MICHAEL TAYLOR
Education
1977 MFA. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1970 Post Graduate Fellowship, Madison, Wisconsin
1968 MA. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1967 BS. Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Honors and Awards
2009, 2011 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Grant
2002 -2007 Luso - American Foundation Grant, Portugal
2001 Outstanding Visual Artist Award, Arts and Cultural Council of Greater Rochester, New York
2000 College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Research and Development Grant, RIT
1998 Korean – American Cultural Exchange, Samsung / Corning Foundation Grant
1995 United States Department of Information Services, Cultural Specialist Award, Mexico
1988 Grand Prize, The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
1987 New York Foundation for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship
1989 Visual Artist Exhibition Grant, New York State Council for the Arts
1985-86 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Forums Grant
1984-85 Visual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1989 Rumrill-Hoyt People's Choice Award, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester
1979 Award of Honor, National Alumni Association, East Tennessee State University
1983 Excellence in Design Award, University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery
1974 Fulbright-Hayes Research Grant, Sweden, Central Europe: Thord-Gray Fellowship of the American-Scandinavian Foundation
1972 Dansforth Foundation for Humanities Grant
1970 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
1969 Tusculum College Faculty Development Grant
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Particles: Something out of Nothing, Alfstad& Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2015 Formidable Matter: New and Transitional Work of Michael Taylor, Dyer Gallery; National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, New York; The Creative Proces, Annual International Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Michigan; 43rd International Studio Glass Invitational Award Winners, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana
2014 Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass, Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee; International/National Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Michigan; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Sarasota School Art and Design, Long Boat Key Art Gallery; Habatat Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2013 International/National Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Michigan; Spaces Within, Novell Gallery, Art Center, Salisbury, NC; Merkel Donohue Gallery, Rochester, NY
2012 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville; Sydor Optics Corporation, Rochester, NY; Library at New University of Lisbon, Portugal; 50@50 Selected Artists from the Gerald Mead Collection, Anderson Gallery, University of Buffalo
2011 Burgstorm/Mehler Museum of Art, Neenah, Wisconsin; Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida; Foundation for The Carolinas, Charlotte, NC; Sands Performing and Visual Arts Center, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York
2010 Objective to Subjective, 655 Madison at 60th Sculptural Installation, New York City; Recent Work, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville; Ethel Sergeant Smith Gallery, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2009 Unity of Opposites and Recent Work of Michael Taylor, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Influences, Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Heinaman Collection, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
2008 Lowe Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York;Schema Progressions, Habatat Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Explorations into Verbalization and Other Visual Issues, American University Museum at Katzen Art Center, Washington, D.C; Cause and Effect, Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, New York, NY;New Work, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida;Contemporary Art Glass, Winterow, Fine Art Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina
2006 Ashville Museum Of Art, Ashville, North Carolina"Geometry of Meaning"; “Visionary Mathematics”, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Nam Seoul University, Seoul, Korea
2005 "Michael Taylor, Prints and Glass Sculpture," Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, Kentucky (solo); Luce Center for American Art, Washington, DC;Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana;
2004 Michael Taylor, “Floating Structures,” Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, New York (solo) "Sculptural Objects and Functional Art; Regiment Armory, New York, NY; National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA;Four Seasons Hotel, Dobra, Qatar
2003 ”A Body in Motion”, Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, New York; Clearly Influential: Contemporary Americans," Tittot Museum of Art, Taipei Tiwan, Republic of China; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Recine Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin,
2002 Michael Taylor, “Plainer Constructions”, Heller Gallery, New York, NY; “Uvegpiramis Galeria Kortars Muveszi Uvegalkotasok," Budapest, Hungry;The Furnace Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, Gallery Artists; Canada"Ilion Grupo Creativo," Madrid, Spain"Michael Taylor, A Geometry of Meaning," Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
2001 "Immaterial/Material, The Visual Experience of Transparency," Stubin Gallery of Art, New York, NY; "Museum Collection," Fundacion Centro National Del Vidrio, Segovia, Spain "Cheongju International Biennial 2001," Seoul, Korea;
2000 Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee;Montgomery “Constructions”Organic structures, Museum of Art, Marina Grande, Portugal; Alabama; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk Virginia"Hauskortasun Urtua, Vidrio Artistico Contemporaneo, Sala De Exposicions Kutxa," Boulevard 1 Exposicicones, Donostia – San Sebastian, Spain;
1999 Porto Museum of Art, Porto, Portugal; "Millennium Glass; Michael Taylor, Museum of Art Gallery, Marinha Grande, Portugal; University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii"Casa Teixeira Gomes,"Portimao, Portugal,
1998 “Cold Fusion," Aichi Prefecture Museum of Art, Seto, JapanSung - Jin Glassworks Ltd., Kimpo, Korea;Seoul Art Palace, Seoul, Korea"Kanazawa International Glass Exhibition," Kanazawa, Japan;"Nouvel Object Exhibition", Seoul, Korea; “Singularity”, Michael Taylor, Habatat Gallery, Florida (solo)
1997 “Amerikansk Kunsthandvaerk - 1975 - 1995," Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Kobenhavn, Denmark;Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California; “Recent Acqusition”, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas "Faculty Exhibition," Pilchuck School of Glass, Stanwood Washington
1996 Virginia Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia;"Michael Taylor, Light and Color Investigations," (Solo) Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1995 Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY; Rowe Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; The International Exhibition of Glass," Ishikiawa Industrial Center, Kanazawa, Japan;"Architectural Refractions," Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA"Contemporary Glass,"
1994 Urban Glass," Christi’s New York, School of the Arts, Rochester, New York; "New Work, "Rachael Collection, Aspen, Colorado (Solo);Renwick Gallery, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.;"Collective Brilliance”, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
1993 "Architectural Explorations," Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida (Solo)Michael Taylor, Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C. (Solo); Imago Galleries, Palm Springs, California; Nave Art Museum, Victoria, Texas
1992 "Del Vedrio Vidricra," Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico;Kanazawa Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan; Contemporary Beyond," Morris Museum of Art, Morristown, New Jersey; Museum of Art, Norman, OK;Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama; "Vetro De Americas," Tamayo Museum of Art, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico;
1991 ”Alchemy Symphonies," Heller Gallery, New York, NY (Solo); Glas Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark,"Centro De Arte Vitro," San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Mexico;Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina; Hot and Cold Glass; Le Verre Exposition Internationale DeVerre," Contemporain Conseil Regional De Haute Normandie Rouen Cedex, France;"Kanazawa Biannual, “Kanazawa City Museum, Kanazawa, Japan;
1990 "Alchemy Symphony Series," Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC. (solo)"International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '90," Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan; “New Work," Grohe Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (Solo); Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, Washington;
1989 ”Plainer Sculpture," Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee (Solo);Gallery Akudian, Tokyo, Japan; “Glass Sculpture and New Works," The Glass Art Gallery, Toronto Ontario, Canada(solo); Works of Fire," Gallery Akudian, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (solo); “Primary Elements," Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich, New York;"Ancient to Contemporary Form," Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, New Parson School of Design, New York, New York, TGAI, Group Exhibition," Osaka Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1987 "Visionaries,” Foster/White, Seattle, Washington; "Michael Taylor, Sculptural Constructions," Dawson Gallery, Rochester, (solo)"Thirty Years of New Glass 1957-1987," The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York; "Exploring the Creative State," Wilson Art Gallery, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York "Le Grand Prix Des Metiers D’art, New York-Montreal," Quebec, Cultural Affairs Quebec, Canada. "Kanazawa International Glass Exhibition, Japan, (Grand Prize)
1986 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan"Architecture of the Vessel”; Yamaha Nippon Gallery, International Invitational, Japan"Metaphoric Vessels’ Louisville Gallery of Art, Louisville, Kentucky; " Sculptural works, Michael Taylor and James Malenda," Nina Owen, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois; Albany Institute of Art and History, Rice Gallery, Albany, New York
1985 The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, New York; Yamaha Nippon Gakki, Hamamatsu, Japan;Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan; Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania; Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco,CA
1984 "Michael Taylor, Constructions in Glass," Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, Texas (Solo);"Photogenerator Series," Heller Gallery, New York City, NY (solo); Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho; "Fabrications in Glass," New York Experimental Glass Workshop, “Alternatives” Kurland/Summers, Gallery, Los Angles, California
1983 Structural Dimension," Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas; Contemporary Artists, Gallery, San Francisco, California; Vessel as Sculpture (solo); New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, New York
1982 "Form, The Wisconsin Movement", Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Michael Taylor, Ithaca Gallery Association, Ithaca, New York; J. Barrett Gallery, Toledo, Ohio; Museum of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington;University of California, Davis, California
1981 "Nebula Tonal Group," Alterier 696 Gallery, Rochester New York, (solo) "Sculptural Constructions," Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, New York (Solo)Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, Ohio;Meyer, Brier, and Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California; Nash Gallery of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1980 "Unique Directions," Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho; Huntington Gallery of Art, Huntington, West Virginia;University of Colorado, University Museum, Greeley, Colorado; Philbrook Art Center, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Oklahoma
Permanent Collections and Commissioned Works
- Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina
- Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
- Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
- Bella Mare Towers, Miami, Florida
- Namseoul University, Seoul, Korea
- Fundacion Centro National Del Vidrio, Segovia, Spain
- National Collection of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
- Bardudvarnok - Bardibukk Glass Center, Bardibukk, Hungary
- Luce Center for American Art, Washington, DC
- Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
- The Furnace Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
- Asheville Museum of Art, North Carolina
- American University Museumat Katzen Art Center, Washington, D.C.
- Museum of Art and Design, New York
- Four Seasons Hotel, Dobra, Qatar
- Racine Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin
- Sung - jin Glass Alliance, Kimpo, Korea
- Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Seoul Art Palace, Seoul, Korea
- Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
- Penrel Foundation, Washington, D.C.
- Rochester Association of Black Communicators, New York
- National Museum of Glass, Marinha Grande, Portugal
- Bausch and Lomb Corporation, Rochester, New York
- Kurokabe Glass Museum, Nagahama, Japan
- Notojima Museum of Art, Notojima Japan
- Del Vedrio Vidricra, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
- Pennzoil Cooperation Headquarters, Houston, Texas
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Glas Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
- Vitro Corporation, San Pedro, Garcia, Garcia, N.L. Mexico
- Kanazawa Grand Hotel, Kanazawa, Japan
- Topps Corporate Headquarters, Buffalo, New York
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Principle Library, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Ballet Hispanico, New York, New York
- Carnegie Hall, New York, New York
- George Eastman International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York
- New York Governor’s Arts Awards, Albany
- Kanazawa City Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
- Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kawasaki-Shi, Japan
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- International Art/Design Group, Los Angeles, California
- Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York
- Broom County Arts Council, Livingston, New York
- Sculpture Space, New York, New York
- Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Coca Cola Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
- Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
- Eastman Kodak Corporation, Rochester, New York
- Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware
- Metropolitan City Government, Nashville, Tennessee
- National Museum of Glass, Leerdam, Netherlands
- Kunsthaus Am Museum, Köln, West Germany
- Feder’s Glass Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
- Museum fur Kunslhaniwerk, Frankfurt, West Germany
- Standard Oil Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
- The Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, Florida
- Bevier Art Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
- Paul Taylor Dance Company, New York, New York
- Langston Hughes Community Library, Brooklyn, New York
- Memorial Gallery of Art, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
- Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
- Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York
- Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Koln, Germany
- Düsseldorf Museum of Art, Düsseldorf, West Germany
- Cohn Museum of Art, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- The White House, Washington, DC
- Centennial Museum of Art, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, New York
- Isabella Rossellini, Los Angeles, California
- Nippon Gakki of Yamaha, Hamamatsu, Japan
- Lauren Bacall, Beverly Hills, California
- Louise Nevelson, New York, New York
- Paule Marshall, New York, New York
- Leontyne Price, New York, New York
- Blanchette Rockefeller, New York, New York
- Data Net Corporation, Washington, DC
- Governor Mario Cuomo, Albany, New York
- Charles Rand Penny Foundation, Buffalo, New York
- Myrle Streep, Los Angeles, California
- Knowles Design Group, Seattle, Washington
- Graves Architects Associates, Atlanta, Georgia,
- Citibank NA, Rochester, NY
- Sydor Optical Glass Corporation, Rochester, New York
Selected Professional Experience
- Invited Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Campus da Caprica,
- Portugal, 2005 - 2013
- Presidents Arts Advisory Council, Nazareth College, Pittsford, New York, 2006- 2010
- Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Glass Department, Head
- Rochester, New York, 1981 – 2003
- Symposium, Bardudvarnok – Bardibukk, Hungary, 2003
- Consultant, Portuguese Nuclear Research Laboratory, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001 - 2004
- Juror, New Glass Review, International Exhibition of Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY 1999
- Symposium Chairman, Contemporary Art and Science, Assosiacao Portuguesa do Vidro,
- Institute for International Education, National Fulbright Awards, Design Committee, New York, 1995-98
- International Exhibition Conference of Glass, Glass Art and Science, Lisbon, Portugal, 1996 - 99
- Coordinator, Artist - Industry Assembly, Marinha Grande, Portugal 1999
- Instructor, Pilchuck School of Glass, Stanwood, Washington, 1997 -1999
- Instructor, The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 1998
- Visiting Artist, Sung - Jin Glassworks, Kimpo, Korea, 1998
- Consultant, Vidro Corporativo S. A. De C. V., San Pedro Garza, Nuevo, Leon, Mexico, 1991-94
- Juror, Idaho State Arts Commission, Visual Arts Fellowships, Boise, 1989
- Board of Governors, New York State Foundation on the Arts, New York, New York, 1989 -1993
- Juror, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Artists Fellowships, New York, New York, 1990 -1991
- Assistant Editor, Glass Magazine, NYEGWS, New York, New York 1988 - 89
- Instructor, Naples Mill School of Crafts, Naples, New York, 1971-79
- Sensei, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kawasaki-Shi, Japan, 1988
- Juror, Illinois Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowships, 1987
- Coordinator/Curator Architecture of the Vessel - Symposium, Exhibition, Workshops, 1986
- Advisory Board Pyramid Visual Arts Center, Rochester, New York, 1984-86
- Chairman, Art Department, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho - 1979-80
- Visiting Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio - 1980
- Instructor, New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, New York, 1985 - 1986
- Board of Directors, Empire State Crafts Alliance,1984-89
- Instructor, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, 1980 -1998
- Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, 1978 - 1982
- Instructor, Haystack Mountain School, Haystack, Maine, 1986 -1989
- Chairperson, Visual Arts Faculty, Peabody of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1975 -1979
- Visiting Artist, Aforsgruppen Glasbruk Kosta, Boda, Sweden,1974 - 1975
- Advisory Board, Tennessee Arts Commission - 1970-74, 1977-1979
- Juror, Fragile Art, 77, Glass Art Magazine Portland, Oregon, 1977
- Visiting Artist, Royal Leerdam Glassworks, Leerdam, Holland - 1974
- President, Tennessee Artist Craftsmen Association, 1970 1972
- Associate Professor, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee - 1971-79
- Assistant Professor, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee - 1968- 1971
- Glass Art Society, Charter Member, Penland, North Carolina, 1971
Lectures, Seminars and Workshops
- Art Palm Beach, Florida, 2013
- Nazareth College, Rochester, New York, 2012
- University of Washington, Seattle, 2010
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal, 2010
- Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, 2011
- Sarasota School of Art 2010
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon Portugal, 2009
- College of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, 2007
- Namseoul University, Seoul, South Korea, 2006
- Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, Illinois, 2006
- Glass Art Society, St. Louis, Missouri , 2006
- Art and Science Symposium, Scientific Basis for Human Formula, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2005
- Glass Education Center, CRISFORM, Marinha Grande, Portugal, 2005
- Glass Art Society, Commercial Value vs. Content: Is there a Survivable Balance, St. Louis, Missouri, 2006
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 2004
- Rippl-Ronai Museum, Kaposar, Hungary, 2003
- Evima Glassworks, Portugal 2001
- Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, 2002
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002
- Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Leo Kaplan Gallery, New York, 2004
- Bardibukk International Symposium, Bardudvarnok, Hungary, 2003
- Glass Art Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004
- The Furnace Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002
- University of Lisbon Fine Arts Faculty, Lisbon, Portugal, 1997, 1999
- 250 Anos da Industria do Vidro, Organizaca Da Camara, Marinha Grande, Portugal,1998
- The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 1998
- Royal College of Art, London, England, 1997
- Edinburgh School of Art, Scotland, 1997
- National Council of Jewish Women, Rochester, 1991
- Seoul Art Palace, Seoul, Korea, 1998
- Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorators Annual Conference, Atlanta, 1998
- Namseoul University, Seoul Korea, 1998
- Bezel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel, 1997
- Fundacion Centro National Del Vidrio, Segovia, Spain, 1999
- Sung - Jin Glassworks, Kimpo, Korea, 1998
- Associacao Portuguesa do Vidro, Lisbon, Portugal, 2000
- M S University of Baroda, Baroda, Gujarat, India, 1997
- Open Center, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Heller Gallery, New York, 1993
- Centro De Arte Vitro, San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Mexico, 1995 ?
- Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1994
- Graphic Arts Society, Rochester, New York, 1995
- Public Broadcasting System, Rochester, 1987,1991
- Universidad De Monterey, Monterey, N.L. Mexico, 1996
- Glass Art Society, Corning, New York, 1991
- Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, 1993
- Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 1989, 1993, 1996
- Arsta de Vetro, Monterray, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1996
- Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1988
- Pyramid Center for Visual Arts, Rochester, NY, 1983
- Wanganui Regional Polytechnic, Wanganui, New Zealand, 1989
- Pilchuck School of Glass, Seattle, Washington, 1997, 1999
- Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia, 1988
- Carrington Design Polytechnic, Auckland, New Zealand, 1987
- Glass Art Society Conference, Boston, MA, 1996
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1989
- Hudson River Museum of Art, Yonkers, New York , 1991
- Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, 1992
- Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1988
- Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, Czech Republic, 1975
- Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1994
- Tama Art University, Hachioji, Japan, 1987
- Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, New York, 1983
- Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kawasaki-Shi, Japan, 1986
- Westchester Council for the Arts, New Rochelle, New York, 1987
- Fort McClellan, United States Army Installation, Anniston, Alabama, 1978
- Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Caldwell, Idaho, 1983
- New York Experimental Glass Workshop, 1983
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1885
- National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1989
- Empire State Craft Alliance Conference, Syracuse University, New York, 1989
- Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, 1976, 84
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1979, 1982
- University of Rochester, Memorial Gallery of Art, Rochester, New York, 1991,1984, 2005
- Glass Art Society Conference, Philadelphia, 1987
- Art Park, Lewiston, New York, 1990
- Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, 1968, 1969,1971 1983, 1985, 1992
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1983
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1993
- Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1988
- Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine, 1986, 1989
- Japan Glass Artcraft Association, Tokyo, 1988
- Sawtooth Center for Design, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1992
- Asilomar Center, Glass Arts Society, Asilomar, California, 1979
- Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee, 1991
- Glass Art Society Conference, Glass Doctors, Tampa, FL, 1999
- New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, 1981,84
- Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1985, 87
- Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, 1987
- Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993
- Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York, 1987
- Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho, 1980
- Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, 1986
- University of California, Davis, California, 1984
- Horizons School, Amherst, Massachusetts 1994
- Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, 1978
- Oregon State University, La Grande, Oregon, 1984
- Empire State Crafts Alliance, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1985
- California State University, Chico, California, 1983
- East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1979
- Haystack-Hinckley School - Skowhegan, Maine, 1971
- Toledo Museum School, Toledo, Ohio, 1971
- California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, 1982
- Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, 1982
- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1980
- Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, 1978
- Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia , 1977
- Knox College, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1974
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1974
- Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 1978
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1972,1977
- Peters Valley School, Layton, New Jersey, 1976
- Glass Art Society, Artists Presentation, Penland, North Carolina, 1972
- Carnegie- Million University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1973
- University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1979, 80, 81
- Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
- World Crafts Council Conference, Oaxtepec, Mexico, 1976
- New York State University at Alfred, New York, 1978, 1984
- New York State Council for the Arts-Glass Symposium, Naples, 1977
- Rochester Folk Art Guild, Middlesex, New York, 1975
- Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 1978
- Nybro Glas Skolen, Orrefors, Sweden, 1973
- Konfax Skolen, Stockholm, Sweden, 1973
- Gerrit Reitvelt Akademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1974
- University of Wroclaw, Poland, 1974
- Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware, 1975
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1972
- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1972
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1972
- Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia, 1971
- Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1971
- Wisconsin State University, River Falls, Wisconsin, 1970