The whole community is getting into the spirit of celebrating five decades of studio glass.  Start the symposium weekend early and take in the following exhibits and events!

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement
October 27, 2012 – March 24, 2013
http://museumca.org/exhibit/playing-with-fire-artists-california-studio-glass-movement
See the art at the OMCA and then see the artists on Saturday and Sunday at the Symposium! The OMCA is open Wednesday through Sunday so come to Oakland before the symposium and see the OMCA exhibit on either Thursday Nov 8^th or Friday November 9^th.  

California College of the Arts
Glass Program Alumni Exhibition
November 9, 2012 – November 16, 212
http://www.cca.edu/calendar/2012/glass-program-alumni-exhibition
Many of the CCA glass alumni will be giving demonstrations and lectures at the Crucible symposium. That makes the CCA Alumni Exhibition the perfect Friday (Nov 9) addition to the symposium on Saturday and Sunday (Nov 10-11).

DeYoung Museum
Reflections: Celebrating 50 Years of the Studio Glass Movement
October 13, 2012 – January 27, 2013
http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/reflections-celebrating-50-years-studio-glass-movement