Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Awards

2009 From the AACG website:

"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.

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"

AACG. "Awards of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass". Website list last updated June 5, 2008. Website accessed May 10, 2009. http://www.contempglass.org/activities/awards.html