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Saturday May 10, 2014 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Mary Shaffer exhibition opens in Taos, New Mexico

FILED UNDER: Events, Exhibition, Opening

A solo exhibition of pioneering Studio Glass artist Mary Shaffer opens today at the E.L. Blumenschein Museum, a historic landmark in Taos, New Mexico. Up through June 22, 2014, the exhibtion entitled "A Different View" features the artist's signature "mid-air slumping" technique. Antique farm tools such as buggy wrenches and sheep sheers are adorned by a flourish of drippinghot glass, strategically cooled to preserve the fluidity and grace of the material subject to gravity.

This will be the second iteration of the Collective Design fair in New York City.

Tuesday May 6, 2014 | by Samuel Paul

DESIGN: Glass figures prominently in design fairs opening in New York City and London

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Art Market, Design, Events, Exhibition, News, Opening

Coming off a successful inaugural year, the second Collective Design Fair opens today and runs through May 11th, 2014, in Skylight at Moynihan, highlighting limited editions of design pieces and one-of-a-kind artworks in various media. Glass figures in many of the exhibitors displays, primarily in various approaches to lighting from the French Art Deco-style designs at Maison Gerard, to the sculptural glass lighting by Thaddeus Wolfe and Jeff Zimmerman at R and Company, to a mix of lighting and fine art glass works at Wexler Gallery, which blurs the boundaries between art and design.

Richard Jolley at work in the studio.

Tuesday May 6, 2014 | by managingeditor@glassquarterly.com

Richard Jolley unveiling at Knoxville Museum of Art a festive occasion

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, Museums, New Work, Opening

This past weekend, the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tenessee, marked the unveiling of Richard Jolley’s permanent installation, Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and Wonder of Infinity, with a series of events that included a luncheon, a symposium, a street party, a gala evening and a family fun day. Commissioned in 2009, the monumental steel and glass sculpture, billed as one of the world's largest, makes a dramatic statement as you enter this regional museum dedicated to the work of East Tennessee artists. The unveiling of the massive installation on the wall and ceiling of the museum’s main hall coincided with the KMA’s 25th anniversary, and also included a related glass exhibit placing Jolley’s installation within the context of contemporary glass art.

Thursday May 1, 2014 | by Paulina Switniewska

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Taos Institute for Glass Arts seeks applicants for 2014 Invitational

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Call for Submissions, Exhibition

The Taos Institute for Glass Arts in Taos, New Mexico, invites artists to submit proposals for its upcoming 2014 Taos Art Glass Invitational, a biennial juried exhibition to take place from October 11, 2014 through November 9, 2014. The organization is dedicated to the expansion and appreciation of the contemporary glass art movement worldwide, and was formed in 2007, to keep equipment brought to the region by Dale Chihuly for an at-risk glassblowing program from being removed from the area. Formed by five artists, TIGA has brought forth its educational mission to the public through classes, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions, and events. The jurors for the 2014 event are Herb Babcock, who just retired as chairman of the galss department at the College of Creative Studies in Detroit; Tina Olknow, curator of modern glass at The Corning Museum of Glass; and Stephanie Grilli, an independent art historian, writer, and curator.

The studio demo at UrbanGlass on Saturday, May 3, has sold out but there is a waiting list.

Thursday May 1, 2014 | by Samuel Paul

OPENING: Lino Tagliapietra in New York for gallery opening, demo, and birthday party

FILED UNDER: Events, Exhibition, New Work, News, Opening

Lino Tagliapietra, a world-renown maestro with 69 years of experience working with glass, will be the subject of a solo exhibition at Heller Gallery that opens this evening, mixing his blown work with some of his large-scale glass panels. When Lino first began visiting the U.S. from Murano, Italy, in the late 1970s, he brought with him traditional Venetian techniques and, just as importantly, a desire to share them. He was inspired to connect with the spirit of discovery and experimentation he saw in the U.S. Studio Glass movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As he told GLASS Quarterly magazine in an exclusive interview (GLASS #104, Fall 2006), America represented a liberation, and he says he became "a better artist" as a result.

Tuesday April 29, 2014 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Dan Graham collaborates with landscape architect for Metropolitan Museum rooftop project

FILED UNDER: Events, Exhibition, Museums, New Work, Public Art

On a blustery spring day, the site-specific work "The Roof Garden Commission" by artist Dan Graham in collaboration with landscape architect Günther Vogt opened atop the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. Architectural constructions of sensuously curving beams of steel supporting curved panels of lightly mirrored glass, the work is arranged on a grassy lawn that connects the rooftop to the adjacent green landscape of Central Park. The glass is carefully designed to both reflect and be permeable to light, offering complex and constantly-shifting perspectives for visitors walking in and out of the structure. The outdoor installation will be up through November 2, 2014, available to museum visitors when the weather permits.

Friday April 25, 2014 | by Andrew Page

3 Questions for ... Daniel Cutrone

FILED UNDER: Artist Interviews, Exhibition, New Work

The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet blog recently caught up to Daniel Cutrone, an assistant professor in the glass area at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and a practicing artist with a solo exhibition currently on view at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Holding an MFA in glass from Tyler, as well as a BFA in painting from the University of the Arts, Cutrone writes in his artist statment about his work's efforts to "engender a state of questioning" and to test and challenge boundaries. Below, we present an exchange with the artist about his latest work, his inspirations, and where his work is on view.

Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend and Paul Marioni

Thursday April 24, 2014 | by Paulina Switniewska

Paul Marioni and Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend celebrate long artistic friendship in Los Angeles exhibit

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Events, Exhibition

Artists and longtime friends Paul Marioni and Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend have several things in common, and their long association is the reason for a joint exhibition on view through June 28, 2014 in Los Angeles. Both artists have a fondness for the unexpected in their work, and in, "Seeing Into It: Messages in Glass" at the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles, Marioni and Stinsmuehlen-Amend carry on their tradition of creating works outside the boundaries of traditional glass art, both in style and execution.

Tuesday April 22, 2014 | by Samuel Paul

Glass Art Society 2015 conference in San Jose accepting proposals for presentations

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Call for Submissions, Events

UPDATED 4/23/2014

Work by Lisa Demagall

Thursday April 17, 2014 | by Paulina Switniewska

Pittsburgh Glass Center to exhibit work by four emerging female artists

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Events, Exhibition, New Work, News, Opening

The Pittsburgh Glass Center’s newest exhibition titled, "Breaking Through: Moving 4ward," is slated to open at the Hodge Gallery on May 2, 2014 and run through July 20, 2014. The four up-and-coming women artists whose work will be featured— Lisa Demagall, Laura Beth Konopinski, Anna Mlasowski, and Nadine Saylor — have each spent a month in residence at PGC, where they experimented with new techniques for their craft, displaying varying styles and concepts as they worked from four different studios within PGC.

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