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A Living Creative Community

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The Forum is the heart of Centro Quagliata: an active gathering space for international community members to share work, receive thoughtful critique, and take part in conversations that strengthen both technical skill and creative vision.

Through ongoing sessions, mentorship, and peer exchange, members are supported throughout their creative process while building meaningful connections with other creators around the world.

Sessions are offered across different time zones, making the community accessible and allowing members to stay engaged wherever they are. In addition to moderated discussion boards, Tthe Forum is a dynamic environment for continuous learning, reflection, and artistic growth.

Lectures and Artist Talks

Maestro Narcissus Quagliata Lectures

April - July 2026

Structured lectures developed by Narcissus Quagliata, exploring essential ideas in glass art alongside broader themes of visual language and artistic development. These sessions offer deeper insight into the principles, references, and ways of thinking that inform strong artistic practice across a range of subjects.

Distraction and the Creative Process | May 25th

Exploring the connections between meditation, light, and creativity, sharing personal experiences and artistic expressions. He discussed the evolution of art and creativity, emphasizing the role of meditation in accessing the subconscious and embracing unpredictability in creative processes.

Art Lecture | June 29th

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Art Lecture | July 27th

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Guest Artist Talks

April - July 2026
 

Presentations by invited artists sharing their work, process, and experience. These talks introduce members to a wide range of practices and perspectives, offering direct access to artists shaping the field of glass art today.

Guest | Helen Whittaker | May 12th

Helen Whittaker MBE is Creative Director of Barley Studio, where all work is carried out in-house in the purpose-built Studio in York. She has over 30 years of experience in stained glass creation and restoration painting and has completed more than 100 commissions for ecclesiastical, secular and domestic buildings all over the UK and internationally.

Guest | Jack Storms and Mark Bolick | May 14th

Mark brings decades of practical coldworking knowledge — tools, adhesives, polishing, grinding, and workshop problem-solving. Jack brings the world of optical crystal, dichroic color, geometry, precision, and light. Together, they’ll explore coldworking as a meeting point between technique, concept, engineering, craft, and beauty.

Guest | Priska Jacobs and Josh Hersman | May 29th

Two distinct approaches to glass casting: one rooted in optics, image, and perception; the other in ice, landscape, and flow. In this session hosted by Narcissus Quagliata, artists explore process, material, and personal artistic language.

Guest | De La Torre Brothers | June 22nd  

The de la Torre Brothers build wild, layered worlds where blown glass, lenticular images, religious icons, border culture, and Mexican visual language collide. Their work is baroque, funny, critical, and unapologetically excessive, a powerful conversation on identity, migration, contradiction, and contemporary culture.

Guest | Katherine Gray| June 26th 

Katherine Gray is an artist, educator, and leading voice in contemporary glass, known for work that bridges material exploration, conceptual clarity, and deep engagement with the glass field. As a longtime professor and Resident Evaluator on Netflix’s Blown Away, she brings a rare perspective on making, teaching, critique, and the evolving language of glass.

Guest | Judith Schaecter | July 2nd 

Judith Schaechter pushes stained glass into a world of intense image, emotion, and narrative power. Through extraordinary technical command, her work transforms light into story — where beauty, darkness, and the human condition meet in glass.

Guest | Suzanne Head | July 6th 

Suzanne Head brings the language of drawing and painting into glass, building luminous images from sifted colored glass powder fired onto sheet glass. Through multiple firings, her work turns surface into atmosphere — where illustration, color, and kilnformed glass meet in a quietly powerful way.

Guest | Preston Singletary | July 23rd 

Preston Singletary transforms glass into a vessel for Tlingit story, mythology, music, and cultural memory. His work bridges ancestral knowledge and contemporary form, creating a powerful language where tradition, material, and identity meet.

Conversations with Narcissus

April - July 2026
A monthly conversation led by Narcissus Quagliata with an invited guest artist, centered on a specific theme, idea, or area of practice. These sessions go beyond process alone, opening space for reflection on artistic development, creative philosophy, and the broader field of glass.

Guests | Kathy Jordan, Amber Droste and John Reytiens | April 24th

An in-depth presentation on The Dome of Light—NQ’s landmark masterpiece exploring its conceptual origins, artistic vision, and technical execution, as well as its lasting impact on Taiwan’s cultural identity, public art landscape, and international tourism.

Guest | Clifford Rainey, David Ruth and Silvia Levenson | May 15th 

Join us for a special edition of Conversations with Narcissus featuring guest artists David Ruth, Silvia Levenson, and Clifford Rainey. Together with Narcissus, they’ll explore contemporary glass, artistic practice, and the evolving language of the medium.

Guest | Layo Bright | June 17th 

Through glass, Layo Bright gives form to memory, migration, identity, and resilience. Her work moves between personal history and cultural presence, transforming material into powerful sculptural language that is both intimate and deeply contemporary.

Guest | Andrew Moor | July 13th 

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Mentor Sessions

Guided sessions led by experienced artists and mentors, designed to support the development of your work through feedback, discussion, and practical insight. Mentor Sessions currently focus on four core areas: Fused Glass, Stained Glass and Casting with more areas to be added as the community grows.

Inspiration and Creativity | APR-JUL 2026
Sessions focused on developing your artistic voice, expanding ideas, and opening new creative directions. These conversations support concept, inspiration, experimentation, and personal expression.

Inspiration and Creativity | Orfeo Quagliata April 21st
Inspiration and Creativity | Jo-Ann Eisenberg May 5th 
Inspiration and Creativity | Magdalena Marciniak  May 19th
Inspiration and Creativity | Magdalena Marciniak  June 2nd
Inspiration and Creativity | Jo-Ann Eisenberg June 16th
Inspiration and Creativity | Jo-Ann Eisenberg July 7th
Inspiration and Creativity | Kerry Transtrum July 21st

Process and Project Planning  | APR-JUL 2026
Practical sessions dedicated to processes, materials, and methods. Designed to strengthen technical skill and deepen understanding of each medium.

Process and Project Planning  | Craig Bacon April 22nd
Process and Project Planning  | Craig Bacon May 7th
Process and Project Planning  | Shelley Short May 20th
Process and Project Planning  | Craig Bacon  June 3rh
Process and Project Planning  | Andrew Jagels June 18th 
Process and Project Planning  | Andrew  Jagels July 8th
Process and Project Planning  | Shelley Short July 22nd

Production and Technique | APR-JUL 2026
Sessions that support the development of projects from concept to execution, including composition, structure, workflow, and decision-making along the way.

Production and Technique | Kerry Transtrum April 23rd 
Production and Technique | Orfeo Quagliata May 6th 
Production and Technique | Daniel Baxley May 21st 
Production and Technique | Daniel Baxley June 4th 
Production and Technique | Carol Patrie June 25th 
Production and Technique | Helen Kovacs July 9th
Production and Technique | Orfeo Quagliata July 23rd

Feedback Critique / Fused Glass | APR-JUL 2026
A space to share work and receive thoughtful, constructive feedback. These sessions are built around dialogue, helping artists refine their work, gain perspective, and grow through exchange with mentors and peers.

Feedback and Critique Session | Orfeo Quagliata April 28th
Feedback and Critique Session | Narcissus Quagliata May 11th
Feedback and Critique Session | Helen Kovacks  May 26th
Feedback and Critique Session | Narcissus Quagliata June 15th
Feedback and Critique Session | Orfeo Quagliata June 30th
Feedback and Critique Session | Narcissus Quagliata  July 17th
Feedback and Critique Session | TBD  July 24th

Enamel Painting | APR-JUL 2026
Sessions centered on enamel painting on glass, with a focus on image-making and visual expression.

Enamel Painting Session | Indre Bilieris April 29th
Enamel Painting Session | Indre Bilieris  May 27th
Enamel Painting Session | Indre Bilieris June 24th
Enamel Painting Session | Indre Bilieris July 29th