• December 8 - Enfield, Connecticut
  Yankee Pole Cat Insulator Club Annual "Beat the Snow" Insulator, Bottle, and Tabletop Collectibles Show and Sale. American Legion Hall, 566 Enfield Street (US Route 5), Enfield, Connecticut 06082. Show hall is one mile from Exit 49 of I-91 on the Connecticut/Massachusetts border. 20 minutes north of Hartford; 20 minutes south of the Mass Pike. Show Hours 8 AM to 2 PM. Dealer Setup 6 AM to 8 AM. Free Admission. 30+ sales tables as well as several displays. Free display space available. For dealer contracts, display information, or just general show questions - please contact JOHN RAJPOLT (203) 261-1190. E-Mail: rajpolt@earthlink.net

• December 10 - Natick, Massachusetts
  Founders Chapter, National American Glass Club, Ltd;.. December 10, Wednesday, Holiday Luncheon and Silent Auction: Our special meal to celebrate the holidays will be catered and we will hold our Silent Auction throughout the day.
  PM Program: "Contemporary Glass Bead Making" Presented by Kristina Logan. Kristina has been making glass beads for over 25 years and is recognized internationally for her precisely patterned pieces. In this lecture Kristina will discuss her inspiration and the process she goes through when she creates her unique work. Kristina's work has been collected by The Smithsonian Museum of American Art: Renwick Gallery, Washington DC, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, and the Musée du Verre de Sars-Poteries, Sars-Poteries, France.
  The Corning Museum of Glass writes "...the work of Kristina Logan stands out for its originality, sophistication, and innovation. Logan is an especially talented artist who works with flameworked glass. She makes unique and complex beads in intricate patterns whose sometimes knobby forms recall the remarkable eye beads made in ancient China. Yet Logan's style is purely contemporary." Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at: Morse Institute Library 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760 • 508.647.6520 www.morseinstitute.org

• December 10 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh Chapter, National American Glass Club, Ltd.,
  HOLIDAY PARTY
  
  • When: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
  • Time: Social at 6:00 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
  • Where: Third Floor, Weisbrod Kitchen Classroom Heinz History Center 1212 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
  • Cost: $25.00 for dinner and party
  • Contact: apmadarasz@heinzhistorycenter.org

• December 10 - New York, New York
  ART GLASS FORUM. Our Next Meeting of the Season Tuesday, December 10, 7PM
  St. Michael’s Church, 225 West 99th Street, New York, NY 10025
  Embracing the Wild
  Laura Donefer
  Award-winning artist Laura Donefer has been using glass as her primary medium for three decades, often combining it with diverse material toward a goal that she describes as "investigating ideas concerning memory, assault, bereavement, joy and madness." On December 10, her evening talk for the Art Glass Forum | New York, “Embrace the Wild: My 37 Years as a Glass Artist,” will explore the evolution of her works. Donefer will delve into the motivations behind her mixed-media installations and her signature "Amulet Baskets," blown vessels covered in seemingly structurally impossible glass spines. Every few years, Donefer organizes Glass Fashion Shows, and the 2018 edition, she explains, was held in Venice with "33 glass-draped participants boating down the famous Vetrai Canal in Murano in gondolas."
  Donefer, who is based in rural Ontario, has taught at institutions worldwide including the Pilchuck Glass School in northwest Washington (she serves on its International Council). Her works are found in prominent public collections, including the Corning Museum of Glass, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Musée des beaux-arts in Montreal. Among her numerous awards are a lifetime achievement award from the Glass Art Association of Canada. When Donefer is not traveling to teach, lecture and exhibit, she reports, she is "hunkered down" in her Ontario studio, where she lives with her husband Dave Hickie and dachshund, Mr. Lance.
  In her talk, Donefer says, she will "let the inside out" and offer stories about her fashion shows and artworks and her practice of "living on the planet with a huge zest for life." She has compared working with molten glass to “dancing the magma right out of the earth.” The talk will be preceded by a wine and cheese reception beginning at 6:30 PM.
  Annual membership in ART GLASS FORUM dues are $25 for young professionals under 40, $70 for individuals, $90 for households, and $120 for businesses and organizations (up to three employees or guests may attend each event). Non-members are welcome to attend for $15 per meeting.

• December 11 - Bethesda, Maryland
  Amelung Chapter, National American Glass Club, Ltd;.. Holiday Gathering and Potluck. Hostess: Ann Williams. Gift Exchange and Party.

January - 2020

• January 18 - Maitland, Florida
  The annual Central Florida Insulator Collectors (CFIC) and the Antique Telephone Collectors Association (ATCA) Show will be held January 18, 2020 in Maitland, Florida in the Germaine Bldg. located at 220 W. Packwood. Sales tables are: First table is $25.00 and each additional table is $20.00. Set-up is from 7:30 AM 8:00 AM. with the public allowed in at 8:00 AM. until 3:00 PM. There will be coffee and donuts for the dealers. There will be lunch concessions on the premises. This is a one-day Show and Sale held annually on the same weekend as the "Renninger's Antique Extravaganza" in Mt. Dora, Fl. which begins for "Early Buyers" on Friday, January 17th. For information and reservations contact: PAUL MIKULA, NIA#7466, 650 EAST CHAPMAN ROAD, OVIEDO, FL 32765. TEL: (407) 365-4686; EMAIL: wecoman@bellsouth.net

• January 18 - Strongsville, OH Western Reserve Insulator Club's 21st Annual Winterfest / Swap Meet & Club Meeting at the Spyglass Hill Recreation Center, 13201 Compass Point Drive, Strongsville, OH 44136. Dealer Setup: 9:00 AM; Show Hours: 10:00 AM -3:00 PM. Club Meeting and Lunch: 12-1:30 PM. There are no admission or table charges, but space is limited, so please contact us ahead of time if you plan to set up! Info/RSVP to JOHN HOVANEC (216)392-3622, E-mail jrhovanec@ymail.com

• January 18-19 - Cartersville, Georgia
  Cartersville Looking Glass Show and Sale, Elegant and Depression Glass, China and Pottery, Cartersville Civic Center, 435 West Main Street, Cartersville, GA, 30120. 972.672.6213 www.meyershows.com meyerlookingglass@hotmail.com

• January 23-25 - New York, New York
  The New York Ceramics & Glass Fair, Bohemian National Hall, New York. Building Construction & Renovation Sector Exhibition." The New York Antique Ceramics Fair is an international destination for serious collectors, connoisseurs, and the academic and museum communities, next year's fair will be presented in a smaller boutique format. The fair will feature many of the same top antique ceramics dealers from the United States and from around the world.

• January 25-26 - Boca Raton, Florida
  Showcard South Florida Depression Glass Club Vintage American Glass and Pottery Show & Sale Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Rd Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-767-2592 http://www.sfdgc.com jerliz60@hotmail.com

• January 25-26 - Jacksonville, Florida
  Jacksonville Antique and Depression Glass Show and Sale,Federal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Road, Jacksonville, FL. Tel: 904 669 0863, www.depressionglassclubjax.com

• January 23-26 - Toronto, Canada
  The Toronto Congress Centre, Toronto, Canada
  "Canada's Largest Gift Show"
  Toronto Gift Fair, a leading show market making it's mark in the west comes up with products like innovative tabletop, housewares, gourmet food, garden accessories, collectibles, handmade, stationery, home decor, bath, bed and linen products and much, much more. A huge number of professionals attending and participating in the show says a lot about the potential of this event to become a flag bearer as fas as Gift Retail industry is concerned. The products in exhibition are seller friendly as far as according to consumer's taste and market mood. A complete new blend of home decor items, bed and linen products, handmade showpieces attract the visitors.