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Pioneers of Contemporary Glass

Pioneers of Contemporary Glass panel from SOFA Chicago, November 3, 2012, sponsored by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG).

The session included artists Marvin Lipofsky, Joel Philip Myers, Jack Schmidt and Mary Shaffer; moderated by Corning Museum of Glass Curator Tina Oldknow; introduced by AACG President Harlan Fischer.

Mary Shaffer segment

The complete video

Clear Vision | Odessa TX 2008

Sculpturesite Gallery | San Francisco, CA 2007

Honors

2012-Melissa Zink Award of Excellence, Taos Festival of the Arts, Taos, NM
2012-Juror, for Artists Awards, Rasmuson Foundation Anchorage AK
2010-Artist In Residence Award, US Artists & Rasmussen Foundation, UAF Fairbanks AK
2009–USA Simon Award, USA Artist, Los Angeles, CA
2008–Award of Excellence, Art Critic Award, Habatat International, Royal Oak, MI
2007–Award of Excellence, Corning Museum Curator award, Habatat International Royal Oak, MI
1996–Innovative Use of Glass in Sculpture, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
1995–Visionary, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
1994–Fellowship for Individual Artists, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1988–Visiting Artist, Wheaton Village, Millville NJ
1987–Fellowship for Individual Artists, D.C. Commission of Arts and Humanities
1981–Glaspris ’81, Kassel Competition, West Germany
1979–Huber Grant, Wellesley College. Funded study of art in Czechoslovakia.
1979–Artist in Residence, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
1977–Glass in Architecture Award, National Endowment for the Arts through the RISD
1974–Fellowship for Individual Artists, National Endowment for the Arts
1972–Citation of Excellence, U.S. Labor Department. For directing manpower program

Drawings

Mary Shaffer discusses her work.