Pittsburgh, PA, US www.kathleenmulcahy.com @kathleenmulcahyart Kathleen Mulcahy is an independent artist and Cofounder of the Pittsburgh Glass Center with her husband Ron Desmett (1948-2016). A graduate of Kean University with a BFA Teaching Degree and an MFA in Glass Art and Dimensional Design from Alfred University, Mulcahy developed the Glass Programs at Bowling Green University 1975-76 and Carnegie Mellon University 1976-1989. In 1979 she was awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, in 1984, a Fulbright Award for Italy, in 1992, Artist of the Year in Pittsburgh, in 1996  awarded the Creative Achievement Award through the Cultural Trust of Pittsburgh, in 2013, the Governor’s Award, Pennsylvania’s Artist of the Year. In 1989 she left teaching to develop her own studio with her husband and partner Ron Desmett. She continues to work in her studio in Oakdale.