Joyce Scott and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen will be the featured artists at the International Flameworking Conference, taking place from March 28th through 30th at Salem County Community College in Carney's Point, New Jersey. The 14th annual event is the leading annual gathering of flameworkers spanning the full range of torch work from artistic, scientific, and pipe making pursuits. Beadwork will take center stage in this year's big event as Scott's beaded sculptural forms and neckpieces take center stage, addressing political and social concerns with a frank engagment of issues of gener, race, and class.
Scott will deliver a keynote presentation on Friday, March 28, which is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Salem's Sol and Jean Davidow Performing Arts Theatre. On Saturday, Wllenbrink-Johnsen will demonstrate her unique approach to flameworking, honed on the team of William Morris before she launched a successful solo career. Her demonstration will take place on March 29 at the Samuel H. Jones Glass Education Center in Alloway. Scott will also do a demonstarion that day.
The IFC will conclude on Sunday with concurrent, group demonstrations – "Celebrating Innovation through Collaboration" -- led by Marshall Hyde and Mike Souza. Hyde will be joined by Shane Fero, Marc Petrovic and Kari Russell-Pool in a demo titled, "Imagination, Imagery and Inquiry." Souza, Tim Drier, Kiva Ford and Sally Prasch will team up to present "Iconic Scientific Glass." Afterwards, glass artist and SCC instructor Jenna Efrein will moderate a panel discussion on the collaborations. Following the conference, Marshall Hyde will present a master’s class, Designing and Thinking in Glass: Beyond Technique, March 31-April 1, at the Glass Education Center.
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