Join glass master Milo Snyder as our featured speaker during the General Meeting on May 17. His presentation, “Sculptural Glass Lighting: Digital Fabrication, Casting, and the Creation of Atmosphere”, will span the technical to business considerations.
Anyone (you don’t have to be a guild member) who wants to talk about glass, doing shows etc. is invited to a potluck brunch at Karen Seymour’s by the zoo in Seattle. Bring a dish to feed about 8.
If you also bring something for the show and tell (glass, a new technique or questions about a process, a kiln “surprise” to diagnose etc.) people will be delighted.
Please contact Karen if you plan to come so we have enough chairs etc. out before everyone starts arriving.
This last month of the year offers a chance to get together with fellow PNW Glass Guild members for in-person glass discussions and optional gift exchanges. Members, family, friends and anyone interested in the PNW Glass Guild and discussing glass is welcome. “These events are lots of fun and they inspire new things to try in my own work.” Karen Seymour
Dec. 7 Saturday 5 pm Guild Holiday Party in Beaverton OR (near Portland), you should have contacted Linda Gerrard about what to bring
Dec. 15 Sunday 11 am potluck Guild Holiday Brunch in Seattle WA (near the Zoo), contact Karen Seymour
Please contact the host if you plan to come: it is so much easier to get out additional chairs etc. before people start arriving.
There are also several events at which you can see individual members or their work:
December 2024
6-7 OSU Holiday Marketplace, Corvalis OR
7 NW Garden Bling Holiday Open House, Concrete WA, member/sponsor Athena Hornsby
7-8 Holiday Sale: Blowing Sands Studio, Seattle WA, member David Smith
14 Locovore Holiday Gift Faire, Bend OR, member Kathy Kollenburn
Now until Dec 29th in Lincoln City OR member Kate Saunders and her partner have an exhibition called Branchings exploring forest community interactions
Dec 26 – Jan 27th in Lake Oswego OR member Karen Azinger’s Steel Queen novel and the 6 other books in her Silk and Steel series are the theme of an exhibit of her own and several other members’ glass creations (Diane Muhly, Ann Cavanaugh, Carlyne Lynch, Linda Gerrard, Megan Cavanaugh, Greta Schneider, Dijenaire Frazer, Juliet Peterson Spaulding, Karen Azinger and Rick Holmes). There will be an artists’ reception on Monday January 13th
January 2025 Mark your new calendar now:
13 Board Meeting Monday 7 pm via Zoom. Come discuss what the Guild will do in the new year to add more value to being a member.
26 General meeting Sunday 3:30 pm via Zoom: Putting photos of your work on the website. Basic glass photography tips followed by how to get the image off your cell phone and onto a website with a bit of photo-editing thrown in too. Our Members’ Gallery will be the specific example but the tips are going to be widely applicable. Bring your own examples and questions.
• The Art By Design show in Seattle WA Feb. 3-4 features 2 Guild members
• Also in Seattle WA there’s a Glass Artist’s Potluck at 11 AM Sunday Feb.5
• A Mosaic Retreat in Deer Island OR Feb 3-5
See the calendar for other classes in Deer Island OR and Battle Ground WA this month
And of course the ongoing registration for Gathering of the Guilds booths: if you buy your booth and get your photos in by tonight’s publicity deadline (Jan 31st) your art has a good chance of being seen all over Portland in the next 3 months as part of the big promotion planned by the GOTG organization. The show will be April 28-30.
(Bolded dates are PNW Glass Guild sponsored events)
Feb 10 HeARTfest show and sale (Camas WA) say hi to member Shirley Bishop at this new community event
Feb 12 Guild Board Meeting via Zoom there will probably discussion of several upcoming events: Website patching & freshening, Gathering of the Guilds (Get your booth now before the space gets reallocated!!), Vendor Fairs in Seattle and Portland, Rose Festival booths and probably more. Any interested member may attend.
Feb 21 Sherlocking Play Day (NE Portland OR) In-person troubleshooting of your fusing “surprises” is back! This is intended as a monthly event on each –2nd– Wednesday evening of the month after this one.
Feb 25 Guild General Meeting via Zoom: Things to do with your scrap. Get inspiration from other people’s projects and contribute your own. Lots of interesting examples have been seen at other meetings: potmelts, holiday decor, vitrigraph pulls etc. Bringing it all together as a topic should be interesting and informative.
March 1st Grand Reopening of Moonwater Arts (Anacortes WA) help new Sponsor Joanie Schwartz celebrate and visit her new studio/classroom.
Don’t miss the opportunity to sell your art at the 2023 Portland Rose Festival. The Guild has been given a unique opportunity to have our members participate in this year’s Maker’s Market.
Check out the information page and Register today. Registration deadline is April 30, 2023.
In-person and zoom: Margie Reiff is hosting a Sherlocking meeting at her house on Wednesday May 21st at 6:30 pm Pacific time. Sherlocking is glass forensics: figuring out from the result why the glass did that. Bring one of your glass pieces and get feedback from your fellow “Glassies.” Bringing hearty appetizers is also encouraged.
We will also try to put this on Zoom. Please let Margie know if you are coming. Give Margie a call for her address 503 358-2551. Non-members are welcome!
For the Zoom link and other info see the event link