SOFA CHICAGO 2018 Lectures and Events
Access to the SOFA CHICAGO Lecture Series is included with fair admission. Lecture Series rooms A and B are on the upper level of show floor, above entrance at the east end of Festival Hall.
FRIDAY, November 2

Mosaic Demo
Hourly | Society of American Mosaic Artists
Continuous mosaic demonstrations throughout the day.

SNAG Emerging Artists 2018
9 - 10 am | Lecture Room A

The Challenges of Working Large
10 - 11 am | Lecture Room A
Metal sculptor Hoss Haley will go through his experience in producing a public art commission including presentation, design, engineering, budget, and the unique challenges of building a sculpture several times larger that his studio. Represented at SOFA by Momentum Gallery. Sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths

Vessels for My Heart
11 am - 12 pm | Lecture Room A
Metal artist Kye-Yeon Son will share her personal journey to visualize emotive qualities such as wishes, memory, loss, and endurance in her vessels and jewellery. A faculty at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Kye was the winner of the Canada's prestigious Saidye Bronfman Award and the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. Kye-Yeon Son is represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h. Sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths

Self-Reflection through Mirrored Voids
11 am - 12 pm | Lecture Room B
This autobiographical presentation details the trajectory of Joanna Manousis' work with glass as a sculptural medium. Specifically, Manousis will touch on her current research utilizing negative core-casting and gilding methodologies in her pursuit to create fully reflective, three-dimensional mirrors encapsulated within solid kiln cast glass. Presented by Habatat Galleries

Glass Demo
Daily Schedule | Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Road Show
Demo Schedule
11:30 am Helen Tegeler (CMoG)
1:00 pm Trina Weintraub (Habatat Galleries)
3:00 pm Dan Friday (Blue Rain Gallery)
5:00 pm Ben Johnson (Maria Elena Kravetz)

Public Art in the Urban Landscape
12 - 1 pm | Lecture Room A
A discussion of the importance and relevance of public art in the urban landscape, as a way of creating sense of place; a cultural identity; civic pride; an educational forum; and, a way of engendering dialog in fractured neighborhoods. Presented by Cynthia Reeves Gallery

CONNECT Panel Discussion
12 - 1:30 pm | Lecture Room B

Woodturning Demo
Daily Schedule | Chicago Wood Turners
Demo Schedule
12:30 pm Kristin LeVier (Kirstin Muenster Projects)
and Al Miotke (Chicago Woodturners)
1:45 pm Andy Kuby (Chicago Woodturners)
3:00 pm Clint Stevens (Chicago Woodturners)
4:15 pm Katie Adams (Tenn. Assoc. of Woodturners)
5:30 pm Dave Bertaud (Chicago Woodturners)

Historical Furniture from Many Cultures
1 - 2 pm | Lecture Room A
Book Signing: Mark Peiser
1 - 2 pm | Bender Gallery, Booth A15
Mark Peiser has been involved with the Studio Glass Movement since 1967 and is widely recognized for his uniquely individualized approaches and accomplishments.
In 1967, Peiser attended a five week glass session at the then burgeoning Penland School of Crafts. There, he quickly acquainted himself with the basic tools and limited written resources available at the time. “I was told there was no information available beyond what I saw,” he says. “I found the only way to learn was through experimentation in all aspects of studio existence.” And experiment he did. Peiser was made Penland’s first resident glass craftsman, a post he held until 1970, when he established his own studio nearby.” Peiser is a founder of the Glass Art Society started in 1971 at Penland, of which he is an Honorary Lifetime Member.
“Most of my career has been spent evolving glasses and processes,” Peiser says. “Like many of us in the ’60s, I strove to be an advocate for the material and new approaches to its objects.”
Peiser's work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL), Birmingham Art Museum (AL), Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (NY), Corning Museum of Glass (NY), La Galerie Internationale du Verre (France), Glasmuseum (Denmark), High Museum of Art (GA), Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Japan), Hunter Museum of American Art (TN), Milwaukee Art Museum (WI), Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC), Museum of Arts & Design (NY), National Museum of American History, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Smithsonian Institute (DC), Santa Barbara Museum of Art (CA), Toledo Museum of Art (OH) and Tokyo Museum of Modern Art (Japan). Peiser was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Craft Council in 1988 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass in 2004. Additionally in 2009 he received the North Carolina Governor’s Award and in 2010 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Glass Art Society.
Book Signing: Michael Taylor
1 - 2 pm | Habatat Gallery, Booth A25

Layered Resplendence: An Ongoing Collaboration Between David Barnhill and David Huang
2 - 3 pm | Lecture Room A
Join metalsmiths David Barnhill and David Huang as they take you on a visual journey documenting the making of a single Layered Resplendence vessel in their collaborative series. The talk will begin with Mr. Barnhill as he covers the fusing, forging, and patterning process known as Mokume Gane to create the patterned metal disk. Mr. Huang will then cover the raising, chasing, and finishing techniques he does to complete the work. It will be an exciting presentation showcasing the intricate steps of a collaborative piece from start to finish. Presented by Kirsten Muenster Projects

North Carolina and the Studio Glass Movement
2 - 3 pm | Lecture Room B
This lecture covers the seminal role of North Carolina artists and institutions in the Studio Glass Movement, beginning with Penland School of Craft's first glass studio in 1965 and ending with the Glass Art Society's 25th anniversary meeting in Asheville in 1995.​ Presented by Alysia Fischer, Curator, North Carolina and the Studio Glass Movement exhibit
Booth Talk with Brad Sells
2 - 3 pm | Blue Spiral 1, Booth A11
The Story Behind the Tree: Abstract vessels and forms by celebrated wood sculptor Brad Sells. Sells will discuss his influences, techniques, and sculptures created from exotic and domestic wood using a free-form carving technique. His process involves a number of tools including a chainsaw and straight and angled grinders. Sells lives and works in his hometown of Cookeville, TN, where he owns Bark Studio. He has been featured in the Tree Safari documentary series by award-winning filmmaker Todd Jarrell. His pieces are held in the collections of many national and regional museums and galleries, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, and the Museum of Art & Design in New York City. Sells is represented by Blue Spiral 1 located in Asheville, NC.

The Space In-Between
3 - 4 pm | Lecture Room A
In her lecture Katja Toporski will discuss the metaphysical questions that from the backdrop to her work. Laser scans of far away comets, copies of prehistoric artifacts, and optical filters from smartphone touchscreens are just some of the ingredients she uses in her jewelry with which she addresses our perception and understanding of the world around us. Presented by Charon Kransen Arts

WOOD: 25 Years of Innovation
3 - 4 pm | Lecture Room B
In conjunction with SOFA Chicago’s 25th anniversary, Collectors of Wood Art (CWA) presents “WOOD: 25 Years of Innovation.” This panel will discuss the motivation behind this exhibition and consider the question: What is innovation, specifically innovation in wood art and studio furniture? Ideas of how the wood art field has grown and changed in the past 25 years as well as the context and future of medium specific exhibitions will be examined. Presented by Collectors of Wood Art

Tesserae: The Language of Mosaic Art
4 - 5 pm | Lecture Room A

Risk Takers/Entrepreneurs who changed the landscape of the Studio Glass Movement
5 - 6 pm | Lecture Room A
SATURDAY, November 3

Mosaic Demo
Hourly | Society of American Mosaic Artists
Continuous mosaic demonstrations throughout the day.

Artist Talk: Jim Rose, Featured at SOFA for 25 Years
Saturday | 4 pm | Gallery Victor Armendariz, Booth B9

Figures in Clay
11 am - 12 pm | Lecture Room A

Protect Your Passion: The Evolution of Artwork from Artist to Collector to Insurer
11 am - 12 pm | Lecture Room B

Glass Demo
Daily Schedule | Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Road Show
Demo Schedule
11:00 am Laura Donefer (Habatat Galleries)
1:00 pm CONNECT
3:00 pm John Miller (Hive Contemporary)
5:00 pm Rob Stern (Hive Contemporary)

Spaces of Silence
12 - 1 pm | Lecture Room A
Working as an artist since 1983 and based in the Netherlands, Winnie Teschmacher will show her sources of inspiration and the way how her ideas develop, the people she works with, and what she wants to express with her work. Presented by Habatat Galleries

Art on Fire: Experimenting with Glass at the Museum of Glass Hot Shop
12 - 1 pm | Lecture Room B
This panel discussion, moderated by MOG’s Katie Buckingham, will feature a conversation with Hot Shop Director Benjamin Cobb and several of the Museum’s Visiting Artists. The panel will focus on the challenges, discoveries, and breakthroughs which occur in an Artist Residency program. MOG hopes to invite artists, who have both completed a residency at MOG, and are featured in SOFA’s 2018 program. Presented by the Museum of Glass

Woodturning Demo
Daily Schedule | Chicago Wood Turners
Demo Schedule
12:30 pm John Beaver (Kirsten Muenster Projects),
J. Paul Fennell (Blue Rain Gallery), and Curt Theobald (Beatrice Wood)
1:45 pm Jeanne Douphrate (Alamo Woodturners)
3:00 pm Rebecca DeGroot (Gulf Coast Woodturners)
4:15 pm Derek Weidman (Adam Blaue Gallery)
5:30 pm Marie Anderson (Chicago Woodturners)

Women in Glass
1 - 2 pm | Lecture Room B
Booth Talk with Michael Boroniec
1 - 2 pm | Lyons Wier Gallery, Booth A19

Using Evolutionary Theory to Create Revolutionary Spaces with Art
2 - 3 pm | Lecture Room A
Book Signing: Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles
2 - 3 pm | Duane Reed Gallery, Booth A6
Booth Talk with Pascal Oudet: The Soul of the Tree
2 - 3 pm | Kirsten Muenster Projects, Booth A32

Japanese Influence on My Glass Artwork
3 - 4 pm | Lecture Room A

Discipline, Skill, Method, Means and Deliberateness​
3 - 4 pm | Lecture Room B
Booth Talk with Elizabeth Goluch: The Birds & The Bees - The Story Is In The Details
3 - 4 pm | Studio 21 Fine Art, Booth B19

Modern Bamboo Craft Rooted in Tradition
4 - 5 pm | Lecture Room A
The elegant simplicity and dynamic spirit that characterized Korean Arts and Crafts. In this lecture, it is aimed to awake curiosity about Bamboo Craft, Chaesangjang, in Korea. Focusing on masterpieces of Sin-Jeong Seo, whom is the 53rd important cultural asset and master of Chaesangjang, bamboo case mater. Presented by Gallery LVS & Craft
Booth Talk with Maja Padrov
4 - 5 pm | Studio 21 Fine Art, Booth B19
Maja Padrov discusses her intuitive rearrangement of functional elements and her research in glaze chemistry. She is inspired by clay’s and glazes’ ability to mimic other materials, in particular metal and stone. Lava and lichen like textures are results of the vigorous bubbling of multiple layers of slips and glazes, gravity and viscosity of their molten state.
SUNDAY, November 4

Mosaic Demo
Hourly | Society of American Mosaic Artists
Continuous mosaic demonstrations throughout the day.
Booth Talk with Darren Emenau
1 - 2 pm | Studio 21 Fine Art, Booth B19
Darren Emenau is a contemporary ceramic artist from New Brunswick, Canada. He will speak about his sources of inspiration, how his ideas, forms, and surfaces have evolved since the beginning of his career in 1996, and how his obsession with experimentation propels him forward.

Glass Demo
Daily Schedule | Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Road Show
Demo Schedule
12:30 pm Travis Adams (Hive Contemporary)
2:30 pm Dan Friday (Blue Rain Gallery)
4:30 pm George Kennard (CMoG)

Woodturning Demo
Daily Schedule | Chicago Wood Turners
Demo Schedule
12:30 pm Jason Clark (Windy City Woodturners)
1:45 pm Jeanne Douphrate (Alamo Woodturners)
3:00 pm Jason Swanson (Chicago Woodturners)
4:15 pm Roberto Ferrer (Chicago Woodturners)