Monthly Archives: August 2010
London’s ZeST Gallery hosting North Lands Creative Glass fund-raising sale
To raise funds for North Lands Creative Glass in memory of Dan Klein (1938–2009), the ZeST Gallery in London will be offering a series of artist-personalized bowls for sale for £ 125 each (just under $200). The bowls will be … Continue reading
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Work by co-founder of Pittsburgh Glass Center acquired by The Corning Museum of Glass
Artist and co-founder of the Pittsburgh Glass Center Ron Desmett has presented to the Corning Museum of Glass one of his striking black glass sculptures that stand in counterpoint to the shine and gloss one associates with glass art. The … Continue reading
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Museum of Glass gets museum association accreditation
Editor’s Note:This article originally stated several major museums were not members of the American Association of Museums based on an unusually alphabetized list on the American Association of Museums website. This item has been adjusted to reflect more accurate information. … Continue reading
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OPENING: Hiromi Takizawa’s private emotion and public symbol at Box Gallery, UrbanGlass
Hiromi Takizawa’s mixed-media installations rely heavily on glass. With her work appearing in two group shows next month, Takizawa traces a thematic fixation of the artist: her cross-cultural experience as a Japanese woman in the U.S., separated by an ocean … Continue reading
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Maestros Start Out As Good Assistants: A frank conversation with hot sculptor Pino Signoretto
This past Tuesday, all eyes were on Pino Signoretto in the hotshop of Wheaton Arts in Millville, New Jersey. His effortless, fluid movements at the bench were absolutely efficient. No energy was wasted. Everything had a purpose — and a … Continue reading
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SEEN: Scott Darlington’s glass hammer comes down at the Toledo Museum
Taking a first place award at the 92nd Toledo Area Artists Exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art (and on display through August 22nd), Scott Darlington’s Genetically Modified Corn Hammer (2010) may be one of the artist’s most compelling works … Continue reading
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OPENING: Midwest glass gets its due in gallery exhibition debuting Saturday
While the Northwest may be the epicenter for American glass art, and the East Coast a place where it often intersects with the wider contemporary art world, the space between isn’t well-known as a hotbed of new work in glass. … Continue reading
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Call for Submissions: Corning seeks applications for New Glass Review, 2011 artist residencies
Calling all artists. The Corning Museum of Glass has two opportunities for artists using glass to have their efforts recognized. Both have deadlines in October, offering the luxury of time to prepare the most compelling applications.
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2010 Ranamok Glass Prize awarded to New Zealand’s Sue Hawker
Sue Hawker’s work Too Much Is Never Enough (2010) has beaten out 43 competing entries to win the 2010 Ranamok Prize for Contemporary Glass, Australia and New Zealand. The piece, a pâte-de-verre vessel composed of connected flower petals in vibrant … Continue reading
Public artist Gordon Huether opens a gallery in downtown Napa dedicated to his own fine art
On August 21st, glass artist Gordon Huether, one of the most prolific public artists in any material, will open a second art gallery, this one in the very center of downtown Napa, California, to showcase his mixed-media artwork. Adjoining his … Continue reading
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Glass Curiosities: Ten-foot solar-powered flower sculpture doubles as environmental tracking device
Heliotropis, a recently-completed work by Anthony Castronovo, is perhaps atypical even in the rather rarefied genre of ten-foot tall flower sculptures, given its LED technology, solar panels, sensors for monitoring temperature, humidity, wind speed, and ground vibrations, in addition to … Continue reading
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OPENING: John Kiley & Dante Marioni at Traver Thursday
This joint exhibition of new works by John Kiley and Dante Marioni (opening August 5th and on display through August 29th), provides an ideal chance to reflect on the outsize influence of the Italian master Lino Tagliapietra. It was, of … Continue reading
3 Questions For … Jay Musler
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Jay Musler: I just finished making new work for “Stuff Happens,” a solo show that just opened at Ken Saunders Gallery in Chicago. I made four wall pieces of multicolored layers. … Continue reading
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Glass Curiosities: Corning’s Gorilla Glass finally finds a market in high-tech electronics (Link: AP News)
A 1962 super-strong glass developed by Corning that languished for decades after a lukewarm reception by industry may be finally getting its due in a whole range of devices from smartphones to a new generation of thin television screens, according … Continue reading
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