NEPCA
PAST MEETINGS
Fall 2024 — NEPCA Meeting
Date: October 19, 2024 - 9am - 3:30pm
Knights of Columbus, 17 Willow Street, Westborough, MA 01581
Agenda
9:00 Registration, Dealers Fair opens, Coffee and pastries
10:00 Business Meeting and a Moment to Remember Andrea Natsois
10:30-11:30 Speaker - John Hanley – A Presentation on the Topic of Chinese White
11:30-12:30 Show and Tell
12:00-1:00 Buffet Lunch catered by The Central House
1:00 Meeting open to public (no charge)
1:00-2:00 Speakers - Allan Port - Presentation About the PCA Convention, May 2024, Rhode Island
2:00-3:00 Speaker - Monika Hanley – Her Journey as a Glass Artist and What Has Inspired Her
3:00-3:30 - Last chance to purchase paperweights
Fall 2023 — NEPCA Meeting
October 21, 2023 - 10am to 4pm
New Bedford Museum of Glass
at the James Arnold Mansion
427 County Street
New Bedford MA 02740
Fall 2022 — NEPCA Meeting
Sept 17, 2022 - 12:00pm -5:00pm
29 CHESTNUT HILL RD.
LITCHFIELD, CT 06759
(860) 361-6969
haightbrownwine.com
Fall meeting will be held at the Haight-Brown Vineyard in Litchfield CT and Alison Ruzsa will be our guest artist.
Fall 2021 — NEPCA Meeting
Sept 25, 2021 - 10:00am -4:00pm
Sherwin Art Glass
33 Bridge Street, PO Box 168
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Chris Sherwin is opening up his studio for us. There will be a demo among other talks at this meeting. Catered box lunch. Due to Covid, masks will be required.
Guest Artist: Nick Kekic of Tsuga Studios will have their studio open. His studio is near Sherwin Art Glass. www.tsugastudios.com
Summer 2021 — NEPCA Virtual Meeting
June 13, 2021 - 6:00-7:30pm
Topic: Show and Tell on Zoom
Registration is free. Members will receive an email with instructions on how to register. Please send photo(s) of your
Spring 2020 — NEPCA Meeting
CANCELLED due to covid
April 25, 2020
Knights of Columbus
John Boyle O' Reilly Council 85
17 Willow Street
Westborough, MA 01581
October 24, 2020
Cancelled due to Covid
August 29, 2020
Virtual Meeting on Zoom
Presentations by New England paperweight artists Debbie Tarsitano , Clinton Smith , Melissa Ayotte and Chris Sherwin
Click to view the artists presentations and studio tours. (on YouTube)
October 12, 2019
Knights of Columbus
John Boyle O' Reilly Council 85
17 Willow Street
Westborough, MA 01581
Speakers:
Damon MacNaught — proprietor of BareGlass, paperweight artist from Silver Point, Tennessee http://dmacnaught.com His work is in public collections throughout the United States including the Corning Museum and in private collections spanning from the US to New Zealand.
Paul Dunlop — Gave talk about Pantin paperweights. Paul is an author and owner of the Dunlop Collection, https://www.glasspaperweights.com/ a gallery selling paperweights in Statesville, NC. His publishing house, Papier Presse, prints books on paperweights.
April 6, 2019
Knights of Columbus
John Boyle O' Reilly Council 85
17 Willow Street
Westborough, MA 01581
Speakers:
Craig Deacons — paperweight artist from Crieff, Scotland http://deaconsglass.co.uk/
Dave McDermott — from McDermott Glass Studio in Sandwich, MA. Dave is a well known glass maker.
John Hanley — Clichy paperweights
We shared memories, stories, purchases, etc. of Ben Drabeck, a long time member, former NEPCA president and PCA president.
Fall 2018 — NEPCA Meeting
Saturday October 27 — 9:00am - 3:30pm
Knights of Columbus
John Boyle O' Reilly Council 85
17 Willow Street
Westborough, MA
Speakers:
John Hanley — Czech paperweights
Michael Egan — Green Mountain Glassworks in Vermont https://michaeleganglass.com/
Clinton Smith — is a self-taught lampworker who lives and works in the Berkshires did a live demonstration http://www.clintonfsmith.com/
SPRING 2018 — NEPCA Meeting
April 21, 2018
Holiday Inn & Suites Marlborough,
Marlboro, MA
Saturday October 28 — 9:00am - 3:30pm
Speakers:
John Hanley — Carved / Etched Paperweights and other less common items from Orient and Flume
Wesley Fleming — Flameworked Sculpture https://www.wesleyfleming.com/
Raj Kommineni — Marbles and Paperweights
FALL 2017 — NEPCA Meeting
October 27-28, 2017
Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary!
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Marlborough
Marlboro, MA
A special program focusing on New England artists, collectors, and dealers
Friday October 27 — 3:00pm
Collaborative demonstrations at the Worcester Craft Center’s New Street Glass Studio with NEPCA artists Melissa Ayotte, Chris Sherwin, Clinton Smith, and Debbie Tarsitano.
Celebratory Dinner at the Worcester Club at 6:30pm
Saturday October 28 — 9:00am - 3:30pm
Speakers:
Guest Artists and Speakers — "All in the Family” with artists Melissa and Rick Ayotte, collectors John and Toby Hawley, and dealers Alan and Susie Kaplan discussing their family passions.
Recognizing NEPCAs 40th Anniversary and our founding members
Speaker — Debbie Tarsitano speaking on “New Directions”
Fall 2016 — NEPCA Meeting
October 29, 2016
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Marlborough
Marlboro MA
Speakers:
Guest Artist and Speaker — Jim Lefever— "Size Matters — How Size Affects Paperweights"
Speaker — Kirk Nelson — Executive Director, New Bedford Museum of Glass — Short Talk: "Paperweight Projects at NBMOG" http://www.nbmog.org/
Guest Artist and Speaker — Clinton Smith — "A Labor of Love"
Spring 2016 — NEPCA Meeting
May 2016
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Marlborough
Marlboro MA
Speakers:
Guest Artist and Speaker — David Graeber — "Forging the Future"
Speaker — Allan Port — Short Introductory Talk: "Simple Paperweight Identification"
Speaker — Ben Drabeck — "The Paperweight Collections of Josephine Turner and Hariet Smith"
Fall 2015 — NEPCA Meeting
October 24, 2015
Courtyard by Marriott
Nashua, NH
Speakers:
Guest Speaker — Alan Kaplan — "One Hundred of the Finest Antique Paperweights"
Guest Artist and Speaker — Melissa Ayotte — "A New Vision"
Charles Kaziun Blue Overlay Pedestal Rose
Spring 2015 — NEPCA Meeting
April 18, 2015
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Marlborough
Marlboro MA
Speakers:
Guest Speaker — Harvey Robinson — "My Love Affair with Paperweights"
Guest Speakers — Ben Drabeck and Charles Kaziun III — "Revisiting Charles Kaziun Jr"
Blue Springtime Paperweight – Colin Richardson
Fall 2014 — NEPCA Meeting
October 25, 2014
Holiday Inn Mansfield/Foxborough
Mansfield MA
Speakers:
Guest Artist and Speaker — Ed Poore — "The Paperweight Within – Rescue of damaged beauties"
Guest Artist and Speaker — Colin Richardson — "It's Not Just Pretty – Why design matters"
Various sized Megaplanet Paperweights by Josh Simpson (Photo credit: Tommy Elder)
Spring 2014 — NEPCA Meeting
April 26, 2014
Courtyard Marriott
Hadley MA
Speakers:
Guest Artist and Speaker — Josh Simpson — "How to Keep Your Glass From Exploding! Valium and the Technical Underpinnings of a Paperweight Maker"
Speaker — Linda Muehlig, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Smith College Museum of Art — "Crowns, Canes, and Carpet Grounds: The Wheeler Collection of Paperweights"
Alison Ruzsa – Couple in the Fall
Fall 2013 — NEPCA Meeting
October 26, 2013
Sturbridge Host Hotel
Sturbridge MA
Speakers:
Guest Artist and Speaker — Alison Ruzsa — "Lost and Found"
Speaker — Jan Mirenda Smith, Executive Director, Bergstrom–Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
"Bergstrom–Mahler Museum and Vision 2013"