2011 Symposium

Are you still looking for reasons to come to the 2011 Carder Steuben Symposium (Thursday, September 15 through Saturday September 17)? Consider these exhibitions which will be on-going at the Corning Museum of Glass (our Symposium co-sponsor) during the Symposium.

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries explores influences in glassmaking that resulted from cultural exchange between the East and West, and documents stylistic developments in Western Europe and East Asia during the early modern period.

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Mirror to Discovery: The 200-Inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar

Rakow Research Library

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Masters of Studio Glass
Toots Zynsky

Focus Gallery

Toots Zynsky’s distinctive filet de verre (glass thread) vessels enjoy a widespread popularity and deserved acclaim for their often extraordinary and always unique explorations in color. Defying categorization, her pieces inhabit a region all their own, interweaving the traditions of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts. This exhibition will be drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection.

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Mt. Washington and Pairpoint
American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties

Changing Exhibitions Gallery

This exhibition will cover the artistic glassware produced by the Mt. Washington Glass Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and its successor, the Pairpoint Company, from the late 19th century’s gilded age to the Roaring Twenties.

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Hotel reservations for the Symposium at discounted rates can be made at the Radisson Hotel Corning (607-962-5000) or the Comfort Inn (607-962-1515).

Scott Hansen, Chair