Michael Hengler will be visiting the Beginning Class on March 10th, 9:00-11:30am for a brief lecture and demo in the shop.

Attn: Joey, Jenna, Kathleen, and myself are the featured poster children for this current event:

http://www.urbanglass.org/glass/detail/the-glass-virus-think-tank-convenes-in-amsterdam

http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=fc1fdf90dfff32ef7312b3831&id=0239aeb6d9

Check this out! March 12th is coming up. Register at link below:

Wednesday, March 12
UW’s Glass Menagerie
Laura A. Halverson Monahan, Tracy Drier, and Ilia A. Guzei.
The University of Wisconsin Zoology Museum houses an historically significant collection of hand-blown glass models depicting marine invertebrate animals created by Leopold Blaschka and his son, both German glassmakers, and purchased by Professor, later President, Edward A. Birge in 1890 for use in teaching. Learn about the manufacture and history of these unusual and rare models as well as current plans for the conservation and restoration of the collection.
Reservation Deadline: Noon, March 5
Registration Link: https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/OHRDCatalogPortal/Default.aspx?tabid=29&SeriesKey=369

August 2013 . . . kinda current: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid69900095001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEabvr4~,Wtd2HT-p_VhJQ6tgdykx3j23oh1YN-2U&bctid=2683285168001

http://www.urbanglass.org/events/detail/mfa-exhibition-competition

http://www.urbanglass.org/glass/detail/shelburn-museum-explores-two-centuries-worth-of-glassmaking-in-supercool-gl

This is pretty hot news: http://artdaily.com/news/62939/Corning-Museum-of-Glass-unveils-final-design-of-North-Wing-expansion-slated-to-open-in-late-2014#.UvBkQyj0iL8

2/2: Your favorite Kim Harty and others in Supercool Glass at the Shelburne Museum

2/2: Judith Schaechter’s “Kill Skill” lecture is making the rounds

1/23: Jeff Zimmerman in the NYT

1/22: Hiromi Takizawa @ Riverside