Special Events
BECon 2005 OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, July 14, 7 - 9 PM
The Bullseye Gallery
BECon 2005 will kick off with a pre-conference reception to toast our gathering of old friends and friends to be!
Also featured this evening in honor of BECon 2005 is the opening of the exhibition 20/20: Twenty Artists / Twenty Years.
No-host bar, light hors d'oeuvres. Transportation shuttles will run continuously from 6:30 - 10:00 PM between the gallery and Benson hotel.
Included in conference fee.
Non-conference attendees: EXTRA TICKETS SOLD OUT
FRIDAY NIGHT FACTORY TOURS
Friday, July 15, 5:30 - 10 PM
The Bullseye Resource Center
Tours of the Bullseye Factory lead by Bullseye staff. See the glass you use being made, from sand to sheet! The Resource Center store will also be open for a chance to see and purchase the full line of Bullseye Glass products. And while you're there you'll want to visit the Contemporary Kiln-Glass exhibition in the RC Mezzanine gallery.
WORLD-FAMOUS BULLSEYE LEHR-B-Q FACTORY EXTRAVAGANZA
Saturday, July 16, 7:30 - 10:30 PM
The Bullseye Glass Co. Factory
What do you do with a 100 ft. long continuous belt annealer when you're not making sheet glass? If you are Bullseye Glass, you use it to barbecue chicken and ribs! Yes, folks, from the people who brought you glassmaking at the cutting edge of 17th century technology: chickens and ribs in the greatest example of culinary overkill you may ever experience.
More sedately prepared - but equally tasty - fare will accompany the Lehr-B-Q'd main course, as will libations from our local brew pubs and wineries.
For the less gastronomically-focused, there will also be glassworking demonstrations, tours of the new resource center including the Contemporary Kiln-Glass exhibition in the Mezzanine gallery and opportunities to hobnob with other kiln glass fanatics from around the world.
This is a rare event at Bullseye. It's a Nowhere-Else-in-the-World kinda experience.
Included in conference fee.
Non-conference attendees: EXTRA TICKETS SOLD OUT
20/20: TWENTY ARTISTS / TWENTY YEARS
Kiln-glass from the New Glass Review of the Corning Museum of Glass, featuring a special exhibit of Jurors' Choice and Rakow Award winners.
June 24 - August 20, 2005
The Bullseye Gallery
In conjunction with BECon 2005, the Bullseye Gallery director has selected twenty artists whose works in kilnformed glass have appeared among these top Corning honorees from 1985 to 2005.
