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The International Summer Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau will be holding an auction of work from over 100 international artists to support its school and studio facilities.

Tuesday July 29, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

Works from over 100 international artists donated to the Bild-Werk Frauenau October fundraiser
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Auction, News
The International Summer Academy Bild-Werk Frauenau has developed into a prime center for glass art education over the past three decades. Home to the Glasmuseum Frauenau and to Erwin Eisch, considered the founding father of the Studio Glass movement in Europe and one of the founders of the Academy, Frauenau is located in a leading glass region between the Bavarian Forest in Bavaria, Germany, and the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic. The Academy began teaching workshops in 1987 with a primary focus on glass art, but has expanded into teaching in other disciplines such as painting, ceramics, wood, and bronze. Studio rentals for artists are available at Bild-Werk as well, making the studio and the region of Frauenau a great resource for artists living in or visiting this part of Germany.

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John Ditchfield, Organic Mushroom Lamp (from the "Unique Collection" series).

Friday July 25, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

EXHIBITION: Contemporary Glass Society showcases Northern UK glass artists in “Glass in the Bank”
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Exhibition, New Work, News
The work of ten glass artists from the Northern United Kingdom is currently on display in “Glass in the Bank”, an exhibition housed in the Lytham Heritage Centre in Lytham St Anne’s, Lancashire in England. The exhibition was organized by Northern Hub of The Contemporary Glass Society, an organization that aims to support both emerging and established artists working in glass and to promote contemporary glass within the scope of the greater art world. To this end, the CGS organizes exhibitions, publishes Glass Network magazine, and holds conferences and workshops.

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"Lightness of Being / New Work," 2012 Dennos Museum Center

Thursday July 24, 2014 | by Elena Tafone

OPENING: Howard Ben Tré museum exhibition in Tacoma debuts this September
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Exhibition, Museums, News, Opening
Howard Ben Tré, an artist who redefined the scale possible in glass sculpture with monumental glass totems often accented with metallic foil surfaces, will have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Glass, in Tacoma, Washington. Entitled “Lightness of Being,” the show opens September 14, and has been described as an indoor forest of vertical shapes, featuring towering sculptures cast in glass and bronze, some as much as 8-feet tall. The show seems to reprise work shown in 2012 at the Dennos Sculpture Center in Traverse City, Michigan.

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Kim Harty in a 2012 photograph.

Wednesday July 23, 2014 | by Andrew Page

College for Creative Studies names Kim Harty head of glass program
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Education, News
The College for Creative Studies in Detroit has announced the appointment of Kim Harty to head the private college's glass program. Harty, whose title will be assistant professor in the college's craft department, will take over from Herb Babcock, who had led the glass section since 1974 until his recent retirement. Harty will be leading the glass program starting with the fall semester 2014, and will be part of a new generation of glass artists assuming academic positions in college and university art programs. She holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago (2013) and a BFA from RISD (2006). Harty is currently a board member at the Glass Art Society and editor of the organization's GASNews publication. (Disclosure: Kim Harty is also the former managing editor of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly.)

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Pyrex glass sculptures by Jane D'Arensbourg

Thursday July 17, 2014 | by Paulina Switniewska

OPENING: Jane D’Arensbourg’s borosilicate creations debuting in Manhattan retail space tonight
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Curiosities, Exhibition, News
Glass and jewelry artist Jane D’Arensbourg, known for her unique styles of wearable glass and multimedia art and sculpture, will be showcasing her work tonight at retail store and gallery “Project No. 8” at 38 Orchard Street, New York. D’Arensbourg possesses many items in her repertoire, including smaller sculptures, rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and other etceteras. The exhibition will commence at 6 PM, with refreshments provided by Fung Tu restaurant. 

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A fire on June 8 resulted in damages to GlassRoots, a non-profit organization that specializes in glasswork education.

Thursday July 10, 2014 | by Elena Tafone

GlassRoots recovers from fire, raises funds to rebuild
FILED UNDER: Announcements, News
GlassRoots, a Newark, New Jersey-based organization that prides itself on engaging at-risk youth through the art of glassmaking, has recently faced troubles of its own. In the midst of the appointment of new executive director Barbara Heisler and the introduction a several new programs, misfortune struck on June 8 in the form of an electrical fire. The fire, which sparked under the street in front of the studio, resulted in smoke damage, as well as power losses and surges that damaged essential glassblowing equipment.

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William Carlson, glass artist and inductee into American Craft Council College of Fellows.

Thursday July 10, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

American Craft Council Awards honor two glass artists and Corning Museum curator Tina Oldknow
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Award, News
The American Craft Council, a nonprofit public educational organization that promotes the understanding and appreciation of American craft, has announced the recipients of its 2014 Awards, which includes the induction of two glass artists, William Carlson, currently an Endowed Professor at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Miami whose works include cast glass sculpture and architectural commissions, and Philadelphia-based stained glass artist Judith Schaechter into its College of Fellows.

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Thursday July 10, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

Glass Art Society presents new Technology Advancing Glass grant
FILED UNDER: Announcements, Call for Submissions, News
The Glass Art Society has announced a call for submissions for the recently created Technology Advancing Glass grant program. Generously funded by glass collectors Ted and Melissa Lagreid, the research grant of up to $5,000 will be awarded to an artist or group of artists to fund research into innovations that may benefit the glass art field. Ideas suggested on the GAS website include “new materials, production techniques, safe shipping techniques, new tools, adhesives, ways to create glass sculpture animated with electronics...”, but submissions are ultimately “limited by the imagination of [the] artists”. The winner of the grant will be required to share his/her research and developments at a subsequent GAS conference within the next three years.

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Glass: The UrbanGlass Quarterly, a glossy art magazine published four times a year by UrbanGlass has provided a critical context to the most important artwork being done in the medium of glass for more than 40 years.