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The Glass Kingdom, 2002
Gronk
July 6, 2002 – October 5, 2003
Organized by the Museum of Glass
Sponsored by the Tacoma Arts Commission and Museum members
Gronk
The Glass Kingdom, 2002
Acrylic, paint, chalk, charcoal, markers, pencil and oil stick
Installation
Museum of Glass
Mildred Howard (American, born 1945)
Blackbird in a Red Sky (a.k.a. Fall of the Blood House), 2002
Glass, wood, and cabling
Museum of Glass, gift of Paule Anglim
Mildred Howard (American, born 1945)
Blackbird in a Red Sky (a.k.a. Fall of the Blood House) detail, 2002
Glass, wood, and cabling
Museum of Glass, gift of Paule Anglim
Blackbird in a Red Sky (a.k.a. […]
July 2 - 6
Summer Series Visiting Artist: de la Torre brothers are back!
July 4 - 7
Tall Ships: 450,000 partake in the festivities…get ready for 2011
July 10 - 15
Becca & Eli take the Mobile Hot Shop to the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, OR
July 12
Encore performance by Fab-5
July 30
Docents & Volunteer met the Curator
Due to the perpetual exhibition of the Buster Simpson, Incidence, displayed on the Museum’s roof top plaza, general wear of the piece has necessitated its removal.
Deinstallation has begun - the pool has been drained.
Beginning, July 16th at 8:00am, a crew will arrive to assist with the dismantling of the sculpture. […]
June
School Tours: 47 groups, 1015 students and 218 chaperones
June 11th – 15th
Lino Tagliapietra’s forth Hot Shop Residency
June 12th
Mirrored Murrelets training with Joe Rossano
June 18th
Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference, Public Demos: Hot Shop Team bring Austin Winter’s creation Bacon Boy to life
June 19th
Arts Connect, Boys Night first showcase
June 25th – 29th
Visiting Artist Summer […]
Elements Glass - Host for the Glassblowing Demos at the Glass Art Society Conference in Portland, OR…
Ben & Alex working on museum’s Mobile Hot Shop…
Liz, Visiting Artist Coordinator & Warren, Volunteer Hot Shop Interpreter meets Kids Design Glass winner Austin before the big show…
Alex, Sarah and Ben working on Austin’s creation Bacon Boy on […]
On October 26th, docents and their guests gathered together in the Ed. Studio for a grouting session.
Project at hand: Mirror mosaics created by docents at the summer Docent Party under the expert guidance of Ed. Studio Artist, Betty Rosen Ziff.
Step one in the process was mixing the grout. But first everyone donned gloves and grabbed […]
Dale Chihuly’s Boat House was an experience the docents will be talking about for a long time. We all had our favorite memories: the 87’ long table with chandeliers hanging overhead with the water view, the swimming pool, the aquarium, the gallery, the collections, the books in the bathrooms and the hot shop to […]
