GEEX Talks

GEEX Talks 2023-24

The fourth season pairs contemporary artists in the Fall and Spring, based on overlapping themes in their work.

Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez

October 9, 2023

A sculpture of two black candle-holders, connected by an arch of white neon light.

Dyani White Hawk

November 20, 2023

A mixed-media work by Dyani White Hawk, featuring a geometric composition of 4 rows, with an inset arch-shape filled with various glass bugle beads.

Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez and Dyani White Hawk Q&A Podcast

Kimberly Thomas

February 12, 2024

A glass sculpture depicting a mechanical components and pipes chained to two clouds.

Britt Ransom

March 18, 2024

An array of ghostly-white prints of branches and other organic material, suspended in mid-air by wire and wooden blocks.

Expanded Glass Histories

This season pairs contemporary glass artists and researchers together based on overlapping interests in their work.

Kinship in Collective & Collaborative Practices: Shifting Studio Glass Histories

Better Together

Better Together speaker Corey Pemberton holds a glassblowing pipe with an open clear glass vessel turning and creating popcorn in the hot vessel, while a child is taking a selfie nearby.

vanessa german

Two short figurative mixed-media sculptures by vanessa german, one primarily blue, and one white, standing side-by-side on a plinth of grass. Both of their bodies are adorned by beads, glass bottles, string, crystals, and other found objects. Their heads are replaced by objects: a book and a glass swan for the blue figure, and a large crystal for the white figure.
Better Together and vanessa german Q&A Podcast

Migration, Boundaries and Belonging: Oppositional Histories on Glass and Race

KING COBRA

A silicone and mixed-media sculpture of a flesh-like material shaped into a loaf of traditional white bread. The inside of the bread and 6 slices reveal organs and bone. The loaf and perfectly cut slices sit in a slotted holder that is covered in dark and short hair weave.

Dr. Kerry Sinanan

18th century pastel portrait of a young Black woman, wearing a white wrap on her hair with a bow, a pearl necklace around her neck, and a simple light orange/cream top. Her head is turned at a 3/4 view as she gazes towards the viewer with a neutral expression.
KING COBRA and Dr. Kerry Sinanan Q&A Podcast

Reframing Antiquity: Ways of Knowing and Being

Raghvi Bhatia

An ornamental square window frame is created with small, fused glass beads in red, yellow, blue, purlple, and black. On each side of the frame is a flower, with an ornate braided circle design around the center of the frame. Within the window of the piece, a pinched hand sits on top on an open palm of the other hand, in front of a bare torso.

Dr. Marvin Bolt

Black and white engraving depicting Galileo and personifications of Astronomy. Galileo points towards a cosmic constellation in the sky to a group of angel figures holding a handheld telescope
Raghvi Bhatia and Dr. Marvin Bolt Q&A Podcast

GEEX Talks Q&A Podcast

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Subscriber Archive

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Tanya Aguiñiga

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Charisse Pearlina Weston

Image of "felt in the heart as well as uttered in the mouth" by Charisse Pearlina Weston, 2019, a sculpture utilizing slumped sheets of glass

Dr. Jane Cook

Image of "Remains of the Day", by Dr. Jane Cook

Fumi Amano

Image of Shape of Memory by Fumi Amano, 2019. An outdoor sculpture made with windowpanes.

Therman Statom

Image of Dientos de Naturalesa by , 2006, a sculpture using assembled glass elements.

GEEX Talks How-To

GEEX Talks has a new format for asynchronous engagement! The fourth season of GEEX Talks will air four speakers in two pairings over the course of the 2023-2024 season. Each pair of speakers will share their lectures, followed by an episode of the GEEX Talks Q&A Podcast.

Mobile-friendly GEEX Talks timeline

GEEX TALKS YouTube Videos

Artist and Researcher GEEX Talks lectures premiere on the GEEX YouTube channel Mondays at 6:15PM Central and remain publicly accessible for three months. Following three months of public access, these talks are available in the Subscriber Archive to current academic year subscribers in addition to all archived 2020-2023 GEEX Talks and Q&As.

The period for questions starts on the premiere of the first speaker, and ends on the Friday after the second speaker. During the question solicitation period, share questions via the YouTube live chat or comments or email questions@geex.glass with the subject line “GEEX Talks Question”.

GEEX TALKS Q&A PODCAST

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Questions from the audience will be shared as a framework for discussions between artists and researchers. GEEX aims to represent the range of questions submitted by the audience.

The GEEX Talks Q&A Podcast will publish new episodes during the third month of each GEEX Talks theme. Podcast episodes featuring 2022-24 Artists and Researchers will remain accessible indefinitely.

Subscriber FAQs

My student or I can’t make the live premiere, can they still watch the artist talk?

Yes, each GEEX Talk is publicly available on the GEEX YouTube channel for the first three months.

After three months, the video will be accessible to subscribers through the Subscriber Archive (login required).

How can I use this for my class?
  1. Synchronously, during the premiere, using YouTube’s live chat function.
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Options 2 and 3 can be timed during the question solicitation period to contribute to the Q&A video. Remember to send the GEEX staff your questions!

Why is GEEX Talks structured like this?
LIVE ZOOM MODELGEEX TALKS YOUTUBE MODEL
RIGID SCHEDULING
Synchronous option. Preferential for certain time-zones and schedules.

In the field of glass, most live talks have topped out at 150 participants.		FLEXIBLE TIMING
Synchronous and asynchronous options. Highly flexible to increase engagement.

GEEX institutional subscriptions represent over 1000 people.
NO ONGOING ACCESS
Often no access to recordings after live events and typically not intended to be archived as future teaching material.		CONTINUED USAGE
Designed to be accessed as teaching material in the future.
COMMON PROBLEMS
Technical difficulties, Zoom-etiquette, limited internet connection, etc.		EASE OF USE
Edited content eliminates technical difficulties and honors precious online attention span.

YouTube is also accessible across devices and internet connections.
INTO THE VOID
Pressure on speakers to present live to an unseen audience, alongside the common challenges of web conferencing platforms.		RELAXED ENVIRONMENT
Edited content allows the speakers to relax and produce a better end product.
LIMITED TIME FOR RESPONSE
Participants must compose questions on-the-spot.		EXTENDED PERIOD FOR QUESTIONS
Questions can still be composed on-the-spot, but more time is available to think of and share compelling and reflective questions.
MODERATION CHALLENGES
Challenging for moderators to manage discussion on-the-spot with questions from hundreds of students.		SYNTHESIS
Allows moderator time to evaluate all submitted questions and structure a discussion tailored to this material-specific audience.
POOR OR NO CLOSED CAPTIONING
Often not accessible to the hearing-impaired or very poorly auto-captioned.		CLOSED CAPTIONING
Editing time allows for attentive closed captioning.