The newsletter is coming out next week but here’s a quick heads up so you don’t miss things:

28-Sept 23 Linda Gerrard Featured Artist at the Alberta Street Gallery, Portland OR
30-Sept 1 Art In The Pearl, Portland OR, Say hi to member Sean Goddard
30 Guild Picnic, Fairview OR (NE Portland) Be sure to tell Margie you’re coming!!!
31 GACO Art Show, Bend OR Say Hi to member Robin McQuiston

September
5 ACE Glass Exhibit opens, LaGrande OR Come see their first glass exhibit.
13-14 Open Studios, 5-county Portland area 10 artists in 4 studios, map soon.

Karen Seymour will host a potluck Guild Picnic and Mold Exchange in her shady back yard near the Zoo on Sunday July 28th from 11am until about 2 pm. Spouses, friends, and anyone else interested in glass is welcome to attend.

Plates, cups, utensils, water and lemonade will be supplied. Please bring a dish to feed about 8 and if you want something in particular other than water to drink you might bring that too. Feel free to also bring a recent piece of your work to show off or troubleshoot. We all love to talk about glass!

Mold Exchange: If you have a fusing, blowing, or stained glass mold you don’t use any more, bring it to trade for something you might use (No, you can’t leave it here at the end of the party!).

The address is 5415 Greenwood Ave N. Seattle, WA. Look for the house with the grape vines in front, walk down the alley and up the 3 steps into the back yard. If you can’t find street parking, parking for a few cars in the church lot across the street is OK if you put “Friend of SJU” on a note on your dash.

Let Karen, 2 0 6-5 2 5-1 5 7 7 know you are coming so she puts out enough chairs etc. It’s really hard to do so after guests start arriving.

BARN (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network) on Bainbridge Island, WA is hosting PNWGG member Cheryl Chapman’s Reverse Glass Enameling Workshop at the end of July. You can learn her techniques for painting on glass using high fire glass enamels. Learn what mediums to use, brushes, tools, kiln firings, etc. all while creating a piece with a design of your choosing along with sample pieces to take home. No experience necessary and all tools/materials are provided for you.

There are actually two opportunities for the workshop being held one after the other. See the details on their website.

July 17-20 https://www.create.bainbridgebarn.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=5322372
July 21-24 https://www.create.bainbridgebarn.org/AssnFe/ev.asp?ID=5322432

Booth sales are open now on the website for the show. You must be a current member to sell your work.

• This year’s show and sale will be in Hall D of the Convention Center and will be in a much larger space, which will allow us to arrange our booths differently and so we have more booths with front line corners and aisle corners.
• We have more room for Group Booth tables, so we can provide more opportunities for new and emerging artists.
• Please check out all the information on the show on the event listing on the calendar Gathering of the Guilds – Pacific Northwest Glass Guild .
• To sign up for a booth before they are all sold out, log in as a member, go to the homepage, then click on Registration Info in the GOTG article, and follow the instructions.
• If you have questions, please contact Lesley Kelly.

March is coming in like a lion, so what better time to huddle around the kiln, and plan for upcoming glass get-togethers? Mark your calendars for these upcoming opportunities to connect with your fellow glass artists. Details are in the event listings.

March 18 11:30 am – Sherlocking in Fairview, OR. Share your challenges and successes while enjoying a potluck lunch with fellow artists.

March 22 3:30 pm – General Meeting featuring Andrew Jagels. Learn from a multi-talented artist how to use contrast to bring a greater depth and interest to your art.

March 28 11:00 am – Vendor Fair in Redmond, WA. Visit with vendors, stock up on glass and supplies at Northwest Art Glass, and enjoy lunch and glass talk. There are still vendor spots available, please contact the Sponsorship Team if you are interested in participating.

Members – if you have an upcoming show, event, or class you want to promote to the Guild, log in and submit the information today!

March 24 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Pacific Time: POSTPONED to MAY 5 @ 3:30-5:00pm

Kiln Carving

Join us on May 5th as speakers Greta Schneider, Rae Williamson and Carlyne Lynch share the process of kiln carving, which involves cutting a pattern or design in ceramic fiber paper and stacking glass on top of the pattern and firing the piece in a kiln.

Upcoming Events:

Sherlocking (Fairview OR, near Portland) & Zoom

March 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Pacific Time: Fairview OR

Open to all members: Participants can show, describe and explain their piece and ask questions. New tools and discoveries also get shared. The meetings will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of most months at Margie Rieff’s house in Fairview OR (NE of Portland). Snacks are welcomed. Please contact Margie if you want to attend.

Please log in to see Margie’s address and the Zoom link

Vitrigraph Design & Demonstration, Portland

March 24 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT

Sunday March 24th, 2-4pm. 
4110 NE Fremont Street, Portland, Oregon