Daniel Clayman will work in the Hot Shop as a Visiting Artist at the Museum of Glass June 3 – 7, 2009. This residency coincides with his exhibition, White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman, currently on display in the Museum’s gallery.
Beginning with the modular construction techniques which premiered in White Light, the artist […]

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ART of Women
Please join the Traver Gallery and Falling Rain Cellars for an evening event celebrating great taste!
Event Date: Sunday, May 24th, 5-7pm
Featuring music by violinist John Bartley
The Traver Gallery and Falling Rain Cellars are proud to host an inspiring event for art and wine enthusiasts Sunday, May 24th from 5-7pm at Traver Gallery Tacoma. […]

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nancy blair
of myth and memory
May 16 - June 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 16, 5-8 pm
The Traver Gallery is pleased to exhibit work by artist and author Nancy Blair. Her first solo-exhibition with the gallery, Of Myth and Memory is a continuation of the artist’s Royal Medicine Dog and Golden Retriever Series — narrative works […]

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$10 GETS YOU 30 FILMS
WHILE LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHINE ON THE BIG SCREEN
Get Your Tickets Now for the 72 Hour Film Competition Showcase Event
The Grand Cinema is proud to host the 2009 72 Hour Film Competition Showcase Event this Friday, May 8 at the Rialto in downtown Tacoma.
Everyone is invited to enjoy this […]

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Fluent Steps, 2009
Martin Blank (American, born 1962)
Hot-sculpted glass, stainless steel
Collection of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
Created during Martin Blank’s Visiting Artist Residency, Museum of Glass Hot Shop, March 12 – June 24, 2008
Seattle artist Martin Blank, one of America’s premier young sculptors, finished assembling his new 207-foot-long outdoor glass art installation, Fluent Steps, on April […]

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The famous glass makers of a hundred years ago, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Emile Gallé, and René Lalique, for example, all headed factories devoted to the production of glass which they either designed personally or had made under their personal supervision. Studio glass is created by single individuals who, sometimes with a small team of glassblowers, […]

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Viscosity Studio & Gallery Presents New Work By
Jeanne Ferraro
“Heads”
May 7th-30th
Join us for the opening reception on Sat. May 9th from 6-9pm
Enjoy snacks, refreshments and live glassblowing demonstrations
Viscosity Studio & Gallery
5720 Rainier Ave. S.
Seattle, WA. 98118
206-760-1762
www.viscosityglass.com
Image Photo Credit - Brandon Casazza

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benjamin edols & kathy elliott: light marks
Exhibition Runs: May 8 - 31, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 5 - 8 pm
Traver Gallery is pleased to present the work of Australian glass duo Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott. Light Marks features an exciting array of new blown and hot-sculpted carved glass sculpture from signature series as […]

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Visiting Artist Residency: May 20 - 24, 2009
Conversation with the Artist: May 24, 2pm Theater
Artist Biography
Nancy Blair is an artist and published author. She received her BFA from Alfred University in New York and an MFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Jersey. She is a recent recipient of […]

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During a recent plane trip, I came across a mention of the Dana House in an airline flight magazine. (The Dana House—now known as the Dana-Thomas House—was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; the maquette of the dining room windows is in the Contrasts exhibit.) While the state of Illinois has owned the property […]

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The lavish Laguna Murano Chandelier—recently on exhibit at the Museum of Glass— is part of the George Stroemple collection. It was included in an exhibition at The Portland Art Museum (PAM) in 1997, entitled Dale Chihuly: The George Stroemple Collection, featuring 350 works.* As a collector of art, Stroemple was drawn […]

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Tacoma is for Lovers
presents
Artists Craft Fair
Sunday April 26th
at blackwater cafe
743 St. Helens
Tacoma, WA
from 11AM-4PM
Raffle! Silent Auction!
Benefit for Colleen Malone!
Be there!

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Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows
July 11, 2009 – September 19, 2010
Organized by Museum of Glass
Sponsored by the Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, JoAnn McGrath, Tulalip Tribes Charitable Funds, The Seattle Times, City Arts Magazine and Encore Arts Programs
The Museum of Glass is pleased to present Preston Singletary’s first mid-career survey, […]

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Take a break at the community’s museum this week.
Join us this Sunday, April 19, from 12 to 5 pm for The Big Draw with David Macaulay, A Free Community Festival.
Change the way you think about drawing by participating in collaborative and individual drawing projects throughout the building. Live performances by Fab-5, Metro Dance, and […]

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martin blank
on display: april 18 - may 10, 2009
Traver Gallery - Tacoma is proud to present an exhibition of new glass sculpture by artist Martin Blank. This latest body of work debuts at Traver Gallery in conjunction with the unveiling of the artist’s permanent installation, Fluent Steps, at the Museum of Glass. The sculptures featured […]

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inspired by
group exhbition
april 11 - may 10, 2009
opening reception: saturday, april 11, 4-7 pm
The Traver Gallery Tacoma is proud to present INSPIRED BY - a group exhibition featuring 16 of today’s emerging glass artists paired with the artists who have most greatly influenced their work. A group of exceptional young glass artists were asked to […]

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Hello friends!
Just a little heads up about the upcoming Tacoma is for Lovers Artist Craft Fair!
Place: the new Blackwater Cafe location: 743 St. Helens Ave, Tacoma WA 98402
Date: Sunday April 26th
Time: 11 AM- 4PM
Crafts and wares from local artists, as well as a raffle or silent auction where you can get more great stuff! Hope […]

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Born in Venice, Laura Diaz de Santillana attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. After working as a graphic designer at the design firm of Vignelli Associates in 1976, she returned to Italy and began an active collaboration with Vetreria Venini and Co., founded by her grandfather, Paolo Venini. At the […]

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Greetings! Glasscraft and Bead Expo is excited to announce that everything is together for our LIVE streaming web broadcast of the International Glass Invitational. The video will be made available throughout the weekend. Details on how to access the web stream can be found later this week on our web site… International Hot Glass Invitational […]

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Visiting Artist Residency: April 22 - 26, 2009
Conversation with the Artist: April 26, 2pm Theater
Artist Biography
Flo Perkins makes cool things about moments captured, the invisible, and the familiar as iconic or ironic. Whether of the natural world or of the urban environment, Perkins is developing themes about adaptive survival, disappearance, and change, using […]

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