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NAGC National Glass Seminars
Our national seminar is held every spring in various cities across the US.
Activities include lectures by prominent glass curators, authors, collectors and artists; tours of museums, private colledtions, glass studios and historic sites; our national business meeting; plus great food, fun and more! Members receive a discount for early registration.
The Annual NAGC Seminar, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, April 15 - 17, 2010
2010 marks NAGC's seventy-seventh year celebrating glass. There are exciting changes to the annual seminar for 2010. For the first time, the seminar will be held in conjunction with the Collectors Glass Show and Sale in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, organized by the Westchester Glass Club, an NAGC chapter.
Also, for the first time, it will be a JOINT venture combining the NATIONAL AMERICAN GLASS CLUB 2010 Seminar with The Annual Meeting of the
MT. WASHINGTON AND PAIRPOINT GLASS SOCIETY
The venue will be the Greenwich Hyatt Regency at $95 per room.
The schedule is as follows (subject to change):
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
2010 National American Glass Club Seminar
Greenwich Hyatt Regency in Greenwich CT
April 15-17, 2010
The annual seminar will feature expert lectures including Diane Wright: Yale University glass collection; Joe Heyman: Pairpoint Glass; David Fuchschuber: Mt. Washington Glass; Howard Lockwood: Venetian Glass; and Ian Simmonds: Early Glass Cutting. Associated bus trips will include visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly installed glass collection, the New York Historical Society, and the Annual Westchester Glass Club Show and Sale. In addition, a banquet will be held on Saturday evening.
Seminar registration is $225.00 per person. Please contact William Thomas by email holpromo@yahoo.com for registration. The Greenwich Hyatt Regency, at 1800 East Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT, 06870, is offering special room rates of $95.00 per room, phone number (203-637-1234).
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
- Thursday, April 15, 2010
1:00- 5:30PM Registration packets available in Lobby
Dinner on your own
7:30AM Dessert Reception and evening lecture with Howard Lockwood: “Ten Masterpieces of 20th Century Italian Glass”
- Friday, April 16, 2010
Breakfast on your own
Bus trip to NYC - visit Metropolitan Museum of Art's newly installed glass collection and the New York Historical Society
Dinner on your own (NAGC Board meeting)
- Saturday, April 17, 2010
7:30AM Continental Breakfast
8:30AM Annual NAGC Meeting
9:45AM Bus to the Westchester Glass Show
Lunch on your own at show
1:30PM Bus to Hotel
At Hotel:
2:00PM Lecture: David Fuchshuber : “Mt. Washington Glass, Then and Now”
3:00PM Lecture: Joseph Heyman: “Details of Pairpoint Glass”
4:00PM Lecture: Diane Wright: “American Glass at Yale: The Francis P. Garvan Collection”
6:30PM Dinner, Lecture: Ian Simmonds: “Hiding in Plain Sight? New York City Cut Glass, 1800-1880”
Click Here for NAGC SEMINAR APPLICATION for OLD GREENWICH, CT
NAGC Sponsored Trip to England - May 4 - 12, 2010
NAGC SEMINARS
Where We've Been
- 1985 - Washington, DC
- 1986 - Pittsburgh, PA
- 1987 - Santa Barbara, CA
- 1988 - Sandwich, MA
- 1989 - Chicago, IL
- 1990 - Wheaton Village, NJ
- 1991 - Oglebay, Wheeling, WV
- 1992 - Washington, DC & Seattle, WA
- 1993 - Toronto, Ont., Canada
- 1994 - Winter Park, FL
- 1995 - New Orleans, LA
- 1996 - Dearborn, MI
- 1997 - Norfolk, VA
- 1998 - San Francisco, CA & Pittsburgh, PA
- 1999 - Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
- 2000 - Portland, ME
- 2001 - Corning, NY
- 2002 - College Station, TX
- 2003 - Baltimore, MD
- 2004 - Cape Cod, MA
- 2005 - Asheville, NC
- 2006 - Chicago, IL
- 2007 - Toledo, OH
- 2008 - Sarasota, FL (1 day)
- 2008 - Boston, MA
- 2009 - Philadelphia, PA
Views from our 2009 seminar in Philadelphia, PA and in New Jersey
Photography courtesy Dr. David Watts
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Where We're Going
- 2010 Seminar - Old Greenwich, CT
- 2010 Trip - London, England
- 2011 - Kansas City, KS
NAGC Seminar Committee:
- William Thomas, Maryland (chair)
- Gay LeCleire Taylor, New Jersey
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