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The Latest at Museum of Glass
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Nancy Callan: Forces at Play Celebration & Artist Reception
March 8 | 4:30-6:30pm
Please join us for a celebration of Nancy Callan: Forces at Play at Museum of Glass.This celebration and artist reception will feature a cash bar and light bites during a Q&A with Callan and Museum of Glass Curator Katie Buckingham. Callan will reflect on the exhibition, her career, and where her artistic practice will take her in the future. Following the Q&A, please join Nancy and our team on a tour of the exhibition.
This event is included with Museum admission and free for Museum Members.
The Making of Evolution: A Lecture with Painter Alexis Rockman
April 23 | 7-8:15pm
Please join us for “The Making of Evolution”, a lecture with painter Alexis Rockman. Evolution (1992) is the first epic 8x24 foot panoramic painting of Rockman’s career, and an integral part of the current Museum of Glass exhibition Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature. The monumental work greets visitors at the entrance of the exhibition, which offers a glimpse into the changing view of nature over the last century. This lecture will discuss the conception, execution, and history of this magnum opus.
Reception with wine and light bites to follow. This is event is $10 for the general public and free for students.
2025 Visiting Artist Lineup
The Museum of Glass Visiting Artist Residency Program hosts artists in its world-class Hot Shop to create new works in glass with its Hot Shop Team. These artists create a sense of excitement and wonder as they experiment and explore new directions in their art that may not be possible in their own studios.
The 2025 Visiting Artist lineup includes both Pacific Northwest artists and artists from around the world. Artists join us through our Visiting Artist Residency Application, our collaboration with Pilchuck Glass School, and in celebration of exhibitions and community partnerships.
Please check the Visiting Artist lineup often, as new artists will be added periodically.
By the Furnace: Hot Shop Experience Workshops
Here is your chance to work on the Hot Shop floor! Assisted by Hilltop Artists, these workshops feature a variety of objects, such as flowers, birds, ornaments, paperweights, and more (each workshop date will feature a specific object). As the gaffer, you’ll be able to choose colors, block and shape the glass, and add your own twist to the work of art.
Upcoming sessions:
-March 8 & 9: Spring Egg Paperweights
-April 26 & 27: Floats
Museum of Glass Stories
Artist interviews, program spotlights, and more.
In the Galleries
Learn more about the exhibitions currently on view.
Nancy Callan: Forces at Play
October 9, 2024 – September 1, 2025
Seeing glass through the eyes of Nancy Callan is a delight, and experiencing the material through her work is a master class in the artistic process. Her elegant, playful designs are inspired by a seemingly limitless visual vocabulary and executed with extraordinary technical expertise. Nancy Callan: Forces at Play, Callan’s first museum survey, will invite visitors to experience the multitude of ways Callan has used hot glass as a canvas for her perspectives on the world around her.
Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature
November 16, 2024 – June 15, 2025
Not surprisingly, artists have looked to the natural world for inspiration for millennia. And, since the turn of the 20th century, there have been significant moments in which artists have sought to mimic the forms and patterns of nature in glass. Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature begins with works from the Art Nouveau period, roughly between 1890 and 1910, centered in France during the Belle Époque. More than a century later, contemporary glass artists have been similarly inspired by the natural world as a focus in their work. These innately curious artists have trained their prodigious skills in glass to honor the natural world; their work reminds the viewer of the marvelous phenomena outside of the studio walls.
Spotlight on Chihuly
March 30, 2024 – January 2025
Dale Chihuly’s boundless artistic vision has elevated the Pacific Northwest to an internationally acclaimed center for glassmaking. A native of Tacoma, Chihuly was one of the first Studio Glass artists to travel to the island of Murano, Italy to observe the secretive processes of Venetian glass factories. He was struck, not only by their technical prowess, but the importance of working as a team. These two ideas: experimentation to push the limits of glass, and the importance of collaboration, have had a lasting impact on Chihuly’s career and, subsequently, the culture of glassblowing in the Pacific Northwest.
Enhance Your Experience
Take a guided tour, participate in workshops, and visit the Museum Hot Shop.
Make Your Own Art
Learn how to create your own glass art in a variety of hands-on workshops inspired by the Museum’s current exhibitions, the season, events, and more.
Details on available workshops is available here.
Take a Tour
Add a docent-led tour to your next visit to MOG and get an personal and interactive experience in the galleries. Want to really stretch your legs? Consider an outdoor walking tour and learn about the art and architecture on the Thea Foss Waterway.
See Who’s in the Hot Shop
The Museum’s Visiting Artist Residency Program hosts artists in our world-class Hot Shop to create new works in glass with our Hot Shop Team. These artists create a sense of excitement and wonder as they experiment and explore new directions in their art that may not be possible in their own studios.