Monthly Archives: September 2010
OPENING: On Saturday, an entire New York neighborhood will become an art gallery for one white night
It’s not clear where exactly the concept of Nuit Blanche (or “White Night” in English) began, but marking the longest day of the year has been a centuries-old tradition in the northern latitudes of St. Petersburg, Russia where the sun … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Exhibition, Opening
Public Art: Abstract chromatic landscapes in recent Paul Housberg architectural panels
UPDATED 09/28/2010 Rhode-Island native Paul Housberg brought his unique sensitivity to the natural New England wetlands landscape as it changes with the seasons in recent site-specific architecturally integrated glass panels unveiled on four floors of the renamed Governor Philip W. … Continue reading
Filed under New Work, Public Art
OPENING: A revamped Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery reopens outside Toronto with all-star exhibition
Tonight’s opening from 5 to 8 PM, of “Glass Factor: Luminaries: In the Canadian Art Glass Scene,” a new exhibition at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario, will feature work by a who’s who of the best-known … Continue reading
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Call for Submissions: 2012 Glass Art Society Conference proposals due in one month
The 2011 Glass Art Society conference will take place next summer in Seattle, but planning for the 2012 conference is already well underway. In fact, the October 25th deadline for proposals is rapidly approaching. Appropriately set to take place at … Continue reading
Filed under Call for Submissions, Events
Image Gallery: The Museum of Glass raises $650,000 at annual auction gala
The Museum of Glass in Tacoma’s 2010 Red Hot Party and Auction began at 5 PM on Saturday, September 11th, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, during which bids were taken for three silent auctions. At 6:45, guests were invited into … Continue reading
Prison as Prism: Judith Schaechter finds perfect site for first major architectural installation
When Eastern State Penitentiary opened in Philadelphia in 1829, it was on the forefront of prison reform. Its architecture was informed by new theories that crime was a result of overcrowded, chaotic conditions. Strongly influenced by the city’s Quaker culture, … Continue reading
Filed under Exhibition, New Work, News, Public Art
Opening: Nancy Callan’s collaboration with painter Julia Ricketts at Traver Tacoma Saturday evening
Nancy Callan is no stranger to canework and elaborate patterning which she regularly employs in her vividly colored blown-glass work. When the Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet last checked in with her (see the 2009 3 Questions interview here), she was … Continue reading
Glass Curiosities: A playable borosilicate glass violin with an ethereal sound
The Hario Glass company of Japan is known for its borosilicate glass tea and coffee pots that offer an elegant and transparent means of brewing hot caffeinated beverages and serving them in style. Founded in 1921, the company’s name means … Continue reading
Filed under Curiosities, Design, News
Call for Applications: North Lands Creative Glass Offers 2011 Residency
Four selected glass artists will be given free use of the the North Lands Alastair Pilkington Studio for six weeks, from March 28th through May 8th, 2011, as part of this far-flung glass center’s hot glass residency program. Chosen artists … Continue reading
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The Humble Teacher: A conversation with Michael Schunke
The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet caught up with leading American glassblower Michael Schunke during the two-week workshop he taught with Pino Signoretto at Wheaton Arts last month. Students spent the first week studying the making of a Venetian goblet with … Continue reading
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OPENING: MFA-wielding curatorial duo to screen latest “guerrilla intervention” at Heller Gallery Friday
In 2008, two Rhode Island School of Design glass graduates, Yuka Otani (MFA, 2008) and Anjali Srinivasan (MFA, 2007) joined forces as a self-styled curatorial team. Branding themselves “yuka + anjali,” they set out to research, organize, and present the … Continue reading
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Hot off the Presses: GLASS #120, Fall 2010
The new issue of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly has hit newsstands and subscriber mailboxes. On the cover: The Native American-inspired artwork of Preston Singletary, who has a mid-career retrospective exhibition of his work set to travel after a year … Continue reading
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British Glass Biennale Best in Show goes to Gaea Todd
At the 2010 International Festival of Glass, which ran from August 27th – 30th in Stourbridge, England, there was the announcement of the participants in the British Glass Biennale, which continues on exhibit through September 11th. A total of 82 … Continue reading
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The search for a lighter champagne bottle (Link: NY Times)
An article in the New York Times examines the challenges of engineering a lighter champagne bottle that is cheaper to produce, takes up less space, and costs less to ship. The difficulty is not to compromise the strength of the … Continue reading
