OGG Exhibit at
The Museum of
Contemporary Craft

Richard Glenn

Oregon Glass Guild Exhibit in the
“Community Showcase”
at the Museum of Contemporary Craft (map)
724 NW Davis Street
Portland, Oregon
June 1 – 30, 2008

Oregon Glass Guild will participate in a special exhibit in the
“Community Showcase” at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland.

This exhibit runs in conjunction with the International Glass Art Society’s
2008 Conference, which will be held in Portland June 19-21. The Museum will
be the venue for the International GAS Student Exhibition, hosting up to 2000
attendees on Friday evening and into the following Saturday.

There will be an opening reception on June 5th as part of the
'First Thursday' gallery walk and a special GAS Student Exhibition
on June 20th and 21st. The Museum will also participate in the special
GAS 'Gallery Hop' on the evening of June 20th.

The “Community Showcase” is, literally, a display case. Encompassing a large,
lighted glass display case along one wall in the Family Room area upstairs,
the Community Showcase is used each month to spotlight the talents and
broad range of styles of artists represented by the area’s many guilds; ceramics,
jewelry, fiber arts, sculpture, beadwork, wood-carving… and, of course, glass…
are on display to educate museum-goers. Works of art displayed in the Showcase
are generally not for sale through the museum; however, an interested buyer
may contact the artist through the museum.

In addition to the exhibit in the Community Showcase, OGG members will
be demonstrating various art glass techniques at the museum and at the
block party according to the following schedule:

Saturday 6/7 - Sheri Cannon - torchwork

Saturday 6/14 - Carli Schultz Kruse – torchwork

Saturday 6/28 - Richard Glenn – interactive mosaic project

Saturday 7/5 - Cynthia Morgan – pate-de-vere

Sunday 7/13 Block party in the Park Blocks outside the MoCC
Raphael Schnepf – airbrush painting on glass,
Serena Smith - torchwork,
Carli Schultz Kruse – torchwork
AND others TBA

Diversity in Glass Show
June 27th - July 6th, 10am - 6pm
174 West Broadway
Eugene Oregon

To see a video about the show, click here, then select the video
entitled "Bringing glass to downtown".

The Eugene Chapter of the Oregon Glass Guild is hosting its first
"Diversity in Glass" gallery show in downtown Eugene during the
2008 Olympic Trials -- June 27 thru July 6.

We plan to have glass items in a full spectrum of media for sale in the gallery.
We are hoping to enroll new members in the Oregon Glass Guild.
There will be flameworking demonstrations scheduled during the show.

You are invited to participate in this show. If you were unable to attend the
Eugene Guild meeting on June 3rd to pick up a contract, you will find links to PDFs
of the application/contract and the inventory sheet below.

For more information, contact Kaye Johnston.

Empty Bowls Sale
during The Blues Festival
June 3rd - 6th, 2008
at Portland's Waterfront Park

The Oregon Glass Guild will again be joining with the Oregon Potters Association
to raise funds for the Oregon Food Bank by selling glass and ceramic art works in
the 'Empty Bowls' booth at The Blues Festival. Artists who donate work for sale
and who also meet requirements for helping during the event will also be allowed
to sell items on commission.

Bowls crafted by Oregon Glass Guild members during the Fuse-a-thon
held at Uroboros Glass in March will be for sale in the booth during the Festival.
Our thanks to Uroboros for their generous glass donation to support this cause.

If you would like to participate, either by donating items for sale or
volunteering to help during the event, or both, please contact Sharon Dunham.

Block Party at
The Museum of
Contemporary Craft

Bob Heath

Oregon Glass Guild Demos
at the Museum of Contemporary Craft (map)
Block Party

724 NW Davis Street
Portland, Oregon

Sunday, July 13th, 2008
11am - 6pm
in the Park Blocks outside of the MoCC building

Oregon Glass Guild will participate in the MoCC Block Party
to help celebrate their 1 year aniversary at their new location.
The block party will take place in the Park Blocks outside of the MoCC
building and will feature demonstrations and activites by many
guilds, including ours.

Come on down and enjoy the party.

OGG Artists that will be presenting demos include:

Raphael Schnepf – airbrush painting on glass,
Serena Smith - torchwork,
Carli Schultz Kruse – torchwork,
AND others TBA

If you are an OGG artist and would like to volunteer to demo at
the Block Party, please contact Bob Heath

Glass Art Magazine, Skutt Kilns, Evenheat Kiln and Fuse Master invite you to Hot Glass Horizons 2008 Portland, our 28th conference since we started in 1993. Our program features hands-on instruction in a variety of kiln-forming, glass fusing, casting, pate-de-verre, and glass painting techniques from 20 nationally renowned educators. Our classes offer the best student/teacher ratio in the nation, averaging just 12 students per instructor.

Go to www.hotglasshorizons.com for details on classes, instructors and registration.