Tacoma, Wash. (November 8, 2007)— The Museum of Glass has scheduled a variety of engaging activities, performances and demonstrations to celebrate each of the holidays in November and December. All events are included with Museum admission unless otherwise noted.

Veterans’ Day (November 11 – 12)
Holiday Hours: 12 – 5 p.m. Sunday
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday

Complimentary admission for veterans, active duty and retired members of the U.S. and Canadian armed forces. This offer is also extended to spouses and children of active duty military personnel with ID.

Thanksgiving Weekend (November 23 – 25)
Holiday Hours: CLOSED Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving Day)
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday & Saturday
12 – 5 p.m. Sunday

Lelavision Physical Music
Friday, November 23
1 and 3 p.m.
Physical Music is a display of physical agility and musical prowess infused with a delightful sense of humor. The choreography, instead of being performed to a musical score, arises entirely from the performers playing “musical sculptures” designed specifically to evoke such movement. Each performance consists of several shorter works centered around themes of invention, discovery and play.

Ho! Ho! Blow!
Friday and Saturday, November 23 – 24
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Guest artist Deborah Czeresko comes to the Museum’s Hot Shop to lead a competition to create the world’s largest blown glass ornament. Two teams of artists representing the East Coast and the West Coast will muster their muscles and innovation to make the biggest ornament ever. The best of these ornaments will be donated by the Museum to Festival of Trees, the annual gala and fundraiser for Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma.

Kids Design Glass Creation with Guest Artist Nancy Callan
Sunday, November 25
Sponsored by Key Foundation, a foundation funded by KeyBank, and the Muckleshoot Charity Fund

Kids Design Glass offers visitors aged 12 and under, and children at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, the chance to get into the act of art design. Each month, one entry is selected to be interpreted into glass by the Hot Shop Team. A selection of these whimsical designs and the resulting fantastical creatures, each with its own unique story, is on display in the Studio. An exhibition of the full collection, including the glass sculptures, original designs and photographs documenting the process, will be on display in our gallery beginning September 20, 2008.

Museum of Glass Member Holiday Sale
Friday – Sunday, November 23 – 25
Museum of Glass and Tacoma Art Museum members receive a 20% discount on all purchases at both the MOG and TAM stores.

December Holiday Events
Holiday Hours: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
CLOSED Tuesday, December 25 (Christmas Day)

Illuminated Traditions
Saturdays, December 8 – 29
1 – 4 p.m.
Join us for an enlightening tour around the world and explore traditional uses of light in diverse cultural holiday celebrations. Each Saturday features a different holiday with unique hands-on art activities led by mixed media artist Jennifer Adams as well as special musical performances to convey the joy of the season.

• December 8 – Chanukah
Enjoy the provocative and fun music of The Kosher Red Hots while fabricating a menorah or designing a dreidel.
• December 15 – Santa Lucia
Create a Lucia Crown and experience the splendor of the traditional songs performed by the Scandinavian
Women’s Choir.
• December 22 – Christmas Around the World
Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana will provide the musical inspiration while visitors create an array of traditional Christmas keepsakes including maracas, Croatian licitar heart ornaments, English crackers and German tissue paper trees with special guest artist Claire Yuckert.
• December 29 – New Year’s Party
Say hello to 2008 by grooving to the mellow sounds of the Gibbs Trio Jazz Band and stylizing a New Year’s Cone Head party hat.

Holiday Music Piano Recitals with students of Paul Twedt
Saturdays and Sundays, December 1 – 16
Enjoy the enchantment of holiday classics performed by Paul Twedt’s young students.
1 – 3 p.m. December 1, 8, 15, 16
12:30 – 2 p.m. December 2
3 – 5 p.m. December 9

New Year’s
Holiday Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
CLOSED Tuesday, January 1 (New Year’s Day)

Sha Sha Higby, The Glass Jungle
Friday, December 28 and Saturday, December 29
5:30 – 7 p.m.
Sha Sha Higby is a butoh- and noh-inspired performance artist known for her evocative and haunting performances as well as the exotic sculptural costumes she creates. In The Glass Jungle, Higby incorporates dance, puppetry and music with her elaborate costumes and masks to tell the story of a Burmese Buddha with a glass eye. The story explores ideas of memory and timelessness and celebrates the different seasons. Recommended for ages 8+

Tickets: $15 general; $12 seniors and students; $10 Museum of Glass members
Seating is limited; purchase tickets by calling 253.284.4719.

Imaginary Mask Community Workshop with Sha Sha Higby
Sunday, December 30
Cost: Included with Museum admission

First Night
Monday, December 31
Your First Night button will allow you FREE admission to the Museum of Glass, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve. Buttons will also be available for purchase at the Admissions Desk.

New Year’s Eve Cone Head Workshop
Monday, December 31
1 – 4 p.m.
Ring in the New Year by making your own festive Cone Head party hat.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Mining Glass (Fifth Anniversary Exhibition)
Organized by the Museum of Glass
Through February 3, 2008
Sponsored by The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation; Board of Trustees, Museum of Glass; Russell Investments; the National Endowment for the Arts; Click! Network; the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass; and Selden’s Home Furnishings

In celebration of its Fifth Anniversary, the Museum of Glass presents Mining Glass, a new exhibition that explores how the medium of glass has gained prominence in 21st century contemporary art outside the Studio Glass movement. The exhibition comprises nine installations from eight internationally distinguished and influential contemporary artists who address different narrative themes and utilize glass in a unique way. Two of the installations feature glass elements created by the artists in the Museum’s Hot Shop. Contributing artists: Wim Delvoye, Teresita Fernández, Mona Hatoum, Maya Lin, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Kiki Smith, Fred Wilson and Chen Zhen

Contrasts: A Glass Primer
Organized by the Museum of Glass
Through November 2009
Sponsored by the Ben B. Cheney Foundation, the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation, The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A captivating introduction to the medium of glass, Contrasts includes international, historically important and visually stunning works of art that are grouped to illustrate opposing ideas, techniques and styles. The exhibition provides a visual feast of more than 50 objects. Contributing artists include René Lalique, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright, Stanislav Libenský, Jaroslava Brychtová, Harvey Littleton, Dale Chihuly, Richard Marquis, Ginny Ruffner, Dante Marioni, Sonja Blomdahl, Flora Mace, Joey Kirkpatrick, Susan Plum, and Robbie Miller, among others.

Made at the Museum: The Visiting Artist Collection
Organized by the Museum of Glass
Ongoing

The Visiting Artist Program brings artists from the region and around the world to the Museum of Glass to work with the Hot Shop team to explore, invent and create with glass. After each residency the Museum and the artist select one work of art to be included in the Visiting Artist Collection. These objects are rotated on and off display throughout the year as new works are created.