A Madeleine Moment

Curated and produced by Jessica Jane Julius and Erica Rosenfeld, A Madeleine Moment is an immersive exhibition that reimagines the boundaries between the kitchen and the studio, revealing how both function as spaces of labor, intimacy, and transformation. Featuring works by over 40 artists working across glass, ceramics, fiber, painting, drawing, photography, food, and mixed media, the exhibition focuses on the collective narratives that emerge through food- reflecting on tradition, politics, culture, and communal identity. 

A Madeleine Moment frames shared meals and shared studios as sites of communion and ritual. The exhibition gets activated with a one-night-only community-centric performance in the glass studio, featuring ephemeral hot glass sculptures and flame-based cooking tools, culminating in an edible installation in the gallery where food becomes both material and metaphor. What remains after the deconstruction and communal consumption of the installations is a transformed landscape that serves as an artifact and archive of gathering and exchange.  

Julius and Rosenfeld’s collaborative practice draws on nearly two decades of creating participatory, food-based installations that merge performance, ritual, and material exploration. In A Madeleine Moment, they offer a platform that is both grounded and expansive, rooted in glass and its traditions, yet reaching outward to invite audiences into a multisensory dialogue about nourishment, belonging, and the idea of community as both sharing resources but also obligation.  

Participating artists: Nicole Berger, Jane Bruce, Liv Chiaravalli, Amber Cowan, Deborah Czeresko, Sienna DeGovia, Einar and Jamex De la Torre, Andrea Dezsö, Tyson Julius Eigo, Shuhei Fujii, Paul Gagner, Leckie Gassman, Sam Geer, Benedict Haener, Adam Holtzinger, Jessica Jane Julius, Eriko Kobayashi, Malcolm Kriegel, Matt Leines, Shari Mendelson, Cedric Mitchell, Jen Monroe, Jessi Moore, Paige Morris, Dena Pengas, Amy Ritter, Erica Rosenfeld, Julia Rothman, Alexandra Rubinstein, Pam Sabroso, Emma Salamon, Alison Siegel, Susan Špiranović, Megan Stelljes, Leo Tecosky, Kim Thomas, Jessica Tsai, Sam Van Aken, Claire Webb, Crys Yin.

About the Curators

Jessica Jane Julius has been dedicated for 20+ years to the arts as an artist, educator, collaborator, and performer. She is currently the Program Head of Glass, Associate Professor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture and was the President of the Glass Art Society. Her mixed media works have been exhibited widely, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Traver Gallery, Heller Gallery, and the Museum of American Glass, NJ. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Glass Quarterly Magazine, and New Glass Review and she is the recipient of the York Cultural Alliance grant and awarded residencies at The Creative Glass Center of America and the Museum of Glass.

Erica Rosenfeld’s work is held in both private and public collections nationwide and has been exhibited at institutions including the Kentucky Museum of Art, the Racine Art Museum, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Her work is also a part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Essex Peabody Museum, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Museum of American Glass. Her projects have been featured in various publications including the New York Times,  New York Times Magazine, Architectural Digest, Art News, New Glass Review, Glass Quarterly magazine, and Art Jewelry Forum. She has been awarded residencies at The Museum of Arts and Design, The Corning Museum of Glass, The Museum of American Glass, and Berlin Glas. 

Jessica Jane Julius and Erica Rosenfeld are co-founders of The Burnt Asphalt Family, an artists’ collective born in 2007, with the mission to create community-centric art that meets somewhere at the crossroads between art, craft and design. Their work is a hybrid of a dinner party, a happening and interactive installation. The family has performed, exhibited, and taught workshops at various Universities, arts institutions and Museums including Berlin Glass, Urban Glass, The Chrysler Museum, The Museum of Arts and Design, The Corning Museum of Glass, Wheaton Arts, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft, and Pittsburgh Glass Center.

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