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The Quest is On! In partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, we invite you to search for a collectible glass heart!

Local artist Greg LeFrancis brings his talent back to the 97th WVC Annual Conference, and has created 97 collectible glass-blown hearts, commemorating our 97th WVC Annual Conference.

These limited edition art pieces will be hidden in various locations throughout the conference, along with a commemorative box and certificate of authenticity.

To find the glass hearts, you must monitor our social media channels - we will release the locations for the WVC duration!

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Step 1: Find the glass heart

Monitor our Instagram and Facebook channels to see where we've hidden each of the 97 glass-blown hearts.

Step 2: Post a pic and tag us

Did you find a glass heart? Yay! Tag us on social media using the hashtag: #Hearthunt and let everyone know that the heart in that location has been found.

Step 3: Display your heart in your clinic / desk area

Proudly display your glass-blown heart at your clinic or office. What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay here! P.S. If you found a tick last year, consider yourself extremely lucky!

Need a Hint? 🔎

While we won't show you the exact locations until the WVC Annual Conference kicks off once again this March 2-5, what we will do is give you a big hint on where they will be hidden...

Boehringer Ingelheim education sessions, activities, and exhibit hall activities might be a good place to start searching! 👀

Meet The Artist

Owner, Greg LeFrancis has worked with clay from grade school on. Taking a creative art class in high school got him started on creating monsters, dragons, aliens and other unusual creations. He’s worked with both air dry and kiln fired clay and took classes to learn how to throw clay on the wheel from Thom Bumblauskas at Clay Arts Vegas. His current passion is making aliens and other monsters from clay. Wanting to expand on his repertoire and create mixed media creations, he took a flameworking lesson with Robert Shields at Studio Royale in Las Vegas. He liked it so much that he completed the entire series of lessons and graduated with his certificate of completion in 2014.

He continued with his flameworking, learning from videos, webinars, and taking classes from Eli and Josh Mazet, Suellyn Fowler, Kimo, Hugh and John Kabuki to name a few. Wanting to pursue his passion further without interruption, he sold his nine to five business and went to work on establishing LeFrancis Studios. During a trip to Seattle, WA in summer of 2017, he took several glassblowing lessons to experience the art of furnace work. Loving glassblowing as much as clay and flameworking, he took additional lessons while traveling to California to learn different techniques.