News - From the Studio

Empty Bowls is back and better than ever!
Empty Bowls, benefitting SAMMinistries, is being held Sunday, November 13th to kick of Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week.  It's right around the corner and there are plenty of ways to participate!

• To donate bowls, contact Ruth Bushman at Ruth@calientehotglass.com or 210.504.9244
• To make bowls join us on 10/22 at A&A Products in Seguin for our Bowl-a-Thon
• To volunteer directly, contact Brittany O'Connell at boconnell@samm.org or 210.935.7311

Important Dates:

• Saturday 10/22 - Bowl a Thon
• Friday 11/11 - Last day to donate bowls
• Sunday 11/13 - Empty Bowls!
  

Calling all members and those who wish to join us in person on May 22 starting at 2pm at A&E Products in Seguin, Texas. It's just a short drive from San Antonio and will be making bowls for this year's Empty Bowls event before we get the lively fun and food. 

Our agenda calls for elections, games, door prizes, and one lucky (renewing or joining) member will be drawn to get their membership ($40 value). 

Find out more details or to register to attend. 

Calling all members and those who wish to join  - log on to Zoom tonight to enjoy a lively and entertaining Annual Meeting! Social time and troubleshooting begin at 6:30, meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.

Our agenda calls for elections, games, door prizes, and one lucky (renewing or joining) member will be drawn to get their membership ($40 value) FREE tonight! RSVP to receive your link to tonight's super fun Zoom meeting.

This Sunday, March 14th,  the Potter's Guild has invited SAGAG members to their online meeting with guest speaker Denise Martin. Join us online for her talk "Design Ideas with Denise Martin" at 2:00pm CST. For more details see the event announcement. 

Thursday, March 25, Join us for the SAGAG General meeting and Guest Speaker John Ferrando. 

And we have another wonderful guest speaker, Jeri Warhaftig in April.

Guild members and guests alike had a great time at A&A Products bowl-a-thon on February 6th. 

If you missed it join us for Empty Bowl Full Hearts virtual work session on 2/17 or sign up for A&A's next bowl-a-thon on 2/27. 

Make Hearts Instructions

Make Bowls Instructions

Find out more about the 21st Annual Empty Bowls Event March 7, 2021 10am - 2pm. 

Bowl Designs	Fused Bowls!

Janice Peacock will be our Guest Presenter at the SAGAG October General Meeting via Skype on October 22. Logon at 6:30 - 6:45 (to make sure you have no issues, and to visit), quick meeting at 6:45, and Janice presents at 7:00 p.m.  

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to learn about and from this talented artist! Janice was originally scheduled to teach at Dream Fire Glass Studio this fall, and has graciously accepted our request to present at this virtual venue in the meantime. Janice Peacock is an artist working in glass & author. Janice has been making one-of-a-kind beads and jewelry since 1992. She also creates large scale sand-cast glass sculptures featuring African masks used in traditional ceremonies. Janice's newest passion is glass micro mosaic jewelry. Micro mosaics originated in Italy and became popular with tourists in the 1800s. Janice has learned how to create these ancient pieces using her lampworking skills to create contemporary designs. You can learn how to make micro mosaics in one of Janice's upcoming classes.   Her work has been exhibited internationally, featured in many publications, and is in the permanent collections of The Corning Museum of Glass and The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. Check out Janice's website: https://janicepeacock.com

Be sure to log in for tonight's meeting with artist Diana Kersey, whose artwork can be seen throughout San Antonio.

Register (link at right) to join us on Skype.

Networking and logging on at 6:30, quick business meeting at 7:00 pm, Diana Kersey presentation at 7:15 p.m.

SAGAG Movie Night was a lot of fun.

We watched some great videos that were a part of the North Lands Creative Film Festival in July. There was some great discussion and I promised to post the list everyone  can explore or re-watch. Enjoy.

• Playlist 
• • Small Bits - about 40 min
  • • Anna Mlasowsky
    • • Chorus of One< making of  12:37
      • Specialty Glass Residency Hot Shop 3:12
      • Glass Artists (Documentary) 5:59
      • Behind the Glass Lecture 1 hr
    • Simone Fezer
    • • Meet the artists 3:55
      • Flowering 5:06
    • Flora Debut
    • • Reflection. Refraction 4:29
    • Jerre Davidson
    • • Shape of the Dance STILLS
      • https://www.jerredavidsonart.com/process 0:23
    • Juli Bolanos-Durman
    • • Our common humanity 6:00
  • Main Feature about 40 min 
  • • BECon 2017: Richard Whiteley – Tribute to Klaus Moje: A Visionary in Glass L159 40:12

The deadline has been extended for the FYGO Challenge. Entries will be judged and prizes awarded during the August Virtual Movie Night on August 27.

Required ingredients for the Challenge are:

1. Opaque and transparent sheet glass
2. Frit
3. Manipulated stringer or vitrigraph
4. Metal inclusion, aluminum foil is fine

Send a pic of your entry to info@saglassguild.com by the 25th to have your piece uploaded in time for the meeting. (If you don't, be prepared to show it off during the Skype meeting)

Prize for Best FYGO is $25 gift certificate to one of our corporate/studio members. A $20 gift certificate will be chosen by random drawing from remaining participants!

Visit the Event Details and Register (email will be sent with the link to the meeting).

SA CARES 4 Art Grant Program  Are you a San Antonio nonprofit arts business or individual artist who suffered business interruption between March 13 and December 30, 2020 due to COVID-19? The SA CARES 4 Art Grant Program is here for you! Find full grant details, tutorial videos and application instructions at https://www.getcreativesanantonio.com/Grants. The deadline to apply is July 30, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.