Chicago Center for the Glass Arts
Presents
Chicago Hot Glass Throwdown '09

Friday June 19, 2009
6 - 11pm
Saturday June 20, 2009
12 - 10pm

Come one. Come all.
To the first Glass Throwdown hosted by Chicago Hot Glass.
Prizes, food, drinks, judges and glory!
Competitions open to intermediate to advanced glassblowers.

"Bring your A game and be ready to throw down."

To register as a contestant please fill out the registration form here.

Please come out and support the Chicago Hot Glass Throwdown. We are expanding. We will be the largest public glass studio in Chicagoland, but we need your help. Glassblowing and the glass arts are tremendous assets to Chicago. We understand that it is a little bit tight with the current economic hick-up, but without your support we may lose a valuable community and Chicago art form. If you have been here before please come back and bring a friend. We need your help to reach our goal of attendees for our build out and summer expenses. We have been working like mad to make sure it is the best glass event ever at Chicago Hot Glass. There will be glassblowers from all over the country coming to help us out. They will be competing for bragging rights and many great prizes and cash. See them make the best glass sculptures, best Venetian goblet, fastest goblet, best Venetian pitcher, best team event, best glass horse, the mystery object and many more.  There will be food and refreshments, bands, DJ's, fire dancers, dancing, glassblowing and you, our fellow Chicagoans. Please help us get the word out and please come out and keep us going for you, Chicago. We love you!!! :) You Rock!!!

Throwdown Schedule

Friday

Hot Shop
6 to 7 PM Fastest goblet - 20 minutes per entry
(6 entrants to compete)

8 to 9 PM - Mystery Object - 20 minute per entry
(6 entrants maximum)

9 to 10 PM Fanciest Pitcher - 25 minutes per entry
( 4 team entrants competing ) max 4 people per team.

10 PM to 12 AM Music and dance.

Flameworking ( South Building )

6 to 10 Ornament making ( BLOW YOUR OWN! First come first serve with price of admission as supplies last )
2 ornament tries per person (each sign up enters in chance to win the grand prize. )

Saturday

Hot Shop
12 to 1 PM Nicest pony (7 minutes per entry )
up to 14 entrants

1 to 4 PM Fanciest goblet ( 30 minutes per entry )
( 6 team entrants competing ) ( 4 people per team )

4 to 9 PM Mystery box ( 1 hour per entry )
( 10 team entrants competing ) ( 4 people per team ) ( maximum three gathers on medium pipe )

10 PM Winner announcements for competitions, silent auction, and GTT raffle

Flameworking ( South Building )

1 to 10 PM Ornament making ( First come first serve with price of admission as supplies last)
2 ornament tries per person (each sign up enters in chance to win the grand prize. )

6 to 10 PM Ghost Flameworking Demo

New Summer Prices !!!!!

Glory Hole Rentals now the cheepest they have ever been. Take advantage of the lowest rental rates in Chicagoland!

Small Glory hole = $27 / hr

Med Glory hole = $35 / hr

Large glory hole = $ 45 / hr

New Experience Glass Session rate !

Try experience glass for $20 off our usual price. Now only $55 to try your hand at glassblowing this Summer and Fall !!!!!

PERSONAL MANIFESTOS/PUBLIC CONTRADICTIONS:

THIS IS I/WE/YOU/US BELIEVE

An installation view in the MCA of the fused glass works suspended in front of text composed on the Chicago lake front with 23 Chicago Public School teachers.

Kiln casted glass created at Chicago Hot Glass in collaboration with C.P.S teachers, Michael Bancroft, Amanda Lichtenstein, & Jeremy Scidmore. Chicago Public Schools teachers visited CHG and created custom screens for screen printing enamel onto sheet glass. The painted glass was then stacked and fired to 1600 F in the kiln. The pieces were then water jet cut and shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art as part of an installation / performance on August 16th 2008.

GlassWorks Project

Cooperative Image Group & CCGA

Coopimage and The Chicago Center for the Glass Arts have completed their educational glass project "GlassWorks" this summer. Local youth artist created unique fused, painted, and hot ladled glass objects for a sculptural installation in the Cambell Street Garden located in Humboldt Park.