In The News
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- Boston Globe, Oct 10, 1999, "Master of
Miniature Kites"
- Boston Globe, Apr 17, 2003, photo of me with my
Chelmsford Library display
- Boston Globe, Oct 19, 2003, Strange_creatures_dance_over_park
- Taipei Times, Sep 18, 2003, article "Kite
festival promises to blow audiences away"
mentions me, Page 2 Taipeitimes.com/News
- El Defensor Chieftain, Socorro, NM, three color
photos of me on the front page
- Woburn Advocate, May 13, 1999
- Lowell Sun, Oct 12, 2003 Lowell
Sun Stories
- Union College Magazine article called
"Decorating The Sky" http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=1707
- Salem Evening News, Page 1, photo of Glenn and
skyfoil kite
- Kiting Magazine, photo on page 41
- Narragansett Times, Sept 2003, photo
- Ocala Star, Jan 2, 2004, Florida news article
called Sky
hobby
- World Journal, Sept 2004, interview published in
Chinese
- The New York Times, June 25, 2004, "In the Sky with Diamonds"
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E3D71E39F936A15755C0A9629C8B63
- Kiting Magazine, Fall 2004, my photo on page 42
- The Patriot Ledger, Sept 21, 2005, "Kites
Take Flight at Art Complex Museum"
- Stamford Advocate, March 26, 2006, photo of my kite during
annual Kids Kite Classic in CT
- Maine Journal Tribune, 2005, "It's time to go fly a kite"
- Roslindale Transcript, MA
http://www.townonline.com/roslindale/news/x1636726085
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A-Wind-Wind-Situation from the Metro West Daily News, 2009
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http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2009/06/04/on_the_town/town01.txt
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Windham Independent, NH, Oct 8, 2009, "Windham Center School Hosts
Kiting Expert Glenn Davison"
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Interview for "My Best Kite" Feb, 2010
http://www.my-best-kite.com/glenn-davison.html
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On TV and Radio
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- PBS special "Wind" in which I was the
referee for a wind-powered-buggy race with a
cameo appearance
- Channel 8 TV appearance during Easter Fly at the
Portland ME
- Martha Stewart TV - My kite shown during Newport,
RI 1999 Kite Festival
- Malden Cable TV, I starred in 1/2 hour show
called "Kites in the Year 2003" that
will be broadcast 6 times. Video available
- Chelmsford Cable TV, The producer of the show
"Town Talk" said "Glenn you were
fabulous! Your segment was one of the best
we have ever done"
- Chelmsford Cable TV, produced a 1/2 hour show
called "Modern Kites" that will be
broadcast 6 times during April, 2003. Video
available
- WGME Channel 13 in Maine, Cameo appearance flying
my Tirips kite for the first time
- Chelmsford Cable TV, produced a 1/2 hour show
about how to build miniature kites
- Channel 14 TV, The Weather Channel, Kitty Hawk,
NC during Wright Brothers Centennial
- The Sound 99.1 WVOD, Kitty Hawk, NC during Wright
Brothers Centennial
- The Wind 97.1 WYND, Kitty Hawk, NC during Wright
Brothers Centennial
- Super Bowl 2002, my kite appeared during a kite
flying demonstration
- Channel 13 TV KRKE interview in Albuquerque, New
Mexico
- AM 1510 "The Zone" with Eddie Andleman
at the VA Hospital, Brockton, MA
- Interviewed in Wisconsin for a half-hour film
about Kites on Ice for a Middle East satellite
television network called Al Hurah that
will be broadcast to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt,
Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Pakistan, Iran,
Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Oman and Yeman.
- Tiwan's SET-TV Demonstration of Miniature Kites
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HGTV featured Glenn demonstrating how to
build rokkaku kites on 12/23/05, 3/23/06, 6/23/06
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YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDFAPSMAzD0
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Two radio broadcasts on Observer Radio 91.9 Antigua
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Awards
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- First Place, Individual Rokkaku Battle AKA
Convention 2000
- First Place, Drachen Foundation Miniature Kite
Contest for "Best in Flight"
- First Place, Novice Fighter Kite Precision, AKA
Convention 2000
- First Place, Rokkaku Challenge at Black Ships
Festival, Newport, RI, 2001
- First Place, Team Rokkaku Battle, 36th Annual
Smithsonian Kite Festival, Washington, DC
- First Place, Individual Rokkaku Battle, Wildwood
International Kite Festival 2002
- First Place "Smallest Kite" at the AKA
National Convention, Ocean City, Maryland
- First Place, Kite Making Contest, Northern Skies
Festival, Pine Point Beach, Maine
- First Place, Rokkaku Challenge at SoundWinds Kite
Festival, Madison, CT 2003
- First Place, Rokkaku Challenge, Wildwood
International Kite Festival 2004
- First Place, Rokkaku Challenge, Wildwood
International Kite Festival 2005
- First Place, Experienced Dual Line Ballet, BASKC, 2007
- First Place, Rokkaku Challenge, Wildwood International Kite
Festival 2008
- First Place, Team Rokkaku Challenge, Atlantic Coast Kite
Festival 2009
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Museums
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- Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C. -
exhibit during "Kite Day"
- Museum of Science, Boston, MA - demonstration
during Wright Brothers Centennial
- Franklin Museum, Philadelphia, PA - indoor flying
demonstration with Team Guildworks
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA - workshop
for Teachers
- Giant Kite Museum, Saitama, Japan - one inch wide
"bee mine" kite is on display
- Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA - presentation and
workshop
- Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY - presentation,
demos, workshop training
- Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA - exhibit of 10
of my kites
- Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA - three
workshops
- Providence Children's Museum, RI - presentation
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Author
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- Book Kites in the Classroom translated
to Spanish, 2005
- Book Miniature Kite Plans,
self-published, 2004
- Article titled "The Largest Kite Festival in
the World" appeared in Kiting magazine,
The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association, March 2004
- Book Kites in the Classroom published by
the American Kitefliers Association, 2002
- Book Guide to Building Miniature Kites, self-published,
2003
- Article titled "Japan's Giant Kite
Museum" appeared in Kiting magazine,
The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association, January 2001
- Article appeared in Kiting magazine, The
Journal of the American Kitefliers Association. Chinese
mechanical kites of Chen Zhao Ji, 2002
- Article "Awesome Workshops" appeared in
Kiting Magazine, The Journal of the American
Kitefliers Association on page 21, 2002
- Article "Museums Can Be Cool" appeared
in Kiting Magazine, The Journal of the
American Kitefliers Association on page 21,
Fall 2005
- Miniature Kite Plan appeared in Kiting Magazine, The Journal
of the American Kitefliers Association, Fall 2006
- Article "Kite Restaurants" for Kiting Magazine, The Journal
of the American Kitefliers Association, 2008
- Recycled kites
http://twsblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/guest-post-recycled-kites-creative-repurposing-takes-flight/
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Scouts
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- Cub Scouts kite building workshop for 40 at Camp
Carpenter, Manchester, NH
- Cub Scouts kite building workshop, demo fly, for
90 Cub Scouts, Needham, MA
- Cub Scout lecture and workshop for 21 kids in
Merrimack, NH
- Cub Scout lecture and workshop, Merrimack, NH, 70
people attended
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School Visits
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More than 40 school visits in Canada, Florida,
Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
Taiwan, and Vermont. These included lectures, workshops,
and demonstrations to all grade levels from Elementary
school through College. Teacher forums too. Groups range from 20 to 200 |
Libraries
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- Kite workshops at the Chelmsford Public Library
and the Holliston Public Library
- Kite exhibit at the Morse Institute Library in
Natick, MA
- Kite exhibit at the Chelmsford Public Library followed by "Kite
Gallery Tour"
- Afghanistan Fighter Kite Workshop, Caron Library, Belmont Public Library
Community Read Program, 2008
- Slide show and miniature kite workshop at the
Chelmsford Public Library, 2009
- Slide show and miniature kite workshop at the McKay Public
Library, 2009
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Boys & Girls Club
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Workshop and Lecture, Boys and Girls Club, Woburn,
MA, where 17 students built miniature bug kites. |
Retirement Community
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- Country Club Heights, Woburn, MA,
Presentation/demonstration
- Brighton Garden, Stamford, CT,
Presentation/demonstration
- Chelmsford, MA, Presentation/demonstration
- Nashua, NH, Presentation/demonstration (twice)
- Danvers Senior Center, Danvers, MA, Presentation/demonstration
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Ham Radio Club
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Lecture to Framingham Amateur Radio Club, Framingham,
MA |
Hospitals
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Workshop at Hopital Sainte Justine, Montreal, Canada.
Built Sled and Eddy kites with Anne Clement for children
suffering from anorexia |
Camps
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Led a full day of kite building and flying during
Kite Camp at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, MA |
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Art Residency |
Wind Arts Residency at the Atlantic Center for the
Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
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Teachers Association |
- Lecture to the Science Teachers Association of New York State
(STANYS) called "My Favorite Demonstrations"
- Lecture to the NH Science Teachers Association called "My
Favorite Demonstrations"
- Lecture to the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
called "Kites as an Educational Vehicle"
- Lecture to the Massachusetts Science Teachers Association (MAST)
- Presentation/Workshop for the NH Science Teachers Association
called, "Kite Aerodynamics"
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Amateur Pilots Association
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- Kite Presentation "Kites in the Year
2002" to Amateur Pilots, EAA Chapter 196, at
the Minuteman Airport in Stowe, MA. 12 people
attending. See the write-up on the web: http://www.eaa196.com/kites.htm
- Kite presentation to the 99's, a group of amateur
women pilots. 12 people attending. 2004.
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Volunteer |
- The Dana Farber Jimmy Fund
- The Autism Alliance of Metro West, 7 years
- The Doug Flutie Foundation
- Crotched Mountain Rehab Center in Greenfield,
NH
- Hospital Sainte Justine, Montreal, Canada for
children suffering from anorexia
- Lynn Arts Cultural Council
- One Sky One World
- American Kitefliers Association
- The Marblehead Festival of the Arts
- Middlesex Hospital Kite Festival
-
Lowell
Association for the Blind
- Special Olympics Passion
Plunge
- The Jimmy Fund
- Alzheimer's Research -
Memory Ride
- Windham Initiative for
Renewable Energy (WIRE)
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Festivals
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- Kites On Ice, Madison, Wisconsin, 6 years
running.
- Featured Flyer, Verdun International Kite
Festival, Verdun, Canada
- Sound Winds Kite Festival, Madison, CT
- Wildwood International Kite Festival, Wildwood,
NJ, 8 years running.
- "Sur un air de fete" a festival of hot
air balloons and kites in Becancour, Canada.
Invited flyer. Piloted a tethered balloon too!
- Giant Kite display in Belmar, NJ with the
"Jack Rogers Travelling Kite Show."
This was in conjunction with the New Jersey Stunt
Kite Championship.
- Bristol Chrysanthemum Festival. I was the
feature. We built 85 kites with kids and I had 3
people working with me. The kids seemed to love
the kites and many kids flew them in a field at
the same time. I gave a kite flying demonstration
with Peter McMasters. We gave prizes to the kids
that flew kites
- "First Night" in Sturbridge,
Massachusetts. I organized indoor flying for
seven kite flyers. Hundreds attended
- Invited flyer to St. Placide, a winter festival
in Canada. Flew giant kites
- Indoor Flying Demonstrations as part of
"High Flyers Flight Team" staff at
First Night Providence 2002, in the Rhode Island
Convention Center. I gave two performances of
indoor flying
- Newport International Kite Festival (annual)
- Chelmsford Community Kite Fly demonstrations of a
variety of kites
- Kite Shows at Strawbery Banke on the 4th of
July 2003-2009. Organizer said "You were
absolutely wonderful!"
- Wright Centennial Kite Festival,
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 2003
- !Traditions! kite festival in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 2003
- Taipei International Kite Festival, Taipei,
Taiwan, 2003, 2004 with indoor performance
at Taipei County Hall for the County Governor
- Advisor to "The East Meets The West - A
Cultural Kite Festival" in Dorchester, MA,
2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
- Gujarat, India, International Kite Festival at
Ahmedabad, January 2004
- Dieppe, Canada, International Kite Festival in New Brunswick,
Canada, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
http://www.cerf-volant.ca/
- St. John Arts Festival in the US Virgin Islands, Feb 2006
- Clearwater Festival, NY, 2006
- New York Kite Festival, NY, 2006, 2007
- Niagara International Kite Festival, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Fashion District Kite Flight, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Hudson Valley Festival, NY, 2007
- Wenham Kite Festival, 2007, 2008
- Chelsea River Festival, 2007
- Cherry Valley Kite Festival, 2007, 2008
- PGA Ryder Cup 2008 in Kentucky
- First Night Worcester 2009
- Antigua Kite Festival 2009
- Bose Mountain Kite Day 2009
- Festival de Verano in Bogota, Colombia, 2009
http://www.kitelife.com/magazine/issue68/bogota09/content.php
- Baddeck, Nova Scotia, 2009
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Galleries
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- Sound Winds Kite Festival, Madison, CT, Miniature
kites
- Sullivan County Kite Festival, NY, Miniature
kites
- Wildwood International Kite Festival in Wildwood, NJ, Miniature
kite exhibit (for 8 years
running)
- Kites on Ice, Madison, WI, Miniature kites
- Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA had three
of my miniature kites on display for a year
- Exhibit of Japanese Kites at the Sushi Café in
Woburn, MA
- Kites on Ice, Madison, WI, 200 Miniature kites
- Paper Kite Exhibit at "The Paper Crane"
in Beverly, MA.
- Exhibit of Art kites and a second exhibit of
Miniature kites at Chelmsford
Library, MA
- Exhibit at the Wright Brothers 100th anniversary
in Kitty Hawk, NC
- Exhibit of miniature kites during Kites on Ice exhibit "Kites as
Art"
- Exhibit of miniature kites at the Wenham Council on Aging, MA
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Kite Conventions
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- Lecture, Ocean City, Maryland in 2002,
"Kites In The Classroom"
- Lecture, Ocean City, Maryland in 2002,
"Weird Kites That Fly"
- Lecture, Billings, Montana in 2001, "Kites
In The Classroom"
- Lecture, Billings, Montana in 2001, "Weird
Kites That Fly"
- Organizer for AKA National Convention workshops
2001, 25 workshops total
- Organizer for AKA National Convention workshops
2002, 24 workshops total
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Photographs
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- Three photographs published in Kiting
Magazine, The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association. Jul 2000
- Three photographs published in Kiting
Magazine, The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association. Nov 2000
- Four photographs published in Kiting Magazine,
The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association. Jan 2001
- Photographs published in KONE newsletter.
- Three photographs published in Kiting
Magazine, The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association. Fall 2004
- Two photographs published in Kiting Magazine,
The Journal of the American Kitefliers
Association. Fall 2005
- Two photographs published in Kiting Magazine, The Journal of
the American Kitefliers Association, Summer 2006
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Kite Building Workshops
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- Marblehead Festival of the Arts, Marblehead, MA
- The Paper Crane, Beverly, Ma
- Wildwood International Kite Festival, Wildwood,
NJ
- Cody Kite building workshop, Burlington, MA. 10
adults
- Cody Kite building workshop, Connecticut. 14
adults
- Buka Fighter Kite workshop for 7 adults in
Burlington, MA
- Miniature Kite Workshop, Portland, Maine. Built
12 kites
- Kite building at the Marblehead Festival of the
Arts. Together, our club built over 200 kites
- Kites on Ice, workshop for 30 in Madison,
Wisconsin
- Miniature Kite Workshop and Japanese Kite Gallery
at Wildwood International Kite Festival,
Wildwood, NJ
- Marblehead Festival of the Arts, we built 95
kites with kids
- Kite Building as part of "High Flyers Flight
Team" staff at First Night Providence 2002,
in the Rhode Island Convention Center. Together,
we built over 400 kites with kids
- Six workshops at Kites on Ice winter
festival in Madison, Wisconsin
- Kite building workshop at The Paper Crane,
Beverly, MA. 10 people made paper Rokkaku kites
with art paper
- Miniature Angel Kite workshop at Wildwood
International Kite Festival 2002
- Kite building and demonstrations of Indoor Kite
Flying at Malden High School. Built about 45 Eddy
kites
- Kite building for Lynn Arts Cultural Council
street festival as a community service at 25
Exchange Street, Lynn
- Kite Building during One Sky One World '02 and
Gore Place
- Kite Building as part of "High Flyers Flight
Team" staff at First Night Providence 2003,
in the Rhode Island Convention Center. Together,
we built over 400 kites with kids
- Five miniature kite workshops at Kites on Ice
winter festival in Madison, Wisconsin, 2003
- Kite building and outdoor flying Taunton, MA Art
Center
- Miniature kite workshop at Kitemania in Newport,
RI, 2003
- Two evening workshops at the Chelmsford Public
Library "celebration of the creative
spirit" sponsored by the Chelmsford Cultural
Council
- Miniature kite building workshops at the
centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers
first flight, Kitty Hawk, NC
- Kite building workshop at the Holliston Public
Library in Holliston, MA. Built about 45 Eddy
kites
- Wright Centennial Kite Festival,
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
- Miniature kite workshop at the Cottonwood Valley
Charter School in New Mexico for the 3rd and 4th
grades, 30 kites
- Miniature kite workshop at New Mexico Tech
University, 30 kites
- Four miniature kite workshops during the
!Traditions! kite festival in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 50 kites
- Three kite workshops at the Atlantic Center for
the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
- Workshop for 30 Volunteers at the Taipei
International Kite Festival in Taiwan
- Workshop for 40 teachers at Sheman Senior High
School, Taiwan
- Two public workshops during Taipei International
Kite Festival in Taiwan, 80 kites
- Workshops for 200-300 at Kites on Ice festival in
Madison, Wisconsin 2004, 2005
- Midwest Area Kite Retreat (MAKR) 2004 in Chicago,
IL
- Kitemania miniature kite workshop in Newport, RI
- Marblehead Library eddy kite workshop
- Four workshops in two Elementary schools during
Taipei International Kite Festival in Taiwan, 250
kites total
- St. Alcuin Montessori School, Dallas, TX, 130
kites
- Three workshops at the Fuller Craft Museum,
Brockton, MA, 2006
- New Hampshire Technical College, 2006
- SAP company picnic, PA, 2006
- Niagara International Kite Festival, NY, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Materials for the Arts, NY, 2006
- Kids College, NH, 2006
- Miniature Cody Kite Workshop at Blue Hills Observatory, MA, 2007
- Five Workshops in one day in West Boylston, MA, 2007
- Two Workshops, Providence, RI, World Arts Day, 2007
- Long Lake, NY Workshop for 70, 2007
- Miniature kite making, Multipurpose Center, Antigua 2009
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