Saturday January 16, 2016 | by James Yood

In Memoriam: Marvin Lipofsky (1938 – 2016)

FILED UNDER: Announcements, In Memoriam

Renowned glass sculptor and a pioneer of Studio Glass, Marvin Lipofsky died at his home in Berkeley, California, in the early morning hours of Friday, January 15. He was 77 years old. Lipofsky had been in declining health for the last few years, though visitors to SOFA Chicago this past November will remember his dynamic public presentation at a survey of his work at the booth of Duane Reed Gallery, and his pleasure in holding court on a bench in the art fair’s main aisle, greeting a seemingly endless stream of well-wishers and acquaintances.

Thursday January 14, 2016 | by Andrew Page

Seattle art patron Becky Benaroya gifts glass collection — and $14-million — to Tacoma Art Museum

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Exhibition, Museums, News

The Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Washington, has scored a coup as the recipient of a $14-million gift from Becky Benaroya, who, with her late husband, Jack, has been acknowledged as among the most generous and powerful Seattle art patrons. In the Benaroyas seven decades of marriage, they assembled a collection of 225 works of art, with an emphasis on Studio Glass and regional Northwest painters and sculptors. For Becky Benaroya's 93rd birthday, she has promised not only the Benaroya art collection, but nearly $14 million to pay for a new wing at the TAM to house it, as well as to finance the salary of a dedicated curator of the collection and its upkeep.

Wednesday January 13, 2016 | by Andrew Page

Perry Price leaving American Craft Council to run the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Education, News

After four years as director of education for the American Craft Council, Perry Price is departing from the Minneapolis-based non-profit to take over as executive director of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. In his new role running the 15-year-old nonprofit visual arts center with a mission of advancing "education about the process, product and history of craft," Price is charged with growing the Texas craft center into an organization with a national profile. He is slated to start in the new position on February 29, 2016.

Tuesday January 12, 2016 | by Andrew Page

HELP WANTED: Toledo Museum of Art seeks paid glass curatorial intern

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Help Wanted, Museums

The Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio, is looking for a curatorial intern, preferably someone currently a graduate student with a focus on museum studies or art history, for a paid position. The successful applicant will have an opportunity to work extensively with the museum's renowned collection of decorative and sculptural glass objects. The Hirsch Glass Curatorial Intership, as it is known, involves assistance with exhibition planning and organization, as well as opportunities for research and writing about the glass collection.

Tuesday January 12, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Gene Koss debuts new work at Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, News, Opening

At his new exhibition "From a Distance," which opened on Saturday, January 9, Gene Koss unveiled a wide range of mixed-media work. The new glass-and-metal works at Arthur Roger Gallery in downtown New Orleans reference two very different environments — the majestic rural landscape of Wisconsin farmland where Koss grew up, and the more vulnerable Mississippi River Delta ecosystem, where man-made engineering vies with the unruly river and gulf waters that are held at bay, imperfectly, through an elaborate system of levees and dams.

Wednesday January 6, 2016 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: April Surgent exhibition debuts at the Museum of Northwest Art on Saturday

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Exhibition, Museums, New Work

Opening January 9, 2016, April Surgent's exhibition at the Museum of Northwest Art entitled "Observations of Life on Ice" employs the age-old practice of cameo glass engraving to comment on and investigate very contemporary issues of our environment in flux. The La Conner, Washington, museum's mission is to connect "people with the art, diverse cultures and environments of the Northwest." The Seattle-based artist's newest work is based on her eight-week residency in the Antarctic during 2013, when she was admitted to the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artist and Writers Program. (Disclosure: GLASS Quarterly editor Andrew Page moderated a discussion at the 2015 SOFA Expo in Chicago in which Surgent was a panelist.)

Tuesday December 22, 2015 | by Andrew Page

HELP WANTED: Toyama City Institute of Glass Art seeks coldworking professor

FILED UNDER: Education, Help Wanted

The Toyoma City Insitute of Glass Art, which has been offering 2-year certificate programs in glass at the basic and advanced levels since 1991, is looking for a professor or associate professor of coldwork for a two-year contract, which may be renewed. The Ideal candidate will have a fine art degree in glass, experience as an artist or in higher-education, and bring at least 10 years of coldworking experience. Applications must be received by January 29, 2016. The position begins on September 1, 2016.

The interior display area at JamFactory, Adelaide

Tuesday December 15, 2015 | by Andrew Page

JamFactory announces new juried prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists

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

When the Ranamok Prize was awarded for the final time in 2014, New Zealand and Australian artists lost the region's richest award recognizing the best work being done in glass. Today, JamFactory announced it would step in to fill the void with a new juried glass prize set to debut in 2016. Carrying an award of AU$20,000 (about $14,300 in U.S. dollars), the new biennial FUSE Glass Prize was born out of a lengthy discussion between the Adelaide-based art center and prominent glass collectors Jim and Helen Carreker. The couple are the founding donors for the prize in addition to six other individual collectors and a foundation.

Tuesday December 15, 2015 | by managingeditor@glassquarterly.com

HOLIDAY SALE: For a limited time only, gift subscriptions to GLASS are half off

FILED UNDER: Announcements, Print Edition

This winter, share the gift of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly with friends and family. Give the latest news from the field, lavish photography of stunning new sculptures, and critical insights into the most important artwork in the medium of glass by purchasing a gift subscription at an exceptionally low price. Existing subscribers can purchase a gift subscription of GLASS for only $17 (for U.S. subscriptions only) — half the standard rate.

Tuesday December 8, 2015 | by Andrew Page

GLASS magazine awarded National Endowment for the Arts funding for 2016

FILED UNDER: Award, News, Print Edition

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly $15,000 for 2016, part of $27.7 million in arts funding the government agency is distributing to 1,126 projects across the nation next year under its "Art Works" major funding category. The Art Works program has a "focus on the creation of work and presentation of both new and existing work, lifelong learning in the arts, and public engagement with the arts through 13 arts disciplines or fields," according to the NEA announcement.