The Annual Glass Art Society Conference brings together glass enthusiasts from across the globe, and is held in a different city every year. Explore and reminisce about the past four conferences by following the links below.

Detroit 2023 

Nearly 900 glass artists, collectors, and enthusiasts celebrated the best of our community in Detroit. From special events to one-of-a-kind presentations, there was so much to explore and be inspired by in Detroit. 

Tacoma 2022 

We celebrated 50 years of Glass Art Society with an adventure in south Puget Sound featuring everything that Tacoma’s thriving glass community has to offer. 

Virtual 2021

Exploring how glass can build community all over the globe, VIRTUAL 2021 reimagined the annual Glass Art Society conference in a digital landscape.

Virtual 2020

The 2020 Conference in Småland, Sweden may have been cancelled, but we still joined together with glass artists from all over the world to bring as much of the conference experience to your living room as possible.

History of Glass Art Society Conferences

2023 Detroit, Michigan

2022 Tacoma, Washington

2021 Virtual Conference

2020 Virtual Conference

2019 St. Petersburg, FL

2018 Murano, Italy

2017 Norfolk, Virginia

2016 Corning, New York

2015 San Jose, California

2014 Chicago, Illinois

2012 Toledo, Ohio

2011 Seattle, Washington

2010 Louisville, Kentucky

2009 Corning, New York

2008 Portland, Oregon

2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2006 St. Louis, Missouri

2005 Adelaide, Australia

2004 New Orleans, Louisiana 

2003 Seattle, Washington

2002 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001 Corning, New York

2000 Brooklyn, New York

1999 Tampa, Florida

1998 Seto, Japan

1997 Tucson, Arizona

1996 Boston, Massachusetts

1995 Asheville, North Carolina

1994 Oakland, California

1993 Toledo, Ohio

1992 Mexico City, Mexico

1991 Corning, New York

1990 Seattle, Washington

1989 Toronto, Canada

1988 Kent, Ohio

1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1986 Los Angeles, California

1985 New Orleans, Louisiana

1984 Corning, New York

1983 Tucson, Arizona

1982 New York, New York

1981 Seattle, Washington

1980 Huntington, West Virginia

1979 Corning, New York

1978 Asilomar, California

1977 Madison, Wisconsin

1976 Corning, New York

1975 Toledo, Ohio

1974 Marietta, OH/Williamstown, WV

1973 Marietta, OH/Williamstown, WV

1972 Penland, North Carolina

1971 Penland, North Carolina