Deadline nears for proposals for presentation during academic conference at UrbanGlass

FILED UNDER: Uncategorized

Wednesday August 7, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Willam Morris to return to the glass studio (briefly) to rework Mazorca installation

FILED UNDER: Art Market, Exhibition, News

William Morris is going to reconstruct his 2005 work Mazorca, originally created as a large-scale installation made for a Museum of Glass retrospective. It originally stood more than 8-feet tall.

Monday August 5, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Tina Aufiero chosen as permanent artistic director at Pilchuck

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New Pilchuck artistic director Tina Aufiero in a 2007 photo.

Monday July 29, 2013 | by Andrew Page

In Memoriam: Jiri Harcuba (1928 – 2013)

FILED UNDER: In Memoriam

“Every genuine creation is poetry. We do not create what we see, rather what we know and what we think and feel.”—Jiri Harcuba

Wednesday July 24, 2013 | by Andrew Page

Connie Parriott memorial service to take place this Sunday

FILED UNDER: Events, News

A self-portrait by Connie Parriott.

Thursday July 11, 2013 | by Andrew Page

In Memoriam: Jonathan Christie (1968 - 2013)

FILED UNDER: In Memoriam

Jonathan Christie, pictured in front of the largest work of his career, a public art collaborative piece entitled Lyrical Light (2006) at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts in Jacksonville, Florida.

Monday July 8, 2013 | by Andrew Page

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.