The action in the Hot Shop is larger than life this weekend! Visiting Artist John Miller is here making 4-foot-tall goblets in collaboration with Paul Marioni (Friday afternoon), Rik Allen (Saturday) and Randy Walker (Sunday). Traver Gallery Tacoma is hosting a reception Saturday evening at the gallery, and John will present a lecture and slideshow [...]

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MOG received two great reviews over the weekend for shows in our galleries.  Michael Upchurch of The Seattle Times wrote a wonderful feature article about artist Preston Singletary whose exhibition Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, is on view in MOG’s gallery.  Preston is also working in the Hot Shop this week with fellow Native American artist [...]

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John Levesque of the Seattle PI attended the opening reception for our new Kids Design Glass exhibition on Halloween morning.  Read his observations in his online post.

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Bring the family to MOG’s annual Hallowe’en Spooktacular.  Participate in the costume-making workshop, with prizes awarded to the most creative ghouligan, paint a mini pumpkin with artist Larry Calkins, have your face painted by Barb White Y’all and Miss Lily Flamingo the Miraculous, and enjoy a display of haunting balloon [...]

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The Museum of Glass and the Children’s Museum of Tacoma welcome Dr. Susan Linn, an advocate for protecting children from corporate marketers, to the Museum of Glass Theater on Sunday, November 1, 2009. Dr. Linn will present a lecture entitled The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World, which addresses the role of play in human development and how unfettered commercialism undermines it.

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Museum of Glass (MOG) and Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) are teaming up to offer a joint admission ticket November 11 – 15, 2009. The ticket price is $15 for regular adult admission to both museums, a $6 savings over purchasing individual admission at each museum.

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We’ve been nominated for Best Art Gallery:
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Tacoma, Wash. (October 2, 2009)—Three hundred and sixty artists and art lovers attended RENDEZVOUS AT RED HOT 2009, the Museum of Glass annual gala and auction, on Saturday, September 12, 2009.  The event featured live and silent auctions with 105 items up for bid, including a wide array of glass art, vacation packages and exclusive [...]

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For the sixth consecutive year, the Museum of Glass and Finland’s iittala, Inc. are teaming up for a weekend dedicated to birds and bird enthusiasts.

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Proof positive we’re a HOT destination!
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