the American Craft Council Award of Achievement in 2003.
- He teaches classes in kilnformed glass in his studio and throughout the U.S.
Janusz Pozniak
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: "Pushing" the Bubble
Janusz Pozniak, a native of England, worked in a production studio in London before coming to America in 1990.
- Janusz has worked part time with Seattle artist Dante Marioni
- He has also worked with Benjamin Moore, Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, Sonja Blomdahl, and Dick Marquis.
- He has begun to "focus on creating objects that give the gifts of peace, contemplation and tranquility"
Sally Prasch
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: The Essence of the Flame
Sally Prasch started working in glass in 1970 with Lloyd Moore. She has found glass to be a limitless media for expression, showing flexibility, sound, sharpness, size, and movement.
- Sally works both scientific and artistic glass and her work is shown worldwide.
- She has taught in many countries such as: Sweden, Japan, Italy, Ireland, and here in the US at Pilchuck, Penland and Snow Farms.
Jill Reynolds
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: What's the Big Idea? Conceptual Flameworking
Jill Reynolds has received many awards including the Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Commission, a Pollock-Krasner Artist Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in Sculpture and was an Artist Fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
- From 2000-2003 she was Part-time Faculty at Rhode Island School of Design and has taught summer classes at Pilchuck Glass School and Penland Craft School.
- Solo shows include BIG BANG at Emporia State Universty, Kansas, 2007; UNICITY at the University of Georgia, Athens, 2005; MATTER, at the Pittsburgh Glass Center in 2003; and THRESHOLD, at the Tacoma Art Museum in 2000.
- She was artist-in-residence at PGC in 2003.
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Ross Richmond
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Torchwork in the Hot Shop
Ross Richmond resides in Seattle, Washington and creates blown glass art objects as an independent artist.
- Core member of the William Morris glassblowing team working at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington, from September through April.
Rob Scavuzzo
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Glassblowing Techniques In and Out of the Box
Rob Scavuzzo lives in Ithaca, NY while building his own studio. His work is a combination of old world craftsmanship combined with contemporary design.
- He has taught at several universities as well as The Corning Museum of Glass and exhibits work in many galleries nationwide.
- In 2004, he had the pleasure of working with Italian master Pino Signoretto.
- He started his career in ceramics.
Judith Schaechter
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Stained Glass in a Flash
Judith Schaechter has lived and worked in Philadelphia since graduating from RISD in 1983. She has exhibited widely, including in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
- She is the recipient of many grants, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, The Joan Mitchell Award, two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts awards, The Pew Fellowship in the Arts and a Leeway Foundation grant.
- Her work is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Corning Museum of Glass, The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution and numerous other collections.
- Judith has taught at The Pilchuck Glass School, RISD, The Pennsylvania Academy and at The University of the Arts.
Tony Serviente
Summer 2008 - Shop: How I Found the Technique of my Dreams
Tony Serviente was born in 1956 in the Wonder Bread suburbs of New Jersey. Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” was being read in coffee houses in Greenwich Village and the broken toothed skyline of New York City was his eastern view.
- He is an experienced instructor for basic to advanced stained glass and kilnforming.
- He has been teaching for over 20 years.
Michael Schunke
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Grassroots Goblet Making (Nowhere to Hide)
Michael Schunke owns and operates Nine Iron Studios, Inc. in West Grove, PA, producing limited production pieces, private commissions and one of a kind sculpture.
- Visiting professor at Toyama Institute of Glass in Japan for 2.5 years.
- His work is in the permanent collections of the Ebeltoft Museum of Glass and the Toyama Museum of Glass.
- He is a past fellow and on the board at the Creative Glass Center of America
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Steve Sizelove
Summer 2008 - Flame Shop: Building on Your Fundamentals
Steve has been working in glass since 1995 with notable glass artists such as Robert Mickelson, Roger Parramore, Milon Townsend and Italian Master Lucio Bubacco.
- He received the 2005 Niche award in the category of goblets and is included in Lark Books 500 Glass Objects.
- He is active in the glass communities in the U.S. and Canada through exhibitions, gallery talks and teaching.
Dan Spitzer
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: The Greatest Story Ever Blown
In his 20 years of glassblowing, Daniel Spitzer has had the good fortune to work with and learn from many of today's best glass workers.
- He is a 10 year member of Dale Chihuly's team in Seattle.
- He has also worked with Sonja Blomdahl, Flora Mace, Joey Kirkpatrick and Pino Signoretto.
- In 2001 he finished production of a series of blown car tires for Robert Rauschenberg.
Gail Stouffer
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: The Glass Basket
Gail Stouffer’s art is inspired by the chaos of the universe and the diversity of human emotion. She strives to create pieces that evoke excitement, convey movement, achieve balance and stand apart.
- As the principal artist and education director at Wired Designs Studio, Inc., she specializes in functional glassware and vessels for home décor, lighting, and architectural installations.
- Her work is installed in private collections and adorns homes throughout the region.
Delores Taylor
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Pâte de Verre Survey
Delores Taylor is a studio artist teaching pâte de verre workshops through out the U.S. and lecturing in the U.S. and Europe. She has been working in pâte de verre since 1998.
- She has studied with Etsuko Nishi, and under scholarship with Kimiake and Shinichi Higuchi.
- Her line of sculptural objects and vessels can be found in galleries nationwide and internationally and on her website.
Randy Walker
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: Rebuilding Foundations
Randy Walker lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he has worked for Pilchuck Glass School as a faculty member and gaffer since 1990.
- Principal member of the William Morris blowing team for fourteen years.
- His work is exhibited nationally.
- His “Shingle Bottles” juxtapose his fascination for organic texture and coloring with his passion for blowing pure, refined forms.
Dave Walters
Summer 2008 - Hot Shop: "Pushing" the Bubble
David Walters has lived and worked as a glassblower in Seattle for the past 15 years and worked with most of the prominent glass artists in the Puget sound area in that time.
- He worked at Dale Chihuly’s Boathouse studio from 1993-2001 and was the head gaffer from 1999-2001.
- He now works primarily for himself and with Lino Tagliapietra and is Lino’s first assistant.
- His work combines the blown form with detailed painted imagery referencing the darker narrative history of fairy tales
Bert Weiss
Summer 2008 - Warm Shop: Transforming Float Glass: From Flat, Smooth, and Clear to Fluid, Organic, and Sculptural
Bert Weiss began working with leaded glass in 1972 and in 1981 he began kiln firing glass. From that time, he has focused on innovative ways to make art with glass utilizing materials developed for other industries.
- Throughout his career, he has done both personal work and collaborative work with other artists.
- Today he maintains a studio in Chatham NH making commissioned art works.
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