 School
Directors
Tim Tate is the Co-founder and Creative Director and Marketing Director. He is a sculptor who has been working in glass, steel, concrete and ceramic since 1989. He oversaw a glass casting production studio in New Orleans for three years. Tate’s artwork has been shown in many galleries and museums including the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Mint Museum, the University of Richmond Art Museum and the University of Virginia Art Museum. Tim was the recipient of the 2009 Virginia A Groot Foundation Grant for his work in sculpture.
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 Erwin
Timmers is one of the DC area's leading ‘eco-artists’. Erwin is Co-founder and Director of the Washington Glass School. His work in sustainable design are seen in some of the large public art projects he has just completed, including a sculpture project for the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarter Ariel Rios Building low-impact courtyard, in Washington, DC.
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 Michael
Janis brings his architecture background and disciplines to the Washington Glass School and Studio projects. He has taught at Penland School of Craft and Istanbul’s Glass Furnace Arts Center. His work is featured in the Corning Museum of Glass publication 'New Glass Review 30', and his artwork is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was named 'Outstanding Emerging Artist 2008-2009' by the Florida Glass Art Alliance.
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Current
Instructors
The
Faculty at the Washington Glass School includes working
artists, professionals and educators from across the spectrum
of art and sculpture, incorporating many different media.
These seasoned professionals teach all aspects of sculptural,
functional and decorative glass along with media such
as steel, concrete, encaustics, ceramics, neon, and lighting.
 Don Daniels earned his degree in Art and Design from Alfred University in May of 2008. While at school he concentrated in glass and photography. He is applying his skills and enthusiasm to kilnformed glass as one of the Resident Artists at the Washington Glass School. Don also does hot glass work at nearby DC Glassworks.
Marty King is one of the Washington area’s
most accomplished neon artists and currently the Hirshorn
Museum’s safety assurance consultant. Her projects
include pieces for film, television and stage. Her body
of work includes large scale installations in the Air
and Space Museum in Washington and for the CBS television
set for the Winter Olympics. In addition to commercial
projects, she has worked with hundreds of artists and
individuals.
Pete Duvall graduated from Syracuse University in 1998 with a BFA in Photography and moved back to DC afterward. Pete teaches workshops and classes for the Art League School in addition to the Washington Glass School. Alison Duvall graduated from Syracuse University in 1999 with a BFA in Photography and has lived in the Washington, DC area ever since. She currently teaches art at the Parkmont School and has taught at the National Cathedral School, River School and Corcoran School of Art and Design’s Camp Creativity. She is also a freelance photographer with her husband for their company, Anything Photographic. Check out anythingphoto.net for more information.
Lea
Topping has been an independent studio artist
for over 20 years with a gallery at the Torpedo Factory.
She has studied at the Tyler School of Art, University
of California/San Diego, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary
Art and Purdue University.
Alison
Sigethy studied design at Mason Gross School
of the Arts at Rutgers University and received degrees
from Marymount University. She is a member of several
glass guilds and was Chairman of the 2004 Glass Arts Festival,
a bi-annual event sponsored by the National Capitol Art
Glass Guild, the Glen Echo Glass Art Consortium, and the
National Park Service. 
Sean
Hennessey teaches sculpture and mold making.
An accomplished painter and sculptor, he established Scenic
Artisans in 2004, following a ten-year career in the theater,
where Sean was responsible for all painting and sculpting
of stage props and set decoration at the internationally
renowned Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC. His work
has been part of Helen Hayes Award winning productions.
Sean has also contributed toprojects at other arts and
theater venues, such as the Kennedy Center, the Wooly
Mammoth Theatre Company, National Geographic, Discovery
Channel, Arena Stage, Smithsonian Folk Life Festival,
and the Smithsonian Institute.
Dave D'Orio has a BFA in sculpture from the University of Hartford and has worked in glass for over 15 years. His artwork features mixed media, glass and steel. Dave is Director of DC GlassWorks, one of the DC area's premier public access hot glass shop, located in Hyattsville, MD. DC Glass Works offers both glass blowing and metal casting. The classes formed by the combining the resources of both glass centers promises to create a diverse artistic population whose common goal is to explore glass and the creative process.
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Tim Slagel has been an LED fanatic since getting his mom to buy him a Radio Shack grab bag in the 5th grade.  Despite degrees in Engineering and work on optical data storage and digital imagers, Tim's spare time is filled designing and building gadgets that blink and glow. Since moving form Silicone Valley to Washington, DC, he has led LED project workshops for Dorkbot DC and worked with local multi-media artists to add electronics smarts and interactivity to their work.
Jennifer Lindstrom, began exploring warm glass in 2001 when she enrolled in her first glass fusing class. Her love of the medium has taken her to Penland as a work study student. Her elegant and disciplined aesthetic in glass was featured in the Washington Post's Style Section.
Jim Manning has been bending glass for 12 years, and works with DC's neon queen Marty King. Their neon studio Light’n Up Neon, is one of the areas leading neon art centers. Featured in the Washington Post, Jim has work on display at the District Fine Arts Gallery, and had an exhibition of his artwork at the Katzen Arts Center.
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Teaching
Assistants and Friends of the Studio
The
School also has a number of Teaching Assistants who bring
their expertise and enthusiasm to the classes. This provides
an excellent instructor/student ratio resulting in quality
class time and opportunity for productivity. Friends of
the Studio involves volunteers to support the Washington
Glass School classes, events and collaborative projects.
 Teaching
Assistants
Don Daniels
Lisa Dano
Carol Kanga
Jon Gann
Jennifer Lindstrom
Christine Otvos
Lisa Freda
Kirk Waldroff
Daniel Schubmehl
David Pearcy
Nicole Puzan
Becky Williams
Special Friends and Supporters of the Washington Glass School
Janet Hirshberg
Kay Janis
Veronique Lanthier
Brett Marden
Liz Mears
Helene Safire
Studio Artists
Leslie Beil
David Cook
Cheryl Patrice Derricotte
Nancy Donnelly
Liane Gould
Allegra Marquart
Syl Mathis
Duncan McClellan
Betsy McCluskey
Anne Plant
Nancy Wasserman
Chris Shea
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