Angus M Powers
Professor of Glass
Area Head Glass
NYSCC @ Alfred University
2 Pine Street, Alfred NY 14802
anguspowers@alfred.edu
EDUCATION
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
Master of Fine Art 2002
New York State College of Ceramics, School of Art and Design at Alfred University Alfred, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2000
Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Czechoslovakian Team Working Class 1999
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
New York State College of Ceramics, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Professor of Glass, Glass Area Head
Division of Sculpture and Dimensional Studies 2005-present
Horizons Program - Glassmaking for at risk youth from across the nation
Gave lecture on personal work and ran a hands on workshop
Corning Museum of Glass
https://blog.cmog.org/2019/08/14/expanding-horizons-class-of-2019/
Hybrid Liquidity Team Taught with Shane Fero
Penland Mountain School of Craft, NC
2 1/2 week studio intensive
Experimental Goblet Workshop
International Summer Academy and the Bild-Werk
Frauenau Germany
2 1/2 week studio intensive
Gent Glass Goblet Workshops and Friday Night Live Artist
Ghent Belgium
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Experimental Goblet Workshop
2 week studio intensive 2012
Institut für Künstlerische Keramik und Glas
University of applied Science in KOBLENZ, Germany
Visiting Professor 2010
The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
Experimental Goblet Workshop
2 week studio intensive 2009
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
Adjunct Professor, Sculpture Department
Development and teaching of Glassblowing and Glass Sculpture course through the use of The Crefeld School Glass Works facility 2003-5
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Adjunct Professor, Glass Department, Foundations 2003-5
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Instructor, Summer Glass Class 2002
Hot Soup Glassblowing Studio and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Instructor 2001-5
The Crefeld School Chestnut Hill, PA
Participated in workshops with the Philadelphia School for the Deaf, Philadelphia, PA
Glassblowing Instructor 2003-5
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Instructor, Summer Glass Class 2005
Buck’s Rock Creative Arts Camp, New Milford, CT
Glassblowing Instructor 2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Promotion to Full Professor
New York State College of Ceramics
Glass Art Society 1st Online Conference and GLASSARTENGINE Lecture Series
The International Blown Glass Symposium in Lviv Ukraine, The 2019 Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at UrbanGlass in NYC, and here on campus for a Bergren Forum.
https://www.alfred.edu/about/news/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=25371
https://www.glassymposium.org/conference-26.html
https://www.glassart.org/conference/2020-virtual-conference/
Named Co-Chair 2018/19
Paul Vickers Glass Center, Alfred University
Promoting Collaborative Work Between Artist and Engineers
Glass Art Society International Conference, Corning NY,
Artistic Co-Chair 2015-16
Juror for New Glass Review, international publication
Corning Museum of Glass 2014
Glass Art Society International Conference, Chicago, Il
Demonstrator 2014
Glass Art Society International Conference, Toledo, OH
Demonstrator 2012
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University
Lecturer/ Workshop 2011
Visiting Artist, Harrisburg Area Community College
Visiting Lecturer/ Workshop 2009
Visiting Artist, Danish Design School, Copenhagen
Visiting Lecturer/ Workshop 2009
Goggle Works Arts Center, Reading, PA
Demonstrator 2008
Glass Art Society International Conference, Pittsburg, PA
Demonstrator 2007
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
Visiting Artist 2007
Goggle Works Arts Center, Reading, PA
Visiting Artist 2006
Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Visiting Lecturer 2004
Babbitt Manufacturing, Vineland, NJ
Sheet metal fabricator 2004
Doug Ohm Equipment, Millville, NJ
Glass Studio Equipment Builder 2003
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Visiting Lecturer/ Workshop with Jon Clark 2003
Bucks County Community College, Bucks County, PA
Visiting Lecturer 2003
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Glass Shop Technician 2001
AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS
Invited sole Juror, 2nd Annual Glass National, Workhouse Arts Center, VA
Glass Fashion Show Book 2 page spread
Author Laura Donefer with Glass Art Society and Corning Museum of Glass
Images of personal work published in “The Gather” a member’s magazine
Corning Museum of Glass
Glass Art Magazine 5 page article, September Issue
“Working Greener, Angus Powers, Resurrecting the Roman Furnace”
NEW GLASS REVIEW Juror
Juror statement in New Glass Review magazine #36
Corning Museum of Glass
Excellence in Teaching Award, Alfred University 2014
Glass: A Juried Art Show Catalog
Presented by: Minnetrista with the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass at Ball State University. 2012
Fifty by Fifty show catalog: Fifty glass artist representing the 50 years of the studio glass movement
Muskegon Museum of Art 2012
Excellence in Teaching Award, Alfred University 2012
Breaking Ground: A Century of Craft Art in Western New York
Barbara Lovenheim, Hardcover, 156 pages, Hudson Hills Press LLC 2011
New Glass Review, Selection for international publication
Corning Museum of Glass 2012
Contemporary Glass, Artwork and profile featured in book
Black Dog Publishing, London, UK 2008
Excellence in Teaching Award, Alfred University 2008
Artist in the Community Grant, Cattaraugus County Arts Council funding to execute a public arts commission, funded by NYSCA 2008
New Glass Review, Selection for international publication
Corning Museum of Glass 2008
New Glass Review, Selection for international publication
Corning Museum of Glass 2007
New Glass Review, Selection for international publication
Corning Museum of Glass 2006
Glass Art Society International Conference
Emerging Artist Award, International Juried Competition
Presentation given at the 2004 G.A.S. conference in New Orleans, LA 2003
Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship
Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
International Juried Three month creative fellowship 2003