2019 Program Highlights

2019 HIGHLIGHTS

Pilchuck programs run from May through November. Spring 2019 begins with our John H. Hauberg Fellowship and Spring Tours in combination with Artists@Work. Summer programs begin later in 2019 to ensure the arrival and installation of our new furnace in the iconic Pilchuck Hot Shop! Programs continue into the fall with two fall sessions, followed by the Emerging Artists in Residence and our youth programs. For the third year, Pilchuck is proud to continue with youth workshops in early spring and late fall, partnering to serve local teens from Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, and Lummi Youth Academy, Bellingham.

SUMMER PROGRAM

In 2019, Pilchuck Glass School will be offering a new eight-day session, two twelve-day sessions, and two eighteen-day sessions. Instructors and Artists in Residence (AiRs) have been selected for their distinctive relationship to each session’s theme. Session themes act as a campus-wide parameter, outlining the focus of each course and providing a collective springboard for thoughtful interpretation and the creation of pieces infused with content.

Courses offer a wide range of learning and skill levels in dynamic and immersive sessions. This summer, Material Matters, Classical Inquiry, Natural History, Pop Investigations, and Sign + Signifier will structure the focus of their respective sessions, as well as providing pathways to creation and discovery during the Summer Program.

Pilchuck welcomes artists of all levels to participate in courses that delve into traditional forms of glassmaking, as well as unique hybrid courses that explore crosspollination. Digital fabrication with 3D scanning, printing, and modeling, glass and electronics, glass and ceramics, model and mold fabrication, neon, flameworking, hybrid printmaking, writing, equipment fabrication, art history, and social practice are among the diverse topics and methods offered in summer 2019. These collaborations between disciplines help create conduits for students and instructors to realize new ways of making while exploring form and meaning.

Each session is strengthened by the presence of highly acclaimed artists in residence, gaffers, teaching and artist assistants, and a support staff of passionate and talented artists. A truly immersive experience, Pilchuck provides a rich and focused learning environment where everyone on campus works and grows creatively in a supportive community.

FALL PROGRAM

The Fall Program is a dynamic and fulfilling way to end the summer and welcome in the fall. Fall sessions offer two one-week equally immersive educational opportunities. The themes, Realism and FUNdamentals, will provide focus and structure to the new and extended Fall Program courses. Glassblowing, flameworking, kilnworking, printmaking, and neon will be part of the course curriculum this fall.

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