The Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington hosted their annual fundraiser, Artful Evening, on July 22nd, 2009, with more than 400 art collectors, political officials, and community members in attendance. Glass artist Cappy Thompson, known for her extraordinary painting on glass, was the event chair. Collectors Rick and Bonnie Colette were given special honors for [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 31, 2009
Kids take over the Tacoma Museum of Glass (in new exhibit)
A new exhibit celebrating the imagination of children will open at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington on October 31. Titled “Kids Design Glass,” the exhibit will showcase 52 glass sculptures designed by children and then crafted by the artists in the museum’s hot shop.
July 28, 2009
History on view at the Sandwich Glass Museum’s annual show and sale
The Sandwich Glass Museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts, will present a glimpse into the past with its 22nd Annual Antique and Collectible Glass Show and Sale on September 12th and 13th in the Skylight Room of the nearby Corpus Christi Parish. On hand for the two-day show will be 45 prominent dealers of antique American and [...]
July 24, 2009
Sneak Preview: The show-stopping Glass Art Society fashion extravaganza immortalized in new book
Advance orders are already coming in for a new book about the (in)famous fashion show that closes out Glass Art Society conferences with an often breathtaking, sometimes risque, and always surprising parade of wearable art. To remember the 2009 glass fashion strut that brought down the house at the Corning Museum of Glass auditorium on [...]
July 22, 2009
Eco-friendly Virgin Island resort and its recycled glass studio face uncertainty
In 1975, when eco-tourism pioneer Stanley Selengut signed a 37-year lease to create Maho Bay Camps, a budget resort in the Virgin Islands, the end date on the contract seemed so far in the future, it wasn’t worth thinking about. As the years passed, his attention turned to the environment, and Selengut found cutting-edge ways [...]
July 21, 2009
Can the artist’s life become reality TV fodder?
In recent years, hedge fund managers turned the fine arts market into an odd melding of art and finance, trading video installations, canvases, and sculpture by recent art school grads as if they were stock futures. Just when the economic downturn seemed to have thinned the ranks of art speculators, along comes “Untitled Art Project,” [...]
July 18, 2009
A busy GlassWeekend 2009 despite economic woes
With the arrival on Saturday, July 18, of day visitors, the number of attendees at the 2009 GlassWeekend at Wheaton Arts seemed to double. Throughout the day of panel discussions, 16 gallery exhibitors plying their trade, and hot glass demonstrations, the attendance hovered around 300.
July 17, 2009
Julius Weiland’s sculptures of fused glass tubing on view in Germany
Awarded an honorable mention at the prestigious 2006 Coburg Glass Prize competition, Julius Weiland will be exhibiting his signature works made using fused laboratory glass tubing in an exhibition at Galerie B in Baden Baden, Germany. Opening August 2 and running through October 15, 2009, the exhibition will feature a range of work by the [...]
July 16, 2009
British glass society to present a juried exhibition this fall
A juried exhibition entitled “Melting Point” will show some of the finest work by members of Britain’s Contemporary Glass Society. Opening on September 12 at the Pyramid Gallery in York, and running through November 2, 2009, the exhibit will feature work by Tolly Nason, Fiaz Elson, and Catherine Hough. The jury was made up of [...]
July 15, 2009
Major Tiffany exhibit scheduled for fall opening at Corning
Mark your calendars for an exhibition of unique blown-glass objects designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany to be shown at The Corning Museum of Glass. “Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special Collections,” which opens November 1, 2009 and will run through October 31, 2010, will showcase 60 of Tiffany’s hand-wrought pieces, including a Tiffany Peacock blown-glass [...]
July 15, 2009
Etsy-find: A Michael Jackson Tribute in Fused Glass
The King of Pop may be gone, but his legacy lives on—and not just in the music world. A glass artist who goes by the handle Artistic Flair on the online marketplace Etsy.com has created a fused glass piece commemorating the “Man in the Mirror” himself. Priced at the unprincely sum of just $100.00, it’s [...]
July 14, 2009
On Other Blogs: Jeff Benroth’s glass logs light up the L.A. Times
The L.A. Times blog “L.A. at Home” showcases Jeff Benroth’s decorative glass castings of logs for use in indoor fireplaces. Although they cannot be exposed to heat, the glass logs create an attractive visual effect when a flickering candle is placed among the stack, though an LED candle is recommended. Benroth’s glass logs are available [...]
July 14, 2009
Mare Saare’s delicate pâte de verre creations bloom at the Finnish Glass Museum
The exhibit “Fragile Circuit” by Estonian artist Mare Saare is currently on view at the Finnish Glass Museum through August 30th. This series of work consists of flower-like pâte de verre objects made by Saare between 2006 and 2009.
July 14, 2009
Permanent museum installation for Richard Jolley
The Knoxville Museum of Art in Eastern Tennessee has commissioned sculptor Richard Jolley to create a permanent installation in glass and metal for the walls in the museum’s Great Hall. The installation is a gift from museum supporters and Jolley collectors Ann and Steve Bailey.
July 12, 2009
3 Questions For … Rick Beck
GLASS: What are you working on? Rick Beck: I’ve been working on a series of figurative works, both abstracted and exaggerated. In the photo, I’m grinding a crowned figure that is made up of seven components. I’ve become interested in conveying different states of repose or decline. It’s a discussion of the state of rule [...]
July 9, 2009
Breaking With Tradition: A new twist on an ancient Jewish wedding ritual re-forms shards into a vessel
After the recitation of Sheva Brachot, or the Seven Blessings, the bride and groom drink from a cup of wine, place a glass on the floor in a cloth, and, with a triumphant stamp, the groom shatters it. The sound of broken glass signals the ceremony is complete as mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, [...]
July 8, 2009
Tribute exhibition honors Mark Ferguson (1959 – 2008)
A group exhibition at the Windsor Art Center in Windsor, Connecticut, opens on Saturday, July 11, from 5 – 7 p.m. in honor of the memory and influence of Mark Ferguson, who died in November 2008. Entitled “Flash Light,” the show includes the work of 16 artists who shared friendship and artistic exchange with Ferguson, [...]
July 7, 2009
Bold work by British artist wins brand-new Frabel Award
Encapsulated in the familiar form of a spray bottle for cleaning glass — the sort that might hold Windex, for example — is a woman’s face. Stretched and distorted as if refracted by glass to match the contours of the perfectly rendered glass bottle, the woman’s face seems to be slipping away, pulled upside down [...]
July 6, 2009
Glass balcony at Chicago’s Sears Tower generates new buzz
The Daily Mail of England reports that the owners of Chicago’s Sears Tower, the tallest building in America, have installed four glass-box viewing platforms that project four feet out from the building on the famous Skydeck level, 1,353 feet above the sidewalk. The brave can seemingly walk on air by stepping into the high-altitude glass [...]
July 1, 2009
Service for the late Dan Klein set for Friday, July 3, in London
A cremation service for Dan Klein, who died on Sunday from complications resulting from cancer, will be held at the Putney Vale Crematorium (dialing from the U.S.: 011-44-20-8871-7820), London, England, this Friday afternoon, July 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM.
