Great Glass AuctionSaturday, March 24, 2012

B A Y A R E A G L A S S I N S T I T U T E ’ S

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GREAT GLASSAUcTIoN 2012

Jaime Guerrero

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Saturday, March 24thAuction Galacultural Hall @ Palo Alto Jcc5:30 pm – 10 pm

5:30 champagne, registration and Silent Auction opens.

7:00 Silent Auction closes.

7:15 Dinner, award announcements, and Live Auction begins.

Auction Events LocationCultural Hall Palo Alto JCC 3921 Fabian Way, Palo AltoEnter driveway & parking garage on the right. There is an elevator from the garage to the cultural Hall.

Questions? Contact Mark Murai 408.993.2244 ext.1, auction@bagi.org, www.bagi.org

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Auction Co-Chairs

Allison and Steven Aldrich

Auction Committee

Linda Goldstein

chris Moore

Michelle Murray

Nancy Sopp

Leonard Speiser

christie Strasia

Anna Weldon

Honorary Committee

Martha Alderson

Jim Della

Angela & Jeffrey Glosser

Eva & Richard Klein

Melissa & Ted Lagreid

Warren & Barbara Poole

Edis & Marty Robinson

Judy & Jerry Rose

Nancy Ruskin

Dorothy Saxe

JoAnn Syverston

Evans & John Wyro

Graphic Design

Gunderson Direct Inc.

Photographer

Keay Edwards

Welcome from the Auction Chairs 2012

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2012 Great Glass Auction. Thank you for attending and being a part of the BAGI community.

The generosity of our participating artists has been demonstrated again this year - artists continue to create and donate important pieces to the auction. We provide the opportunity for artists to win two awards - the Saxe Fellowship award and the People’s choice award. The Saxe Fellowship is a juried $2,000 cash prize and a funded invitation to participate in BAGI’s Visiting Artist Series where other artists can learn from them and patrons can attend lectures and demonstrations. Dorothy Saxe, a renowned collector, and Karen Kienzle, the Executive Director of the Palo Alto Art center, have selected this year’s winner. And you have a role in selecting the winner of our other honor, the People’s choice award. The winner will be chosen by the auction attendees from among the participating San Francisco Bay Area artists. This prize will be a $1,000 cash award and a place in BAGI’s Visiting Artist Series. These awards – both in their recognition of the artist and the money that goes with it – are meaningful to the artists and are one way we give back to them.

our last year has been an exciting one with BAGI’s new Executive Director joining in the Fall and bringing additional experience and focus on the organization’s education efforts. Part of the funds raised this evening will support our Visiting Artist Series. In 2011, Hiroshi Yamano, Fritz Dreisbach, charles Lowrie and Michael Menconi, and Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles all came to BAGI to expand the connections that patrons, artists and the community have with world-class artists. We will also be raising money for the Mobile Hot Shop which will bring glass art education into the local schools.

We wish you success in being the winning bidder so that you may add some wonderful works to your collection while supporting BAGI, its artists, and its community.

-Allison and Steven Aldrich

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Dear BAGI community Members,

Thank you for attending this Eleventh Annual Great Glass Auction. on behalf of the Board of Directors, Staff, Instructors and Artists, I would like to express our sincerest appreciation for your continued support of BAGI’s mission to make glass art accessible to all and provide continued artistic and educational growth to artists, patrons and the community.

BAGI is proud to be an organization that teaches a form of art that has been around for millennia and supports the evolution of the American Studio Glass art movement that marks its fiftieth anniversary this year. As the new Executive Director, I am delighted to become a member of this movement and community.

I have been the Executive Director of BAGI for only a short time, but over the past few months I have felt the energy and enthusiasm of this community. This past year continued to be challenging for BAGI with a still difficult economy and change in leadership, but BAGI continued to prove that is it the premier glass art facility in the Bay Area, because of all your support. BAGI would not be the organization it is today without your attendance at our events, participation in our classes and volunteer time. BAGI is fortunate to have a caring, supportive and involved community.

I am excited about BAGI’s programming for 2012. Not only are we continuing to build on the success of the hot shop programming, we are starting to see an increase in attendance in our fusing, cold working, and flame working studios. BAGI also continued its visiting artist series, which brings in artists from both the US and abroad, to teach a class and demonstrate their art to patrons and the public. BAGI has also increased field trip visits from home-schoolers, public schools, senior homes and corporate team-building events.

The Fund-An-Item section of tonight’s auction features a Mobile Hot Shop. This evening, BAGI will kick off its campaign right here at the 2012 Great Glass Auction. We will continue the campaign on kickstarter.com, a crowd sourcing website, where anyone on the globe can contribute funds. We plan to take the Mobile Hot Shop, with its specially designed educational component, to events and school assemblies so we can share the magic of glass with a much wider audience.

Since becoming the Executive Director for BAGI in September 2011, I have seen what makes BAGI an impressive glass studio. All the hard work that Mark Murai and Tom Upchurch, my two immediate predecessors, put into BAGI shows on a daily basis. I will build upon what they set into motion before I arrived. I plan on moving BAGI to the next level by thinking outside of the box with new fundraising and programming initiatives. I am honored and excited to be welcomed into your community.

once again, thank you for attending BAGI’s Great Glass Auction 2012. I would also like to thank the artists for donations of their work and the volunteers for donating their time.

on behalf of the BAGI Staff, Board of Directors and myself,

Thank you for your support of the Bay Area Glass Institute. BAGI is only as strong as its community.

Joan L. Phillips, Executive Director

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ionBAGI Background

The Bay Area Glass Institute’s (BAGI) mission is to make the celebration

of glass art accessible to all and to provide continued artistic and

educational growth to artists, patrons and the community. BAGI

was founded in 1996 and is the only non-profit, publicly accessible

glass studio in Santa Clara County.

In 2011 BAGI served the community by:

J Providing exhibitions and facilities that encourage both established and emerging artists to stay and develop their work locally … BAGI rents over 2,000 hours in the studio a year to working artists.

J Teaching a variety of glass-working classes that are designed to encourage new glass artists in their efforts as well as to develop and enhance the skills of current artists. In 2011, BAGI taught over 1,000 people in beginning classes, doubling the number from previous years. And we continue with intermediate and advanced classes in the glass blowing, cold working, fusing, and torchworking.

J Adding a new kids-focused education program that was very well received and filled quickly.

J Offering public and school tours & demonstrations … past groups have included the Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts of America, San Jose Unified School District students participating in the Arts Express Program (K-12th grade), various Senior citizen groups and even the DeYoung Museum Dale chihuly exhibit docents!

J Bringing in local, national & internationally renowned guest artists to teach classes, conduct demonstrations and give lectures about their work. Recent guest artists have included Afro celotto, Jay Macdonell, Marc Petrovic, charles Savoie, Michael Janis, Martin Janecky, Keith and Melissa Bispo, Randy Walker, Michael Janis, Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles, and Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz.

J Partnering with local non-profit arts organizations to produce three annual, large-scale, publicly accessible glass events … we estimate that over 5,000 people came to these events in 2011, with over 2,000 leaving having bought a piece of original glass art. Regular events are the Great Glass Auction and the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch©.

Founders

Mike Binnard

Bobby Bowes

Mariko Takada

Jonathan Tepperman

Board of Directors

Steven Aldrich President

Renee Small Treasurer

Kathleen Elliot

Linda Goldstein

Robert Knopf

Don Levy

Treg Silkwood

Leonard Speiser

Staff

Joan Phillips Executive Director

Karin EricssonProgram consultant

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Patrons who donate $250 per seat or more receive a beautifully blown glass fruit in recognition of their gift.

Thank you to Treg Silkwood who made the patron gift for the Auction.

2012 Patron Gift

Table of Contents

Program of events ....................................................... Inside cover

Welcome from the Auction chairs ...............................................1

Message from the Executive Director ...........................................2

BAGI Background ........................................................................3

Thanks to Patrons and Volunteers ................................................5

Saxe Fellowship and People’s choice Award ................................6

Fund-A-Need ...............................................................................7

How the Auction Works ...............................................................8

About the Auctioneer ..................................................................9

Purple Section: Live Auction .......................................................10

Red Section: Silent Auction .........................................................24

Blue Section: Silent Auction ........................................................30

Index .........................................................................................36

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To Our Loyal Patrons and Dedicated Volunteers — your support is deeply appreciated.

Allison & Steven Aldrich Martha Alderson & John Lewellen Arlene & Jack Garfinkle Barbara Grauke Angela & Jeffrey Glosser Linda & Neal Goldstein Alyce & Steve Kaplan Kendra & Tom Kasten

Lisa & Mike Kasperzak Richard & Eva Klein Rachel & Donald Levy Ted & Melissa Lagreid Barbara & Warren Poole Nancy Ruskin Dorothy Saxe Sandy & Todd Smith Jessica & Leonard Speiser

Special Thanks

Catalog and Invitation Design: Thank you to Mike Gunderson at Gunderson Direct for his terrific and creative invitation and catalog designs.

Photography: Thank you Keay Edwards for photographing the art. Your photographs are exceptionally beautiful. All photography in this catalog is by Keay unless otherwise noted.

Volunteers: Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers. If it weren’t for you, these events would not be possible.

Grant Support:BAGI is funded, in part, by the city of San Jose office of cultural Affairs and the Arts council of Silicon Valley.

2012 CenterpiecesThank you to Dean Bensen and Demetra Theofanous who have created the variety of whimsical centerpieces on the tables at the Auction that you can bid on and bring home. Find the right color combination for you by looking around the cultural hall. You can bid on any of the pieces at any of the tables.

*Patrons donating $500 or more known at time of printing.

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Inner Circle Auction Patrons*

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We are delighted to offer the Saxe Fellowship at BAGI again this year. World-renowned glass collectors Dorothy and George Saxe were kind enough to lend their name to this opportunity to expand the scope and nature of the works donated for our annual fundraising auction. A juried review of the works submitted for the auction was undertaken by Dorothy Saxe and Karen Kienzle, Executive Director of the Palo Alto Art center. The artist whose work was deemed most outstanding by the jury will receive a $2,000 cash award, and will be invited to participate in BAGI’s Visiting Artist series.

The response to the fellowship opportunity has been tremendous both from Bay Area artists and artists from around the country. The scale, complexity, and quality of both technique and content of work submitted are very high this year. Don’t miss visiting BAGI when the Saxe Fellowship recipient is at the studio. Last year, cassandra Straubing won for her piece, “The Necessity of Dairyman”. Michael Janis was selected by the jury in 2010. In 2009, Sabrina Knowles and Jenny Pohlman were selected, Melissa and Keith Bispo won in 2008, the 2007 Award went to Randy Walker and the first winner in 2006 was Jaime Guerrero. George Saxe passed away in 2010, and Dorothy continues to actively promote and support the arts.

The Saxe Fellowship

We are also awarding the BAGI People’s choice Award at the event. This award of $1,000 and a place in the visiting artist series will be decided the night of the auction, and presented to the Bay Area artist whose work is voted the favorite by the auction attendees. The Bay Area has a strong and growing group of very talented glass artists, and it was

BAGI’s desire to recognize this talent pool and thank those Bay Area artists who have helped support the mission of BAGI. Previous award winners have been Kathleen Elliot (2006 and 2008), Jack Storms (2007), Mary B. White (2009) and Randy Strong, the team of Treg Silkwood and candace Martin (2010), and Shaun Griffiths (2011).

BAGI People’s Choice Award

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Fund-A-Need is a key component of the evening’s contribution to BAGI’s community impact. The funds raised over the past several years funded scholarships for San Jose State students to attend each of the Visiting Artist Master Classes, replaced bench tools, built a new “Garage” and purchased an additional kiln for our fusing program. We have two requests for your help tonight that go to the heart of BAGI’s mission: a Mobile Hot Shop and the Visiting Artist Program.

The Bay Area Glass Institute is excited about introducing the art of glass making to a broader audience as well to a younger generation with a Mobile Hot Shop. A mobile hot shop will allow BAGI to take glassblowing on the road and out

into the community for festivals, art fairs and more importantly to schools. We are currently developing an educational program with local school and arts non-profits specifically designed to showcase and encourage student creativity while explaining the science of glass. The mobile hot shop will create a new avenue for outreach to the community and introduces a new revenue stream.

The Visiting Artist Program has been a huge success for BAGI, bringing top-notch artists to teach, work and interact with artists, patrons and the public. Visiting Artists have included Laura Donefer, Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles, Jay Macdonell, Randy Walker, charles Lowrie and Michael Menconi, John de Wit, Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz, Fritz Dreishbach, Afro celotto, Richard Royal, charles Savoie, Marc Petrovic, and Hiroshi Yamano.

We have four amazing artists coming to BAGI this year: Martin Blank, Sara Sally LaGrand, cassandra Straubing, and Ethan Stern. A key part of the Visiting Artist program is the participation of San Jose State University glass program students to attend each BAGI Visiting Artist Master class. A piece of Fund-A-Need is to also fund a scholarship for a SJSU student for each Visiting Artist.

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BID CARDS AND BID NUMBERSAt registration, you will be given a bid card. All sales will be recorded and tracked using the bid number printed on your card. If you registered to come with a guest, you and your guest will share the same bid number unless you requested otherwise on your registration form. See Silent Auction, centerpieces Auction and Live Auction below for information on the bidding process.

SILENT AUCTIONThere are two silent auction sections: LRed and LBlue. They both open at 5:30 p.m. They close at staggered times during the evening, with the Blue Section closing last. (See Program of Events page for silent auction closing times.) Each item offered in the Silent Auction will have a bid form posted near it. A minimum bid amount has been established for each silent auction item. You may not bid below this amount. To place a bid, write your bid number on the form opposite the amount you want to bid. Please press hard as you are making three copies. You do not have to take the next available bid amount on the form, but may skip ahead to a higher bid range. You may bid on any item in any Silent Auction section until the section is closed. At the posted closing time, a silent closer will circle the successful bid on each form and collect the forms. If you emerge as the highest bidder at the close of the auction, your bid constitutes a legal contract to purchase the item.

LIVE AUCTIONLive auction section: LPurple. To bid in the live auction, hold your bid card up high with the number facing the auctioneer. Either the auctioneer or a bid spotter can accept your bid. The auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid that is a minimal fractional advance over the prior bid. The highest bid acknowledge by the auctioneer shall be deemed a legal contract for that bidder to purchase the item.

CENTERPIECE AUCTIONDuring dinner, you will have the opportunity to participate in a silent auction of the centerpieces. You may bid on any centerpiece at any table. You may not move bid sheets from the tables during the centerpiece auction. In order to ensure they are properly packed, all centerpieces will be removed from the tables after the close of centerpiece bidding. Following the sale of live auction item 10, the centerpiece Auction will close and successful bids will be circled on the centerpiece silent auction bid sheets. If you are a successful bidder on a centerpiece, collect your centerpiece through the regular cashiering process once the Auction is over. ExpressPay™ bidders will receive a copy of the bid sheet at their table and may pick up their centerpiece from the Pick Up Station as they leave, with no cashiering required.

EXPRESSPAY™You will be offered ExpressPay™ service at registration. By enrolling in ExpressPay™, you do not have to stand in line to pay for your purchases. Instead, ExpressPay™ guests will have paid receipts for their auction purchases delivered to them during the course of the auction.

To enroll in ExpressPay™, provide your Registration Assistant with a signed slip for your American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa, or signed check made out to BAGI. These will be kept on file for the evening and at the close of the auction, your purchases will be totaled and charged as directed. For your security, a copy of the bid sheet for each

item you purchase in the silent auction will be delivered to you at your table during the live auction. We will mail you a statement of your purchases and charges within seven days. If you do not purchase any items, your charge slip or check will be voided and sent to you in the mail.

FUND-A-NEEDNear Live Auction Item 20, Kip Toner will announce the opportunity to support the Fund-A-Need program. Kip will invite you to hold up your card to contribute $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or $5,000 toward this cause. Hold your card up high in the air until Kip reads your bid number aloud. You will pay your contribution along with your auction purchases. You may hold up your auction bid card to contribute at more than the one amount.

GUARANTEED PURCHASETo guarantee that you are the successful bidder on a silent auction item, enter your bid number in the box next to the “Guaranteed Purchase” price. This instantly makes you the successful bidder and owner of the piece. To ensure that everyone has a chance to bid on silent auction pieces, Guaranteed Purchases are not available on Friday night.

CASHIERING only cash, personal checks, American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa will be accepted as payment. Successful ExpressPay™ bidders will receive a copy of their preliminary guest statement at their dining table shortly after the start of the live auction. Following the auction they may proceed directly to the Pick Up Station, collect their purchases, and depart. If you are not an ExpressPay™ bidder, you must stop at the cashiering Station anytime after 9 p.m. to receive a statement of your purchases and to make your payment. You may then collect your purchases at the Pick Up Station. All purchases are final and must be paid for in full and removed from the premises during the evening. Items that are not removed will be held at BAGI until contact with the bidder is established or the purchaser may arrange pick up at BAGI after the event. Shipping will be at the purchaser’s expense. No exchanges or refunds will be allowed.

SALES TAX AND DEDUCTIBILITYcalifornia law requires that all sales, including those made at non-profit fundraisers, include sales tax. BAGI is a registered 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Generally, if the price you pay for a piece exceeds the fair market value of the piece the difference may be deductible as a charitable contribution. Please consult with your tax professional for details.

SHIPPINGWe recommend that, whenever possible, you take your purchases home with you. This will ensure the safest transport for your delicate glass items. Packing for purchaser take home is provided at no extra charge by BAGI volunteers for all standard-size items. For your convenience, BAGI can arrange for an outside shipping vendor to make the firm’s services available after the auction event at your expense. If you wish to have your pieces shipped, you must arrange for shipment with BAGI before leaving the auction. An item left at the auction without shipping instructions will be held by BAGI until contact with bidder is established.

How the Auction Works

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SERVICES FEE™ The 10% Services Fee™ allows 100 percent of the successful bid amount to support the important work of BAGI. For example, if you buy items totaling $100, your bid will be increased by $10. This fee covers Kip Toner’s auctioneering serves, computer equipment and operators, planning and logistics. on your auction statement, this fee is called ‘administrative and data processing fee’. The Services Fee™ applies to all items charged to your account, except Fund-An-Item™ donations, which are pure contributions and Golden Raffle Ticket purchases. We recognize that the Services Fee™ is an additional expense to you as a purchaser, and we appreciate your generosity in accepting this fee as another way you can help BAGI.

GENERAL RULES AND INFORMATIONUnless otherwise noted, all goods and services must be claimed and used within one year of the auction date. Reservations for trips and vacations accommodations must be mutually arranged with the donor unless otherwise noted. No refunds will be allowed on travel packages for cancelled tickets and/or accommodations. Travel will be provided by the donor as described even if the prices increase above those stated. Because travel charges change, travel costs may decrease the values stated, but no refunds will be allowed.

The Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid which is a minimal fractional advance over the prior bid. The auctioneer reserves the right to add or withdraw, without notice, items to or from the auction.

BAGI reserves the right to add or withdraw items to or from the auction without notice. BAGI has attempted to describe and catalog all items accurately, but all items are offered “as is, where is”. BAGI neither warrants nor represents, and in no event shall be responsible for, the correctness of the descriptions, genuineness, authorship, provenance or condition of the items. No statement made in this catalog, orally at the auction, or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty, representation or assumption of liability. The values listed are estimates of fair market. Items have not been appraised as we rely on the donor to provide the estimate.

Each person issued a bid number (bidder) assumes all risk and hazards related to the auction and items obtained at the auction. Each bidder agrees to hold harmless BAGI, its elected and appointed officials, members and employees, the auctioneer, the auction company and its agents and employees, the event organizers, sponsors and or volunteers connected with the auction from any liability arising from participating in the auction or those items obtained at the auction.

All items purchased become the property of the successful bidder once that bidder is acknowledged by the auctioneer.

About the Auctioneer – Kip Toner

BAGI is very pleased to welcome Kip Toner back for the 2012 BAGI auction. KTBA conducted the very first BAGI auction in 2001 and has conducted each BAGI auction since then. Kip is past chair of the Seattle University Board of Regents, treasurer of the Seattle Architectural Foundation Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors for PoNcHo (one of the largest fundraising auctions in the world), and many other civic and charitable organizations. Kip is a member - with lifetime status - of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and has over the last several years made the major presentation on fundraising auctions at the NAA national convention attended by more than 1,000 of the nation’s top auctioneers.

KTBA serves over 160 benefit auctions from Washington, Dc to Hawaii. KTBA has on staff nine auctioneers, five auction planners, a benefit auction coordinator who can work in the client auction’s office in advance of the auction, and nearly 50 people who perform at-auction tasks such as cashiering, operating the computers, and assisting the auctioneers.

KTBA conducts many benefit auctions each year with major glass donations including the prestigious Pilchuck Glass School Auction considered by many to be the premiere glass auction in the world. Held in Seattle in the fall of the year, the Pilchuck auction raises over $1,000,000.

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oak Leaves and Acorn VasePrice: $1,000

Artist Information: Terri teaches glass, sculpture and 3D design at Santa Monica college. At SMc the focus is on blown and hot sculpted glass one semester, and then fusing, torchwork, and kiln casting the following semester. Terri earned a BA from UcLA, her MA in Manchester, England, and after many years of being a professional artist, got involved with glass. She has studied at the Studio in corning, at BAGI, and was the recipient of a scholarship award from the Los Angeles Glass Alliance to attend Pilchuck. Her art glass is shown regularly and has received numerous awards in juried competitions. “I love to spend time working in my garden and am profoundly inspired by the natural world. The glass colors are layered to allow the sand blasted silhouette images to be seen against a darker, shimmering background.”

Contact: Terri Bromberg Email: terribromberg@yahoo.com

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Kari Minnick TurbluentPrice: $1,000

Artist Information: Kari holds a degree in studio art from the University of california at Davis. She has been an exhibiting artist and educator for over 25 years. collected internationally, she has works in galleries, private, corporate, and embassy collections. Her work was featured in the exhibit “celebrating connections: contemporary Glass by Mid-Atlantic Artists” at the Museum of American Glass. Kari’s studio is located in the heart of the Arts & Entertainment district in Silver Spring, Maryland. Noted for exceptional artistic achievement, Kari received the Juror’s choice Award at the BAGI 2008 Great Glass Auction. Kari’s Turbulent embodies her approach to her life and her work. She embraces contrast: order and chaos, thick and thin, questioning and acceptance. Using rich surfaces and layers of glass, this piece balances bold composition and nuanced line.

Contact: Kari Minnick Email: kari@kariminnick.com Web: www.kariminnick.com

Dean Bensen Fading Forest Price: $1,250

Artist Information: Dean graduated with a BA in Art from the college of Idaho. In 1997 he began to pursue glassblowing as a fulltime career. He has taught at Palo Alto High School, San Jose State University, corning, the Bay Area Glass Institute, and Public Glass. His work has been featured in the Palo Alto Weekly, the San Francisco chronicle, and the Hallmark channel. He attended Pilchuck Glass School on a scholarship and was juried in shows at the San Francisco Airport Museums and oakland Museum of california.

This piece was donated by fellow artist Douglass Brown.

Contact: Dean Bensen Email: glass@deanbensen.com Web: www.deanbensen.com

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Kevin Chong Pazzo cannePrice: $1,695

Contact: Kevin chong Email: silicavalley@aol.com Web: www.silicavalley.org

Artist Information: Kevin writes, “The work I create comes from my dreams, through my heart and out of my hands. I feel fortunate that I can work every day with such a wonderful material! Having been a professional glassmaker for more than three decades, I have worked extensively throughout the US and the world. Some of the clients have included The Tech Museum of Innovation, HP Pavilion, Uc Berkeley, Intel, IBM, Kennedy Space center and HBo Pictures.”

Fritz Dreisbach A Pair of Luscious Pink Art vs. craft Goblets, AKA “A tribute to Will Rogers, a ropin’ fool!”Price: $1,800

Artist Information: Fritz now lives and makes glass as an independent artist at Island Glass Studio in Freeland, Washington. He is working on a new series of wheel-carved glass, in addition to his singular show pieces: the “Mongos,” playful goblets, tricks, and “toys.” He continues to teach workshops and short classes all over the world. For 45 years Fritz, “the Johnny Appleseed of Glass,” has presented hundreds of lectures and demonstrations in North America, Europe and Asia. His glass is represented in numerous global public and private collections, “…all the usual suspects!”

Contact: Fritz Dreisbach Email: glasfrit@netscape.net Web: www.fritzdreisbach.com

Katrina Hude Murrine KeyPrice: $1,500

Artist Information: Sculptor Katrina Hude designed hair before she started her education and career in glass. She came from Pennsylvania to the Bay Area as a student at california college of Arts and crafts and then continued her studies at San Jose Sate University.

Katrina now lives and works on Whidbey Island in Washington and has been recognized as a great teacher and artist. She’s been a fellow at The creative Glass center of America, an Emerging Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School, and lectured and demonstrated in many locations including Penland, Japan, and Australia.

Contact: Katrina Hude Email: katalks@gmail.com Web: www.whidbeyworkingartists.com/Katrina_Hude.html

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Nadine Saylor Ducks on the RiverPrice: $3,200

Artist Information: Nadine graduated from Alfred University in 2007 with her MFA and began teaching at Bowling Green State University in 2008. She has taught workshops at BAGI, Penland, corning, and the Pittsburg Glass center. Her work has been shown in multiple exhibitions and won the “Dominic Labino Glass Guild Award” and is a finalist for the LEAP Award.

Contact: Nadine Saylor Email: nsaylor@bgsu.edu Web: www.nadinesaylor.com

John Lewis Multi-colored frit bowlPrice: $2,500

Artist Information: As a graduate student in architecture at the University of california at Berkeley, John was introduced to blown glass by professor Marvin Lipofsky. Lewis founded the first private hot glass studio in california and later received his MA in Design in 1970. His early work in blown glass led to an interest in glass casting. With the help of an NEA grant, he built an experimental facility to explore the possibilities of cast glass. He has completed numerous commissions for private and corporate clients and is represented internationally by galleries. This piece was made at his state-of-the-art casting studio in oakland, where John designs and produces cast glass sculpture, tables, vessels and site specific architectural projects.

Contact: John Lewis Email: info@johnlewisglass.com Web: www.johnlewisglass.com

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Doug Randall camino SkyPrice: $3,800

Artist Information: Doug attended oregon State University and holds a degree in environmental science. He has worked with art glass for 38 years, studying glass at cal State University at chico, Pilchuck and at the Bullseye Glass facility. His work is in galleries throughout North America, is shown routinely at SoFA, Wheaton Arts and cultural center and many national and museum shows. Doug teaches workshops at the corning Museum center and through his Small Planet Studio in Portland, oregon, where he lives and works.

Contact: Doug Randall Email: smplanet1953@yahoo.com Web: www.flickr.com/photos/smplanet

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Martin Janecky MaskPrice: $3,500

Artist Information: Martin grew up in the czech Republic and began working in a glass factory when he was 13. He studied at Novy Bor from 1994 – 1998 and has attended several sessions at the Pilchuck Glass School with Richard Royal and William Morris. He has been traveling the world for the past decade, teaching and exhibiting his work. In 2008 he was awarded the Salvador Dali World Prize for significant accomplishments in the field of Fine Arts. Martin was a visiting artist at BAGI in the Fall of 2010 where he created this piece.

Contact: Martin Janecky Email: martinjanecky@gmail.com Web: www.martinjanecky.com

Melissa and Keith Bispo Shifting ShadowsPrice: $5,500

Artist Information: Melissa and Keith are a fully collaborative team, living in Big Sur and blowing glass at BAGI. They won the Saxe Fellowship at BAGI in 2008 and the Association of clay and Glass Artists 2009 california State Fair award. Shifting Shadows offers a glimpse into the symbolic beauty of twilight, the transition between the real and imagined. This is part of their award winning series from 2007 and 2008 and offered from their private collection.

Contact: Melissa and Keith Bispo Email: melissabispo@montereybay.com Web: www.bellflowerart.com

Susan Logini and Kathleen Elliot Sometime It’s Bigger Than UsPrice: $6,000

Artist Information: Susan and Kathleen combined their flameworking and pate de verre expertise creating this piece. This collaboration speaks not only of the interaction between two powerful artists, but also of the complex relationship between humankind and the environment. They wrote, “Sometimes we are in control of our situations, while at other times, events overtake us. The piece provokes many questions of how we cope with and prepare for changes in our environments.” Susan and Kathleen each have their own individual work and distinguished track records as educators and artists. Both have been involved with BAGI, Susan as Executive Director from 2002 - 2004, and Kathleen as a current Board member. Susan is President of GLANc, and BAGI appreciates the continued collaboration with that organization to deliver glass art programs to the Bay Area community.

Contact: Susan Logini and Kathleen Elliot Email: slongini@comcast.net, kathleenelliot@comcast.net Web: www.susanlongini.com, www.kathleenelliot.com

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Charlie Lowrie and Michael Menconi TranscensionsPrice: $10,000

Artist Information: charles and Michael are inspired by the unlimited potential of the glass medium. Realizing the benefit of teamwork, the artists are able to produce anything they could imagine. They set out to use distinctive sculptures as a mechanism of inspiration to others by conveying unique concepts into the works. charles and Michael focused the basis of their collaboration on transcending as conceptual subject matter. The Transcension concept was the vehicle to promote viewers to use their own imagination to decipher a message placed into each original sculpture. This piece was made when they were Visiting Artists at BAGI in 2011.

Contact: charlie Lowrie and Michael Menconi Email: creations@charleslowrie.com Web: www.transcensions.com

Jaime Guerrero charros sus y caballosPrice: $20,000

Artist Information: Jaime remembers his uncles receiving recognition for the tricks they performed with their horses in the charreada, an equestrian event steeped in Mexican history that continues to this day. His sculptural work has continuously drawn on Mexican-American and Latino culture, and this piece again brings his artistic and interpretive skill to the forefront. He received his Bachelor of Fine arts from california college of Arts and crafts, studied at Pilchuck and has been in multiple museum, gallery and exhibition shows. Jaime Guerrero was awarded the Bay Area Glass Institute’s first Saxe Fellowship in 2006. Jaime is currently in Los Angeles working with Watts Labor community Action center to teach students in the glass blowing program.

Contact: Jaime Guerrero Email: guerreroglass@yahoo.com Web: www.guerreroglass.com

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Artist Information: Ben is one of the pioneers in the studio glass movement, studying under Marvin Lipofsky at ccA, assisting Dale chihuly, and serving as Pilchuck’s creative and educational director. Moore moved to Venice, Italy, to study and bring back his learning in his own work and to share with others. Ben says, “The fundamental concern and focus of my work is to achieve simplicity, balance, and clarity of form. Simple geometric shapes, such as the sphere and the cylinder, are often referenced in the execution of my work. I use color generally to attract attention to contour, but utilize very little surface decoration that would take away from the purity of the object’s form.” This piece was donated by Judy and Jerry Rose.

Contact: Ben Moore Email: bpm@benjaminmooreglass.com Web: www.benjaminmooreglass.com

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Treg Silkwood custom SculpturePrice: $2,000

Artist Information: Treg received his BFA from Alfred University, graduating with top honors as the top student at the School of Art & Design. He studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and worked as a gaffer for “The Hot Glass Road Show” at corning. He has demonstrated and taught glass blowing at numerous schools and is currently the Senior Glass Instructor at BAGI. In 2008, an exclusive collection of Treg’s work was featured at the Steuben Flagship Store in New York city.

Contact: Treg Silkwood Email: silkwoodglass@aol.com Web: www.silkwoodglass.com

Michael Sosin Incalmo with MurrinePrice: $950

Artist Information: Michael received his graduate degree from the University of california and continued his studies in glass at the california college of Arts before establishing his own hot shop, Pinzette GlassWorks in 1989. He has studied at Pilchuck, the Penland School of crafts, Pratt Fine Arts and the Haystack Mountain School of crafts. Michael’s work is shown nationally and throughout california.

Contact: Michael Sosin Email: msosin@comcast.net Web: www.pinzetteglass.com

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Reddy Lieb The Times They Are A changingPrice: $1,200

Artist Information: Reddy has been working with glass since receiving her BA in Art from Hunter college over 30 years ago. She has had a number of public exhibition and commissions in the Bay Area and she creates both conceptual and functional work. Reddy has taught in such diverse spots as corning, Public Glass, county Jail #8, and Pilchuck. In 2004, she received an MFA from the california college of Art. She often incorporates recycled glass in her work and loves inspiring the creative process in others.

Contact: Reddy Lieb Email: reddy@reddylieb.com Web: www.reddylieb.com

Cassandra Straubing Monday WashdayPrice: $950

Artist Information: cassandra Straubing’s sculptural work addresses issues of domestic and industrial labor using multiple media and processes including metal fabrication, quilting and glass working. She employs a wide range of glass-forming techniques including casting, blowing, hot forming, and non-traditional glass processes to create her artwork. currently the head of the Glass Department at San Jose State University in california, she is refining the program to its full potential. She received her MFA in Glass in 2007 from Rochester Institute of Technology, and received her BFA in Studio Art from cal Poly San Luis obispo in 2002.Her work has been exhibited nationally, including shows in New York, chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Portland and Philadelphia. Recent publications include corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review 32 and The Urban Glass Art Quarterly Winter 2010-11.

Contact: cassandra Straubing Email: ksondraw@hotmail.com Web: ad.sjsu.edu/glass

Curt Schauer Like Blood for oilPrice: $1,250

Artist Information: curt holds degrees in chemical engineering, industrial engineering and business. He works in monotype, watercolor, mixed media and glass. He has studied under master painters Fanny Rester, Erik Madsen and Glen Rogers as well as glass artists Treg Silkwood, Johnathon Schmuck, and Jon Yao. curt’s work is inspired by artists including Picasso, Vigliaturo, Benzoni and art viewed during world travels. His personal studio is located near downtown San Jose.

Contact: curt Schauer Email: artstreetsj@gmail.com Web: www.artstreetsj.com

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Dean Bensen Forest FungiPrice: $1,200

Artist Information: Dean graduated with a BA in Art from the college of Idaho. In 1997 he began to pursue glassblowing as a fulltime career. He has taught at Palo Alto High School, San Jose State University, corning, the Bay Area Glass Institute, and Public Glass. His work has been featured in the Palo Alto Weekly, the San Francisco chronicle, and the Hallmark channel. He attended Pilchuck Glass School on a scholarship and was juried in shows at the San Francisco Airport Museums and oakland Museum of california.

Contact: Dean Bensen Email: glass@deanbensen.com Web: www.deanbensen.com

Demetra Theofanous Yesterday’s ReflectionPrice: $1,150

Artist Information: Demetra’s sculpture centers on metaphorical bridges between nature and human beings. She explores themes of personal growth, rebirth, and becoming. As a flameworker, her ability to innovate behind the torch is driven by her experience in furnace glass and other glass disciplines. In 2010 she was juried into the prestigious Higuchi class at corning and took two classes with Michael Janis at BAGI. She was a 2010 NIcHE Award Finalist, a 2010 GLANc Award Scholarship recipient, and held a solo show at Vetri in 2011. She is a full time artist, educator, and Glass Alliance of Northern california Board member.

Contact: Demetra Theofanous Email: demetraglass@comcast.net Web: www.demetraglass.com

Johnathon Schmuck Shifted EquilibriumPrice: $3,400

Artist Information: Johnathon is the cFo (chief Fusing officer) and coo (coldworking operations officer) at BAGI. He is also the author of “The Joy of coldworking”. Johnathon studied glass in Australia on a Fulbright Scholarship and has been sharing the knowledge he gained there with his students at BAGI.

Contact: Johnathon Schmuck Email: jtschumck@hotmail.com Web: www.schmuckglass.com

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Artist Information: Treg received his BFA from Alfred University, graduating with top honors as the top student at the School of Art & Design. He studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and worked as a gaffer for “The Hot Glass Road Show” at corning. He has demonstrated and taught glass blowing at numerous schools and is currently the Senior Glass Instructor at BAGI. In 2008, an exclusive collection of Treg’s work was featured at the Steuben Flagship Store in New York city.

Contact: Treg Silkwood Email: silkwoodglass@aol.com Web: www.silkwoodglass.com

Hiroshi Yamano Fish in the Water #42Price: $3,500

Artist Information: Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1956, Hiroshi studied and worked in both Japan and the United States. He began to focus on the Japanese elements inspired from antique Kano School paintings, from which he developed not only an aesthetic approach, but also a personal symbol – the fish. Hiroshi has long identified with fish swimming the oceans, as he so often traverses the vast waters between continents in his own life. Hiroshi began his serious study of glass at the california college of Arts and crafts, continued his studies at the Tokyo Glass Art Institute, and received his M.F.A. from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is now recognized as one of Japan’s foremost and innovative glass artists. Hiroshi came to BAGI as a Visiting Artist in 2011.

Contact: Hiroshi Yamano Email: veruskav@aol.com

Mary White Wisdom WindowPrice: $2,500

Artist Information: Mary is head of the Glass Department at The crucible in oakland, and a board member of the Women Environmental Artists Directory and BioGlass. She has a BFA in ceramics and an MFA in Glass from ccA. She ran the SJSU Glass program from 1985- 2005. Mary is always busy on projects that include glass, recycled materials and the environment. She was a Fulbright Scholar from 2009-2010 at the National college of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland.

Contact: Mary White Email: mwhiteglass@mac.com Web: www.marywhiteglass.com

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Artist Information: Jennifer is drawn to the islands and the ocean, working in Hawaii and now living in Kingston, Washington. She studied at Pilchuck, Penland, and Pratt and traveled to Murano and Florida to develop her skills. Juries and galleries are taking notice, as Jennifer has won several honors and participated in numerous shows including the Pilchuck and Liberty Museum auctions in 2010. She says, “Glass to me is the ideal medium because it has it all: color, dimension, clarity and reflection.”

Contact: Jennifer Umphress Email: jenumphress@msn.com Web: www.jenniferumphress.com

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Artist Information: Becky began working in glass in 2005 and has studied it at BAGI, Pilchuck, and corning as well as ceramics at Monterey Peninsula college. She says, “Every cast sculpture is unique; the mold, made from a clay model or found objects, holds the glass during the kiln firing, and, at the end, as the glass piece emerges, it gets destroyed. The fused vessels and panels embrace simple forms that become the canvas where the sheet glass, frit, powders, and enamels are used in a more painterly way. My design style and technique provide opportunity for this naturally beautiful material to do its magic and surprise me. I welcome that.”

Contact: Becky Alexander Email: tikibecky3@comcast.net Web: www.huggableglass.com

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Bill Burch oval Murrine VasePrice: $330

Artist Information: Bill was born in Hawaii and grew up in the Bay Area. He has no formal training in glass, instead learning by working over the past decade with East Bay glass artists such as Lee Miltier, Michael Sosin, chuck Vannatta and Jody Fine.

Contact: Bill Burch Email: byrudd@gmail.com

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Susan Haskell Turquoise glass bead necklacePrice: $95

Artist Information: Susan Haskell is a glass artist and painter born and raised in Los Angeles. She studied at UcLA where she received a B.A. in Pictorial Arts and a M.A. in Design. She also earned teaching credentials from Pepperdine University and is currently a teaching assistant at Santa Monica college in the Glass Blowing Department. Susan’s love of glass led her to explore a variety of creative methods including glass blowing, torch working and fusing. Her paintings have included large-scale outdoor murals (Los Liones canyon) and a twenty-year series of photo-realistic paintings of tunnels (The Tunnel Vision Series). Susan’s greatest pleasure has come from over twenty years of teaching elementary school art to children at canyon charter Elementary School in Santa Monica canyon.

Contact: Susan Haskell Email: sihaskell@aol.com

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Gold foil leaf with twigsPrice: $1,850

Artist Information: Ilona Barakso Lindsay has studied glass at the Alberta college of Art & Design, the Pratt Fine Art center, Red Deer college, Penland School of craft and Pilchuck Glass School. She was a partner in Andrighetti Glassworks in Vancouver, Bc for a number of years and also lived in california where she has been a volunteer glassblower for San Jose State University and BAGI. She assisted in coordinating the oakland Museum’s MADE IN cALIFoRNIA: Glass from the Golden State exhibition for BAGI in 2005. In 2007, Ilona returned to canada and now resides in North Vancouver where she continues to work in glass and precious metals and is again teaching glassblowing.

Contact: Ilona Lindsay Email: ilona.lindsay@gmail.com

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Char Walker Ice cubesPrice: $100

Artist Information: char, a founding member of the notorious “Hot Tomatoes” and San Diego Art Glass Guild, is inspired by Venetian mosaic technique. Gold and silver go into these high-end colors and then is made into veiled, square cane. The chopped cane pieces are picked-up on a hot bubble from the stone and pastorale and formed into a cup.

Contact: char Walker Email: charglass7@gmail.com

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Deva Priya Price: $120

Artist Information: Deva began glassblowing at BAGI over ten years ago. She is a local artist who learned and is still learning glass blowing at BAGI.

Contact: Deva Priya Email: devapriya97@yahoo.com

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Zach Rudolph Signs and SymbolsPrice: $725

Artist Information: Zach started blowing glass in Seattle in 1997 in high school. As soon as he took his first gather, he realized this was his future. Zach says, “I blow glass because working with molten materials is exciting. It radiates high and light from within. Working with the glass hypnotizes me and the glass takes on different properties – egg shell, taffy, bubble gum, honey and stone – all in the process of making one piece.” BAGI appreciates his donation of this second piece after we broke his first one – thank you and sorry.

Contact: Zach Rudolph Email: zachrudolph@gmail.com Web: www.zachrudolphglass.com

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Barbara Grauke Perpetual PresentPrice: $125

Artist Information: Barbara has a B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia in1984. Her first introduction to hot glass, however, was at Pilchuck in 1979 where she had enrolled in a stained glass workshop but instead found herself drawn to the hot glass studio. Barbara’s first year of glassblowing included, among other things, helping on the chihuly team, learning from Fritz Dreisbach at Penland, Nc, and assisting Rob Levin and Billy Bernstein. After a long hiatus, Barbara has now been blowing glass at BAGI for several years, catching up on technique and following through on some of the ideas she was working on back in the 80’s.

Contact: Barbara Grauke Email: cuestalh@att.net

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Karin Ericsson Haitian HopePrice: $188

Artist Information: Karin took her first glass class at BAGI in 2006 and could not wait to blow glass again. Karin blows glass and assists other glass artists, teaches fusing discovery classes at BAGI and works with Joan and the other instructors to create compelling programming. Haitian Hope was created in response to the Haitian earthquake in 2010. A sister piece was featured in support of oxfam’s relief efforts in Haiti. We appreciate Karin’s hard work to help BAGI fulfill its mission.

Contact: Karin Ericsson Email: glass@eldakleja.com

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Vicki Cederquist NecklacePrice: $300

Artist Information: Vicki loves working with glass. The fluidity, the movement of colors, and the transparency – all fascinate her. She is intrigued by the process of taking cold hard glass rods, heating them to a fluid state with a propane-oxygen torch, winding the molten glass around a stainless mandrel, adding intricate details and then watching it all harden before putting the bead into the kiln to anneal.

Contact: Vicki cederquist Email: vicki@vickicederquist.com Web: www.vickicederquist.com

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James Della BookPrice: $60

Artist Information: Jim has collected beautiful objects – from butterflies to glass – for many years and has recently completed a deluxe book of his glass collection. one third of the book represents california artists.

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Rich Small DichotomyPrice: $1,100

Artist Information: Rich has been fascinated by glass since he was a child. After much exploration, he went to a local glass art show and was invited to drop by the studio. “To watch,” they said. He didn’t just watch. He was a moth to the furnace flame. Rich likes to create objects that have stories to tell, objects that draw you into them, begging questions, yielding few answers. His glass objects have unexpected textures, both tactile and visual. often the objects incorporate metal in unexpected ways.

Contact: Rich Small Email: rich@asmallproduction.com Web: www.asmallproduction.com

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David Patchen Black/Amber VasePrice: $895

Artist Information: David’s work, known for its intense colors and intricate detail, is in numerous collections and exhibited in twenty galleries in the US, canada, and Europe. He has studied at Pilchuck, in Murano, and with many local artists. In 2010, David spent a month in Japan, lecturing and demonstrating through an Artist in Residence award from Seto city Art and cultural Foundation. David is the former board chair at Public Glass and a board member of the Glass Alliance of Northern california. He enjoys and finds inspiration in international travel, scuba diving, photography, architecture, science, and nature.

Contact: David Patchen Email: david@davidpatchen.com Web: www.davidpatchen.com

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Artist Information: Sara Sally LaGrand has studied with gifted teachers in Italy and the US. She has been melting glass since 1996, winning numerous awards and teaching all over the US and Europe. This piece is based on an interaction with Bernadette, a talented artist in her own right. “She is patient and kind. I have seen her for years at various events, but this one occasion, she and I shared more. I think this piece reminds me of her because of the colors, but also the one pod on the right. It conjures up the look in her eye as she is just about to tell you something important.” Sara Sally earned a BA in Glass Formation at Park University of Missouri and continues to study and grow, pushing the limits of the glass and combining it with unconventional materials for an eclectic look at nature, life and pop culture. She will be visiting BAGI in the summer of 2012.

Contact: Sara Sally LaGrand Email: sarasallylag@gmail.com Web: www.sarasallylagrand.com

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Artist Information: Mark received his B.A. in Art from San Francisco State University in 1979 and a M.F.A. from the University of Hawaii in 1984. After teaching in Japan at the Tokyo Glass Art Institute he returned to the United States for a five-month residency at the creative Glass center of America in Millville, New Jersey in 1985. Since 1986 Mark has worked in his own studio creating kiln cast sculptures that have been included in the collections of the corning Museum of Glass, the Richmond Museum of Art as well as numerous private collections.

Contact: Mark Abildgaard Email: mark5329@sbcglobal.net Web: www.markabildgaard.com

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Chris Johnson Light Harvest TumblersPrice: $85

Artist Information: chris has always worked with color through a variety of disciplines: as a digital artist and animator, a blacksmith, and for the last decade as a glass artist. He was one of the first artists to join the BAGI community and was Studio Manager of the Glass Department at The california college of Arts and crafts. chris currently owns and operates Studio Zayante , his own glass facility in Santa cruz.

Contact: chris Johnson Email: chris@Studiozayante.com Web: www.Studiozayante.com

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Aileen Cain Tulip Bowl Price: $300

Artist Information: A.cain was trained as a painter. She has translated this experience into glass work crafting bowls, platters, vases panels and jewelry. Her work can be seen at shows around the Bay Area and by appointment at her home gallery in Moss Beach.

Contact: Aileen cain Email: acohmb@sbcglobal.net Web: www.acainwarmglass.com

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Sue Marek crazy QuiltPrice: $180

Artist Information: Sue has been studying and creating art and architectural glass since 1999. She has been commissioned to design and build several large-format stained glass works in Southern california and the San Francisco Bay Area. “In my stained glass designs, I strive to create unique art, while respecting and building on architectural and design traditions. Now, glass fusing is providing an avenue for producing more innovative and experimental works.”

Contact: Sue Marek Email: suemarek@gmail.com Web: www.suemarek.com

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Inge von Roos Lampwork NecklacePrice: $100

Artist Information: “I have made jewelry for many years, torching glass beads for three years, and learning from many teachers. I have always enjoyed making things and collecting at, starting with hand-thrown pottery when I was a teenager.”

Contact: Inge von Roos Email: ingetraud1@gmail.com Web: ingecv.etsy.com

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Mary White cill Rialaig cottagePrice: $500

Artist Information: This piece has Irish history. Mary was a Fulbright Scholar in Dublin, working with the brilliant Glass Art Society Board Member caroline Madden. At the end of Mary’s stay, she did a residency at cill Rialaig, originally a 1790’s pre-famine village atop a cliff on remote Bolus Head overlooking the Atlantic in the Gaelic speaking part of county Kerry. Walking out to the edge of the ocean, Mary could see the Skelling Islands, famous for being the site of a well-preserved monastic outpost of the Early christian period and also the home of 27,000 gannets and black, red and white puffins who would soar, glide and dive close to the rocks. Mary says, “The salty wind and air memories linger.”

Contact: Mary White Email: mwhiteglass@mac.com

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Jeannie Llewellyn Floating Leaf Plate (Thoughts of Thailand)Price: $ 45

Artist Information: Jeannie started with stained glass in 1978, began blowing glass in 2005 and has “bitten by the glass bug” ever since. She started Vitreous city Glass Works with her son, christopher Llewellyn, in 2009. They went on an around the world tour blowing glass, eating and collecting spices and stories. chris specializes in Venetian goblets and Jeannie focuses on color and organics.

Contact: Jeannie Llewellyn Email: jkllew@comcast.net Web: www.vitreouscity.com

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Seija Gerdt Blue ThoughtPrice: $250

Artist Information: “I was born in Finland, painting, creating sculpture, graphics and ceramics until I discovered glass at Santa Monica college. Since then, I have exhibited in Finland, california, and New York and for a decade was the only the Finnish woman to design and make her own work. I am inspired by nature, different arts, music, hardware stores and find that while I’m working on one piece, an idea is forming for the next one.”

Contact: Seija Gerdt Email: seijagerdt@yahoo.com

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Nancy Hom PomegrantePrice: $200

Artist Information: Nancy has a biology degree from Mills college and has attended the ohlone Glass program. Her introduction to the kilnformed glass was the addition of fused and slumped element to her stained glass panels. Nancy enjoys nature and experiments with light and texture.

Contact: Nancy Hom Email: fandnhom@comcast.net

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Artist Information: Deborah carlson is a colorado based glass artist whose works and commissions appear in national museums, galleries, private residences and public installations. Her unique fabrications have won numerous awards in major national fine glass and fine art shows. Her glass art education includes studying under the world’s best glass masters in the USA, Italy and canada. She has maintained her own studio since 1984, creating both gallery and architectural work in all techniques of glass.

Contact: Deborah carlson Email: dc@deborahcarlson.com Web: www.deborahcarlson.com

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Elin Christopherson Ruby NautilusPrice: $1,200

Artist Information: Elin earned her BFA at the california college of Arts and crafts and her MFA from Alfred University. She has taught at the Pratt Fine Arts center in Seattle, the Studio at corning, Alfred University, Pilchuck, and Penland, and is currently teaching at ccA in oakland. Elin has been a part of the Third Thursday Series at BAGI.

Contact: Elin christopherson Email: elinchr@pacbell.net Web: www.elinchristopherson.com

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Susan Haskell Pendant with copper beads Price: $125

Artist Information: Susan is a glass artist and painter born and raised in Los Angeles. She studied at UcLA where she received a B.A. in Pictorial Arts and a M.A. in Design. She also earned teaching credentials from Pepperdine University and is currently a teaching assistant at Santa Monica college in the Glass Blowing Department. Susan’s love of glass led her to explore a variety of creative methods including glass blowing, torch working and fusing. Her paintings have included large-scale outdoor murals (Los Liones canyon) and a twenty-year series of photo-realistic paintings of tunnels (The Tunnel Vision Series). Susan’s greatest pleasure has come from over twenty years of teaching elementary school art to children at canyon charter Elementary School in Santa Monica canyon.

Contact: Susan Haskell Email: sihaskell@aol.com

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Reddy Lieb .................................... L120 ............. 16Ilona Lindsay ................................. R204 ............. 25Jeannie Llewellyn .......................... B307 ............. 32Sue Marek .................................... B304 ............. 31charlie Lowrie and Michael Menconi .......................... L114 ............. 14Kari Minnick ................................. L102 ............. 10Ben Moore .................................... L113 ............. 14David Patchen ............................... R213 ............. 28Deva Priya ..................................... R205 ............. 25Doug Randall ................................ L109 ............. 12Zach Rudolph ................................ R207 ............. 26Nadine Saylor ................................ L108 ............. 12curt Schauer ................................. L119 ............. 16Johnathon Schmuck ...................... L124 ............. 17Treg Silkwood ............................... L117 ............ 15Treg Silkwood ............................... L125 ............. 18Rich Small ..................................... R212 ............. 27Michael Sosin ................................ L118 ............. 15cassandra Straubing ..................... L121 ............. 16Demetra Theofanous .................... L122 ............. 17Jennifer Umphress ........................ L128 ............. 19Inge von Roos ............................... B305 ............. 31char Walker ................................. R206 ............. 25Mary White ................................... L127 ............. 19Mary White ................................... B306 ............. 31Hiroshi Yamano ............................ L126 ............. 18

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GIBAGI is the only non-profit, publicly accessible glass

studio in Santa clara county. We teach classes on multiple glass techniques for different skill levels, provide facilities that encourage artists to develop their work locally, and organize events that bring the public in touch with glass art.

Contact Information

Bay Area Glass Institute

Phone: 408-993-BAGI

Fax: 408-549-9871

E-mail: studio@bagi.org

Web: www.bagi.org

Address: 401 East Taylor St, Suite 115 San Jose, cA 95112

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