Visiting artist William Gudenrath
Resident Advisor, The Studio
The Corning Museum of Glass
As Resident Advisor for The Studio, William
Gudenrath ensures excellence in the facility and its
programs, and regularly teaches introductory and
advanced courses in Venetian techniques.
Mr. Gudenrath—a glassblower, scholar, lecturer, and teacher of glass
blowing—is an authority on historical hot glassworking techniques from
ancient Egypt through the Renaissance, and has presented lectures
and demonstrations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom,
and Europe.
He demonstrates techniques he believes to have been employed by
glassmakers of the past, and these are illustrated and described in a
number of books and video segments
Mr. Gudenrath, who received degrees in music from North Texas State
University and the Juilliard School, is a Fellow of The Corning Museum
of Glass, a past member of the Board of Overseers of the Handel and
Haydn Society in Boston, and a former board president of UrbanGlass
in Brooklyn, NY, where he now sits on the International Advisory
Committee. His glass objects are sold in the GlassMarket as well as
exclusive stores and galleries nationwide.
William Gudenrath
