Kristin Qualls discusses the Paperweight Weekend with Barb Elam. Oral history interview with Kristin Qualls by Catherine Whalen and Barb Elam, July 26, 2019, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center. Clip length: 00:35.

Barb Elam: And also something I noticed is that it was a pretty big deal; I mean a big curated event.

Kristin Qualls: Yes.

BE: It wasn’t just sort of like a weekend picnic. 

KQ: No. 

BE: This was a really—this was a dinner—

KQ: Yes.

BE: You know, there were speakers—

KQ: Correct. And It continues to be.

BE: Yeah, yeah.

KQ: It continues to be a multiple day event that brings together paperweight artists, paperweight collectors, curators who work with paperweights, galleries and dealers who work with paperweights on a multiple day event here on campus with demos, speakers, lectures, ‘lunch and learns,’ ‘make your owns’ with an artist, demonstrations, and a dinner banquet.