The birth of the studio glass movement has a time and a place-- March 1962; Toledo, Ohio. It was during a weeklong workshop of at the Toledo Museum of Art that Harvey Littleton introduced the world to studio glassblowing. The eight-day session would redefine glass as not just an industrial or decorative art material, but as a medium rich with sculptural potential.
Muranese glass at the Mint; reconstructing the Bakewell story; G.A.S. goes Down Under; the long wait for the Louisiana Art Works; remembering Rose Slivka
Australian Art at Global Art Venue; the Benaroya collection at the Seattle Art Museum; John Paul Robinson at Material Matters; John Lewis at Sandra Ainsley Gallery; Daniel Klayman at Habatat Chicago
Fred Metz's furnaces; a look ahead to a star-studded Glassblowers Ball
MFA Exhibit at the Robert Lehman Gallery
Putting SOFA Chicago on the couch
The Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art reflects Klaus Moje's deep respect for glass.
How a weeklong workshop gave birth to glass art in America
The first 100 years of glass education in stourbridge, England.
The struggles of the Albate Zanetti School of Glass mirror the challenges facing Venetian glass.
Ruth King and Katherine Gray debate teaching sculpture versus production.
