The information below is from BECon 2005.

BECon 2005 - Klaus

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Ramp up!

This is the conference to take you to the next level in kiln-glass. Whether you aspire to retailing your work or being collected by a museum; whether you dream of eventually teaching kilnforming at the YMCA or at RISD; whether you want to solve issues of art or architecture, BECon 2005 will bring to the intermediate and advanced kilnformer a line-up of presenters and topics found nowhere else in the glass world.

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There has never before been a kiln-glass conference of this calibre. If you are serious about your work, your career, and your future in this medium, put Portland on your map for July 2005.

We continue to add to the line-up of speakers, panelists, and studio tour hosts on the program. Current participants who have committed to join us are:

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BECon 2003 group picture.

GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION

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Kiln-glass education was the theme for BECon 2003. For additional background on that event see the Archives of the 2003 conference.

COMMENTS FROM BECon 2003 PARTICIPANTS

Transportation:

"It is extremely easy to get around Portland! Walking, MAX train and Bullseye shuttles were all easy and convenient."

Lehr-B-Q and Demos at the Factory:

"Fantastic evening! Very well-organized and a great deal of fun. Delicious dinner, plethora of wine, very helpful staff. Perfect—I was in heaven!"

"First class all the way! The pre-dinner demos added to Bullseye's in-depth and well-presented approach."

BECon 2003:

"I found the whole program to be well done and all the panelists very interesting. Good program!"

"This will give me what I needed, after 20 years of teaching basic glass art and taking other big name artists workshops, to move on to a greater plane of teaching and sharing what I love—glass."

"I found the presenters to be highly informative, well-organized, and excellent in their insights, technical information, and inspiring comments."

"This is not a conference—it's the beginning for me of a family of glass. I loved every minute! I've learned and, most of all, I'm very inspired to share and do excellent work. Thank you, Bullseye!"

PURPOSE

BECon 05 aims to support professionals in the field of kiln-glass* by providing both accurate technical information and providing exposure to the works of the finest artists and fabricators in the field. Through these efforts, Bullseye Glass Co. also strives to insure a healthy future for the medium, public appreciation for it as a glassworking method, and the continued growth of kiln-glass activity within the commercial and non-commercial sectors.

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SPONSORSHIP

The conference is sponsored both by registration fees and by the financial support of Bullseye Glass Co. The glass materials used in conference workshops, exhibitions and demonstrations will, for the most part, be those produced by the company. Presenters and attendees will be selected primarily—but not exclusively—from artists and technicians who are already familiar with this glass.

For details, contact conference@bullseyeglass.com

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BULLSEYE BACKGROUND

Bullseye Glass Co. was founded by three artists in 1974 to manufacture colored sheet glass for the decorative glass market. Producing originally for the stained glass trade, the company soon focused on the techniques of kilnforming and developed the world's first line of "Tested Compatible" glasses. In 1983 two of the founders wrote and published a book that detailed the testing process and documented the Original research conducted at the company (Lundstrom & Schwoerer, Glass Fusing Book One, Vitreous Publications, 1983.)

Continued interaction with artists through its research and educational programs has resulted in a broad range of new or re-newed materials, methods and equipment from "tested compatible" glass to "painting with light" methods to the "Australian Roll-up", to the development of the vitrigraph kiln.

Working with artists is central to the company's mission and foundation of its continued growth.

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*Kiln-glass is the broad term we use to describe any glassworking process, method or technique that employs a kiln as the primary tool in shaping the material. Other terms in common usage are kilnformed glass, fused glass and warm glass. Sub categories of the field include: slumping, kilncasting, roll-ups and a wide range of other related methods.

Check back often for more details!

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