2025 UrbanGlass Crafting Mastery Symposium

November 6th – November 8th, 2025

Symposium

Day 1, November 6, 2025 starting around 4:30 PM at a yet to be disclosed location in NYC a curated gallery tour followed by a gathering with location TBD.

Day 2, Friday November 7, 2025, opening remarks begin at 9:30 AM to kick off a day of engaging presentations by:

Stuart Kestenbaum, Keynote Speaker

Jennifer Hand and Jennifer Crescuillo, Care Work as Craft Work

Radhika Krish, Glass, Grit, & Jugaad (जुगाड़): A Glass Journey Beyond the Grid

Richard Whiteley, The Glassmaking Institute: Expanding Access and Approaches in Glass Education

Kim Harty, Embodied Lineages and the Hidden Curriculum

Kristin Imre, Amanda Gundy, Anna Riley, Boyd Sugiki, Emery Wenger, and Lisa Zerkowitz, Defining Success for Educators and Students

Day 3, Saturday November 8, 2025 more presentations continue in the studio on the 3rd fl of UrbanGlass starting at 9:30 AM with:

Abigail Akindude, Adeye Jean-Baptiste, Kiani Simms, Bre'Annah Stampley, Care, Curiosity, and Positionality: GEEX BIPOC Community Table

Shongee Matangira, Neurodivergent Healing Through Beading: Sensory Craft as Alternative Learning

River Valadez, James Akers, Games to Generate Play

Kris Rumman and Najah Alboushi with Phil Garip – Glass Tale from Palestine, the Levant & the Art of Survival

Erin O'Connor, Mastering & (Un)Mastering Mastery: knowledge acquisition in studio glass

Marica Whittemore, Debra Ruzinsky – Creatively Aging: A Community Centered Approach to Glass Art Education

The symposium wraps up around 6:00 PM on Saturday November 8 following by the closing reception of A Madeleine Moment with the Burnt Ashphalt Family in the Agnes Varis Art Center at UrbanGlass.

Light refreshments will be available each morning prior to the start of the talks and throughout the day as well as a catered lunch for a midday break.

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Keynote Speaker

UrbanGlass welcomes Stuart Kestenbaum as keynote speaker or the 2025 symposium presenting How We Make Work: Ingenuity and Imagination.

The 2025 Advisory Committee

Katherine Gray

Jessica Jane Julius

Corey Pemberton

Richard Whiteley

Benjamin Wright

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