ICOM Glass Annual Meeting 2024
‘Glass in Toledo, OH and the Surrounding Areas’Toledo, OH, USA, 20-24 August 2024
Preliminary Program & Registration FormDear ICOM Glass Members,
The 2024 ICOM Glass Annual Meeting will take place in Toledo, OH, USA from 20 to 24 August2024.
Diane Wright, Senior curator of glass and contemporary craft at the Toledo Museum of Art inToledo, OH and Amy McHugh, member of the Board of the ICOM Glass Committee and Curatorof Modern Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY, are organizing this meetingand preparing a varied program of visits.
In Toledo, the Toledo Museum of Art will host a papers session and our Annual General
Assembly. The program includes visits to the Toledo Museum of Art, including the museum
storage and library, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Kelsey Museum of Archeology, and The
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Attendees will be able to explore the importantcollection of the Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan region, featuring ancient tocontemporary works.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATIONS AND CHANGE )Tuesday, August 20th - Welcome
Morning: Jack Schmidt and Shawn Messenger Studio (local artists)
Afternoon: 1/2-day conference presentations
Evening: Opening Dinner
Wednesday, August 21st - Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Museum tours + collection storage + works on paper
Tour of ancient glass, assistant curator of ancient art + Diane WrightTour of Cloister, Sophie Ong, assistant director of special initiatives

1Tour of ReGift glass installation, Diane Wright
Evening: Dinner on own (Board Meeting)Thursday, August 22nd - Factory Tours
Morning Tour: TMA Library and Archives (Alison Huftalen and Julie McMaster)Tour, Float Glass Factory: Pilkington NSG (TBD)
Tour: Libbey Glass Tour (TBD)
2pm: Glass Demo at TMA Studio
ICOM General Assembly
Afternoon: Free time at Toledo Museum of Art
Evening with collector and TMA Board Chair, Sara Jane DeHoff (TBD)
Friday, Augst 23rd - Detroit
8:00 AM: Depart Toledo
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM: The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Henry Ford has
a collection of early American glass, studio glass and a ribbon machine. Charles Stable,
Curator of Decorative Arts at the Museum, will take us on a tour of the museum’s vast
campus. Tour with curators at 9:30am and 1pm.
12:00: Lunch (ability to pre-purchase a $15/20 ticket for the restaurant)
2:30 – 5:30 PM: Tour with curator at Detroit Institute of Art
Evening: Dinner in Detroit
Saturday, August 24th – Ann Arbor
8:00 AM: Depart Toledo for Flint, Michigan (2 hr drive)
10:00 AM: Visit Flint Institute of Art (glass collection and hot shop)
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 PM: Tour with curator at Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Ann Arbor, MI
4:00 PM: University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (Hours, 11-8pm)
5:00 PM: Depart for Toledo
Evening: Dinner in Toledo
Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
Accommodation: a group rate will be available at the Hilton Garden Inn in Toledo Downtown.
Additional information to follow.
We are currently arranging the transportation, meals, and activities, so we will let you know about theparticipation fee as soon as we know.
As in previous years, 15-minute presentations are also invited. Deadlines for submission of titles andsummaries is due by the end of June.

Registration form
If you wish to participate, please complete the sheet below and send it to the following
email address by 31 May.
mchugha@cmog.org

2Registration Form
Family name:First name:Institution:
ICOM membership no.:Email:

Accompanying person(s):Family name:First name:3