Past Technical Apprentices
Where are they now?
Nearly 50 emerging glass artists have participated in the Technical Apprentice program at PGC. Many have become staff members and teachers here. Others have taken the experience and skills they received from the apprenticeship and moved on to expand their glass career in other places.
View the artwork of many past tech apprentices in the exhibition "Aspire: A Retrospective of Young Talent" on view at PGC in 2012.
Jonathan Bolivar
Past Tech Apprentice
Owner of Glass Bolivar
Jonathan Capps
2007 Tech Apprentice
2018 Fulbright Scholar in Finland
sarah cohen
2015 tech apprentice
Owner of PetalVision Glass in Pittsburgh, PA
Percy Echols II
Tech apprentice
Producer of Taming Lightning Podcast in Pittsburgh, PA
jason forck
Past Tech apprentice
Director of Creative Projects at Pittsburgh Glass Center and designer/creator of Pittsburgh Glass Center's line of tableware Penn/Fairmount
Elizabeth Fortunato
2012 tech apprentice
2018 Alloy Pittsburgh Resident Artist & 2012 Bullseye Glass Emerge Finalist
jarrod futscher
Tech apprentice
Owner of TaktTime Design in Pittsburgh, PA
Billy Guilford
2011 tech apprentice
Owner of Lexington Glassworks in Asheville, NC
julian maturino
Past tech apprentice
Owner of Salvador Alane in Pittsburgh, PA
Katie Plunkard
2013 tech apprentice
Owner of Ghost Pepper Glass in Austin, TX
travis rohrbaugh
Tech apprentice
Owner of Duck, Duck Glass in Pittsburgh, PA
JOhn Sharvin
Past tech apprentice
Owner of John Sharvin Glass in Pittsburgh, PA
Margaret spacapan
Tech apprentice
Owner of SPACAPAN in Pittsburgh, PA
samuel spees
2019 tech apprentice
Owner of Samuel Spees Studios in Penland, NC
Elean Yang & Josh Messmer
Past tech apprentices
Owners of Messmer Glass in Pittsburgh, PA