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| designs to echo the spirit, energy, and beauty of living things. Today, these sculptures can be found at many of this country's premier galleries and in private collections throughout the world. Inspired by Wasily Kandinsky, Joan MirĂ³, Alexander Calder and Phillip Stark, Nancy Gong is one of those gifted, self-taught artists. She has been affiliated with the Naples Mills School of Arts and Crafts, the Allofus Art Workshop, Corning Museum of Glass, the prestigious School of American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology, Narcissus Quagliata Design Workshop, Glass Art Society, and Norm Dobbins Stained Glass Workshops. For her achievements in the world of glass art, Nancy Gong has been recognized by Who's Who in Contemporary Glass Art, The World's Who's Who of Women, and 2,000 Notable American Women. She and her works have been profiled in over 20 professional publications, including: Interiors & Sources, China Daily News, The Design Journal of Korea, Stained Glass Magazine, Professional Stained Glass Magazine, Builder/Architect Magazine, Beautiful Glass Magazine, Glass Now 2003, and the Guild Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art. Since 1979, Nancy has been the owner/principal designer of Gong Glass Works, where her sculptures come alive, and where she designs and fabricates commissioned leaded, etched, carved, and painted architectural glass projects for residential and commercial customers. Her commercial clients include Kodak, Xerox, Corning Tropel, Paetec Communications, Paychex, Time Warner, Duke University, Oppenheimer Funds, Virgin Travel, Constellation, and Genencor Corp. Nancy remains active in her profession and in her community. She is a member of the Glass Art Society, Corning Museum of Glass, Memorial Art Gallery, an Honorary Advisor to the Arts and Cultural Council of Rochester, a former trustee of WXXI Public Broadcasting Corp., and past board member of the Rochester Chinese Association. She has been a guest speaker at the American Association of University Women, American Institute of Architects, American Craft Museum/Christi's, and American Society of Interior Designers. |

