fossilfly
03-09-2005, 11:54 PM
Urban Glass is having a Glass Bead expo this month from 3/18 to 3/20 in NYC. I'don't know if there will be Murano Beads there, but its worth a shot, if only to see some great work.
Below is the press release:
The UrbanGlass Glass Bead Expo 2005
UrbanGlass is hosting the eighth annual Glass Bead Expo at Parsons School of Design Exhibition Center at 7th Avenue and 40th Street in the heart of Manhattan’s fashion district. The Exhibition Center is conveniently located with access to all Times Square subway lines and the Grand Central shuttle.
Top contemporary glass beadmakers from all over the US and Canada will be selling their glass beads and jewelry during this three-day exhibition. Exhibitors will include Karen Bye, Patti Cahill, Ofilia Cinta, Gail Crosman-Moore, Lori & Paul Engle, Kim Fields, Kate Fowle Meleney, Bernadette Fuentes, Patti Genack, Amy Haftkowycz, Alyssa Hayes & Martin Whitford, Renče Holoubek, Caitlin Hyde, Maureen Kelly, Cynthia Liebler Saari, Cynthia Mayer, Mike & Bev McCarthy, Nancy Meisner, Tamara Melcher, Jennifer Miller, Karen Ovington, David Palnick, Brad Pearson, Nancy Pilgrim, Jennifer Place & Serena Smith, Connie Pollard, Malcom Potek & Kara van Wyk, Cindy Riccaredelli, Chris & Jackie Rice, Erica Rosenfeld, Amy Ruopp, Stephanie Sersich, Fay Servoss, Alex Shapiro, Nancy Tobey, Heather Trimlett, Jeri Warhaftig, Beth Williams, John Winter, Lea Zinke, and The Bead Project.
The SoftFlex Company, the premier bead stringing supplier, will have demonstrations of bead stringing techniques and advice on how to use their tools and supplies. Glass beadmakers and jewelers alike will find everything they need to practice their craft. UrbanGlass Bead Expo
March 18, 19, and 20, 2005
Hours: Friday, 11:00 - 7:00 ; Saturday, 10:00 - 6:00 ; Sunday, Noon - 6:00
Admission: $5.00
Parsons School of Design Exhibition Center
560 7th Avenue @ 40th Street
New York City
Win a collection of beads and help The Bead Project! Many of the artists exhibiting at the expo will be donating beads and a drawing for this collection will be held after the expo. Tickets will be $3.00 and you don't need to be present to win. Proceeds from this drawing will go to The Bead Project, a scholarship program of UrbanGlass for low-income women to learn glass beadmaking as a money-earning skill. The program began in 1997 and sessions are offered twice yearly.
For further information about the UrbanGlass Bead Expo please call 718-625-3685 ext. 222.
Below is the press release:
The UrbanGlass Glass Bead Expo 2005
UrbanGlass is hosting the eighth annual Glass Bead Expo at Parsons School of Design Exhibition Center at 7th Avenue and 40th Street in the heart of Manhattan’s fashion district. The Exhibition Center is conveniently located with access to all Times Square subway lines and the Grand Central shuttle.
Top contemporary glass beadmakers from all over the US and Canada will be selling their glass beads and jewelry during this three-day exhibition. Exhibitors will include Karen Bye, Patti Cahill, Ofilia Cinta, Gail Crosman-Moore, Lori & Paul Engle, Kim Fields, Kate Fowle Meleney, Bernadette Fuentes, Patti Genack, Amy Haftkowycz, Alyssa Hayes & Martin Whitford, Renče Holoubek, Caitlin Hyde, Maureen Kelly, Cynthia Liebler Saari, Cynthia Mayer, Mike & Bev McCarthy, Nancy Meisner, Tamara Melcher, Jennifer Miller, Karen Ovington, David Palnick, Brad Pearson, Nancy Pilgrim, Jennifer Place & Serena Smith, Connie Pollard, Malcom Potek & Kara van Wyk, Cindy Riccaredelli, Chris & Jackie Rice, Erica Rosenfeld, Amy Ruopp, Stephanie Sersich, Fay Servoss, Alex Shapiro, Nancy Tobey, Heather Trimlett, Jeri Warhaftig, Beth Williams, John Winter, Lea Zinke, and The Bead Project.
The SoftFlex Company, the premier bead stringing supplier, will have demonstrations of bead stringing techniques and advice on how to use their tools and supplies. Glass beadmakers and jewelers alike will find everything they need to practice their craft. UrbanGlass Bead Expo
March 18, 19, and 20, 2005
Hours: Friday, 11:00 - 7:00 ; Saturday, 10:00 - 6:00 ; Sunday, Noon - 6:00
Admission: $5.00
Parsons School of Design Exhibition Center
560 7th Avenue @ 40th Street
New York City
Win a collection of beads and help The Bead Project! Many of the artists exhibiting at the expo will be donating beads and a drawing for this collection will be held after the expo. Tickets will be $3.00 and you don't need to be present to win. Proceeds from this drawing will go to The Bead Project, a scholarship program of UrbanGlass for low-income women to learn glass beadmaking as a money-earning skill. The program began in 1997 and sessions are offered twice yearly.
For further information about the UrbanGlass Bead Expo please call 718-625-3685 ext. 222.