Hi everyone!
Portland based artists Jeremy Lepisto and Mel George (husband and wife) will close the Summer Series for us this week.
Mel received her BFA with honors, majoring in glass, from the Canberra School of Art in 1998 and shortly thereafter was awarded a grant from the Australian/American Assn. to work at Bullseye Glass factory in […]
This week’s featured artist is Seattle’s Dave Walters. In his current body of work, Walters paints images of children’s stories and fairy tales on blown glass vessels. During his residency, Walters will work with the Hot Shop team to create a series of different vessel shapes for his paintings.
“I approach the vessel as a three […]
The Red Hot Gala is Saturday, September 15. All hands on deck!
Red Hot is a huge undertaking that requires all of us to pull together as a team. Further information on how to sign up to volunteer for the Red hot Gala will be available soon.
Application for AAM Accreditation has been […]
August 15 – 19, 2007
Conversation with the Artist, Sunday, August 19, 2 pm
Canadian artist Jay Macdonell will be the Visiting Artist in the Museum of Glass Hotshop from August 15 – 19. He’ll be making work from his popular Formulations series, similar to pieces that will be featured at his upcoming show at the William […]
Jay Macdonell is no stranger to the Museum, having been a Guest Artist in the Hot Shop, and his work is regularly shown at William Traver Gallery in both Seattle and Tacoma.
Jay has been blowing glass since 1992. He completed a traditional apprenticeship at Robert Held Art Glass in 1996 and studied with maestro […]
Meet Fred Wilson.
I first saw Fred Wilson’s work in the early 1990’s at the Baltimore Historical Society where he “transformed” displayed work from the collection to highlight the history of slavery in America. His touch was subtle but powerful — like dropping a pair of hand-crafted slave shackles into the display of […]
Dance Theatre Northwest presents
GLASS WORKS – Hot Glass Cool Dance at the Museum of Glass
Organization: Dance Theatre Northwest
Melanie Kirk-Stauffer, Artistic Director
Event: GLASS WORKS–Hot Glass–Cool Dance
Location: Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock Street, Tacoma, WA 98402
Event Date: Saturday, August 18, 2007
Time: 1-2pm
Dance Performances and discussion with Choreography by Melanie Kirk-Stauffer inspired by Museum of Glass […]
The Mining Glass exhibition catalog is now available for your reading pleasure. Please feel free to check out one of the extra copies from the docent room.
The millionth visitor is expected to walk into the Museum tomorrow Friday, August 3rd in the early morning.
