Monthly Archives: February 2011
DESIGN: Lighting by Lindsey Adelman takes over Soho display windows
Last week, the four large storefront windows of E.R. Butler & Co. in New York City’s Soho neighborhood were turned over to recent work by emerging lighting designer Lindsey Adelman. E.R. Butler is a heritage machine shop where the product … Continue reading
Filed under Curiosities, New Work
3 Questions For … Norwood Viviano
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Norwood Viviano: Over the past two years, I researched and created a series of sculptures and digital prints exploring issues related to industry and population shift within manufacturing cities of Michigan. … Continue reading
Filed under Artist Interviews, Exhibition, New Work
OPENING: David Colton’s abstracted pipes at Easy Street Gallery in Brooklyn
Continuing its push to elevate borosilicate pipes from drug paraphernalia sold in head shops to sculptural objects sold in a gallery environment, Easy Street will host an opening of the work of David Colton on Saturday, February 26th, at its … Continue reading
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The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass announces 2011 artists in residence
Between March and November The Studio of The Corning Musuem of Glass will host eight arists-in-residence from around the world who will have the chance to expand their personal bodies of work as well as explore new trends in glass … Continue reading
Ship in a Bottle: A conversation with artist Mark Dion
On Tuesday morning, February 22nd, the Port of Los Angeles unveiled an unusual new public art sculpture: a colorful 8-foot-long container ship resting on a bed of crushed glass and encased within a 12-foot-long clear glass bottle. Entitled Ship in … Continue reading
Filed under Artist Interviews, New Work, Public Art
IN MEMORIAM: Ludwig Schaffrath (1924 – 2011)
On February 6th, German architectural glass artist Ludwig Schaffrath died of a stroke at the age of 87. A memorial service was held last Saturday at a cathedral in Würselen, Germany, followed by a reception at the late artist’s studio … Continue reading
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COLLECT 2011 will showcase glass installation in new exhibition space
From May 6th through 9th, the 2011 COLLECT art fair will return to London’s Saatchi Gallery for what will be the eighth annual fair featuring art and design objects that the organizers call “contemporary craft.” In addition to the 37 … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Exhibition
Laura Donefer and Gianni Toso will headline the 2011 International Flameworking Conference
If you were looking to pair up two artists who approach flameworking as differently as possible, it would be hard to top the contrasting combination of Laura Donefer, an artist who mixes flameworked elements with blown glass into exuberant mixed-media … Continue reading
OPENING: Justin Ginsberg’s “glass calligraphy” debuts at Dallas gallery Saturday
Glass, like photography, is all about light. As photography began to evolve into a respected art form in itself, photographers increasingly found themselves trying to move away from the vocabulary of painting though the dialog between the two media continue … Continue reading
3 Questions For … Josepha Gasch-Muche
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Josepha Gasch-Muche: I’m currently working on an outdoor sculpture. It consists of two towers, each measuring four meters (13 1/4 feet), in which I will display the Fibonacci sequence using layered … Continue reading
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Submissions for wearable art now being accepted for the 2012 GAS confererence fashion show
The 2012 Glass Art Society Conference, set to take place at the Toledo Museum of Art, will mark the return of the Laura Donefer-produced fashion show to the annual gathering of glass artists after a two-year hiatus. The conference, set … Continue reading
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A quartet of talented teachers lead spring master classes at UrbanGlass
March 15th, 2011 will mark the kick-off of the Spring session’s high-level classes at UrbanGlass, where a regular menu of introductory classes will be augmented by a suite of master classes. At the Brooklyn studios of one of the first … Continue reading
Filed under Education
DESIGN: Swedish glass system allows Foster + Partners to open up the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
A recently opened renovation and addition to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) by the cutting-edge architecture firm of Foster + Partners, London makes extensive use of a new glass system that lets light and air flood into a … Continue reading
Glass Curiosities: London flameworker is one of the last glass eye makers
The camera zooms in on the nimble, delicate fingers of Jost Haas as he flameworks a glass ball, paints on the iris, and uses the torch to cut the orb into a half-sphere before neatly arranging it in a box among … Continue reading
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Call For Entries: Museum of Glass will repeat novel competition for 2011 fundraiser auction
The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, raised over $650,000 in 2010 with their annual Red Hot Party and Auction fundraiser to support the institution’s exhibitions, educational offerings, hotshop, and permanent collection. In a twist from the tried-and-true practices of … Continue reading
Filed under Call for Submissions, Events, Museums, News
Letter from Cairo: Egyptian Studio Glass artists hopeful about future
Editor’s Note: Art dealer Nadania Idriss recently returned from a trip to Egypt as part of her fieldwork for her art history doctoral studies at Freie University in Berlin. She was there just as the mass uprisings in Cairo and … Continue reading
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Help Wanted: University of Wisconsin—River Falls seeks assistant professor of glass for tenure-track position
The art department at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, about 30 miles from Minneapolis, is seeking a full-time assistant professor with a deadline to apply of February 21st, 2011. Billed as tenure-track, this position starts in Fall of this year … Continue reading
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Pittsburgh turns to glass to generate good luck for Sunday’s Super Bowl
Citizens of the Steeler Nation gearing up for Super Bowl XLV can get their culture fix Steelers-style this weekend thanks to the Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC), which will stream two live glassblowing demonstrations Friday evening to show its support for … Continue reading
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In honor of 40th anniversary, veterans and new guard team up for summer session at Pilchuck Glass School
This summer’s schedule of Pilchuck classes will mark the 40th year since Dale Chihuly founded the school in 1971. To honor this milestone, artistic director Ruth King has scheduled a roster of 31 artists and 10 artists-in-residence that invites back … Continue reading
OPENING: Pittsburgh glass artists face difficult choice
It’s a problem most artists can only dream of: having your work exhibited at two different art spaces on the same night. How to choose which opening to attend? But nine Pittsburgh glass artists have found themselves in this enviable … Continue reading
