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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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Claire Lieberman, Camo Frosted Sparkle Shooter, 2010. H 7 1/2, W 4 1/2, D 2 1/4 in. photo: ken kashian

Tuesday July 15, 2014 | by Elena Tafone

OPENING: Claire Lieberman brings her glass guns to Brooklyn art center
FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, News, Opening
Located on Brooklyn’s Red Hook waterfront, the Hot Woods Art Center will host the opening reception for a duo exhibition on July 25, featuring the glass firearms of multimedia artist Claire Lieberman. Since 1999, Lieberman has explored and subverted the functionality of form with her “Ice Gun” series. The guns, like something from an 80s sci-fi flick, are meant to be cartoonish in their design. Over the years, they have only become less and less realistic, most lacking vital components, such as bullets and triggers, that would make the firearms functional. This “purely aesthetic” effect is enhanced by the glass from which these pieces are sculpted. While some are colored, creating an almost candy like appearance, the majority are clear, as if crafted from ice.   

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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
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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Gas

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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