2008 International Flameworking Conference
Friday, March 28 - Sunday, March 30

Conference Schedule

Revised: 1/18/2008 - Schedule subject to change

Friday, March 28

12 noon    Preconference program: "Connecting the Dots - The Collective Perspective”

Breakout sessions with:

  • Gallery Owner Chris Pavlou, Turning Point Gallery
  • Collectors  Arlene and Norman Silvers
  • Curator Jutta-Annette Page, Toledo Museum of Art
  • Artist Gateson Recko
  • Librarian Beth Hylen, Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Research Library
6:30 p.m. Book Signing by Paul J. Stankard: No Green Berries of Leaves: The Creative Journey of an Artist in Glass (McDonald & Woodward, 2007) in Lobby
7:30 p.m.  Opening session: Lecture by Carmen Lozar in Theatre - “Strays Make the Nicest Pets”
8:30 p.m.  Reception in Carmen’s honor

Saturday, March 29

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast; Vendor Exhibits Open until 3:30 p.m. in Field House
9:30 a.m. Demonstration by Carmen Lozar in Field House
11:30 a.m.  Flameworking Community Exhibit opens
12 noon  Lunch
1:15 p.m.  Narration by Milissa Montini on her DVD "The Process of a Jasmine Murrini Cane Pull and a Hollow Bead" in Theatre            

Concurrent lathe demo by Ariel Rom in Glass Center  

2:30 p.m. Demonstration by Suellen Fowler in Field House
3:30 p.m.  Daytime session ends
6-9 p.m.   Dinner at Sakima Country Club (adjacent to SCC)

Catered by DiPaolo’s Italian Ristorante (separate admission from conference fee)

Sunday, March 30

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast; Vendor Exhibits Open until 3:30 p.m. in Field House
9:30 a.m.  Demo by Eric Goldschmidt in Field House
10:45 a.m.  Lecture by Dr. Burt Wasserman in Theatre
“The Pursuit of Quality vs. Kitsch in Glass Art”
12 noon  Lunch
12:30 p.m.  “Glass Challenge: Possibilities vs. Limitations”

Concurrent demonstrations by Margaret Neher, Milon Townsend and Lewis Wilson in Field House

2:30 p.m. Conference ends