We celebrated Art Glass month by having an Art Glass contest. From May 9th to May 12th, the contest pieces were on display and the "Peoples Choice" Award voting boxes were out. At the Open House on May 12, 2007 we announced the "Peoples Choice" awards and displayed the winning art pieces.
We really want to thank our vendors and sponsors, and especially the friends that helped present demonstrations. To do that, we have set up several pages (the links are below) to the vendors, sponsors, artists and friends that came out and donated time, door prizes, or gave demonstrations during the event.
During the Open House we had demonstrations on Silver Art Clay, jewelry fusing, lampworked beads, glasskolben ornaments (blowing small christmas ornaments using propane torches), mosaics, stepping stones and stained glass. We had a McKinney High School AP Art Student displaying his photography works, and Sona and some other instructors from the Art House of McKinney helped children paint small pictures and demonstrated how to throw pottery.
Our vendors were very generous this year with donations for the door prizes. We hope you will take a moment to view the vendor page for links to all of their websites, as many of them have additional information on the products they manufacture or distribute. We had a drawing every hour beginning at 11:00am. Our final drawing of the day was for a grinder!
We took a lot of pictures of the events that went on, so many that it's too much for one page. The following list has links that take you to the different pages covering the Stained Glass Open House:
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We set up a table outside the front door and had people enter to win the hourly door prize. |
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Nathan drew the first door prize winning ticket. |
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Winners got to pick from one of the door prize bags. The final 4 PM drawing was for a grinder. |
We have additional door prize winners, but they were not present at the time of the drawing, so we cannot post images just yet.
The event turned out well, and the rain held off until after everything was well over. All in all, it was a very fun day and we really enjoyed seeing all the kids and parents having such fun. We look forward to doing this again next year!
