Monthly Archives: January 2012
Opening: Disparate works brought together “In the Name of Love” at The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung
Timed for the month when Valentine’s Day is celebrated, The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung in Munich, Germany, will open a new exhibition of glass and mixed media objects revolving around the theme of love in early February. Titled “In the Name of … Continue reading
Filed under Exhibition, New Work, News
An exhibition that invites us to take a closer look at invisible infrastructure
The computer network that holds your bank records and your Facebook photos. The refrigerator that keeps your milk cold. The highway or subway that carries you to work. Contemporary life relies on an increasingly intricate infrastructure, but we so rarely … Continue reading
Filed under Exhibition, New Work
With attendance up, Art Palm Beach honors Studio Glass at 15th annual art fair
This past Monday, the curtain came down on the 15th year of Art Palm Beach, which ran from January 20th to the 23rd at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Fair spokesperson Ashlea Heck estimates this year’s attendance was 28,000, … Continue reading
Filed under Art Market, Exhibition
Executive director Michelle Bufano departs Pratt for Chihuly Center, hopes to find links between nonprofit and for-profit worlds
The executive director for the nonprofit Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington, Michelle Bufano is taking up a new position as the executive director at the for-profit Chihuly Garden and Glass. (Her last day at Pratt will be February … Continue reading
Corning Museum plans $64 Million expansion into shuttered Steuben facility
Our Winter 2011-12 edition of the print edition of GLASS Quarterly (#125), includes a feature article entitled “Flawless to the End” by Lee Brooks, which examines the storied history and recent demise of Steuben, the premier American glasshouse until it … Continue reading
Museum of Arts and Design celebrates 50th anniversary of Studio Glass with contemporary art exhibition from Venice
UPDATED 01/18/2012 and 1/19/2012 The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Studio Glass in America, and the Museum of Arts and Design has made an unusual choice to observe this occasion through its upcoming exhibition “Glasstress New York: New … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Exhibition, Museums
On Other Blogs: Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 gets thinner for sleeker gadgets
If you own a smart phone or tablet, chances are you’re touching Corning Gorilla Glass every time you use it. On Jan. 9, four years after marketing the damage-resistant material, Corning unveiled Gorilla Glass 2, a thinner version of the … Continue reading
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OPENING: Hungarian artists hope to change perceptions with major exhibition
Despite sharing a border with Austria, and practically being neighbors to the Czech Republic and Poland, Hungary has never been known as a force in the glass arts. It wasn’t even until the 1950s that Hungary had any kind of … Continue reading
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OPENING: Bullseye Gallery turn its focus to the glass canvas
With an opening reception this evening, Bullseye Gallery kicks off a month-long celebration of two-dimensional painting on glass in their exhibit, “Facture: Artists at the Forefront of Painterly Glass.” The group exhibition will showcase kilnformed glass paintings (mostly frit on … Continue reading
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Executive director Timothy Close resigns from Museum of Glass, Susan Warner named interim director
This afternoon, the executive director of The Museum of Glass, Timothy Close, officially resigned after a five-year tenure as leader of this Tacoma, Washington, institution devoted to glass as a material for art. The announcement was issued at 3 PM … Continue reading
A solar-powered, 3-D printing, glass-making machine blooms in the fierce heat of the Sahara desert
The desert sands of the Sahara are famous for many things, including hostile living conditions, intolerably arid weather, unrelenting heat, and brutal wind and sand storms. The largest hot desert on Earth, it is home (and burial ground) for many … Continue reading
Filed under Curiosities, Design, New Work, News
