Nancy Y. Gong

Background

Gong, Nancy Y. was born in 1957 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Don S. and Sue Gong.

Education

Student School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1973—1978. Student, Champlain College, 1975—1976. Student, Empire State College, 1976—1977.

Student, Naples Mills School Arts & Craft, 1976.

Career

Proprietor, artist Gong Glass Works, Rochester, New York, since 1979. Presenter glass art technical workshops and conferences Rochester Museum & Science Center, 1979—1983. Coordinator special projects Pyramid Art Gallery, Allofus Art Workshop, Inc., Rochester, 1979—1986.

Educator ALLOFUS Art Workshop, Inc., Rochester, 1976-1980, PORTCON "82 Art Glass Conference, San Diego, 1982, Environmental Art Glass Conference, Oklahoma City, 1989, Professional Art Glass Seminary, San Antonio, 1990, Public Art Politics and Processes Symposium, Arts for Greater Rochester, 1990, Glass Art Society Conference, Monterey, California, Corning, New York, 1993, Huntington, West Virginia, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1978. Instructor Rochester Museum and Science Center, 1979-1986, ALLOFUS Art Workshop, 1979-1986, Jewish Community Center, 1979-1986, Norman Howard School, 1979-1986, consultant Edge Public Group, 1989-1993, Professional Stained Glass Guild, Brewster, New York, 1989-1993, Arts for Gtr. Rochester, 1990; presenter, speaker in field.

Achievements

• Nancy Y. Gong has been listed as a notable artist, small business owner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past board directors Arts for Greater Rochester, 1991. Trustee Station WXXI Public Broadcasting Service. Member Memorial Art Gallery University Rochester, honorary advisory Arts for Greater Rochester.

Member Glass Art Society, American Crafts Council, Toastmasters International, Rochester Women's Network, Women and Minority Business Enterprise.

Connections

Married Peter W. Fisk, 1983.

Father:

Don S.

Mother:

Sue Gong

Spouse:

Peter W. Fisk