Utopian Futures, Healing Energy, & Piano-Playing Cats: A Conversation with Tim Tate
Tim Tate. We Rose Up, 2017. Glass; 32 x 52 x 4 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
EPISODE SUMMARY
The Museum’s Visiting Artist Residency Program hosts artists in our world-class Hot Shop to create new works in glass with the Hot Shop Team. These artists create a sense of excitement and wonder as they experiment and explore new directions in their art that may not be possible in their own studios. Residencies range in length from single-day visits to multiple weeks, and one piece created during the residency is selected for inclusion in the Museum's Permanent Collection.
Frit City host Jabari Owens-Bailey interviews Visiting Artist Tim Tate.
Photo courtesy of Tim Tate and Washington Glass School.
TIM TATE
Glass and video sculptor Tim Tate is an artist on the forefront of the evolution of glass as an art medium. He has been working with glass for the past 25 years. His work embodies the emotional range of our human existence, investigating everything from loss and memory to giving voice to the humanity behind social and political topics. Tate is one of the co-founders of Washington Glass School, as well as the group 21st Century Glass/Glass Secessionism. He received a Fulbright Award to research at the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom in 2012. In 2018, he was invited to speak at Yale University’s Craft and Conflict, where his lecture represented the Queer community and its history of art activism. His work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum and has recently been featured in exhibitions at the Venice Biennale (2019), Boca Raton Museum (Glasstress 2021), and the Hermitage.
HOST JABARI OWENS-BAILEY
Jabari Owens-Bailey is an arts administrator, educator, artist, and Curatorial Education Program Manager for Museum of Glass. Jabari received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Corcoran College of Art + Design and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts. His varied career in arts administration has shaped his values on diversity and inclusion in the museum and arts fields and his beliefs in the personal healing powers of creating.
Photo courtesy of Jabari Owens-Bailey.