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This upcoming fundraiser will feature a new item by Maxine Griej @MaxineGriej (will add small artist bio) the image above will be featured on the front of the shirt, the back will be revealed later.

#secretgobletsociety #glassrootsinc #glassart #fundraiser #glass #glassblowing #flameworking #lampworking

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I’m very proud of the programming that @geexglass has lined up for 2021-22 and excited to see GEEX gain more support from across the field as we pick up momentum in this second year.

Many thanks to @secret.goblet.society for benefiting GEEX alongside @glassrootsinc with the latest SGS fundraiser. If you’ve wanted to support GEEX but haven’t yet been swayed by a subscription or donation, perhaps you can be swayed by SWAG?!

Head to the @secret.goblet.society bio link to pick up tshirts and stickers by the talented @mathieu_grodet_glass and @maxinegreij that directly benefit these two orgs!!!

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Repost @secret.goblet.society
Guess what time it is?! Many of you know exactly what this image is leading up to, just because summer is coming to a close doesn't mean we still can't bring the heat! I will be dropping hints, new and old for the next two weeks!

#fundraiser #glass #glassart #glassblowing #glassblower #goblet #gobletmaking #art #artist #nonprofit #flameworking #glassrootsinc

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Mark your calendars for the Fall 2024 Flame Affinity Group meeting! The next discussion, “Building Bridges,” will be held on Monday, October 28, from 6-7:30PM US-Eastern. @geexglass

🔄 Join for a collaborative discussion focused on fostering a community where knowledge flows in all directions: across experience levels and generations. We’ll tackle bridging the gap between seasoned professionals and newcomers. This is an opportunity to build meaningful connections and ensure the next generation is heard and uplifted!

🔥 The Flame Affinity Group is open to artists, designers, fabricators, makers, and autodidacts working in and thinking with flameworking. Many thanks to the group’s facilitators: Amy Lemaire and Madeline Rile Smith! @alstudio_education @madhotglass

🔸 This meeting will feature special guest Ghislaine Sabiti, the director of the Bead Project. Come prepared to ask questions, share your experience, and (most importantly) listen and learn from others as we collectively shape the future of our growing community. @ghislainesabiti

➜ To register and join, visit our website! Link in bio.

https://geex.glass/programming/flame-affinity-group/
#flameworking
#glassartist
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#ghislainesabiti
#amylemaire
#glass
#community
#lampworking
#geexglass
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#buldingbridges

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A big thank you to all the awesome presenters for the inaugural semester of our “Next Steps Seminar” Series here at the Glass Education Center! The “Next Steps Seminar” is a weekly program addressing a variety of topics of interest for students pursuing a career in creative production. We hosted a wide variety of makers here this semester who graciously shared with us so many resources, opportunities, professional practice skills, life skills, and more!

Thank you Madeline Rile Smith, Wes Heart, Anna Boothe, Katie Severance, James Labold, David Winigrad, Tracy Drier, Paul Vanouse, Jenna Lucente, Kayla Cantu, Brynn Hurlstone, Jen Blazina, Amy Lemaire, and Cameron Ure for taking the time to share with us your advice, expertise, and stories! We so appreciate your visits!

#glassseminar #nextsteps #glassschool #glasseducation #glassart #glassdesign #glasslife #glassstudio #glasspractice #glassartist #glassartists #glass

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Congratulations to our inaugural Wisconsin Special Projects grant recipients!

From a pool of over 80 applicants, ten ambitious projects were selected by a national panel of jurors for their timeliness, artist focus, and their commitment to creative change.

We’ll be following along as these stellar projects unfold!

@pinkumbrellatheaterco @cactusplusmke @geexglass @bembedrum #badriverbandoflakesuperiorchippewa @studiokflamenco @artlitlab @bizhikimusic #hmongamericancenter @hochunknation @createwis

*denotes fiscal sponsorship, Chevelon Music is fiscally sponsored by Create Wisconsin

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Tonight at 6 pm, join collections curator Samantha De Tillio (@samanthadetillio) for the latest edition of Glass in Flux, our virtual program exploring interdisciplinary practices in contemporary glass. Tonight Samantha will be joined by artists Helen Lee (@hotpinknoise), Emily Leach (@emilymleach), and Ben Orozco (@bexoro) of the Glass Education Exchange (GEEX) (@geexglass). Founded in 2020, GEEX seeks to establish a new leadership voice, challenge economic models of value, and build a more sustainable financial and interpersonal network within the field of glass. At the organization's first anniversary, Lee, a 2019 Burke Prize finalist, Leach, and Orozco will share their experience establishing an artist-led non-profit and discuss why they felt it necessary to expand upon educational resources within glass-scape. The conversation will explore the status of glass academia, knowledge sharing within the field, and the need for publicly accessible scholarship. The program will conclude with an interactive Q&A.

Tap the link in the bio to register.

Helen Lee
1/f, 2018.
Glass, steel, motors

Emily Leach
If the Opposite of Black is a Mirror, 2018.
Wood, lens, mirror.

Ben Orozco
Sag V, 2019.
12mm neon, acrylic, transformers

#GeexGlass
#MADMuseum

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Tune in tonight at 6:30 pm EST for a live YouTube session, exploring the Chapter Notes for Anatomy of a Plasma Sculpture! 🌟 #PlasmaArt #GEEXCollab #Livestreaming

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Ep 35 is OUT!
Neon in Excellence with Rusty Russo!

Music: oath - @ryinibeats

Listen on your favorite podcast app, also available free on @audible.

Show notes on taminglightning.net

#neon #neonlight #plasma #plasmalight #neonart #lightart

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Calling all flameworkers! 🔥

The Flame Affinity Group will be meeting this week on Thursday Oct 20! All are welcome and I hope you can join us! This meeting is about The Economics of Flameworking and will be an interesting topic to explore. Link in my bio to register, and feel free to listen in from your studio.

On Oct. 20, join the Flame Affinity Group at 7pm Eastern/6PM Central for an open discussion on the Economics of Flameworking!  🔶 Join the discussion or listen in from your studio! The group will survey the many avenues of generating income through flameworking and glass adjacent content, consider points of entry into marketplaces, and discuss monetization strategies.   🔥 The Flame Affinity Group is open to artists, designers, fabricators, makers and autodidacts working in and thinking with the practice of flameworking. Many thanks to our facilitators: Amy Lemaire and Madeline Rile Smith! @amylemairestudio @madhotglass. Thank you @geexglass for hosting us and giving us this platform!  🔸 GEEX aims to facilitate a supportive space outside of traditional academic structures to flesh out a history of flame-working serving the architecture of the flameworking community.  ➜ To register and join, visit our website! Link in bio.

#flameworking #geexglass #lampworking #borosilicate #flamework #lampwork #madhotglass #americanglass

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Last October I went on a grant writing rampage and of the six opportunities I pushed forward, two came back positively. (One was internal to UW; this one was external.) This support feels especially empowering as Emily Leach @emilymleach and Ben Orozco @bexoro and I round the corner on closing out the second year of what has been some of the most rewarding work I’ve done in my career with two of the best teammates one could ask for.

In my UW hat, I have a lot of thoughts on the 60th anniversary of this program and the birth of American Studio Glass. I am incredibly grateful to @centerforcraft for this vote of confidence that we as a field might be able to think expansively about glass and craft histories, particularly in light of the narratives that often aren’t heard or teased out amidst the dominance of the 1962 narrative. I look forward to the next season of GEEX and hope you’ll support @geexglass as we look towards a third year of programming!!!
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Glass Education Exchange (Madison, WI) @geexglass
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"Expanded Glass Histories" is a video podcast of conversations between scholars researching pre-1962 histories of glass through trade, labor, science, and industry. Featuring contemporary glass artists with overlapping interests, this podcast series is a decolonizing effort to expand the meaning of "conventional craft glass."
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#CRFProjectGrant #ProjectGrant #craftivism #craftresearchfund #centerforcraft

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Endless - @beatsbyflare

Reposted from @geexglass ⚡ The third chapter of the Taming Lightning x GEEX Intro to Plasma podcast covers aesthetic considerations for working with color, using noble gases, vessel color, phosphors, gas pressure, and more!

✨ Percy Echols II @taminglightning and Ben Orozco @bexoro discuss Plasma Alchemy and Technology in Chapter 3, outlining the process of filling vessels using a gas manifold, while introducing the importance of collaboration, using plasma transformers, and considerations for final installation.

🟡 Percy @glass.percy is teaming up with GEEX to produce a four part series for people new to the plasma process. Percy is an artist, alchemist, and educator currently working at Pittsburgh Glass Center @pghglasscenter as the plasma shop technician.

➜ Watch or listen now! Visit the link in our bio.

If you enjoyed the episode, support Taming Lightning’s production! We’re hoping one hundred listeners can chip in $7/episode.
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#taminglightning #plasma #neon #neonlight #neonart #glass #glassart #scientific #scientificglass #plasmalight #plasmaglass #plasmaart #light #lightart #neonlight #plazma

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