Tuesday October 17, 2017 | by Andrew Page
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Wednesday October 11, 2017 | by Joseph Modica
The Corning Museum and Corning Incoporated name Karen LaMonte specialty-glass artist resident for 2018
The Corning Museum of Glass and Corning Inc. have announced that Karen LaMonte, the artist best known for her life-like dress sculptures made from glass, has been selected for their joint Specialty Glass Artist-in-Residency program, a much-sought-after opportunity that gives artists access to cutting-edge types of glass, scientists and technology. LaMonte, whose residency will start in early 2018, will follow artists such as Tom Patti, Anna Mlsaowsky, and Toots Zynsky, three of the artists who have been invited since the program was initiated in 2014. …
Wednesday October 11, 2017 | by Angela Laurito
BOOK REPORT: RISD celebrates a half century of its glass art program with publication of Wonder: 50 Years RISD Glass
FILED UNDER: Book Report
As part of a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the glass department at the Rhode Island School of Design, the institution is publishing a book that both documents the history of its influential program and is also itself a work of intellectual inquiry. Titled Wonder: 50 Years RISD Glass, this book is an ambitious project authored by notable scholars and critics in the art world, many RISD alumni themselves. Their contributions not only serve as a commemoration, but stimulate inquiry and analysis in the way that the program itself encourages. The book will be released this month at a Seattle launch part at Dale Chihuly’s Boathouse on October 15th. It's a fitting location as Chihuly was RISD’s first full-time glass instructor, and has gone on to become perhaps the best-known artist working with the material. An East-Coast launch is scheduled at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City on November 13th.…
Tuesday October 10, 2017 | by Joseph Modica
CALL FOR ENTRIES: A new competition based in Milan is aimed at artists and designers under 35
A new biennial competition seeking to identify the most promising artists, designers and sculptors below the age of 35 working with glass is now accepting submissions. Organized by Milan’s Sforzesco Castle, in collaboration with the art collector Sandro Pezzoli, the juried award is named Competition-35. One artist will win a prize of € 3.500,00 (Approximately $4,200 US) as part of the “Aldo Bellini” award, named after the close associate of Pizzoli who died in 2006. That selected winner will also have their piece added to Sforzesco Castle’s collection. There is also the “Enrico Bersellini” innovation reward, which includes two stays in Murano, Italy, at the home of Murano Glassmaking. This award includes an internship for 30 to 40 days at the furnace La Cattedrale of A. Najean and a 30 to 40 day workshop on engraving, cameo manufacturing and copper-wheel engraving at Mattero Seguso. There is an additional “Inspirational Award,” and its winner will receive a 15-day stay at Silvia Levenson’s artistic studio to learn the lost wax casting technique.…
Tuesday October 3, 2017 | by Joseph Modica
LECTURE: Metropolitan Museum of Art curator to discuss the impact of glassblowing on the ancient world
Leading scholar on Roman art Dr. Christopher Lightfoot will kick off the new season of talks at the New York City-based Art Glass Forum with a lecture this evening on the revolutionary impact of glassblowing on the ancient world. Using as a basis for his talk the 130 objects currently on view at a special exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery entitled "Drink That You May Live," Dr. Lightfoot will be comparing vessels before and after the advent of glassblowing as he considers the massive impact this technological development would have on the ancient world. Curator of Roman art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Lightfoot organized the landmark exhibition "Ennion: Master of Roman Glass," that brought together 22 works by the ancient glassblower whose signed wares were distributed around the Roman Empire in one of the earliest examples of branded glass production in history. …
Thursday September 28, 2017 | by Angela Laurito
OPENING: In Berlin exhibition, Julius Weiland challenges boundaries in a new approach to glass
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Julius Weiland will be debuting his new work in an exhibition entitled “Decoration and Deformation.” Opening on October 1st at 3 PM, it will remain on view through December 22nd. The show’s location played a role in the creation of the art; it will be held in a former country house built by Mies van der Rohe. …
Wednesday September 27, 2017 | by Joseph Modica
EXHIBITION: Clare Belfrage channels process and landscape in rich new body of work
Artists who work in the hot shop often fall into a state of intense concentration. Hours melt away over the hot glow of a lit furnace as process enthralls. Australian artist Clare Belfrage describes this state of acute focus and immersion as “falling into” one’s work and looks to capture this mindset in her new exhibition at the Tansey Contemporary Gallery in Denver, Colorado. “Falling Into” is the title of her latest exhibition of “Quiet Shifting” and “Skin Deep” series of glass sculptures that draw inspiration from her native Australia.…
Tuesday September 26, 2017 | by Joseph Modica
OPENING: Stained glass and timepieces an unlikely pairing in new Chicago-area museum
Just outside Chicago, a brand-new museum opening today will showcase early-20th-century American stained-glass alongside a collection of international timepieces. The Halim Time & Glass Museum in Evanston, Illinois, the a newest museum to spring up in the state, brings together stained glass by Tiffany and others with grandfather clocks, wrist-watches, and other time-keeping devices collected from around the world. The museum brings together twin passions of real estate investor and Egyptian immigrant Cameel Halim, who began building his collection of stained glass pieces over the last 20 years.…
Thursday September 21, 2017 | by Angela Laurito
Chrysler curator Diane Wright to move to Toledo Museum of Art as new curator of glass in November
FILED UNDER: Announcements
The Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio, has announced that Diane Wright will be the 116-year-old institution's new curator of glass, and will take over the position in November. The museum features a 74,000-square-foot glass pavilion, which houses a working glass studio as well as galleries showcasing over 5,000 pieces. The previous curator of glass, Jutta Annette Page, held the position for 13 years before she departed recently to take the helm of the newly built Barry Art Museum in Virginia. which is not far from Norfolk, Virginia, where the Chrysler is located. …
Wednesday September 20, 2017 | by Angela Laurito
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Canadian art center offers awards for emerging ceramic and glass artists
FILED UNDER: Award
The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery prides itself in the exclusivity of their gallery’s exhibits and the opportunities they provide for emerging artists. They seek to challenge the definitions of art while supporting not only Canadian but international artists as well, providing them with exposure, education, and experience. Perhaps the most notable opportunities offered on behalf of the gallery are two annual awards — the Award for Glass and the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics, each of which include a $10,000 prize.…