Pam Hogarth
About Pam Hogarth:
After more than 15 years in high-end computer graphics, Pam was looking for a creative outlet that resulted in something “actual.” She found the perfect vehicle when she saw someone in a glass shop at a torch making a bead. She’s been happily melting glass ever since. Each unique glass bead or button is lovingly handmade by melting and shaping colored Morano glass in the twenty-four-hundred degree flame of an oxygen and propane torch. All are kiln-annealed against breaking and are meticulously cleaned.
Between her all too-infrequent hours at her torch, Pam helps make other people’s dreams come true. As Director of Advancement at Gnomon School of Visual Effects she does career counseling, placement, and teaches career realities. She also directs industry relations and business development.
Pam fell into the world of cg 25 years ago when she went to work at Digital Productions during the production of The Last Starfighter. Since then she has worked with software and hardware vendors, colleges and private training facilities and has been heavily involved in 3D education for 20 years. Pam was one of the initial employees at Gnomon and has helped shepherd it from a small proprietary training center to one of the premiere high-end cg educational facilities in the world. She has also been intimately involved with the growth of the Visual Effects Society, having joined the Society in its very first days and served three terms on the Board of Directors and worked on more committees than she cares to admit. She has a BS in Psychology and Fine Art from Springfield College and an MEd in Vocational Counseling from Kent State University. Pam’s artist husband and three dogs are thrilled she’s found glasswork.
