Come one, come all. Below you’ll find the program for this year’s Carder Steuben Club’s annual Symposium. Read it carefully–it’s a spectacular program for anyone who has a love for art glass. This year’s program is a must attend. Note. We have reserved a large block of rooms at a number of hotels at preferred rates. However, you’ll see some fairly early release dates. This year’s Symposium is the same weekend as another major community event that will take as many hotel rooms as available. So, it will be next to impossible to get a hotel room after the release date. So–plan ahead–mark this on your calendar and don’t let those dates get away from you. Also, be sure to copy the following program for your records.

Carder Steuben Club – 2009 Symposium

Frederick Carder: Influence and Inspiration

October 1 – 3, 2009

Co-hosted by The Corning Museum of Glass

Thursday, October 1 – Pre-Program Events

10:00 a.m. Hot Glass Participation Program

Make Your Own Paperweight – $35/paperweight

Rodi Rovner’s Hands On Glass

124 Crystal Lane

2:00 p.m.- New Collectors’ Forum

4:00 p.m. Coffee Bar at The Corning Museum of Glass and Carder Gallery in Building B

Join other new collectors for a two hour question and answer session moderated by members of the Carder Steuben Club. Three experienced collectors will answer your questions and offer their opinions about collecting Carder Steuben Glass; buying at auction, from dealers or shops, via the Internet or at antique shows; caring for your glass and any other matters you wish to discuss. No appraisers, no auctioneers, no dealers and no shop owners – just new collectors sharing their questions and experienced collectors sharing their insights. After about an hour, we will move the discussion from the Coffee Bar to the Carder Gallery in Building B and continue our discussion there. No need to sign up in advance – just show up at the Coffee Bar.

Panel – Scott Hansen, Marshall Ketchum and Dick Weerts

5:30 p.m. – Pizza, Wine and Fellowship

7:30 p.m. Dick Bright and Kyle Goodman Residence
Hillcrest Manor Bed & Breakfast
227 Cedar Street – (607) 936-4548

Friday, October 2

All activities take place in The Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium unless otherwise noted.

8:30 a.m. – Registration and Fellowship

9:00 a.m. Coffee and Assorted Bakery

Creations From Fire – Carder Steuben Glass: A video production of the Rockwell Museum of Western Art demonstrating the techniques of producing Carder Steuben glass.

9:00 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Comments

9:15 a.m. Alan Shovers – President, Carder Steuben Club

Dr. David Whitehouse – Executive Director, Corning Museum of Glass

9:15 a.m. – Louis C. Tiffany: The Facets of an Artist

10:15 a.m. David Donaldson, M.F.A.

David Donaldson Antiques

Former Curator, Morse Museum of American Art and Corning Museum of Glass

10:30 a.m. – Unconventional Competition: Durand Art Glass

11:30 a.m. Gay LeCleire Taylor

Art Glass Consultant and Lecturer

Former Curator, Museum of American Glass

11:30 a.m – Annual Business Meeting

12:15 p.m. (Members Only)

12:15 p.m – Lunch

1:15 p.m. Creations From Fire – Carder Steuben Glass: A video production of the Rockwell Museum of Western Art demonstrating the techniques of producing Carder Steuben glass.

1:15 p.m. – A Kaleidoscope of Inspiration – Carder On His Contemporaries

2:30 p.m. Rakow Library Public Services Staff

In 1961 Thomas S. Buechner said: “No man could better personify the kaleidoscope of glass-making during the past hundred years.” Carder’s glass work was affected by his academic and technical training, his visits to London and Paris museums and galleries, and the styles of his contemporaries. Carder’s notebooks and recorded interviews that provide insight into his inspirations and opinions will form the basis of this presentation. Of particular note is Carder’s 1898 journal recording his impressions of ancient works of art as well as his contemporaries’ new Art Nouveau style.

Friday, October 2

2:45 p.m. – Collectors’ Choice Presentation

3:30 p.m. Janet and Dick Weerts

3:30 p.m. – Gilding the Lily: The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company

4:30 p.m. Malcolm N. MacNeil

Appraiser and Specialist In Charge

19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts Department

Doyle New York

6:00 p.m. – Private Dinner and Guided Museum Tour

8:30 p.m. Host – Vivienne Richards

. Welcome – Marie McKee, President, Corning Museum of Glass

Toast and Remembrance of Robert F. Rockwell, Jr.

Tour – Jane Spillman, Curator of American Glass, Corning Museum of Glass

This private, catered dinner for Symposium registrants will be held after-hours in The Corning Museum of Glass. The dinner will be followed by a private, guided gallery tour of the Museum focusing on glass of Carder and his contemporaries. The tour will finish in Carder Gallery in Building B.

$30.00 per person

Saturday, October 3

8:45 a.m. – Registration

9:00 a.m. Coffee and Assorted Bakery

9:00 a.m. – Frederick Carder’s Iridescent Glassware:

History, Science, Technology and Nomenclature

11:00 a.m. Gregory A. Merkel

Research Fellow

Corning Incorporated

11:15 a.m. – Carder Steuben Tableware

12:15 p.m. Jane Spillman

Curator of American Glass, Corning Museum of Glass

12:15 p.m. – Lunch

1:15 p.m.

1:15 p.m. – Frederick Carder’s Steuben Glass

2:15 p.m. Thomas Dimitroff

Thomas Dimitroff Antiques

Author, Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass

2:30 p.m. – “You Can Only Keep One”

3:30 p.m. Group Collectors’ Choice

Mark Chamovitz, Moderator

If you could keep only one piece of your Carder Steuben glass, which one would it be, and why? Bring your favorite piece of Carder Steuben (or a photograph) to the Symposium and share with us why the color, shape, pattern, acquisition story or sentimental value is so special to you.

3:30 p.m. – Identification Clinic

5:00 p.m.

If you’ve ever wondered whether a piece of glass was designed by Carder or made during his tenure at Steuben, bring it to the ID Clinic and have it evaluated by experienced Carder Steuben collectors. If you have questions about a piece of Carder Steuben (how it was made, what color is it, etc.) bring it as well and get your questions answered.

David Goldstein, Moderator

Panel – Mark Buffa, Marshall Ketchum, Lon Knickerbocker and Bobby Rockwell

Saturday Evening

Carder Steuben Club Banquet

Riverfront Café of Corning, Inc.

Host – Alan Shovers

6:00 p.m. Cash Bar

6:30 p.m. Toast to Frederick Carder – Alan Shovers

6:35 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Fundraising Auction

Marshall Ketchum – Chairman

Michael Horton – Auctioneer

Members and friends of the Carder Steuben Club contribute Carder Steuben glass or that of other glass manufacturers or glass related items that are auctioned at the banquet for the purpose of raising funds for the club. Contributions may be made as donations, in which case all proceeds are received by the club, or the donor may split the proceeds 80/20 with the club.

Only checks or cash will be accepted as payment for auction items – no credit cards please.

REGISTRATION

Detailed schedule and registration sheet also available at www.cardersteubenclub.com

Complete and mail this sheet with payment to:

Carder Steuben Club

c/o Lon Knickerbocker, Treasurer

P.O. Box 543

Dansville , New York 14437

Please return registration by September 5, 2009

Name(s):

Address:

Email:

Phone:

____ Carder Steuben Club Member @$185* $______ After 9/5/09 @$200 $______

____ First Time Attendee @$160 $______ After 9/5/09 @$175 $______

____ Non-Member @ $235* $______

____ Friday, October 2 CMoG Dinner/Tour $______

($30/person)

Total Enclosed $______

(Checks only – payable to Carder Steuben Club)

*Membership application and information can be found at www.cardersteubenclub.com.

Please indicate your Thursday pre-program attendance at:

____ Paperweight Making Session ($35 to Rodi Rovner)

A block of rooms at reduced rates has been reserved at the Radisson Hotel Corning (607) 962-5000 (through 9/8) and the Comfort Inn (607) 962-1515 (through 9/18). To receive the discounted rate, please indicate that you are participating in the Carder Steuben Club Symposium when you register. Also, reservations may be made at Hillcrest Manor Bed & Breakfast (607) 936-4548. Rooms and the discounted rates will not be available after September 8 at the Radisson Hotel or after September 18 at the Comfort Inn. Please make your reservations early to insure a room. In addition to the airport at Elmira/Corning, you may also consider flying into Buffalo , Rochester , Syracuse or Binghamton .

Symposium questions? Contact Scott Hansen at hngseh@aol.com.