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A rendering of Hiroshi Sugimoto's glass tea house that will open on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.

Tuesday June 3, 2014 | by Elena Tafone

OPENING: A Japanese tea house made of glass will open in Venice on June 6, 2014

FILED UNDER: Architecture, Exhibition, Opening

Noted Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto will be making his first foray into the third dimension with his installation "The Glass Tea House Mondrian," which will open to the public on June 6, 2014. As part of the activities of Le Stanze del Vetro, the temporary pavillion will grace the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. The pavilion consists of two main elements. The first is an open-air landscape, which will feature a reflecting pool and a path, which leads visitors to the second: an enclosed glass cube. Roughly eight by eight feet, this space will play host to regularly performed Japanese tea ceremonies. With roots winding as far back as the sixteenth century, this ritualized custom has transformed from simple hospitality, to an art form all its own.

"I Am A Mountain"

Tuesday June 3, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

Jens Pfeifer’s “I Am A Mountain” exhibit at the Chinese European Art Center

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, News

A three month residency spent exploring the tendency of individuals to become absorbed within their own cultures despite being members of a global society has culminated in Katrin Korfmann and Jens Pfeifer’s exhibition, “I Am A Mountain” at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, China.

Monday June 2, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

American Glass Guild celebrates glass and light in Bryn Athyn, Pa at 10th annual conference

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Auction, Events

Now in its tenth year, the American Glass Guild will host its tenth annual conference, this year titled "Glasstopia," in Bryn Athyn, Pennslyvania, from Thursday, June 26 through Monday, June 30. The guild is aimed at people with an "interest in stained, leaded and decorative glass and its preservation and restoration," according to the organiztion's Website.

CUD's shoe mosaic in the making

Thursday May 29, 2014 | by Paulina Switniewska

On heels of Norway residency, John Drury opens Brooklyn exhibition

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Curiosities, Exhibition, Opening

Elgin Gallery, a gallery focusing on local talent and international Outsider Art in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, will be showcasing the work of John Drury in a solo show entitled "My World is Not Your World." Opening June 13th and running through July 11th, 2014, the exhibiton will be a departure from Drury's typical collaborations with Robbie Miller in the project known as CUD. In May, CUD completed a residency and exhibition in Bergen, Norway, that culminated in a public art installation. Drury is also a frequent contributor to GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly.

2013 Visiting Artist Ben Wright leading an open class.

Thursday May 29, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Toyama City Institute of Glass Art Seeks 2014 Artist-in-Residence

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Call for Submissions, Education, News

The Toyama City Institute of Glass Art in Japan is now accepting applications for its Artist-in-Residence Program, which will take place later this year from October 20 through November 30, 2014. Located on the northwest coast of Japan, Toyama prides itself on being a "Glass Art City", with the school positioned in a creative environment ideal for studying the craft.

Thursday May 29, 2014 | by Andrew Page

GLASS subscribers receive special bonus of latest edition of Corning’s New Glass Review

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Special Offer

At no extra charge, current subscribers to GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly will receive the latest version of The Corning Museum of Glass's annual exhibition in print of notable new work, juried this year by GLASS contributing editor James Yood, Van Teetterode Glass Studio director Caroline Prisse (Amsterdam), architect Paul Haigh, and Corning curator of modern glass Tina Oldknow. The four have chosen the 100 most important works in glass from the submissions of over 900 artists around the world. Subscriber copies will arrive in mailboxes shortly, shrink-wrapped with the extra bonus of the beautifully printed New Glass Review 35.

Photo Credit Michael Schwalbe Portrait Rockriver

Sally Resnik Rockriver at work in the studio. photo: michael schwalbe

Wednesday May 28, 2014 | by Andrew Page

3 Questions For ... Sally Resnik Rockriver

FILED UNDER: Artist Interviews, New Work

GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Sally Resnik Rockriver: In the past, I made geochemical reefs growing on underwater architecture. This theme has come back to me, except the lost city is not Atlantis, but one from our future. My new pieces have buildings that are overtaken by creatures from another place in time. I am making structures out of refractory materials and clay. I then kiln-fuse these walls with ceramic glazes and blown glass. The body of work is a group of scenes which tell the story of tension between the past and future. In these pieces, otherworldly specimens encounter the confines of an aging society. As a resolution, the bricks expand to allow enough space for new formations.

Face Lift, 2013

Tuesday May 27, 2014 | by Lindsay von Hagn

OPENING: Judy Chicago at David Richard Gallery

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, Opening

Judy Chicago, known most famously for her feminist artworks like The Dinner Party (1979) and Birth Project (1980 - 85), will be showing recent works in glass, bronze, and ceramics at the David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. On view from June 14 through July 26, 2014, the exhibition entitled "Heads Up," will be up during the artist's 75th birthday on July 20th.

William Morris, Trophy Panel, 2006. This work carries the highest estimate for a glass work, with an expected range of $200,000 to 250,000. courtesy: bonhams

Thursday May 22, 2014 | by Paulina Switniewska

Upcoming Bonhams auction will include many notable glass works from the Koteen’s collection

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Auction, News

As part of Bonhams upcoming 20th Century Decorative Arts auction on June 10th, 2014, there will be a number of significant works in glass from the collection of the late Sherley and Bernard Koteen, prominent Washington D.C.-area art patrons, collectors and board members of the James Renwick Alliance who died within a week of one another in February 2013. Starting at 1 P.M. at Bonhams' New York location on Madison Avenue, works by Judy Kensley McKie, Michael Lucero, Therman Statom, Ruth Duckworth, Rudy Autio, Betty Woodman, Albert Paley, and Dante Marioni will be coming up for bid. Mark Peiser’s paperweight glass vase, titled, Oak and Spanish Moss, will be up for sale at an estimated value of $12,000-18,000. Also present amongst those artists will be several pieces by Dale Chihuly from his Macchia series of glass vessels.

Amber Cowan, Shell Pink Bowl, 2013. Flameworked and fused American pressed glass. D 17 1/2 in. copyright: amber cowan

Tuesday May 20, 2014 | by Andrew Page

Amber Cowan awarded 2015 Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Commission

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Museums, New Work

Artist Amber Cowan, who is also an adjunct professor in the glass program at the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, has been awarded The Corning Museum of Glass's 29th Rakow Commission. The program provides $25,000 to encourage artists working in glass to explore new types of work without concern for financial limits, and has been offered to select artists each year since 1986, when the late Dr. and Mrs. Leonard S. Rakow created it. The award goes to an artist not yet represented in the museum's collection, and who is identified by the curator of modern glass, currently Tina Oldknow. The Rakow Commission works become part of the Corning permanent collection.

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