Instructors Bios

Joshua Hershman:

Joshua Hershman is an American born artist dedicated to developing new techniques of glass working that combine optical physics with the fluidity of glass to make his contemporary sculpture. By harnessing light though hand-polished lenses, Hershman employs unique methods of casting, coldworking, and photography in his boundary-pushing work. He currently lives and operates a private studio in Oakland, California.

Originally from Colorado, Joshua Hershman first began working with glass at the age of 17. Hershman graduated from the Craft and Design Program at Sheridan College, received his BFA with Distinction from California College of the Arts, and earned his MFA from Alfred University. His work has received numerous awards, was included in the Bullseye e-merge international glass competition, Young Glass 2017, and can be found in numerous private collections as well as the permanent collection of the Ebeltoft Museum in Denmark and The National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia. Hershman has been invited to participate in several artist-in-residence programs including North Lands Creative Glass in Scotland, D&L Art Glass in Colorado, the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee, and most recently completed a semester-long residency at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.