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Joseph Rossano’s Mirrored Murrelets Opens at Museum of Glass, June 7, 2008

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 8:46am
May 6, 2008

On June 7, 2008, the Museum of Glass will introduce Mirrored Murrelets, a new outdoor art installation created by Arlington, WA, artist Joseph Rossano for the Museum’s Mezzanine Plaza. Rossano created the glass birds for the installation in the Museum’s Hot Shop during his Visiting Artist residency in January.

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Martin Blank to Create New Outdoor Installation at the Museum of Glass

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions, Visiting Artists — Susan Newsom @ 1:08pm
March 26, 2008

The Museum of Glass welcomes Martin Blank, one of America’s most significant figurative sculptors, for an extended Visiting Artist residency to create components for Fluent Steps, a new permanent installation designed for the Museum’s Main Plaza reflecting pool and scheduled to open in early fall.

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New Exhibition Pays Tribute to Lino Tagliapietra at Museum of Glass

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 12:00pm
February 11, 2008

The Museum of Glass announces a new exhibition, Living Legacies: Homage to a Maestro, opening on March 28, 2008. This exhibition was organized to complement Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass, which opens on February 23.

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Museum of Glass Hosts Visiting Artist Joseph Rossano in the Hot Shop January 9 – 13, 2008

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions, Visiting Artists — Susan Newsom @ 5:30pm
December 21, 2007

The Museum of Glass will welcome artist Joseph Rossano to the Hot Shop for a five-day Visiting Artist residency, January 9 – 13, 2008.

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Museum of Glass Presents Exhibition by Dante Marioni

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 5:26pm
December 19, 2007

Opening in conjunction with Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass, the Museum of Glass presents Dante Marioni: Form, Color, Pattern, a mid-career survey comprising more than twenty exceptional glass works crafted over the past two decades by Seattle artist, Dante Marioni.

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Museum of Glass Presents First Major Retrospective of Glass Master Lino Tagliapietra’s Career

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 11:06am
October 31, 2007

The Museum of Glass presents Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass, the first exhibition to look at Tagliapietra’s art and forty years of his career.

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Museum of Glass Presents Its Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Mining Glass

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 12:01pm
March 14, 2007

In celebration of its Fifth Anniversary, the Museum of Glass will present Mining Glass, a new exhibition that explores how the medium of glass has gained prominence in 21st century contemporary art.

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Museum of Glass Presents Quantizing Effects: The Liminal Art of Jim Campbell

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 12:24pm
November 2, 2006

The Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art presents Quantizing Effects: The Liminal Art of Jim Campbell, an exhibition comprised of 38 interactive multi-media works created between 1993 and 2003.

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Contrasts: A Glass Primer Opens at Museum of Glass

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 10:14am
August 30, 2006

The Museum of Glass announces a new, long-term exhibition designed to introduce Museum visitors to various key concepts related to understanding and evaluating glass objects and works of art in general. Conceived, selected, and written by guest curator Vicki Halper, Contrasts displays extraordinary works in glass in pairings or small groupings that highlight differences in technique, appearance, conception or purpose.

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Museum of Glass Presents Transparently Built, an Exhibition of Glass Installations

Categorized as: General News, Exhibitions — Susan Newsom @ 12:06pm
July 18, 2006

The Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art announces a new exhibition that explores diverse architectural properties of glass. Transparently Built: A Group Show of Glass Installations comprises four dynamic installations created by four prominent female artists working in glass—Jean Shin, Jo Yarrington, Mildred Howard and Anna Skibska.

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