Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter, Issue 281

 

Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter, Issue 281

Bowling Green, Ohio 12/12/2019 – Welcome to the 281st edition of the Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter

Headlines

• Joanna Manousis Winter and Spring News – New!
• TMA Glass Demos Pause for Maintenance – New!
• Bender Gallery Offers Henry Richardson Commissions
• Pittsburgh Glass Center Announces One-Week Summer Classes
• Blown Away Casting for Second Season
• Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Presents YouTube Webinars
• Hudson Gallery ‘s Cool Yule 2019
• Schantz Galleries Shows Lino Tagliapietra
• Museum of Glass Announces Visiting Artists
• Stephen Powell Retrospective Exhibition
• Montgomery Museum of Fine Art Showing Cal Breed

 

Joanna Manousis Winter and Spring News – New!

• New work in her Golden Thread series will be displayed at COLLECT London from February 28th – March 1st, https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/collect/
• The European Glass Festival in Wroclaw Poland now moves to three more locations where Joanna’s work will be shown: Legnica, Lodz, and Jelenia Gora, http://www.europeanglassfestival.com/en
• Closer to NW Ohio, the ‘Reliant Objects’ show at Alberta University in Calgary runs from January 16 – March 7. https://www.reliantobjects.com/
• And here in Toledo, the heart of NW Ohio, she has a solo show at RiverHouse Art from March 1 – April 4

 

TMA Glass Demos Pause for Maintenance – New!

• Toledo Museum of Art’s annual glass studio shutdown takes place Jan. 2-13.
• Staff will be busy adding new features to the studios and performing maintenance on existing glass studio equipment

 

Bender Gallery Offers Henry Richardson Commissions 

• Richarson has produced the very large sculpture, Reflections on Unity which is presently installed in front of the Ashville Art Museum
• Orbs based on the sculpture may be commissioned in any size starting at 14″
• Bender Gallery will be donating 20% of the proceeds from the sale of Henry Richardson’s sculptures toward a fund that will purchase the sculpture for the Museum
• [email protected]

 

Pittsburgh Glass Center Announces One-Week Summer Classes 

• Classes are from May 18 through August 14, 2020
• Raven Skyrider, Ethan Stern, Corina Tettinger, Cappy Thompson and more
• Registration Opens Sunday December 1, 2019
• https://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/

Blown Away Casting for Second Season 

• Artists must apply by Tuesday, December 17, 2019
• Previous unsuccessful applicants are urged to reapply
• [email protected]

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Presents YouTube Webinars 

• The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass presents glass artists in the AACG’s Educational Series that seeks to present insight into the artists’ process and imagination.
• The first in the series has glass artist Michael Janis show how he “draws” with glass frit to create his work. https://youtu.be/KOeOzGMSLH0
• Go to the AACG YouTube channel and follow it to see each one of the AACG talks and subscribe to get updates. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzztgbQwYIJTRfntIEfXSA/featured

Hudson Gallery’s Cool Yule 

• Ceramics, glass (including Shawn Messinger), jewelry, paintings and prints
• Show runs December 1, 2019 through January 4, 2020
• [email protected]

Schantz Galleries Shows Lino Tagliapietra 

• Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary
• January 9 – 12, 2020
• West Palm Beach, Florida
• [email protected]

Museum of Glass Announces Visiting Artists 

• Sarah Gilbert December 4 – 8, 2019
• Nancy Callan December 19 -21, 2019
• [email protected]

 

Stephen Powell Retrospective Exhibition

• Habatat Galleries is hosting the first Powell retrospective
• A solo exhibition of work by Robert Comploj also opens
• The shows open Friday, Dec. 13, 6-8 pm
• 2401 N Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach FL
• [email protected]

Montgomery Museum of Fine Art Showing Cal Breed 

• Sign of Lift
• Through January 12, 2020
• One Museum Drive, Montgomery Alabama
• mmfa.org