Amber Cowan received her BFA in 3-Dimension Design with a concentration in Glass from Salisbury University in 2004. After graduation she moved to New York City where she worked as a glassblowing and flameworking instructor at One Sixty Glass and Urban Glass in Brooklyn. She worked as an assistant to many glass blowers and took hundreds of subway rides.
During this time she had the opportunity to be the teaching assistant to a number of prolific glass artists including Paul Stankard, Gianni Toso, Eric Goldschmidt, Loren Stump and Kari Russell-Pool at The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass.
She has been a resident artist at The Anderson Center and an ongoing visiting artist at the recycled glass center of Maho Bay Eco-Resort in St. John, Virgin Islands.
In 2009 Amber was accepted to be a graduate student at Tyler School of Art. She completed her MFA in the summer of 2011 and is now the instructor of Intro/Intermediate Glass at Tyler and Advanced Flameworking Techniques at Salem Community College.
Amber was a lecturing artist at the 2011 International Flameworking Conference at Salem Community College. Her lecture included information on the current state of flameworking in the university system, and she demonstrated flameworking using recycled cullet.
In 2011 she was the recipient of a Presidential Teaching Assistantship from Temple University, a Dean's Grant to research recycled glass for creative purposes, and The Steve Stormer Memorial Award.
Amber turned 30 on 11/11/11.
During this time she had the opportunity to be the teaching assistant to a number of prolific glass artists including Paul Stankard, Gianni Toso, Eric Goldschmidt, Loren Stump and Kari Russell-Pool at The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass.
She has been a resident artist at The Anderson Center and an ongoing visiting artist at the recycled glass center of Maho Bay Eco-Resort in St. John, Virgin Islands.
In 2009 Amber was accepted to be a graduate student at Tyler School of Art. She completed her MFA in the summer of 2011 and is now the instructor of Intro/Intermediate Glass at Tyler and Advanced Flameworking Techniques at Salem Community College.
Amber was a lecturing artist at the 2011 International Flameworking Conference at Salem Community College. Her lecture included information on the current state of flameworking in the university system, and she demonstrated flameworking using recycled cullet.
In 2011 she was the recipient of a Presidential Teaching Assistantship from Temple University, a Dean's Grant to research recycled glass for creative purposes, and The Steve Stormer Memorial Award.
Amber turned 30 on 11/11/11.
