Awards of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Award History

The AACG Annual Award

Each year the AACG selects an organization to be honored for its contributions to the contemporary glass movement. This organization receives an unrestricted grant from the Alliance, and is invited to present a public program at SOFA Chicago in conjunction with the AACG Annual Meeting. The Honorees have been:

1991: Rhode Island School of Design
1992: Penland School of Arts and Crafts
1994: Urban Glass
1995: Pilchuck Glass School
1996: Glass Art Society
1997: Bullseye Connection
1998: Glass Program of University of Illinois
1999: The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass
2000: Glass Program of California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts)
2001: Creative Glass Center of America (at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville NJ)
2002: Mint Museum of Craft + Design
2003: Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2004: Corning Museum's Mobile Hot Shop
2005: The Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
2006: The Glass Program of the University of Miami
2007: The National Liberty Museum
2008 (to be presented November 8, 2009 at SOFA Chicago): Museum of Glass, Tacoma.

Yoichi Ohira

AACG Honors

In 2001, the AACG began a new program of recognizing individuals of outstanding accomplishment in the field of contemporary glass art. Honorees may be artists, collectors, curators, critics, teachers, authors, gallery owners and directors,and any others whose contributions have been significant and important in the field. Recipients are introduced at the AACG Annual Meeting at SOFA-Chicago. These awards have been given to:

2001:
- Harvey Littleton, Artist
- Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Artists
- Hilbert (posthumous) and Jean Sosin, Collectors
2002
- George and Dorothy Saxe, Collectors
- Joel Philip Myers, Artist
2003
- Ferdinand Hampson and Doug Heller (joint award), Gallery Owners
- Jack Pelisek (posthumous), Collector
- Paul Stankard, Artist
2004
- Tina Oldknow, Curator
- Myrna and Sheldon Palley, Collectors
- Mark Peiser, Artist.
2005
- Marvin Lipofsky, Artist
- William Warmus, Critic, Curator
2006
- Richard Marquis, Artist
- Natalie and Ben Heineman, Collectors
2007
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of AACG, to the founders of the organization:

Madeline Baer (posthumous)

Wally Baer (posthumous)

Mike Belkin

Irvin Borowsky

Gloria Kamm

Sonny Kamm

Elmerina Parkman

Paul Parkman

Bobbi Raphael (posthumous)

Jerry Raphael (posthumous)

Dorothy Saxe

George Saxe

Hilbert Sosin (posthumous)

Jean Sosin

Paul Stankard

Laurie Wagman

2008 (to be presented November 8, 2008 at SOFA Chicago)
- Simona and Jerome Chazen, collectors
- Bonnie Marx and Ken Saunders, gallerists

last update on 05 june 2008

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