Winner of the 2014 Borowsky Prize, Helen Lee will lecture at UArts

FILED UNDER: Award, Education, Events

The inaugural Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts, an annual juried award that includes a $5,000 gift, was won by artist and University of Wisconsin, Madison, assistant professor Helen Lee. As part of the 2014 prize, she will deliver a special lecture at 6:30 this evening at University of the Arts's CBS Auditorium in Dorrance Hamilton Hall. Lee holds a BSAD in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute for Technology and an MFA from RISD.

Thursday March 20, 2014 | by Andrew Page

International Flameworking Conference featuring Joyce Scott to get underway March 28

FILED UNDER: Education, Events, News

Joyce Scott and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen will be the featured artists at the International Flameworking Conference, taking place from March 28th through 30th at Salem County Community College in Carney's Point, New Jersey. The 14th annual event is the leading annual gathering of flameworkers spanning the full range of torch work from artistic, scientific, and pipe making pursuits. Beadwork will take center stage in this year's big event as Scott's beaded sculptural forms and neckpieces take center stage, addressing political and social concerns with a frank engagment of issues of gener, race, and class.

Wednesday March 19, 2014 | by Andrew Page

Glass Secessionists to “gather” at the GAS conference on heels of American Craft interview

FILED UNDER: Events, News

The Glass Secessionist Facebook discussion group, in which artist Tim Tate moderates an online bulletin-board conversation about wide-ranging work in glass that in the eyes of followers draws a line where Studio Glass ends and a new type of work begins, is holding an in-person meeting during the 2014 Glass Art Society conference in Chicago. Taking place at 12 noon on Friday, March 21st, and billed as "the Gathering," the idea is to bring together in real life those who know each other mostly from the posting of photos of glass artwork, installations, and architecture and responding politely and usually positively. (Tate admonishes members to "keep it civil or have your post deleted" and keeps a tight rein on the exchange to prevent "cyber-bullying.") (Disclosure: Tim Tate published an essay laying out why he embarked on his Facebook enterprise in GLASS #133, and GLASS contributing editor William Warmus is one of the most frequent contributors to Glass Secessionism after Tate).

Tuesday March 18, 2014 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Online commercial exhibition billed as a tribute to Harvey Littleton

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, Opening

The online shopping site Artful Home has grouped 22 glass works in its extensive "Art Glass" section as a "Tribute exhibiiton to Harvey Littleton."There is no opportunity to actually see these works in real life, and no catalogue essay, but each of the artists featured in this grouping have provided quotes on the influence of the late founder of Studio Glass on his or her work and career. The quotes range from the personal to the generic, depending on the level of familiarity each artist had with Littleton.

Thursday March 13, 2014 | by Andrew Page

At-Risk Youth Program summit at the Glass Art Society Conference

FILED UNDER: Education, Events, News

In the two decades since Hilltop Artists in Residence was formed in 1994, the unique power of hot glass to reach at-risk youth who may have been left behind by traditional education has been established. Programs using hot glass to teach life lessons have been cropping up around the U.S. separated by thousands of miles and limited communication. The distance between these programs is about to narrow considerably thanks to a summit taking place as part of the 2014 Glass Art Society conference. A special panel from 10:30 AM to 12 noon on Friday, March 21st, will offer instructors and program heads a chance to exchange best practices and share success stories. But the more important goal of this event (sponsored by the Robert M. Minkoff Foundation) is to build bridges that will continue into the future in hopes of advancing the field through shared knowledge and experience (Disclosure: GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet editor Andrew Page is also the director of the Robert Minkoff Foundation). To that end, a special Website at www.atriskglass.org seeks to be a hub for interorganization dialogue and cross-pollination into the future.

Tuesday March 11, 2014 | by Andrew Page

WheatonArts 2014 CGCA Fellowships announced

FILED UNDER: Fellowship, News

The Creative Glass Center of America at WheatonArts, a Millville, New Jersey, center for glass art, has announced the fellows for its 2014 program. Visiting CGCA fellows are given up to 3 months to develop and refine their work, with access to the glass shop, housing, and a stipend. There are three sessions, April 23rd to July 16th; August 27th to October 8th; and October 22nd to December 3rd.

Thursday March 6, 2014 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Norwood Viviano mines the past in second solo exhibition at Heller Gallery

FILED UNDER: New Work, Opening

Opening this evening at Heller Gallery in New York City will be a solo exhibtion of recent glass works of Norwood Viviano entitled "Mining Industries." The second solo exhibition by the Alfred graduate (BFA) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, Sculpture), the exhibition features 11 rapid-prototyped cast-glass works based on the topography of three U.S. cities over time -- Detroit, Houston, and Seattle. By layering the present over previous topographies, these works seek to capture the growth or decay of each cities primary industries in hopes of sparking consideration of the ways of looking at change over time and its meaning, which is somewhat obscured by the process of layering.

Tuesday March 4, 2014 | by Andrew Page

Lino Tagliapietra’s tiny birds coming to roost at the Toledo Museum of Art

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work

A smaller exhibition of 21 of Lino Tagliapietra's hand-blown birds will be installed in a gallery of the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art, timed to coincide with the maestro's residency as part of the museum's Guest Artist Pavilion Project from March 26th through the 28th. The exhibition will run through May 25, 2014. The birds' elaborate plumage is created using filigrana canework, and there will be three separate groupings of the magical creatures: in flight, roosting, and as a firebird rising phoenix-like.

Wednesday February 26, 2014 | by Andrew Page

Chicago stars of food and drink to showcase talents at GAS conference kick-off reception

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Events

The Glass Art Society is mixing the culinary and glass art worlds with a special pre-conference fundraising event taking place on Wednesday, March 19, at Ignite Glass Studios, a prime venue for the 2014 Glass Art Society Conference in Chicago. Two representatives of Embeya restaurant, one of Esquire magazine's best new restuarants of 2013, will be on hand to kick the evening off with drinks and appetizers. Creative cocktails will be crafted by the restaurant's beverage director Danielle Pizzutillo, while the trays of hors d'oevres will be the work of Embeya's chef Thai Dang. Look for asian-fusion flavors prepared with French culinary techniques, with both the food and drinks said to be "glass-inspired" according to a GAS announcement about the event that will run from 6 PM to 10 PM. (Tickets are $200 for GAS members and $225 for non-members.)

Thursday February 20, 2014 | by Andrew Page

The Glass Virus Think Tank convenes in Amsterdam

FILED UNDER: Education, Events

A gathering of 27 artists, professors, and students gathered at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam for a two-day meeting described by co-organizers artist Marc Barreda and Gerrit Rietveld professor Jens Pfeifer as a "think tank" to consider the future of glass education. The assembed group, supplemented by online input solicited through a Tumblr page, are tackling a broad range of topics, including the economics of running a glass department, changes to curriculum, whether there is a bias against glass art, and a range of questions about the future.

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