Gestures in Breath and Light
Neon Bending and Blown Glass
Pilchuck Glass School
Session 3: Wild
Dates: June 25-July 6, 2024
Tuition: $3,500.oo.oo
(Program fees cover instruction, shared dormitory housing, meals, and basic supplies.)
Detail information on Pilchuck Glass School : Tuition & Fees
Skill Level: ALL LEVELS
Neon Bending + Blown Glass
Students will devise ways for blown glass objects and neon light to interact, augment, inform and disrupt one another. Demonstrations on foundational techniques in neon tube bending and installation will accompany time spent in the hot shop, blowing glass and playing with color. Creative prompts will bring these explorations together into assemblages that record gesture and cultivate wonder.
- ⭐️Deadline: January 12, 2024, at 11:59 pm (PST):
* Workshops
* Scholarships & Financial Aid
* Emerging Artists in Residence Program
* Seasonal Staff
* Teaching Assistant & Artist Assistant
* Pilchuck Fellowship Program
* S12 Partner Residency
Meet your Instructors
Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez
Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez (b. 1988, she/her) is a Philadelphia-based artist who combines poetry and prose with images, glass objects, and neon signage to create layered experiences for the viewer.
Her work combines poetry, images, glass objects and neon signage to create layered installations that draw inspiration from her Puerto Rican and Persian heritage. She has been awarded residencies at Pilchuck Glass School, MASS MoCA and the Corning Museum of Glass, among others. Her work has been shown at dozens of galleries and museums in the United States and abroad, including Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, S12, Heller Gallery, Traver Gallery and the Tacoma Museum of Glass.
Her sculptures are included in New Glass Review #33, #38 and #42, annual journals documenting innovative artworks in glass. Victoria is the Director of The Bead Project at UrbanGlass, a program geared towards diversifying glass and supporting femmes as they learn how to work with the material. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Tyler School of Art, from which she received her BFA. She holds an MFA in Craft/Material Studies from VCU.
