At Toledo residency, April Surgent comments on the present using centuries-old engraving techniques

FILED UNDER: New Work, News

April Surgent, What We’re Looking For, Is What We’re Looking With (Installation at the Bellevue Arts Museum), 2013. Glass engraving. H 36 1/4, W 25 3/4, D 1 3/4 in. courtesy: the artist

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.

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 19, 2013 | by johnikian

Born as an art project, hand-blown glass hermit crab shells are now poised for mass-market sale

FILED UNDER: Design, New Work, News

With three decades of experience as a glassblower, artist, and designer, Robert DuGrenier has often explored the intersection of art and the natural world with glass works that he has embedded into active beehives or growing fruit trees. Now, DuGrenier is expanding his fascination with hand-blown glass hermit crab shells into a line of environmentally sensitive, commercially available shells called “Crabitats” that are on track to be sold through a national pet store chain.

Thursday June 13, 2013 | by Gina DeCagna

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Czech Glass award seeks international applicants

FILED UNDER: Call for Submissions, New Work, News, Uncategorized

Co-organized by the Prague Castle Administration and Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the prestigious 2013 Stanislav Libenský Award is now accepting applications according to an announcement by the Prague Gallery of Czech Glass. The competition is open to any graduates of BFA or MFA programs around the world who have used glass in their final thesis projects.

Thursday June 6, 2013 | by Gina DeCagna

Rik Allen’s futuristic “Seeker” museum exhibition features the artist’s largest-scale work to

FILED UNDER: Artist Interviews, Exhibition, Museums, New Work

Rik Allen, Seeker, 2013. Glass, steel, aluminum. H 180, W 66, D 66 in. photo: KP studios. courtesy: Museum of Northwest Art.

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.

Thursday April 4, 2013 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Anjali Srinivasan’s meditation on mirrored surfaces debuts at Heller Gallery this evening

FILED UNDER: New Work, Opening

Taking inspiration from mirrored palaces, and houseware markets of her native India, Anjali Srinivasan explores the effects of multi-planar mirrored surfaces in her new installation at Heller Gallery in New York City. photo: anjali Srinivasan

Tuesday March 19, 2013 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Therese Lahaie’s video projection through glass at the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft

FILED UNDER: Museums, New Work, Opening

Therese Lahaie, Forgotten Ocean, 2013. Video projection through glass. H 9, L 18, D 10 ft.