Abby Gitlitz is a glass artist working with blown glass, stained glass, cast glass as well as painting on glass. She has been working in glass since the late 1980s when she first discovered stained glass in high school.  In 1997 she began to blow glass and has worked primarily with hot glass ever since.

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She founded the Bloomington Creative Glass Center in 2012. In addition, she has taught glass classes at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL, Delgado Community College, LA, Wet Dog Glass, LA, and Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington

Alice Jackson is a glass fusing and jewelry making hobbyist.  She was introduced to glass fusing at the Indianapolis Art Center back in 2000 and fell in love with the integrity of glass as a natural jewelry medium and the availability of an endless range of color and texture with which to work. Once she relocated to Bloomington in 2017, she was delighted to find BCGC, participate in classes and studio time, and continue her education. Now in possession of her own kiln, Alice is currently experimenting with types of dichroic glass, creating elements that she assembles into jewelry pieces available in the BCGC shop.

Anne Brahaum, the owner and designer of Brown County Glassworks, has been mastering her skills in stained and fused glass for over 20 years. She took stained glass classes in high school, and has loved working with the medium ever since. A few years ago, Anne took classes in kiln forming and was instantly mesmerized. She has been experimenting with the unlimited warm glass methods ever since.

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She is committed to creating quality glass art that is unique and meticulously handcrafted using kiln forming methods, such as fusing, high firing, slumping and coldworking. Anne enjoys discovering new and unique ways to showcase the enchanting beauty of glass by creating fused glass art pieces that are both beautiful and functional.

My art, as Gleaning Crow Glass, is a reflection of the ever-changing inspiration and knowledge that surrounds me. I am a perpetual student, constantly exploring new techniques and learning from experiments. My work is an ever-evolving journey, adapting and transforming in response to what I've been learning and what calls to my creative spirit. But the spooky season, in particular, holds a special place in my heart and often weaves its influence into my creations.

Diana makes things, yay!

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From a young age, glass always fascinated Gail. She started collecting filigree pieces before she was twelve and still has some of them 60 years later. 

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As a crafter, Gail never realized she personally could use glass as her medium to create art until a few years ago, when she was introduced to Bloomington Creative Glass Center and the world of hot glass. She started an apprenticeship in hot glass and found two exceptional mentors who have encouraged and nurtured her interest in the properties of glass and its creative capabilities. Recently, she has gravitated more towards fused glass (kiln-formed glass) which allows for a lengthier design and construction process. Working with fused glass also gives her the variety and versatility that allows her to grow as a glass artist. She enjoys creating both functional and decorative pieces.

For the past 13 years, Justin Kern has put his heart into every piece he creates through furnace glass blowing/sculpting, casting and coldwork. Justin finds inspiration in the nostalgia of collecting acorns as a kid, making ghosts from pvc pipe and nerf balls, and enjoying fruit while swinging on the porch swing with his grandma. This has led Justin to specialize in delightful seasonal art pieces such as acorns, ghosts, flowers, pumpkins, snowpeople, ornaments, and icicles. Justin is always pushing himself to create new, innovative designs that capture his imagination and delight his customers.

Katie Chapman began working with glass in Fall 2020. After taking a class on stained glass she started learning glass fusing and glass blowing in 2021. Katie loves learning new glass techniques and combining different glass working methods, such as by incorporating fused or sandblasted glass into stained glass projects.

Kelly Wow has always had an eclectic mix of artistic involvement. She enjoys delving into unusual and obscure opportunities and really getting her hands dirty. She began blowing glass in 2015 as an apprentice for the Bloomington Creative Glass Center. She finds that the medium of glass suits her love of a challenge, and her desire to make a finished product quickly, and then move on to the next project, or try again to perfect her technique. Working with glass is always hot and fast and just on the edge of out of control; and paradoxically, it forces the artist to slow down the internal tendency to rush, and smooth out their movements in order to efficiently work with the molten glass to create a beautiful piece. 

In the five plus years since I retired from IU, I used a good part of my newly found time to learn how to blow and fuse glass. I specialize in making three types of glass. I have figured out how to heat crushed glass just barely enough to create sturdy glass bowls and art pieces while leaving enough texture to both reflect and refract light.

Tomas Gregg has been blowing glass for seven years. He has taken classes at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Corning Museum of Glass, and Pilchuck Glass School. He makes his own work and shows it at the BGCG gallery. He has been a beginning glass blowing instructor for three years.

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