http://www.wheatonarts.org/creativeglasscenteramerica/fellowshipprogram/apply

heads-up folks, i strongly, strongly recommend this course if you want to improve your blowing chops. dave is boss.

David Naito, Glassblowing for Sculpture

http://www.glassismore.com/core/content.php?&option=viewitem&id=42&rd=614&le=120#.U0tn4VlyrVI.facebook

This is an extremely exciting opportunity. Dave Naito is boss. And an extremely nice guy to be around:

Hey guys,
Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know we are offering our first summer glassblowing class and I thought your students might want to know about it.  Here is a posting I put up on Glassies on the Facebook.  This is a super cheap summer class options and I believe you all know Dave Naito.  Please pass this on to your students. I believe they should be able to get some course credit to transfer.

David Naito at the Anoka Ramsey Community College summer class from June 16-26th.  The course runs M-Th 9:00am-4:30pm.

David Naito is coming to Minnesota to teach a two week class entitled Glassblowing for Sculpture.  The Anoka Ramsey Community College offers one of the least expensive options for taking glass courses.  The two week class is $438.88 with a $175.00 dollar lab fee.  If you are near by or willing to travel, you can find us on the web at www.anokaramsey.edu.  This should be a fun class.  Fell free to hit me up with messages if you have any questions.

Link to the course description:
https://webproc.mnscu.edu/registration/search/detail.htmlcampusid=125&courseid=000271&yrtr=20151&rcid=0152&localrcid=0152&partnered=false&parent=search

Got the following email to pass along to y’all.

 

Good Evening-

I apologize for the incredibly broad target of this message but I have no effective way to filter the list. If this is not applicable, please discard.

We at Kent State University are looking for the very best  graduate candidates and would like to deepen our pool of applicants. Therefore, we are sending on last solicitation for MFA applicants for the 2014-2015 A.Y. Please forward this to former students who you think may benefit from pursuing a graduate degree in Glass at Kent State University.

The glass program at the School of Art is a reflection of glassmaking practices throughout history, including both traditional and contemporary achievements. The relatively recent studio glass movement (since the 1960s) has transformed our understanding of glassmaking from primarily a craft to a valid and lively branch of contemporary art. The glass program explores both paradigms, tracing the story of glass over thousands of years. The program aims not only to illuminate the legacy of past artists, but to foster artists who will be on the forefront of redefining studio glassmaking into the future.

The Glass program at Kent State University recognizes and values the traditions of glass, including both historical and contemporary achievements. Glass has transcended from being solely craft, and is now recognized as a valid and lively branch of contemporary art/craft; and it is upon this that our program builds. Students are challenged to explore glass conceptually and technically, as both an idea and a material, and push to the parameters of the medium within contemporary art contexts. Explorations in interdisciplinary and mixed media approaches are encouraged and we look for serious students who are dedicated, highly motivated and creative thinkers.

In the  Master of Fine Arts degree program, students are encouraged to develop a sound knowledge of concepts and techniques in the discipline.  The curriculum is based on the belief that successful creative work results from spending time with one’s ideas and receiving constructive and supportive criticism from faculty and peers.  We endeavor to create an atmosphere where students pursue ideas and engage in an extended scholarly dialogue.  A major determinant of the success of this program resides in the healthy interaction of students and faculty.  Applicants are accepted into the program based on the quality of the work presented in their portfolio, a demonstrated commitment to artistry and an interest and understanding of glass as expressive form.

MFA Crafts

The School of Art offers study in a comprehensive range of studio disciplines, as well as art education and art history, at baccalaureate and master’s levels – its MFA is the only terminal visual arts degree in Northeastern Ohio.  Additionally, regular travel-study classes to New York, Chicago, Florence, and China provide our students with first-hand immersion in larger art world conversations, while annual Kent Blossom Art workshops invite visiting artists to lead intensive study for KSU and other students.  All programs will be moving into a newly renovated, centrally-located Center for the Visual Arts in the course of 2014-2015, offering new opportunities for multidisciplinary synergies and new collaborations.

Kent State University, located 46 miles southeast of the greater Cleveland metropolitan area, offers liberal arts and professional degree programs within the College of the Arts in Art, Music, Theater, Dance, and Fashion Design and Merchandising.  The campus offers easy access to world-class visual and performing arts centers in the region, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, MOCA Cleveland, SPACES Art Gallery, the Akron Art Museum, The Butler Museum of American Art, the Sculpture Centre of Cleveland, Zygote Press, the Transformer Station, Severance Hall, the State, Ohio, and Hanna Theatres, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

For further information regarding the MFA program, contact:

Kathleen Browne, Professor
Graduate Coordinator
kbrowne@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2910

Lisa Everson, Clerical Specialist
Assistant to the Graduate Coordinator
lheld2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-1351

Regards-

M. Sean Mercer
Associate Professor of Art, Glass
Kent State University
330-672-9314

http://www.glassart.org/calls_for_conf_proposals.html

it’d be cool if more students stepped up to bat on the proposal front.

not too far from here: http://www.bergstrom-mahlermuseum.com/index.php/learn-a-explore/educators.html

some weekend workshops coming up soon!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS — DIGITAL SALON 2014

SPRING deadline: Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Submission form: go.wisc.edu/digitalsalon

The UW-Madison Libraries and DesignLab will host the fifth annual Digital Salon, a one-week exhibition of digital media projects by UW undergraduate and graduate students from Sunday, April 6 through Saturday, April 12, 2014.  This exhibition of new media projects showcases artistic and research-based projects that take digital form or rely heavily on information technology in the production process. Work might include podcasts, experimental videos, animations, graphic essays, websites, blogs, multimedia installations, posters, etc.

• Digital Salon projects will be curated by a committee of UW-Madison faculty and staff
• Projects will be exhibited in College Library’s Open Book Café and online
• The Curation Committee will recognize best projects in several categories.

Work from previous exhibitions can be visited online: uwdigitalsalon.blogspot.com

This is the second round of submissions. The students who submitted projects in the Fall have been notified if their project(s) were accepted. The Spring deadline is March 12, 2014 and students will be contacted around March 25, 2014 to let them know whether their project has been selected for inclusion in the exhibition.   Both Fall and Spring submissions will be included in the April 6-12, 2014 exhibition.

For more information visit the Digital Salon website at go.wisc.edu/digitalsalon or contact digitalsalon-l@library.wisc.edu.

I have been kindly asked to forward the following information:

Glass artists invited to collaborate in the 6^th international glass exhibition “Vitrum Balticum VI. Optical Outlook” at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art in Kaunas, Lithuania, Opening: 8 May 2014(http://www.stiklomenas.lt/vitrum6_e.php)

May I also remind that the forms for the Jutta Cuny-Franz Award 2015 are now online on www.smkp.de/cuny-franz. The deadline for participation is 15 October 2014.

Dear Colleagues,

Charlotte Potter and I will be co-teaching the class “Video + Glass: Optics of the Lens” this summer at Ox-bow.

Please share with your students, colleagues, and friends!

All my best,
Kim

Ox-Bow offers:

• A variety of for-credit and non-credit courses in Painting/Drawing, Glassblowing, Ceramics, Metals/Sculpture, Printmaking, Papermaking, Photography, Fiber, Film, Video, & New Media, Art History, and Science.
• Fellowships and Merit Scholarships.
• Summer and Fall Residencies.
• Work Scholarship and Six Credit Special for SAIC students.
• Ox-Bow also fulfills a portion of the SAIC off-campus study requirement.

Classes run from June 1-August 16, and students can earn 1 credit for a one-week course, 3 credits for a two-week course, or take courses for non-credit. For course information click here.

Fellowship and Merit scholarship applications are due February 23rd.  Ox-Bow offers a variety of scholarships for students taking credit or non-credit classes.

Applying is easy, just fill out the application and we will figure out what you qualify for! Applications for the fellowship are online here and scholarships here.

In-person registration for SAIC students begins Monday, March 17th at 8:30 a.m. at the Ox-Bow office. Students interested in work scholarships MUST register in person. Work scholarships are first come, first serve.  SAIC financial aid is available to eligible students.

Open on-line registration begins March 31st at 8:30 a.m. here. (Open mail/fax/in-person registration also starts).

Summer Arts Faculty Residency & MFA Project Applications are due on April 6th. Applications for the Arts Faculty are online here and MFA Residency here.

Fall Artist Residency Applications are due on May 11th.  Applications are online here.

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Please visit our website, call 800.318.3019, email ox-bow@saic.edu, or stop by our office for more information.