Brief Introduction
The Toledo Museum of Art will host a series of master classes in glass in 2020.
Beginning in April and continuing through August, these one-week master classes will offer instruction in a variety of glass techniques including glassblowing, flame working, fused glass, glass casting, and hot sculpting. Each teaching artist is internationally recognized and brings with them a set of highly specific and refined skill sets unique to each studio in the Glass Pavilion. Participating artists include Kelly O'Dell, Kit Paulson, Adam Holtzinger, Alli Hoag, Slate Grove, Gianni Toso, Leo Tecosky, and Miguel Unson.
Many of the classes are open to artists of all skill levels but some will require intermediate or advanced experience. Each class will be limited to nine students and scholarships are available. Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
The Nature of Sculpture
Instructor: Kelly O'Dell
Prerequisite: Experience with glassblowing is required.
Technique(s): Hot sculpting
Course Code: 20S9GH950
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, April 27– May 1, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
In this course, students will use the natural world as inspiration for sculpture. We will create blown and hot sculpted forms by using traditional and unconventional techniques to create texture, color, and pattern. The class will work in teams to assemble complex forms, using the garage and torches extensively. Students will problem solve together and create with intention while refining skills.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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A Simple Framework: Structural Flameworking
Instructor: Kit Paulsen
Technique(s): Borosilicate flameworking
Course Code: 20S9GF910
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, April 27–May 1, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Starting with basic borosilicate flameworking techniques, this class will focus on building structures in solid glass (with some forays into hollow objects). Using a kiln shelf and working directly from scale drawings, students can expect to learn the fundamentals of borosilicate flameworking as well as techniques more specific to this method of building. Bring grand ideas, a pencil, a drawing compass, and expect to learn through demos, illustrated handouts, slides shows, and hands on experience.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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Less is More
Instructor: Adam Holtzinger
Prerequisite: Experience with glassblowing is required.
Technique(s): Glassblowing
Course Code: 20SGH960
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, June 8–12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
This course is designed to accelerate your skill into the "I didn't know I could do that!" You will be challenged to focus and actively problem solve your technique alongside dealing with simple design problems in an intensive, easy-to-understand environment. From gathering to bubble set-up and finishing. The goal is to aquire an effortless, "less is more" approach with consistency and quick output as priority.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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Glass Taxidermy
Instructor: Alli Hoag
Technique(s): Kiln Casting, cold working
Course Code: 20S9GC915
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, June 8–12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
In this one week intensive, we will be finding solutions to translate an array of natural forms and textures into glass, looking to conserve the finest detail and most brillant surface possible. Demonstrations will go over mold making and wax sculpting techniques, which focus on the molded found forms being the starting point to create an endless array of fantastic compositons from wax into glass. Investment solutions will cover complex and thin forms, as well as specialized cold working techniques.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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Breaking Symmetry
Instructor: Slate Grove
Prerequisites: Experience with glassblowing is required.
Techniques: Glassblowing
Course Code: 20S9GH970
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, July 6–10, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
This class is for those with some experience blowing glass to break out of the funstional mode and start seeing glass as three-dimensional. We will deal with everthing from closed forms and blow punties, to inside sculpting with oxy-propane torches. We will cover in depth strategies for heating, flashing, and turning glass for asymmetrical purposes as well as starting out with a properly shaped bubble for our desired outcome. A love for experimentation, a desire to make sculpture, and some glass experience is required.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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The Language of Glass
Instructor: Gianni Toso
Prerequisite: Experience with flameworking is required
Technique(s): Flameworking
Course Code: 20S9GF930
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, July 6–10, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
In this class, students will aquire the techniques they need to create their own visions in glass. We will explore the vocabularly of glass as a foundation for learning the language. Demonstratinos and discussions will be tailored to the group and individual students with the aim of developing a fluent understanding of the flameworking process. Students should come preared with drawings, models, renderings and objects of reference to explore in class. Enthusiam, dedication and genuine love of glass is required.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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Redesign, the Decorative Surface
Instructor: Leo Tecosky
Prerequisite: Experience with glassblowing is required.
Technique(s): Glassblowing, cold working
Course Code: 20S9GH980
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, Aug 10–14, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
This class will focus on traditional and experimental techniques and approaches to applying and using glass color. We will consider form through various processes from graal work to stuffed cups and everything in between. The cold shop will allow us to cut, blast, and grind across layers to bring out the design potential built in the hotshop. We will celebrate success and learn from failure while relying on teamwork and critical problem solving to find new forms and colors.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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I say Toledo, You Say Toledo
Instructor: Miguel Unson
Course Code: 20S9GH990
Technique(s): Flameworking and kiln forming
[$950 members / $1000 nonmembers]
Monday–Friday, Aug 10–14, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Toledo (Ohio) has been the epicenter of American studio glass since the origin of the movement in 1962. Toledo (Spain) has been the epicenter of European swordcraft and metalworking since 500 B.C. This workshop will celebrate the two cities' contribution to art history by borrowing the aesthetic of Spanish damascene goldsmithing and translating it into richly patterned glass through the ancient techniques of flameworking and kilnforming. Come draw from the past to create something bold, graphic and entirely new.
TMA offers full and partial scholarships for glass studio master classes. Download the scholarship application form here. Completed scholarship applications for glass studio master classes must be received by April 10, 2020. Students applying for a scholarship cannot register for class in advance.
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