2024 PCA CONVENTION PROGRAM
May 15-18, 2024 - Warwick/Providence, RI
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Wednesday - May 15
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All Events at Hotel
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9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Optional Sightseeing Tour - starts and ends at the hotel
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12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
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Registration & ID Clinic Submissions
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5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
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First Timers Meeting
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5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
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Artists’ Fair and Opening Reception (light refreshments provided)
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7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Glass Paperweight Fair
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Thursday - May 16
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All Events at Hotel
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7:30 am - 9:00 am
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Breakfast Buffet
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8:00 am - 8:45 am
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Registration & ID Clinic Submissions
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9:00 am - 9:15 am
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Welcome and Daily Announcements: Gordon Park, President PCA, Inc.
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9:15 am - 9:20 am
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Gordon Park - PCA Committee Participation
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9:20 am - 10:05 am
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Melissa Ayotte: “A Creative Odyssey: Rick Ayotte's 60 Years in Glass”
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10:20 am - 11:05 am
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Kirk Nelson: "New England Glass Factories"
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11:20 am - 12:05 pm
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Mike Hunter: "Murrine, Art in Weights and 50 Years in Glassmaking"
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12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
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Lunch and Town Hall Meeting: "We’re All in this Together - Moving PCA Forward"
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2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
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Clinton Smith: "The Evolution of Marbles Throughout My Career"
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3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
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Joyce Manson: "My Life in Glass"
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4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Victor Trabucco and Barb Elam: "On the Art & Inspiration of the Blaschkas"
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5:00 pm
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Dinner on Your Own
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7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Glass Paperweight Fair
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Friday - May 17
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Day-Trips
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7:30 am - 9:00 am
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Breakfast Buffet
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8:00 am - 8:45 am
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Registration
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Bus #1 – Harvard, Ware Collection of Blaschka Botanicals - all day trip returning to Hotel
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9:15 am – 5:15 pm
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Bus #2 – Sandwich Glass Museum & Blackstone River Glass Center for PCA Artist Demos
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9:30 am – 5:30 pm
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Bus #3 – New Bedford Museum of Glass & Blackstone River Glass Center for PCA Artist Demos
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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Dinner on Your Own
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7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Glass Paperweight Fair
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Saturday - May 18
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All Events at Hotel
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7:30 am - 9:00 am
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Breakfast Buffet
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8:00 am - 8:45 am
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Registration
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9:00 am - 9:05 am
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Daily Announcements
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9:10 am – 10:10 am
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Showing of “Paul Stankard: Flower & Flame” Documentary Film
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10:10 am - 10:30 am
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Biennial Membership Meeting
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10:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Identification Clinic
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12:00 pm
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Lunch on your own
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12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Glass Paperweight Fair - Open to the Public |
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
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Free Public Showing of “Paul Stankard: Flower & Flame” Documentary Film
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12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Silent Auction of Artist Demonstration Pieces
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6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar)
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7:30 pm
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Closing Banquet
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NOTE: All activities are subject to change. Times are tentative.
Special Exhibits: Works of Rick Ayotte; New England Glass Companies; Immersive Paperweight Experience by Melissa Ayotte
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