Monthly Archives: January 2010
Seen: Jill Reynolds and Dan Spitzer transform an office lobby in Pittsburgh
More than 1,000 suspended blown-glass orbs now fill a high-ceilinged office lobby in downtown Pittsburgh, transforming the cool corporate high-modernist interior into a showcase for sophisticated and highly contemporary installation art. Jill Reynolds and Dan Spitzer won a $75,000 competition … Continue reading
Opening: Therman Statom and Toots Zynsky at Habatat’s new Florida gallery this Friday
Timed to coincide with the opening of Art Palm Beach this Friday, January 15th, Habatat Galleries will be running shuttle buses from the main art fair, where it has taken a booth, to its new West Palm Beach, Florida, gallery … Continue reading
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Book Report: Gillian Hulse’s beginner kiln-forming guide takes a coloring-book approach
The just-published book Kiln-Formed Glass: Over 25 Projects for Fused and Slumped Designs (St. Martin Griffin, $24.99) by British illustrator and glass artist Gillian Hulse offers novice students 25 glass projects that range from panels to plates to jewelry. Each … Continue reading
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Stained glass work by Joseph Cavalieri has its network television debut on “The Simpsons” special
Blink and you may have missed it, but during the “The Simpsons” 20th anniversary special show that aired last night on the Fox network, titled “The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special—In 3D! On Ice!” there was a brief glimpse of Il … Continue reading
Tessa Clegg says current exhibition her last
Noted British artist Tessa Clegg, has told the GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet that her current exhibition at Clara Scremini Gallery in Paris, where she is showing together with Frantisek Vizner, will be her last.
Filed under Artist Interviews, News
Rakow Research Library reopens after renovations with some collections still off-limits
After a three-month closure to reinforce the floors to accommodate new shelving, the Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass has partially reopened. While researchers can once again access books and periodicals that … Continue reading
Bad Day for Boro: Philadelphia Glass Works and Silica Galleries closes its doors
For Philadelphia’s flameworker community, 2010 got off to a rough start. Earlier today, the owners of 7-year-old nonprofit Philadelphia Glass Works and its younger commercial gallery operation, Silica Galleries, issued an announcement that they would be closing their doors, apparently … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger: Glass as tourist attraction (Part I)
The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, is promoted by the regional tourism office. The term “tourist” conjures up images of slow-moving hoards of out-of-towners dressed in bucket hats and fanny packs, easy targets for the derision of sophisticated locals. … Continue reading
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Seen: In New Orleans, Carlos Zervigón bundles glass tubes to create organic vessels
With an opening reception from 6 to 8 PM this Saturday, January 9th, the Cole Pratt Gallery in New Orleans will be exhibiting the sculptures of native son Carlos Luis Zervigón in an exhibition entitled “Cristalia” that will run through … Continue reading
