2017 Junior Member Seminar
Joseph Gregar Junior Seminar Mission Statement: Jump to Topics | Overview | Instructors The mission of the Joseph Gregar Junior Member Seminar of the ASGS is to foster the junior members by focusing on basic techniques and procedures used in Scientific Glassblowing. The goal of the annual seminar is to increase exposure to necessary skills as well as provide expert instruction from the industries top glassblowers. A brief history of how the Joseph Gregar Junior Member Seminar came to be. The first “Junior Member Workshop” was held in 1987 at the Boston, Massachusetts Symposium. The program stated ” Instruction and demonstration of techniques as requested by Junior Members attending”. The next year in 1988 at the Atlantic City, New Jersey Symposium was the first Seminar that Joseph Gregar was an instructor. Since then Mr. Gregar has been instrumental in making the Seminar what it is today. 2013 was the last year Mr. Gregar was in charge of the Seminar. Mike Souza took over as the interim leader in 2014 until a more permanent person could be found. This only lasted one year. In 2015 Christopher Bock officially stepped up to guide the Seminar into the future. How to get into the Seminar: Perspective attendees need to COMPLETELY fill out the application and mail, email, or fax it to the National Office (Deadline to be determined). Applications received before or after the dates will not be accepted. The information on the application is to help us prepare for the Seminar. There is a total of 12 slots in the Seminar, 4 of them are for award winners and the last 8 will be picked using a lottery system. Finally, before (Date TBD) the 8 applicants will be notified to confirm their slot. Who is allowed into the Seminar? Any Junior member or Student member in good standing with the ASGS. Joseph Gregar Junior Seminar Application – Download This Years Seminar: The Joseph S. Gregar Junior Member Workshop Seminar Program is open to the first twelve National Junior / Student Members who are registered for the ASGS Symposium. This seminar is available at no cost to junior and student registrants and will be held on Monday July 24 and Tuesday July 25, 2017. This year’s symposium and the Junior Seminar program will be held at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark, Austin, Texas. It will be a very rewarding seminar with great instructors; Christopher Bock, Joseph Gregar, Klaus Paris and Robert Singer. Remember registration is limited to 12 for this seminar program. Don’t forget to register for the symposium and fill out and send in the junior seminar qualifying form. This program is a wonderful learning experience that you do not want to miss. We will have our 4-station quartz and an 8-station borosilicate set up for bench work allowing each participant to have his or her own torch and workstation. We will also have a glass lathe available for some of the projects. This year our professional instructors will be giving Read More …