Glass Craft & Bead Expo In Las Vegas

The Glass Craft & Bead Expo will be held at the South Point Hotel & Casino, located at 9777 Las Vegas Blvd, South on April 7th through the 11th 2010.

Class and hotel registrations for the 2010 Glass Craft & Bead Expo is now open.

More information can be found on the official web site.

Restoration project resurrects man’s career in stained glass

As Kenny Campbell works at First Christian Church in Joplin, he is on familiar ground. Or rather, high above it on 30-foot scaffolding as he restores the luster of a large rose window on the church’s south side. Thirty-two years ago, Campbell worked on these same windows.

In 1977, Campbell was working for the Miami Glass Co. First Christian Church contacted the company to do repair work after a storm damaged several of the building’s historic stained glass windows. The company didn’t want the job, but Campbell was interested in the project. He had done smaller stained glass windows, but never anything of the church’s size before.

Read more here.

New Creative Arts Catalog from Delphi Glass

Delphi Glass, celebrating 37 years in the art glass community, has released their 2009-2010 Annual Creative Arts Supply Catalog. At 452 pages, it is their largest catalog to date.

The full-color catalog is densely packed with a wide variety of glass, tools and supplies. Over 5800 new products have been added, including more fusing and dichroic glass, Delphi Exclusives and the latest jewelry findings. Still included are Artists Spotlights, quick step-by-step projects, and dozens of finished projects to help inspire beginners and artisans alike.

Visit Delphi online at www.delphiglass.com.

Judson Studios Glass Featured On Pasadena Tour

Pasadena Heritage, a nonprofit preservation organization, will present its annual Craftsman Weekend on October 16-18, 2009. Celebrating its 18th year this fall, Craftsman Weekend is the largest and most comprehensive salute to the Arts & Crafts Movement in the Western United States.

This year a new bus tour will be offered on stained glass installations and the Judson Studios. The tour will visit numerous buildings, including houses and churches, which feature Judson-designed stained glass.

Read more at Pasadena Now.