Join us at Fiesta Lanes to enjoy time with friends, family, and coworkers
while beating the heat and supporting a great cause.

Pins for pals is an event hosted by Men’s Active 20-30 Club of Tucson where 90% of the proceeds support Sonoran Glass School programming and the SGS Youth Education Program. Sign up as an individual bowler for $35 or a team of four for $125 and bowl for glass art education. These tickets include 3 hours of bowling, shoes, and the chance to win fun prizes!

Sign up at www.pinsforpals.com

The Hot Shop is back after a summer break.
Now, we want you to get back in the studio!

Saturday, September 10th
Studio time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Glassblowing Lecture & Demo: 5:00 PM
SGS History Video: 6:00 PM

This is a Saturday event featuring specially discounted studio rates during the day and a lec-mo in the evening. Members receive 50% off the normal rental rate from 8 AM – 4PM and free admission to the evening lecture and demo. [More]

Thursday, May 19 at 6 PM – 9:30 PM
Westward Look Resort & Spa
245 E Ina Rd, Tucson, Arizona 85704

Each year the American Scientific Glassblowers Society picks a local charity or nonprofit to give back to the community in which it holds its annual symposium. This year the society is holding an art auction in honor of Sonoran Glass School on Thursday May 19, with proceeds benefiting SGS programs.

Monday, July 4th, 2016
$5 (kids 12 and under free)
633 W. 18th Street (map)
6:00 – 10:00 p.m.

About the event

Celebrate the United States of America’s 240th birthday with BBQ, glass art demonstrations, make-your-own glass projects, “A” Mountain fireworks, and an educational talk on U.S. Glass. Entry is $5 with kids 12 and under admitted free.

• Watch exciting glassblowing demos
• Create glass art projects in our studios
• Enjoy food from Brushfire BBQ
• Grab a seat, BYOB, and watch the fireworks

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Monday | March 21, 2016 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Public: $5-10 suggested donation
SGS Members: Free

American Studio Glass Movement Pioneer Henry Halem presents a lecture on glass chemistry

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April 7, 2016
Thursday | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Public: $5-10 suggested donation
SGS Members: Free

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Bio

Kim has been working with glass since 2003. While she has always loved all forms of art, from the first moment she worked with molten glass she was hooked. She loves the challenges inherent in the medium and that every time she turns on a torch she learns something new.

Kim is known for her glass chainmaille, which is created using borosilicate glass stringer. She is captivated by the idea that by shaping and joining the glass in a nontraditional fashion, a traditionally stable and fixed medium can be changed into one that is both flexible and fluid.

Flame Off Entry

“Mobius Knot”

Website

www.lonetreestudio.com

Artist Gallery

Bio

Josh Mazet has been working in art and art education for almost 20 years.  A BFA graduate of the University of Oregon he was the resident artist and instructed the wood fire pottery program. His ceramics skills and knowledge led him to a position in a production glass blowing shop. He has always felt that clay and glass are exciting mediums to work in, having similar properties, yet contrasting. He is responsible for initiating both of his brothers into glass and partnering with them to form the family glass business. Josh has developed his own line of glass and travels cross country teaching, attending glass events and creating custom pieces. He continues to work in ceramics whenever he can find the time.

Website

instagram.com/mazetbrother

Artist Gallery

Bio

Award winning glass artist and teacher since 2000 – Eli Mazet is the author of “The Contemporary Shot Glass” a book that documents a new movement in the glass industry to bring back the hand crafted shot glass.

Website

instagram.com/mazetbrother

 

 

 

 

 

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Bio

Floor Kaspers is a Dutch artist who makes glass sculpture, beadwork and jewelry. A great source of inspiration for her work are color changes, like the changes of leaves in the fall, or water changing color when you dive deeper. Another source of inspiration are the history and the stories that beads are surrounded with. Her work is all handmade, often in very time consuming projects. Some of her bigger beadwork pieces contain hundreds of thousands of beads, while some glass sculptures are made with a thousand individually crafted glass pins.

Flame Off Entry

A sculpture made up of individually crafted glass pins, creating a landscape. Size will be, including a base, 10 by 10 inches, 3 inches high. No kiln space needed (the pins are small, and do not require annealing). The landscape will be set up as a ‘winding road’, and suit the Flame Off theme.

Website

 

www.floorkaspers.nl

Artist Gallery

Bio

Working as an apprentice at Mazet Studios for over 5 years, Jake has developed his own style and become a competitive glass artist in his own right. He is one of over 40 artists featured in “The Contemporary Shot Glass” book.

 

 

 

 

 

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Bio

“Glass blower residing in Tucson az find me on Instagram under @shuhbuh.”

Website

instagram.com/shuhbuh

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Gallery

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2015 | 633 W. 18th Street
VIP Meet the Artists Reception 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Fundraising Event 7:00- 9:30 p.m.
VIP Reception & Event:$125
Main Event Ticket: $50
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Friday | February 5, 2016
633 W. 18th Street
7:00-11:00 p.m.
$20
Tickets available at the door @ 6:30

Founded here in Tucson by Tom Philabaum, The Flame Off has grown into a highly anticipated flameworking event and highlight of the gem show. Renowned local and visiting glass artists compete against the clock in front of hundreds of spectators.

Catch the competition live on stage and throughout the SGS campus via big HD screens showing multiple live camera feeds.

Food trucks, music, and beer on tap (with ID) will also be on hand.

This is an all ages event. Ticket proceeds support nonprofit Sonoran Glass School and its educational programs.

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HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS You can buy tickets online or at the door. To pre-purchase your tickets online, and proceed straight to Will Call on the night of the event, visit www.sonoranglass.org/flameofftickets. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Flame Off is a fundraiser for the 501 c(3) non-profit glass arts educational organization Sonoran Glass School and its programs.

COMPETITION FORMAT & THEME Click to enlarge graphic schedule There will be two competition sessions with hosts commentating on the action. Session I: 7:00-8:30 p.m.  Session II: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Theme: “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been.”

FOOD AND DRINK Food Trucks: Haus of Brauts, Gigi’s Peruvian Fusion, Fire Engine Dogs, Crush Gourmet Raspados, Jackie’s Food Court. The Flame Off is an official Tucson Food Truck Roundup this year. There will be wine and beer by Thunder Canyon Brewery served by licensed bartenders.

HOSTS This year’s MCs are Matt Bain (Know Ego Glass Art and Flame Off winner [2014], Micah Blatt (glass artist, former Flame Off winner [2013] and owner of Mr. Heads Art Gallery & Bar), and Bronwen Heilman (SGS Flame Shop Director, glass artist, and former Flame Off winner). Hosts will commentate on the action throughout the session and you may bid on artists pieces as they’re being created.

FINAL CREATIONS The resulting glass art pieces are spontaneous creations which demonstrate the tremendous skill, under immense pressure, of the competing artists in the glass art medium. It really is like the “Iron Chef” of the torchworking world that offers attendees a chance to get an up-close and personal view of the action. Final Flame Off pieces will be available for viewing at Sonoran Glass School from February 6th-February 10th.  Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Monday-Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (cascading bid closures

BIDDING: LIVE AND ONLINE If you wish to bid on any of the pieces during the event you can do so by getting the attention of one of our clipboard-carrying volunteers. Bidding will extend on our Facebook bidding album starting Saturday evening at 5 p.m. Judges will decide the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners. Artists who place in these categories will each receive prizes from our Flame Off Sponsors, including glass art tools, supplies, and gift certificates.

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FLAME OFF 2016 COMPETITORS

FLAME OFF 2016 PARTNERS & SPONSORS

DOUG HARROUN

Sponsored By

Proceeds benefit Sonoran Glass School and its Youth Development Program, an award-winning art program serving Tucson schools with little to no budget for art programs (Lumie Award, 2011. Tucson Pima Arts Council). Kids 12 and under are free.