CALL FOR ENTRIES: UrbanGlass annual MFA juried exhibition seeks applicants

FILED UNDER: Call for Submissions, Exhibition

Beccy Feather’s 2010 work entitled Ultra Shiny Laser Crystal was featured in the 2012 UrbanGlass MFA exhibition. The glass pictured above was one element of the project that included a fake “exclusive event” complete with cocktails, and VIP passes—elements in a conceptual work that engaged New York cultural life.

Friday July 5, 2013 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: True-to-life glass exhibition inspired by Blaschka flowers debuts at Pittsburgh Glass Cente

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work

Carolyn Baum, Eternal Bloom, 2013. Flameworked soft glass, wire, fieldstone. H 12, W 12, D 10.

Tuesday July 2, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Chihuly counterfeit case a cautionary tale for buying art online

FILED UNDER: Art Market, News

Possibly a student work made while Chihuly was making the “Navajo Blanket Cylinder” series, this work was quickly discredited as an authentic Chihuly by Kate Elliott, who was one of the artists involved in the authentic groundbreaking series.

Thursday June 27, 2013 | by Andrew Page

UPDATED: Glass Art Society announces winners of 2013 International Student Online Exhibition

FILED UNDER: Award, Exhibition, New Work, News

FIRST PRIZE: Morgan Chivers (Univ. Texas at Arlington), Particulate Pulse (Inertness is a Relative Matter), 2013. H 5, W 13, D 5 in. Glass, xenon, neon, electricity.

Wednesday June 12, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Dramatic changes in the final exterior design for the new contemporary wing of The Corning Museum

FILED UNDER: Architecture, Exhibition, Museums, News

The final design for the exterior of new contemporary-art wing of The Corning Museum of Glass. courtesy: the corning museum of glass

Tuesday June 4, 2013 | by Andrew Page

EVENT: Still time to register for GLASSBoston

FILED UNDER: Events

Jocelyne Prince (foreground) with her team of performers from “Cherry Blossom Live Event,” a 2011 project at K-Arts in Seoul, Korea. Prince will be presenting during GLASS Boston on June 13th.

Thursday May 23, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Jack Wax to deliver keynote at 2013 UrbanGlass academic symposium entitled “Issues in Glass Pedagogy

FILED UNDER: Uncategorized

Jack Wax, a professor in the Craft/Material Studies Department at The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, will deliver the keynote presentation.

Thursday May 16, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Special free bonus for subscribers to the print edition of GLASS: A copy of the latest New Glass Rev

FILED UNDER: New Work, News, Special Offer

The cover of the Summer 2013 edition of GLASS (#131), which comes bundled with a special bonus copy of Corning’s New Glass Review (#34).

Thursday May 9, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Performance, percussion, and glass instruments set for onstage encounter in Rochester, New York

FILED UNDER: Events, New Work, News

A flame lights up the stage, where music and flameworking will join forces in Rochester, New York.

Monday May 6, 2013 | by Andrew Page

New executive director of UrbanGlass takes over in final stages of renovation project

FILED UNDER: News

Cybele Maylone takes over as the new executive director of UrbanGlass.