Each year, the Glass Art Society conducts a rigorous and competitive jury process to select the latest emerging artists who have displayed excellence in glass. Along with the opportunity to share their work with a large audience of established artists, educators, peers, collectors, art historians, and critics, recipients of the GAS Emerging Artist Award will receive a cash prize, a special lecture slot at the next GAS Conference, a digital catalog and media coverage in our social media channels, and more.
WHO TO NOMINATE
The GAS Board invites you to nominate ONE emerging artist who you believe meets the criteria for this award (see below). Thank you for your assistance in helping us to select and showcase new and important glass talent!
Nominees for the GAS Emerging Artist Award must:
- Be an artist whose work displays originality and creativity while expanding the field of glass
- Be an artist whose work displays skill and innovation, conceptually and/or technically.
- Be an artist dedicated to using glass in their creative practice and uses glass as their primary medium.
- This includes performance, video, or installations with glass.
- Have been working in glass for 12 years or less.
- This includes time spent enrolled in a degree-granting program and/or learning at a public access studio.
- Not currently enrolled in a degree-granting education program.
- Be a current GAS Member OR willing to become a GAS Member.
- Must be available to present in person at the 2025 Glass Art Society Conference in Texas.
HOW TO NOMINATE
Nominate an artist for the GAS Emerging Artist Award via this form by midnight PDT on September 27.
OUR SELECTION PROCESS
Nominated artists will be notified via email and asked to apply online through Submittable.com. Our jury will then review applications and select three candidates to present their work in a joint, in-person session at the 2025 Glass Art Society Conference in Texas. This year’s jurors are Cydney Pickens, Joshua Kerley, and Sashi Fujikake. Stay tuned for more information on our jurors!
ABOUT THIS AWARD
The GAS Emerging Artist Award was initially funded by a generous investment from Dorothy and George Saxe. This award, presented annually, recognizes emerging talent in the glass community and provides a critical platform for artists to share their work with the broader community.