Founding Members

 

Delinda VanneBrightyn

Carol Savid

Michael Miro

 

Board of Directors

 

Delinda VanneBrightyn

Toni Hippeli

Michael Miro

 

Educational Directors

 

William C. Davis

JoNan Davis

 

Advisory Board

 

Jan Mellor

Jack Hill

Julie Rose

Don Larson

Chuck Roberts

 

ARTISTS - CALL FOR ENTRIES!

2010 TAOS ART GLASS INVITATIONAL

 

The Call for Entires is officially open for the 20101 Taos Art Glass Invitational.

For guidelines to the Call, click: CALL FOR ENTRIES

For the artist Application, click: APPLICATION

EDUCATION

LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS                    CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

TIGA offers custom workshops and glass experience sessions for you or your group scheduled at your convenience. To inquire about this special service, call us at 575-613-6484 or e-mail us at: inquire@tiganm.org

To register for any workshop or to reserve a seated space at a lecture, please visit our REGISTRATION PAGE

For a calendar version of our educational offerings, please click on our CALENDAR page.

To apply to become a TIGA Educational Leader: TIGA PROSPECTUS

LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS/OPEN HOUSE

TIGA OPEN HOUSE PARTY

Join us for an afternoon of festivities!
TIGA is opening its doors this Sunday for you to drop in and see what's going on at Northern New Mexico's premier glass institute and studio. We've been busy since the first of the year upgrading the facility for COMMUNITY ACCESS and preparing for the exciting 2010 season of educational opportunities along with the 2010 3rd Annual Taos Art Glass Invitational. Stop by for refreshments and fun!

2-5pm, at TIGA: 1021 Salazar Road, Unit EE, Taos

 

 

TIGA Announces

COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO!

 

This is your opportuntiy to utilize TIGA facilitis and equipment or to receive private instruction on your next glass project. TIGA is offering an array of opportunties for the professional - beginning glass artist beginning on January 16th and continuing throughout the year. Click below to find out all the details: COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO

 

 

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS - WINTER/SPRING SCHEDULE

 

 

 

ONGOING

The One-On-One Welding Experience

w/ Jack Hill

 

Jack Hill, an accomplished welder and metal-smith with 40 years of experience in all phases of welding, is offering a one-on-one tig welding class by appointment to fit with your schedule. Learn how to form and fab metal for mounting your art glass. Not a glass artist? Then come learn the basics of welding and get on your way to welding together your sculpting and fabricating dreams. Jack's accreditations include: ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers Accreditation and 17 Certifications with AWS - American Welding Society, which range from mild steel to titanium. Also a sculptor working in metal, stone, and glass, Jack won best of show at Breckridge, CO's Scultpure on the Blue. Hill has exhibited his works at Robert Mangold's Art Yard in Denver, The Steam Plant Sculpture Garden in Salida, CO, and was featured artist at the Foothills Fine Art Festival in Golden, CO. For more info on Jack visit his website: www.mohawkvisions.com or write to Jack Hill - jnh@mohawkvisions.com

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

By Appointment

$290 + $40 materials fee (includes metal, welding hood, and welding jacket)

 

TO REGISTER FOR THE WELDING EXPERIENCE, CALL TIGA: 575-613-6484

 

 

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 at TIGA

Fused Dichroic Glass Art to Wear

w/ Diane Harris

 

Back to TIGA by popular demand, artist Diane Harris will be presenting a basic introduction to glass jewelry. Learn the basics of cutting glass, color design, and fusing in this exciting workshop while making your own wearable art. The value of the work you will make is easily greater than the cost of the workshop. If you took this workshop before, you know you will come out ahead by taking it again. So bring your friends to this fun and informative workshop party and leave with some very impressive jewelry of your own making.

 

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

Wednesday, February 24

5:30pm - 9:30pm

$95 + $15 materials fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FEBRUARY 25 - 28, 2010 at TIGA

Sculpting and Mold-Making: Basic 1

w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn

 

VanneBrightyn takes you through the process for two types of two-part rubber molds: a brush-on mold and a poured mold. With these skills, you can replicate wax copies of your original sculpted art work. Making rubber molds saves time, enabling you to easily recreate multiples, allows alteration to each wax copy creating variations of the original, or enables you to have a back-up in case something goes wrong in the casting process. The wax copies can then be used to cast in glass, bronze, or other metals. Once your wax copy is poured, we will discuss proper preparation for the casting process of your choice. You will learn what you need to pursue this process in your own studio or to be able to utilize the mold-making section of the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO with minimal assistance.

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

Thursday, February 25 - Sunday February 28

10:00am - 5:00pm each day.

$385 + $90 materials fee.

 

 

 

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MARCH 12 - 14, 2010 at TIGA

Box & Reverse Shadow Casting

w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn

 

Learn to imbed a sculpted image into a block of glass to create a negative impression, a ghosted, shadow casting within the glass. This technique can be used to realize either a simple or complex array of imaging in glass. Each box casting can become stand alone works of art or utilized with other castings, combined in a final work of art. The entire process from concept and sculpting to mold preparation, firing schedules, and casting is explored and realized by the student.

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

Friday, March 12 - Sunday March 14

10:00am - 5:00pm each day

Final Discussion, divestment & pick-up of fired work:

Sat. March 20, noon-2

$320 + $110 materials fee.

 

 

 

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March 16, 2010 at TIGA

Fused Dichroic Glass Art to Wear

w/ Diane Harris

 

Back to TIGA by popular demand, artist Diane Harris will be presenting a basic introduction to glass jewelry. Learn the basics of cutting glass, color design, and fusing in this exciting workshop while making your own wearable art. The value of the work you will make is easily greater than the cost of the workshop. If you took this workshop before, you know you will come out ahead by taking it again. So bring your friends to this fun and informative workshop party and leave with some very impressive jewelry of your own making.

 

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate16

Tuesday, March 16

5:30am - 9:30pm

$95 + $15 materials fee

 

 

 

 

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MARCH 18, 20 - 21, & 23, 2010 at TIGA

Introduction to the Art of Decor

in Kiln-Formed Glass w/ Michael Miro

 

Miro will first offer an overview of 20th century functional decor, assisting students in design ideas for the work they will pursue in this class. Moving forward into glass cutting, straight, curved cuts and circles will be practiced as the student begins to realize their design in glass. The basics of kiln forming, from types of glass and molds for slumping to firing schedules, will be explored through discussion and samples. Students will come away with two fused and slumped glass plates and will accomplish the fundamentals necessary to pursue their own projects in fused and slumped glass through the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO.

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

Thursday, March 18, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Saturday - Sunday 10-4, March 20 - 21

Final discussion & pick up work: Tuesday, March 23, 6:30-8:30

Regular Fee: $290 + $60 materials fee

Special Introductory One-Time Offer: $195 + $60

 

 

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MARCH 26 - 28, 2010 at TIGA

Lost Wax Closed-Mold Casting in Glass

w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn

 

Cast your sculpture in glass utilizing the ancient technique of lost wax combined with current technologies of glass and modern-day refractories. You will learn how to make a layered refractory mold, venting techniques for successful casting, and calculating amounts of glass needed to fill a closed refractory mold. Students will have hands on experience in all aspects, including wax sculpting, making and drying the mold to ready it for casting, wax melt-out, and proper preparation of the glass for casting. Discussions in understanding different types of refractory materials, how the glass fills the mold, combining and designing color within the work, and determining firing schedules will be forefront in this workshop.

 

Level: Intermediate - Advanced

Friday, March 26 - Sunday March 28

10:00am - 5:00pm each day

Divestment & pick-up work: Sat. April 3, noon-2

$320 + $120 materials fee.

 

 

 

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APRIL 10 - 11, 2010 at TIGA

Surface Resurface

w/ Delinda VanneBrightyn

 

Once you have a cast sculpture or flat-fused work in glass, how do you clean the work and finish the surface to the desired effect? Do you want to create a polish or a matte finish? Do you want to further manipulate the work with carving, texture or patina? Bring your latest work to this workshop and find out how the right tools and techniques can take your work to the next level. Work with the Foredom Flexshaft, sandblaster, flat lap, belt sander and more. And be able to access the TIGA cold-working studio with minimum assistance through the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO.

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

Saturday, April 10 - Sunday April 11

10:00am - 5:00pm each day.

$195 + $65 materials fee.

 

 

 

 

 

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APRIL 22, April 24 - 25, April 27 at TIGA

Function, Design, & Art in Glass

w/ Michael Miro

 

This class will begin with a discussion of Art movements and their relationship to design and decor. Students will learn about different types of glass, transparent, opal, iridized, dichroic, stringers, frit and confetti. Students will create basic designs which will become an object of functional decor and a piece of art to be hung on a the wall with both objects containing the same design elements to illustrate the relationship between art and functional design. In the end you will have the fundamentals necessary to pursue your own projects in fused and slumped glass in the TIGA COMMUNITY ACCESS STUDIO.

 

Level: Beginning - Intermediate

Thursday, April 22, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Saturday - Sunday 10-4, April 24 - 25

Final discussion & pick up work: Tuesday, April 27, 6:30-8:30

Regular Fee: $290 + $60 materials fee

Special Introductory One-Time Offer: $195 + $60

 

 

 

 

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