*CAA Founding Member

—Art Education—

Spring 1973, Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma. Introduction to Ceramics.

Fall 1973 to Spring 1975, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ceramics and Sculpture.

—HomeTown—
Locust Grove, Oklahoma

—Experience—

1975 - 1977, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Arts and Crafts Director and Art Instructor in Cherokee communities, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

1977 - Established Bill Glass Ceramic Studio, Locust Grove, Oklahoma.

2001 - Established Glass Studio, This new studio is shared with son, Demos Glass.


—Public Art Commissions—

2009- American Indian Cultural Center Museum, Oklahoma City "Art in PUblic Places"

2004 – Established Cherokee Artists Gadugi Inc., a group of five Cherokee artists, which was commissioned by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee to produce artwork of a Southeast style to go along river walkway access known as the “Passage”. Seven six foot stainless steel and clay medallions were fabricated and completed at Glass Studio, Locust Grove, Oklahoma.

2007 – Glass Studio, Bill/Demos Glass, received commission to design four twenty-two foot terrazzo floor medallions from the Tulsa Art Commission for new BOK Events Arena designed by Cesar Pelli and associates, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

—Musuem Collections—

Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
Institute of American Indian Arts Alumni Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
Stovall Museum, Norman, Oklahoma.

—Art Mediums—

Ceramic sculpture and pottery
Collaborative works in welded steel and ceramic

—Recognitions & Honors—

1980 – Included in Jamake Highwater book, The Sweet Grass Lives On, fifty contemporary North American Indian Artists

1984 – Included in Billy M. Jones and Odie B. Faulk book, Cherokees an Illustrated History

1986 – Inducted into Master Artist Category - Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma

1989 – One of six Oklahoma artists included in Artists of the Earth, Southern Living magazine 1990 – Included in December issue of Oklahoma Today magazine

1996 – September, Best of the West section Southwest Art Magazine

1997 – Article in 1997 Indian Market Official Program, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1999 – Piece included in Lois Sherr Dubin book, North American Indian Jewlery and Adornment from Prehistory to the Present

1999 – May, received Cherokee Medal of Honor, Cherokee Honor Society, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

1999 – November, panel discussion member for symposium, Native Lands: Indians and Georgia, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia (two pieces included in show, one of which was used on catalog cover)

2000 – January, invited to participate in Winter Camp 2000 Art Show, first Native American artists group showing held at the Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2000 – Art competition judge, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2002 – Invited to participate in Winter Camp #2 Art Show, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2002 – Included in Cherokee photography book by David G. Fitzgerald

2003 – May, selected to judge art competition, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2005 – Invited to participate in Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2, curators Ellen Taubman and David McFadden, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, New York (catalog included)

2006 - Selected as one of the artist to participate in Tulsa’s Arts and Humanities Council Gala fundraiser “Simply Oklahoma”, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2007 – Included in Susan C. Powers book Art of the Cherokee Prehistory to the Present 

2009- Cherokee National Living Treasure



—Major Awards (2007 - 1988)—

October 2003, Grand Award (Clay Sculpture), Masters Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma

August 2003, Second Place Contemporary Ceramic Forms, Indian Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico

September 2002, Featured article written in, Cowboys & Indians magazine.

May 2002, Trail of Tears Award, 29th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show at the Cherokee Historical Society Museum, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

August 2001, First Place, Contemporary Pottery Category, Indian Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

May 1999, Grand Award, 28th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show, Cherokee National Museum, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

June 1998, First Place, Clay Sculpture Division and First Place, Contemporary Pottery Division, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

April 1998, Best of Show, Indian Territory Arts Festival, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

June 1996, Invited to participate in Cherokee Fire Takers Show, Cherokee National Historical Society, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

October 1995, Grand Award, Masters Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

June 1995, First Place, Clay Sculpture Division and First Place, Contemporary Pottery Division, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

October 1994, “Spirit of Oklahoma Award”, Masters Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma

July 1994, Commissioned to design and create large light fixtures for new Talking Leaves Job Corp facility, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

June 1994, First Place, Sculpture Division, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

October 1992, First Place, Sculpture Division and Second Place, Miniatures Division, Masters Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

June 1992, First Place, Contemporary Pottery Division and Second Place, Ceramic Sculpture Division, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

October 1990, First Place, Sculpture Division, Masters Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

October 1990, First Place, Sculpture Division, Masters Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

June 1989, First Place, Pottery Division and Honorable Mention, Sculpture Division, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

June 1988, First Place, Pottery Division, Red Earth Indian Art Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

—Galleries—
Cherokee Artists' Association, Tahlequah, OK
Pearson's Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Bill Shores Frames and Gallery - Chatanooga, Tennessee