Although The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston sent out an email announcement that June 1st would be the deadline for registration for some special events at GLASSBoston, there is still time to sign up to attend the demos, lectures, tours, and dinner gatherings. One of the GLASSBoston organizers Peter Houk tells the GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet that they will be accepting registrations right up to the conference, though they prefer advance registration to help with planning. With over 100 already registered, the event promises to be an impressive four-day, mostly regional gathering of glass artists that was organized after the official 2013 Glass Art Society conference was cancelled.
Running from June 13th through the 16th, and limited to 200 attendees, GLASSBoston promises four days of demos, workshops, lectures, and socializing that will take place across four venues: the MIT Glass Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts; NOCA Glass School in North Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston; and Strattman Design in Boston. RISD assistant professor Jocelyne Prince (pictured above) will appear on Thursday, June 13th, from 2 – 4 PM at the MIT Glass Lab, the third in a series of performances that day that will also include work by Matt Szosz as well as Alex Rosenburg teaming up with Becky Feather.
Each day will include a mix of demonstrations in the hotshop and flameworking lab with lectures and tours to Boston-area galleries, museums, and private collections. Friday will see demos by Jim Mongrain as well as Rick and Shelley Allen among others; Saturday will feature demos by Eric Meek, Hank Adams, and Marc Petrovic; while Sunday will feature Deborah Czeresko, Pablo Soto, Sally Prasch, Margaret Neher, and Wayne Strattman.
For more information about venues and registration, visit the GlassBoston page at the Society of Arts and Crafts.
Purchasing tickets is a rather complex process given the a la carte nature of the event, but can be done online here.