There are two new outdoor installation projects IN PROGRESS for the Museum. I thought you might like an overview:
Joseph Rossano / Mirrored Murrelets / Middle Plaza and Reflecting Pool
*In January, Joe created 200 glass stylized murrelets in the Hot Shop.
*Mirroring the inside of birds (at Chihuly Studio in Tacoma) is underway. Estimated […]
Preston Singletary will be the Visiting Artist in the Hot Shop next weekend, making work to be included an exhibition of his work here opening May 23, 2009.
The residency is TWO-PART: Two days in April, two days in May.
RESIDENCY PROJECT: The Museum is organizing an exhibition of Preston’s work, Preston […]
Martin Blank to Create New Outdoor Installation at the Museum of Glass
Tacoma, Wash. (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 […]
Glass in the Garden
A Hilltop Artists in Residence Auction Event
Saturday April 19, 2008 - 5:00 to 9:00 PM
Silent and Live Auctions of the glass pieces in the exhibit
Wine Tasting, Appetizers and Entertainment
Checks and credit cards only please
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W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory at Wright Park
316 S G Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
Preview pieces now Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-4:30 […]
Beer and art pair wonderfully in Tacoma
Traver Gallery and Harmon Brewery team up to present an afternoon event celebrating great taste
TACOMA, March 14, 2008 – The Traver Gallery and Harmon Brewery and Restaurant have joined forces to present an afternoon of educational activities for beer and art enthusiasts. The event, which includes a […]
Here’s a great question that came up this weekend. Many people ask how did Tiffany get Joseph to look so “real” or “human” in his stained glass window (in the Contrasts exhibit). And I understood that the face and body were painted on the glass. Was it painted on using the grisaille […]
Leopold and son, Rudolf, came from a long line of glassblowers going back to the 15th century. Originally from Venice, the family had moved to Northern Bohemia (now Czech Republic) by Leopold’s birth in 1822. He apprenticed as a goldsmith and gemcutter before joining his father in making glass ornaments and glass eyes for taxidermists. […]
The Corning Museum of Glass, founded in 1950, is located in the heart of the picturesque Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Conceived as an educational institution by the Corning Glass Works (now Corning Incorporated), the Museum exists as a non-profit institution that preserves and expands the world’s understanding of glass. It is a unique […]
I grew up in a house full of Math and Science. My dad, a USAF Officer, started his career as an Atmospheric Scientist and in the late 60’s switched to Computer Science. Like Maxwell Smart in the television sitcom, Get Smart, Dad would enter a little shed in the middle of a field in Nebraska […]
Most of you have witnessed the maestro, Lino Tagliapietra, in the Hot Shop this week.
Expect a different kind of spectacular this next week with Visiting Artist Hank Murta Adams: March 5 - 9, 2008.
Hank arrives Wednesday, March 5, 2008 with a team of four assistants (three familiar faces among them were here November 2007 […]
Dante Marioni
…is known for his mastery of Venetian glassblowing techniques. In his hands, the traditional vessel is transformed into modern sculpture with shape and surface simultaneously minimalist and delicately complex.
His elegant vessels are compelling for their bold colors, striking geometries, graceful forms and impeccable finishes. Most of the forms he chooses are utilitarian in nature […]
