BECon 2009 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
revised 20090527

Schedule subject to change without notice.

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  Optional workshop or tour. Additional fee.
  Conference general session.
  Meal, break, or other event.
Friday, June 12, 2009 - Tuesday, June 16, 2009
(follow-up on Sunday, June 21, 10am-1pm)
9:30am-5pm Mold Making and Kilncasting
with Linda Ethier (optional)
Friday, June 12, 2009 - Wednesday, June 17, 2009
9am-4:30pm Påte de Verre, Methods to Form By
with Alicia Lomné (optional)
Friday, June 12, 2009 - Wednesday, June 17, 2009
(follow-up on Sunday, June 21, 9am-1pm)
9:30am-5:30pm Considering Color
with Nathan Sandberg and Erik Whittemore (optional)
Monday-Tuesday, June 15-16, 2009 &
Sunday-Tuesday, June 21-23, 2009
9:30am-5pm Taking 2D to Glowing 3D; Påte de Verre
with Deborah Horrell (optional)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
8am-12:30pm Portland Studio and Home Tour
AM session (optional)
10am-6pm Bullseye Resource Center open
12:30pm-5pm Portland Studio and Home Tour
PM session (optional)
2pm-6pm Registration in Smith Ballroom
Thursday, June 18, 2009
10am-6pm Tech Display open
10am-6pm Bullseye Resource Center open
10am-2pm Registration in Tech Display
2-2:45pm Introductions and Orientation by Bullseye staff
2:45-3:45pm On the Couch with Clifford
Clifford Rainey
3:45-4pm 15-minute break (Hoffman Hall)
4-4:45pm Keynote: What Does Glass Want to Be When It Grows Up?
Janet Koplos
5-6pm Tech Display Open
7-9pm Bullseye Gallery Opening Reception
Friday, June 19, 2009
8-9am Breakfast at Victor's
10am-6pm Tech Display Open
10am-6pm Bullseye Resource Center Open
9-9:45am From the Privacy of the Studio to the Realm of Public Art
Howard Ben Tré
9:45-10:30am How to Cast Glass Across the World
Jaqueline Cooley & Marshall Hyde
10:30-11:15am 45-minute break in Tech Display
11:15am-12:15pm Ideal Casting Kilns
Daniel Clayman and Bullseye Research & Education staff
12:15-1:30pm Lunch at Victor's
1:30-2:15pm Beyond the Object
Chick Butcher
2:15-3pm Made with the Assistance of…
Melanie Hunter
3-3:45pm 45-minute break in Tech Display
3:45-4:45pm Emerging Perspectives in Kilncast Glass
Rebecca Arday, Shane Caryl, Drew Smith, & Cassandra Straubing
5-6pm Happy Hour in Tech Display
Saturday, June 20, 2009
8-9am Breakfast at Victor's
10am-2pm Tech Display Open
10am-10pm Bullseye Resource Center Open
9-9:45am Think Slow—Make…? The Evolution of a Hybrid Practice
Geoffrey Mann
9:45-10:30am Fat Bottom Box—One Glass: Multiple Techniques
Jessica Loughlin
10:30-11:15am 45-minute break in Tech Display
11:15am-12:15pm Stress Out! Avoiding Painful Breaks and Strains
Richard Whiteley & Ted Sawyer
12:15-1:30pm Lunch at Victor's
1:30-2:15pm On Color, Glass, and Light
Heike Brachlow
2:15-3pm Thick With Images
Jeffrey Sarmiento
3-3:15pm 15-minute break in Hoffman Hall
3:15-4:15pm Challenges
Dan Clayman
4:15-4:45pm Wrap-Up
Lani McGregor
7-10pm Lehr-B-Q at Bullseye Factory
Sunday, June 21, 2009
10am-5pm Bullseye Resource Center Open Extended Hours
Monday, June 22, 2009 - Friday, June 26, 2009
9:30am-5pm Mysteries of Lost Wax Revealed
with Linda Ethier (optional)
Monday, June 22, 2009 - Friday, June 26, 2009
9:30am-5pm Thick With Images
with Jeffrey Sarmiento (optional)
Monday, June 22, 2009 - Sunday, June 28, 2009
9am-4:30pm Kilncast Glass
with Richard Whiteley (optional)

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