Demonstrations & Lectures

• ongoing Grant Garmezy 3rd Thursday Hot Glass Demo Nights, The Glass Spot, Richmond, VA

• upcoming Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Glass Art Society Conference, Småland, Sweden

• 2019 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Seattle, WA

• 2019 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Sunspot Studios, Staunton, Virginia

• 2018 Featured Demonstrator and Lecturer, Norwegian Glass Seminar, Oslo, Norway

• 2018 Artist Lecture, Salem Art Works, Festival of Fire, Salem, NY

• 2018 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Ngwenya Glass, Swaziland

• 2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Kent State University, Kent, OH

• 2018 Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Murano Gallery LUAB 4.0, Murano, Italy

• 2018 Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Argia Badago Studio, Irun, Spain

• 2018 Glass Sculpting Demonstration, The Glass Museum of Vimbodi-Poblet, Vimbodi, Spain 

• 2018 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Ngwenya Glass, Swaziland

• 2017 Glass Sculpting Demonstration and Lecture, Salem Community College, Penns Grove, NJ

• 2017 Featured Demonstrator, Glassblower’s Ball, Ignite Glass Studio, Chicago, IL

• 2017 Artist Lecture and Demonstration,SiNaCa Studios, Fort Worth, TX

• 2017 Artist Lecture, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey

• 2017 Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Glass Art Society Conference, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA 

• 2017 Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, 

• 2017 Artist Lecture, Vandalia Glassworks, Minneapolis MN

• 2017 Artist Lecture, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea 

• 2017 Artist Lecture, Aya Glass Center, Tokyo, Japan 

• 2016 SOFA Expo Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Corning Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop, Chicago, IL

• 2016 Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Mind Blown Studio, Deadwood, South Dakota

• 2016 Artist Lecture, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey

• 2016 Artist Lecture, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY 

• 2015 Featured Demonstrator, Glassblower’s Ball, Ignite Glass Studio, Chicago, IL

• 2015 SOFA Expo Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Corning Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop, Chicago, IL

• 2015 Natural Inspirations, SOFA Expo Booth Lecture, Chicago, IL

• 2015 Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Visiting Artist, Vetro Glassworks, Grapevine, TX

• 2014   Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Visiting Artist, STARworks Glass Lab, Star, NC

• 2014   Guest Speaker at C3 Talk20, Richmond, VA

• 2014   Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Visiting Artist, Hollywood Hot Glass, Hollywood, Florida 

• 2014   Glass Sculpting Demonstration and Lecture, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Council, Richmond, VA

• 2014   Glass Sculpting Demonstration and Lecture, The Commonwealth Society of VCU, Richmond, VA

• 2013   Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Visiting Artist, Korea National University of the Arts, Seoul, South Korea

• 2013   Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Visiting Artist, Namseoul University, Cheonan, South Korea

• 2013   Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Visiting Artist, Appalachian Center for Craft, Cookeville, TN 

• 2013   Featured Artist, Third Wednesday Afterhours Series, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

• 2013   Glass Sculpting Demonstration, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, VA

• 2012   Open House Demo Night, The Glass Spot, Richmond, VA

• 2011-12 Multiple hot glass sculpting demonstrations, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

• 2011   Arts and Sparks demonstration, The Glass Spot, Richmond, VA

• 2011   Open House Demo Night, The Glass Spot, Richmond, VA

• 2008   Northlands Creative Glass public demonstration, Lybster, Scotland

Residencies

• 2017   Glazenhuis Glass Studio, Lommel, Belgium

• 2015   Rosenberg Residency, Salem State University, Salem, MA

• 2008   Six-week North Lands Creative Glass Residency, Lybster, Scotland

Scholarships & Awards

• 2016   Turkish Cultural Grant, Turkish Cultural Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey

• 2015   Award of Excellence, Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

• 2015   Virginia Commonwealth University, 10 Under 10 Award, honoring the 10 most successful graduates of the last decade, Richmond, VA

• 2014   Peninsula Glass Guild Honorable Mention, Juror Michael Rogers, Hampton, VA

• 2013   Award of Distinction in Sculpture, Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

• 2013   Full Scholarship to attend Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA

• 2013   Peninsula Glass Guild Honorable Mention, Juror Paul Marioni, Hampton, VA

• 2012   Peninsula Glass Guild Honorable Mention and People’s Choice Awards, Hampton, VA

• 2008   Royal Scottish Academy Benno Schotz Award for Most Promising Young Sculptor, Edinburgh, Scotland

• 2007   Full Scholarship to attend Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME

• 2003   Dean’s Portfolio Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Press

• 2018 Kentwired.com, Blossom Art Lecture Series kicks off at Kent State

• 2018 The Flow Magazine, Fall 2018, Functional Gallery

• 2018 R Home Magazine, July 2018, Burning Love

• 2017 VCUarts Studio, “Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork,” 2017 Fall Issue

• 2017 Whurk Magazine, “Grant Garmezy,” Issue 57, November 2017

• 2017 Richmond Times Dispatch, “Playing with Fire” (cover story), May 23, 2017 

• 2017 Talk Show Artistic Guest, PBS, “Virginia Currents,” February 16, 2017

• 2016 Glass Art Magazine (cover story), “Grant Garmezy,” September/October 2016

• 2014 Richmond Magazine, “Made in RVA,” December 2014

• 2014 Martin Agency Interview, “Grant Garmezy Glass,” September 2014

• 2014 Vidrio Magazine, “Galeria de Artistas: Naturaleza en Movimiento, [Nature in Motion]” May 2014

• 2014 Hometown Junket, “Don’t be an Artist,” online published transcript of C3s Talk 20, May 2014

• 2014 RVA Magazine, “Virginia Artists Get NYC Exposure through j fergeson gallery,” May 2014

• 2013 Nashville Arts Magazine, “Two Moon Presents Gone Fishin,” November 2013

• 2013 PBS, “Virginia Currents,” January 2013 episode

• 2012 Belle Magazine, “Hunting for Glass Horns,” December 2012

• 2012 Nashville Scene, “Artclectic”

• 2012 WRIC Channel 8 News, “Positively Richmond,”

• 2006 Style Weekly, “Drawn In,” by Amy Biegelsen, March 29, 2006, Vol. XXIV, No. 13: 24, Richmond, VA

Education

• 2007 Virginia Commonwealth University, Bachelor of Fine Arts: Craft/Material Studies

• 2017 Sculpting with Chris Ahalt, Salem Community College Glass Education Center, Salem, NJ

• 2015 Sculpting with Marc Petrovic, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

• 2013 Sculpting with Raven Skyriver and Martin Janecky, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA

• 2013 Sculpting with Raven Skyriver and Martin Janecky, Corning Museum Glass Studio, Corning, NY

• 2012 Sculpting with Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen & Jasen Johnsen, Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

• 2011-12 Glass Studio Assistantship, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

• 2007 Advanced Hot Glass Sculpting with Ross Richmond, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA

• 2007 Reticello with Claire and Anthony Schafermeyer, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME

• 2006 Secrets Revealed with Scott Darlington, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA