Susie Silbert, Corning Museum of Glass curator of modern and contemporary glass and former assistant to Mark Peiser, discusses Penland. Oral History Interview with Susie Silbert by Catherine Whalen, February 25, 2020, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 00:56.

Susie Silbert: I think Penland’s [Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina] role can’t be discounted. It is where the Glass Art Society was formed. It is—because of the particularities of Penland, which other people can speak about more, it enabled—it created a kind of crucible of experimentation. And I think it’s notable that around Penland, even to this day, is one of the places where more people formulate and melt their own glass than anywhere else in the country, and that speaks to that real understanding of material and technique and approach, that is what Penland offers. I also think that they could do—that they have a really great opportunity to build that impact to the future, and to create opportunities to advance glass as much in the coming decades as they did at the beginning.