Tina Oldknow discusses socialization in the glass community. Oral history interview with Tina Oldknow, March 22, 2018, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 00:57.

Tina Oldknow: I was talking to Jim Baker, who was the director of Pilchuck [Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington] for many years, who just retired. And we were talking about why the glass community has such a strong community where you get people helping each other, and it’s very collegial, and very unlike many artist groups. And he was saying part of it is because gl—artists have to work together when they are working in—with glass, they tend to be more extroverted personalities, they tend to be more highly socialized. You know, unlike to make a gross generalization, painters. You know, they’re used to working with others. So that’s part of it. But it is definitely a characteristic of the glass community that there is that openness, sharing, involvement, strong community connections.