Friday September 21, 2018 | by UrbanGlass Staff

Closing Dinner for the Agnes Varis Trust

On September 20, 2018, UrbanGlass board members Cynthia Manocherian and Larry Pitterman attended the closing dinner for the Agnes Varis Trust, which provided the keystone gift to UrbanGlass that helped pay for the major renovation of its longtime Downtown Brooklyn facility with a pivotal gift that got the institution to the grand reopening and glass ribbon cutting ceremony with Mayor Bloomberg in October 2013. The Agnes Varis event was held at the Julliard School, which was itself a grant recipient.

This week

OPENING: Traver Gallery has three new exhibits this month, showcasing the breadth of possibility in glass work by artists Lino Taglipietra, John Kiley, and Preston Singletary

New hand-blown glassware line touts simplicity, provides insight into craftsmanship as selling tool in 2018

CONVERSATION: Mexico City-based artist-designer Luisa Restrepo discusses her upcycling design practice and her conceptual exploration of excess

IN CONVERSATION: Paul Housberg discusses his recent installation for Charlotte’s City Center and how glass is his ideal material

OPINION: A new glassblowing reality show asks artists to give up control of their image, and might present a warped perspective on the field

OPENING: Clare Belfrage reflects, meditates on rhythm in a new monograph, short film, and two solo exhibitions

CONVERSATION: Dan Clayman talks about his new faculty appointment at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia

Her studio destroyed in a massive fire, Christina Bothwell looks ahead to rebuilding and recovery

Closing Dinner for the Agnes Varis Trust

CONVERSATION: Kim Harty, the curator of the StreetKraft exhibition at Habatat, on the genesis of this atypical gallery exhibition