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Thursday April 14, 2016 | by Andrew Page

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

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.

Chosen by a jury that includes the former curator of the Smith Museum in Chicago Rolf Achilles, curator of the Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Glass Lindsy Parrott, and artist and American Craft Council Fellow Judith Schaechter, the exhibition will feature the work of 18 artists. Kathy Barnard, Joseph Cavalieri, David Fode, Marie Foucault, Nancy Gong, Mary Clerkin Higgins, Kathy Jordan, Barbara Krueger, J. Kenneth Leap, Ellen Mandelbaum, Sean Merchant, Nancy Nicholson, Richard Prigg, Patrice Schelkun, Emily Selvin, Maria Sheets, Amy Valuck, and Sasha Zhitneva will all have work on view.

IF YOU GO:

Group Exhibition
"American Glass Now: 2016"
June 17­ - July 11, 2016
Logan Center for the Arts
University of Chicago
915 E 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
July 17 – September 28th
Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
Exhibition Website
 

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