• 2020 - 2021 CALENDAR •
(All regular meetings are held at Aldersgate United Methodist Church)
2020
(NO JANUARY MEETING)
FEBRUARY 11, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM Refreshments & Glass Study
11:30 AM Program: Lacy Glass: Amazing and Beautiful
MARCH 10, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM Refreshments & Glass Study 11:30 AM Program: "Silver Overlay Glass" (Karen Goddard)
APRIL 14, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM Refreshments & Glass Study
11:30 AM Program: "Studio Glass" (Susan Haller)
April 14 meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
MAY 12, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM Refreshments & Glass Study
11:30 AM Program: "Antique Silvered Mercury Glass: Its Genesis and Development" (Diane Lytwyn) Regularly scheduled meeting cancelled due to COVID-19.
First WGC Zoom meeting at 11:00 AM with special guests
Bill Gudenrath (CMOG), Mary Mills (AECOM), Anne Madarasz (NAGC President), Art Reed (NAGC Vice-president).
MAY 23-24, 2020 (Saturday/Sunday)
45th Annual Westchester Glass Club Collectors Show & Sale
at Heritage Hotel in Southbury, CT (Exit 15 off I-84)
May 23-24 Annual Show cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
JUNE 9, 2020 (Tuesday) Annual field trip cancelled due to COVID-19.
Annual Meeting via Zoom at 11:00 AM with viewing of NBMOG
educational video of Kirk Nelson and Ross Nelson reviewing new
acquisitions and brief tour of new NBMOG site.
JULY 14, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM Zoom meeting with Kirk Nelson
offering an extended walking tour of the new NBMOG site.
AUGUST 11, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM Zoom meeting with special tour
of the new Tiffany glass exhibit at CMOG by Alexandra Ruggiero,
Curator of Modern Glass. Link for recording of Zoom meeting:
(Copy and use password. Ll4Ccn+W - be aware of low case 'L' for
second element in password)
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting with Christina Westpheling, Director of Education & Community Engagement at the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, talking about the modern glass of the Pilchuck Glass School.
OCTOBER 13, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting with well-known glass book author, Tom Felt, to talk about the extensive Steuben glass collection at the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia. And a special recorded visit with Max and Kitty Erlacher at their new shop on West Market Street, Corning. Max is renowned glass engraver.
NOVEMBER 10, 2020 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting with Dr. Larry Everett of the National Museum of Cambridge Glass talking about the "COLORS OF CAMBRIDGE".
DECEMBER, 2020: DATE AND TIME TO BE DETERMINED
2021
JANUARY 12, 2021 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting with Dean Six from the Blenko Glass Company, Milton, West Virginia.
FEBRUARY 9, 2021 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
NOTE - Beginning in March, meetings will be held the 4th Tuesday of each month, rather than the 2nd Tuesday, as in the past.
MARCH 23, 2021 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting from the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin.
APRIL 27, 2021 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM 9 (EST) Zoom meeting tour of the
New Bedford Museum of Glass by Kirk Nelson.
MAY 25, 2021 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM (EST) Zoom meeting visit to the
(Anna Safley) Houston Museum of Decorative Arts in Chattanooga, TN
NOTE REGARDING ZOOM MEETINGS: If you wish to be included,
receive invitation, to a WGC Zoom meeting please contact James
Russell for information:
