Monthly Archives: May 2010
OPENING: Glass and iron duet by Jan Kruse at inaugural exhibition at new Berlin nonprofit arts space
Tomorrow evening, Swedish artist Jan Lambert Kruse‘s sharp metal and punctured glass artwork will be on view as part of the first exhibition of Berlin nonprofit Das Direktorenhaus, a place where “traditional art and craft methods will be coupled with … Continue reading
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Paul Stankard honored with lifetime achievement award from New Jersey arts consortium
Yesterday evening at Bally’s Atlantic City, flameworker Paul Stankard was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the South Jersey Cultural Alliance, a regional umbrella group of 130 nonprofit arts, historical, and cultural organizations. Presenting the award to Stankard was … Continue reading
Glass artists and collectors brace for American Studio Craft textbook by authors with no love for glass
Due in bookstores in July 2010 is the long-awaited textbook designed to be the definitive word on Studio Craft in the U.S. Entitled Makers: A History of American Studio Craft ( 2010, University of North Carolina Press, $65), and co-authored … Continue reading
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On Other Blogs: Glass window at New York’s TimeWarner Center spontaneously shatters
Thankfully it wasn’t a pane in the famous Jamie Carpenter-designed atrium window at the TimeWarner Center at New York City’s Columbus Circle, but last Friday afternoon, the sidewalks were cordoned off as a team removed shattered glass from a sixth-story … Continue reading
Filed under Design, News, On Other Blogs
Canadian glass artists’ conference to start tomorrow, to end with grand fashion show finale
With an opening ceremony Wednesday evening at 6 PM, the Glass Art Association of Canada will kick off its semi-annual conference taking place this year in Montreal, where a city-wide celebration of glass has filled museums and galleries with exhibitions … Continue reading
SEEN: Diverse materials in RISD glass MFA graduate thesis exhibition
Of the three MFA students graduating from RISD’s glass department in 2010, only one used glass as the primary material in his or her graduate thesis exhibition project, on view at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence through … Continue reading
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Scavenger hunt will send contestants racing to New York City glass landmarks
On Saturday, June 5th, the Urbanites, the age-40-and-under group of supporters of UrbanGlass, will compete in a head-to-head race to find glass treasures scattered across Manhattan. From glass murals in subway stations, to fountains in landmark buildings, to stained glass … Continue reading
Designers of Toledo’s Glass Pavilion win architecture’s most prestigious award
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the Japanese firm SANAA were awarded the 2010 Pritzker Prize during a ceremony on New York City’s Ellis Island earlier this week. Winning the architecture field’s top honor is just the latest in a … Continue reading
Important paperweight collection to be auctioned off Friday in Philadelphia
On Friday, May 21st, a major paperweight collection in America will be going up for auction in Philadelphia. The 260 lots coming up at Freeman’s Auctions include many antique works by French companies Baccarat and Clichy, as well as contemporary … Continue reading
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New Glass Review presents best 100 out of 2,500 submissions
Officially going on sale in early June but already hitting mailboxes of artists whose work was selected, the 31st annual juried exhibition in print known as New Glass Review once again presents a juried survey of new work in glass. … Continue reading
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Opening: Museum exhibition explores performance and craft materials
Opening with a reception this evening and continuing through July 25th, 2010, “Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and Craft” examines how performance is being brought together with work from craft materials through an exhibition of sculptural objects, site-specific installations, … Continue reading
Last Chance: “Ends and Means” at Fullerton Art Museum closes tomorrow
Today and tomorrow will be your last chance to see “Dylan Palmer and Colby Bird: Ends and Means,” at the Robert V. Fullerton Museum of Art at the California State University, San Bernadino. The show, which includes sculpture, neon, photography, … Continue reading
Filed under Exhibition, New Work
3 Questions For … Judith Schaechter
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Judith Schaechter: My work just builds on what interests me always, so I don’t see anything as a discreet body of work. I like the big themes such as love, loss, … Continue reading
Filed under Artist Interviews, New Work
Help Wanted: UrbanGlass seeks director of education for Fall 2010
UrbanGlass, the Brooklyn, New York-based nonprofit arts organization that publishes the Hot Sheet and GLASS magazine, is seeking a new director of education to replace Brian Frus, who will be moving to Florida to start as an assistant professor of … Continue reading
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Corning’s GlassLab will give designers free range to improvise with glass at German design museum
Timed to overlap with Art Basel taking place just four miles across the border from Weil am Rhein, Germany, the Vitra Design Museum will play host to the Corning Museum of Glass’s GlassLab from June 14th to June 20th. GlassLab … Continue reading
A conversation with GAS executive director Pamela Koss on the 2011 conference shake-up
To learn more about the decision to scrap the 2011 GAS conference in Tuscon, Arizona, officially announced on May 7th, the Hot Sheet interviewed GAS executive director Pamela Koss. Among the new information she provided is that the new date … Continue reading
2011 Tucson GAS conference cancelled, date changed, new location yet to be announced
Yesterday evening, in an official email sent to its members, the Glass Art Society‘s executive director Pamela Koss announced a major shake-up in its plans for its 2011 conference citing a tough economy and Arizona’s recent passage of a controversial … Continue reading
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3 Questions For … Jeff Mack
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Jeff Mack: I’m currently working on three artistic projects. All of my work involves collaboration in one form or another. The first is a process-driven new line of artistic vessels called … Continue reading
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Opening: Glass design show “Breakable” will debut at Heller Gallery on Friday evening
Opening Friday, May 7th, “BREAKABLE: Glass By Design” will showcase new work that pushes the limits of glass as a material for cutting-edge design. Organized by the American Design Club in association the Heller Gallery, the exhibition will overlap with … Continue reading
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Call for Entries: June 2nd deadline for Red Hot Party and Juried Auction
In the glass world, the typical auction fundraiser works something like this: Artists are asked to donate a work and, in return, he or she helps support an institution while getting exposure to the collectors in attendance—as well as some … Continue reading
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