PGC Summer Intensives 2013!!

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER ANNOUNCES SUMMER CLASS LINEUP
Registration Begins December 1, 2012
PITTSBURGH, PA – November 29, 2012 – Summer classes at Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) are online now. The intensive one-week glass classes with world–renowned artists as instructors begin on May 20 and run through August 16, 2013. The cost for summer classes is $650 (before Feb. 1); $700 (Feb. 1 – Apr. 15) and $750 (after Apr. 15). Registration begins on December 1 at 9am. Register for classes online at www.pittsburghglasscenter.org or by calling 412-365-2145.

2013 Summer Class Schedule

HOT
May 20 – 24 Dave Walters + DH McNabb “The Narrative Between Makers and Material”
May 27 – 31 Janusz Pozniak “Hotter, Faster, Better”
June 3 – 7 Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen + Jasen Johnsen “Sculpting Tricks”
June 17 – 21 Nancy Callen + Kathy Gray “Gone Bowling”
June 24 – 28 Chris Taylor “Redefining the Pontil”
July 1 – 5 Raven Skyriver + Martin Janecky “Shape Shift”
July 8 – 12 Granite Calimpong “Put Your Best Foot Forward: A Practical Approach to Goblet Making”
July 15 – 19 Ed Schmid “Ed’s Most Excellent Glass Adventure”
July 22 – 26 Matt Cummings “American Mark-Making”
July 29 – Aug 2 Jason Forck + Jon Capps “Get Your Feet Wet”
August 5 – 9 Patrick Martin “Furnace Casting: Developing Strategies for Success”
August 12 – 16 SiO2 Bootcamp for Teens – Fusion in the Fire

FLAME
May 20 – 24 Marni Schnapper + Richard “Cajun” Carter “Survey of Marble Techniques”
May 27 – 31 Christopher McElroy “Systems Made Transparent”
June 3 – 7 Eunsuh Choi “Chaos Vs Orderliness – Sculptural Networking”
June 17 – 21 Janis Miltenberger “Creare Natura in Vitrum – Create Nature in Glass”
June 24 – 28 Michael Mangiafico “Glass Entomology”
July 1 – 5 Robert Mickelsen “Lifeforms – Creative Natural Imagery in Lampworked Glass”
July 8 – 12 Tim Drier “Beginning Flameworking”
July 15 – 19 Heather Trimlett “Heather Reveals All Her Secrets…for Making Great Beads”
July 22 – 26 Jennifer Umphress “Sea Life Through Borosilicate Glass”
July 29 – Aug 2 Theo Keller “Component Proponent”
August 5 – 9 Corina Tettinger “All You Can Eat Bead Week”
August 12 – 16 SiO2 Bootcamp for Teens – Fusion in the Fire

KILN
May 20 – 24 Richard Parrish “Making and Meaning in Kilnformed Glass”
May 27 – 31 Denise Stillwaggon Leone “The Hybrid Image: Fused Graphics”
June 3 – 7 Susan Taylor Glasgow “Text and Imagery in Glass Five Ways”
June 17 – 21 Frantisek Janak “Mold Melting Glass Relief”
June 24 – 28 Mark Abildgaard “Transmutation – Clay into Glass”
July 1 – 5 Joanne Teasedale “Transference”
July 8 – 12 Catherine Newell “Taking a Leap: Grab Your Powders!”
July 15 – 19 Anna Boothe “Frittering Along: Tricks for Casting Parts from Particles”
July 22 – 26 Kari Minnick “Realism to Abstraction: Breaking Down and Zooming In”
July 29 – Aug 2 Erika Tada “Press Mold and Hollow Core Casting”
August 5 – 9 Rocky Kindelberger “Stained Glass Intensive”
August 12 – 16 SiO2 Bootcamp for Teens – Fusion in the Fire
Sept. 16 – 20 Silvia Levenson “Thinking in Glass”

COLD
June 17 – 21 Pavel Novak “Cold Construction and Lamination”
June 24 – 28 Frantisek Janak “Cold Working in Relief”
July 8 – 12 Kathy Elliott “A Coldworking Picnic: A Taste of What’s Possible”
July 22 – 26 Ben Johnson “Confident Coldworking”
August 12 – 16 SiO2 Bootcamp for Teens – Fusion in the Fire

ABOUT PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER
Glass Art: We teach it. We create it. We promote it. We support those who make it. Pittsburgh Glass Center is a nonprofit, public access glass school, gallery and state-of-the-art studio. Visit us in Pittsburgh's East End at 5472 Penn Avenue, two blocks west of the Penn & Negley Avenue intersection or visit us online at www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.