OPENING: Glass Wheel Studio showcases work by members of its 2016 Studio Artist Program in Virginia

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Since opening in November 2015 in a 8,500-square-foot space in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, Glass Wheel Studio has offered exhibition galleries and affordable studio spaces to artists working in all materials but especially glass, a material that has received special focus in this town thanks to the bold programming and outreach of the Chrysler Museum of Art glass studio. In fact, the first 13 artists admitted to the nonprofit Glass Wheel Studio's "immersive studio practice program," includes several artists with connections to the museum's glass department, including its director Charlotte Potter.

Carmen Vetter, Flux #3, 2016. Kiln-formed glass. H 21, W 64, D 1 1/2 in.

Wednesday June 1, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Carmen Vetter’s kiln-formed glass panels, skin self-portraits, at Traver

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Opening today with an evening reception at Seattle's Traver Gallery, the exhibition "Surface" features Carmen Vetter's latest body of work — studies of texture and pattern rendered in layers of powdered glass kiln-fired to look like weathered landscapes. Monochrome or muted in color palette, the surfaces of the work take center stage as the artist selectively built up or removed layers of glass powders to evoke close-up maps of territory altered by unseen forces of erosion and time.

Lino Tagliapietra, Osaka, 2011. Blown glass. H 20 1/4 in. courtesy: heller gallery

Tuesday May 31, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Lino Tagliapietra at Heller Gallery on Thursday

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On Thursday evening, Heller Gallery will welcome maestro Lino Tagliapietra, who plans to attend the evening reception to kick off a month-long New York City exhibition of his work entitled "Celebrazione!" From June 2 through July 15, this gallery in the heart of the art scene in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood will feature a range of richly patterned sculptural vessels that showcase Tagliapietra's complex use of cane and murini to create bold abstract compositions on glass surfaces.

Monday May 16, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Group exhibition by Vermont Glass Guild members opens Saturday

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From May 21st, Vermont Glass Guild members will display their work at an exhibitiion entitled "Modern Alchemy: The Art of Glass," on view at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont, though July 12, 2016. Though the association of Vermont and glass might bring to mind Simon Pearce's successful artisinal glass- and ceramic-design business operating out of a historic mill in Queechee, Vermont, the fact is that independent studios can be found throughout the "Green Mountain State." Established in 2010, the Vermont Glass Guild seeks to bring together these often far-flung members working in all forms of glass for "mutual support and enrichment."

Thursday May 12, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: On Saturday, Lino Tagliapietra to attend Boston exhibition of new aventurine work

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On May 14th, Lino Tagliapietra will make a personal appearance at a pop-up exhibition in Boston for an afternoon reception hosted by Schantz Galleries. Titled "A Golden Age of Glass," the Schantz exhibit will feature a new series of work by the maestro in "avventurine" glass. Also known as "Goldstone glass," this is a unique type of glittering glass studded with bits of copper or gold mineral that shares its name with a variety of quartz with mineral inclusions. Aventurine glass dates back to at least 17th-century (Corning says 15th-century) Venice, and requires low-oxygen conditions during melting, as well as a strategic lowering of temperature at a key phase of the process for the metal inclusions to properly form. It is one of the hardest types of glass to work with from the furnace, with failure a constant risk given the complexity of the precise temperature changes required. Annealing is another hazardous aspect of this unforgiving material.

Tuesday May 10, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Amsterdam student and faculty exhibition a bid to claim glass as a conceptual art material

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The glass department at a top European art academy is framing an upcoming exhibition as a bid to present glass art squarely in conceptual territory. Student and faculty of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie's glass department will show new work at an exhibition taking place at the Arti et Amicitae, a historic artists' society in Amsterdam. With an opening reception on Friday, May 20th, from 8 PM to 10 PM, the exhibition organized by department head Jens Pfeifer seeks to "discover and research the possibilities of both immaterial and conceptual attributes of glass within the realm of contemporary art."

Thursday May 5, 2016 | by Andrew Page

GALLERY EXHIBITION: Toots Zynsky artist reception tonight at Heller Gallery

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Toots Zynsky's sensuous forms, made up of thousands of undulating glass fibers that have been fused into wide-throated vessels that reach skyward with sinuous lines and luminous colors, are on exhibit at Heller Gallery through May 28th. Tonight, the exhibition entitled "today tomorrow yesterday | oggi domani ieri," will celebrate the artist and her 40-year career with a reception at the Chelsea, New York gallery from 6 PM to 8 PM.

Tuesday May 3, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Glass lighting and sculpture installation at NYC apparel store

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The duo of Romina Gonzales and Edison Zapata, whose collaborative design-make project is called Offcentre, will have an opening reception this evening for their installation at the clothing chain Peruvian Connection's Upper West Side store in New York City. Running from 6 PM to 8 PM at the apparel company's location at 341 Columbus Avenue, wine and light food will be served.

Thursday April 14, 2016 | by Andrew Page

Juried exhibition of stained glass set to open in June in Chicago — Washington D.C. in July

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“American Glass Now: 2016, ” a juried contemporary stained glass exhibition organized by the American Glass Guild will take place in two venues this summer. From June 17th to July 11th, the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago will host the fifth annual survey show, which will then move to the Washington National Cathedral, where it will be on view from July 17th through September 28th. A reception for the artists will be held in Chicago on Friday, July 8th, from 7 PM to 9 PM, with the date and time of a similar Washington D.C. reception yet to be determined.

Thursday April 14, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Tacoma youth share personal stories through glass works inspired by Bangladeshi textiles

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"Common Threads: A Glass Exploration of Kantha Embroidery" is the title of a new installation by Hilltop Artists students. An opening reception will take place at the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Tacoma’s Wright Park tomorrow evening, April 15th. Kantha embroidery is a textile artform from South Asia that Hilltop Artists students learned about when Cathy Stevulak and Leonard Hill, co-producers of the documentary film Threads, visited the program to discuss their film, which profiles a self-taught artist who trained poor women in Bangladesh to translate their life experiences into Kantha. The Hilltop Artists students were encourage to translate what they learned into allegorical works of glass art.

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