Marc D. VandenBerg

Education:

Michigan State University     East Lansing, MI

College of Communication Arts and Sciences     May 1997

Bachelor of Arts, Telecommunication

Work Experience:

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village     March 1999 – Present

Production Glassblower and demonstrating artist recreating early American glass while educating visitors.  Quality control of all product shipped out.  Conduct routine maintenance and repairs when necessary on equipment.  Teach adult glassblowing classes.

Independent Glass Artist      Fall 1996 – Present

Self-taught flameworker using both borosilicate and soft glasses to express myself. Currently focused on combining lampworked and blown elements.

 
Furnace Hot Glass     November 1999

Seasonal Glassblower.

 WILX TV-10 NBC Lansing MI     September 1997 – May 1998

Production Assistant for live, morning newscasts and Assistant Graphic Artist.

Continued Education:

Corning Museum of Glass Studio     2000 - 2002

Lucio Bubacco – Figurative sculpture combined with blown  elements.

 Emilio Santini – Venetian style goblets with emphasis on the human figure as the stem.

     Lansing Community College, MI     1996 – 1997

Course work in Photoshop, Painter, Lightwave 3D, and Drawing

 


Demonstrations and Workshops:

The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass     2004

Teaching Assistant for glassblowing class.

Ariana Gallery Royal Oak, MI     2003

Featured artist for Michigan Glass Month


Southern Illinois University     2003

Weekend workshop – Flameworking and Venetian Gobletry, the combination of two disciplines.


Michigan Hot Glass     2000 - Present

Furnace demo’s for studio openings


Southwestern Michigan Bead Guild     2002 / 2003

Flameworking figures and other creatures.

 
Royal Oak Clay and Glass Show     2002

Flameworking demonstration.

The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass     2000

Teaching Assistant for glassblowing class.
 

Baron Glass     April 2000 / April 2001

Furnace work and Flameworking for Michigan Glass Month opening.

Exhibitions:

Muskegon Museum of Art     January 2001 – April 2001

Participating artist in Century 2: New Glass and Paintings.

 
Eugene Glass School and Alder Gallery     September 2003 – December 2003

Participating artist in Function/Dysfunction goblet show.

Collections:

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schuster – President and First Lady of Slovakia.
Private collections.