Assistant Technician
Resume:
Cassandra Straubing
Cassandra Straubing
Born: Pasadena, California; December 28, 1978
Education: Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Glass Art at the School of American Crafts, Rochester Institute of
Technology, New York, 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo,
California, 2003
Residencies:
2008 Bullseye Glass Company, casting residency exchange - six weeks, Portland OR
2004 Water Street Glassworks, blowing residency - one year, Benton Harbor, MI
Awards:
2011 Dorothy and George Saxe Fellowship Award, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA
2010 Emerge Kiln Casters Award, Bullseye Gallery. Portland, OR
2008 Exhibition First Place Award, Cabrillo Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Alumni Scholarship Award, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Library Purchase Prize, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
2006 NICHE Finalist for cast glass Buttons
2003 "Emerging Student Artist," California Glass Exchange, CA
2002 "Achievement of the Arts," Cal Poly Arts, CA
"Service and Dedication," Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
2001 First Place/ Best of Show," Annual Juried Student Show, Dexter Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Collections: Rochester Institute of Technology Library Collection
Publications: New Glass Review 32, Corning Museum of Glass, 2011
The Urban Glass Quarterly, Art: Design: Culture, Number 121, Winter 2010-11
Emerge Bullseye Glass Company exhibition catalogue, 2010
Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalogue, 2009, 2011
Comcast South Bay Focus: Art Glass, CA, aired September 20, 2008
PBS: Open Studio artist interview, IN, aired December 30, 2004
Public Lectures and Discussions:
2011 Visiting Artist, Bullseye Glass Company, Santa Fe, NM
Visiting Artist, Palo Alto High School Sculpture Department, Palo Alto, CA
2009 Panel discussion on glass casting and current body of work, Bullseye Glass Conference, Portland, OR
2008 Visiting Artist, Santa Monica College, CA
Guest speaker for graduating Art and Design seniors, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
2004 Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, Glass as a Medium for Installation, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
2003 Visiting Artist and Demonstrator, California Glass Exchange, California State University Fullerton, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2007 Remedies - MFA Thesis gallery exhibit and installation, Canal Street Gallery, Rochester, NY
2004 Entrapment - Gallery exhibition and installation, Gallery of Water Street Glassworks, Benton Harbor, MI
Autonomous Entities - installation, Ox-Bow Lagoon, Saugatuck, MI
2002 In Suspension - Gallery exhibit and installation, BFA Thesis, Dexter Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012 SJSU Faculty Exhibition, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, San Jose, CA
2011 Glass Weekend 2011, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Arts, NJ
SOFA Santa Fe, NM
2010 Domesticity; How We Live, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
Fragile Strength, Two Person Art Exhibition, Cabrillo Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Emerge 2010, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 SJSU Faculty Exhibition, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, San Jose, CA.
Bullseye Residency Emerging Artist Exhibition, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
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2008 The Unbreakables - A Glass and Ceramics Exhibition, Cabrillo Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Winter, Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
Hot Glass in the Bluegrass, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Roles, Rights, and Rituals, Pen and Brush, New York, NY
Glass Art Society s International Student Exhibition, Pittsburg, PA
2006 Glass Art Society s International Student Exhibition, St. Luis, MO
Habitat for Humanity, Glass Exhibition, Gallery R, Rochester, NY
2005 Contemporary Works in Glass, Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville, TN
[Si] [Fe] [Cu] A Dialogue of Elements, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Playing With Fire, A Faculty/ Student Show, The Gallery of Water Street, Benton Harbor, MI
2004 California Glass Exchange, Gallery Exhibit, Dexter Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Tech Show, Gallery Exhibit, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2003 California Glass Exchange, Gallery Exhibit, California State University Fullerton, CA
2002 Annual Juried Student Exhibit, Dexter Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
California Glass Exchange, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
2001 Annual Juried Student Exhibit, installation, Dexter Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Teaching Experience:
2011 Glass Faculty Head and Studio Coordinator - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Glass Sculpture,
Casting, Blowing, and Fusing, Department of Art and Art History at San Jose State University, CA 2007-
current
Instructor - Mold Blowing workshop, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA
2010 Instructor - Imagery on Fused Glass workshop, California Educators Conference, San Jose State University,
CA
2009 Instructor - Metal Working for Glass Artists workshop, RIT, Rochester, NY
Instructor - Glass Ladle Casting workshop, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
2007 Instructor - Glass Casting, Mosaic, and Torchwork, RIT, Rochester, NY 2006-2007
Teaching Assistant to Bette Rogers - Quilting RIT, Rochester, NY 2006-2007
2006 Teaching Assistant and Studio Technician for Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Ed Schmid, Hank Adams, Piper
Brett, Ed Frances, George Jercich and Jerry Catania for various levels of glass classes at Ox-Bow School of
the Arts, Saugatuck, MI 2003-2006
2005 Teaching Assistant to Jerry Catania for Beginning and Intermediate Glass Blowing and Glass Casting, Water
Street Glass Works, a non-profit glass art school, Benton Harbor, MI 2004-2005
2003 Teaching Assistant and Studio Technician to Ed Schmid - Beginning and Advanced Glass Blowing at the
Summer Glass Workshop, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
2002 Teaching assistant to George Jercich - Beginning Glass Blowing at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 2000-
2002
2001 Instructor - Children s Sculpture, Summer Workshop at the Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
Organizations and Memberships:
SJSU Glass Guild faculty advisor 2007-current
SJGAA member, non-profit glass organization 2007-current
Member of BAGI non-profit glass organization 2007-current
Student Liaison for the board of the Glass Art Society 2006-2007
GAS member 2005-current
President of the Studio Art Club, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 2001-2002
Apprenticeships and Studio Experience:
2009-2011 Glass Arts Society conference Board of Directors assistant to Caroline Madden, NY, KY, WA
2007 Robin Cass, artist assistant, RIT, Rochester, NY 2006-2007
2006 Anne Wilson, artist assistant, Chicago, IL working at RIT, Rochester, NY
2005 Eddie Bernard, Wet Dog Glass tank furnace rebuild at RIT, Rochester, NY
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2004 Gallery Assistant Curator, California Glass Exchange Gallery Exhibit, Dexter Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo,
CA
Glass Studio Technician, Water Street Glassworks, Benton Harbor, MI 2004-2005
2003 Designed, fabricated and installed professional glass equipment including one 350-pound crucible glass
furnace, two glory holes, three annealing ovens, and miscellaneous studio equipment for Water Street
Glass Works, a non-profit glass art school, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Glass Studio Technician, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI 2003-2006
2001 Sonny Creswell, artist assistant, Sea View Glass Studios, Sonoma, CA
1999-2003 Glass Studio Technician, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
References: Stan Welsh - *****@******.***
Michael Rogers - ******@***.***
Robin Cass - ******@***.***
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