Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter, Issue 307
June 11, 2020
Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter, Issue 307
Bowling Green, Ohio 6/11/2020–Welcome to the 307th edition of the Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter.
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Headlines
- SOFA Chicago is Cancelled
- TFAS Returns with TFAS100+3 – New!
- Andy in Diskies at Glass Axis – New!
- Gathered Glass Hello Neighbor Display
- Tesuque Glassworks Reopens – New!
- Habatat Galleries Michigan to Host Habatat Estates Spectacular
- Pittsburgh Glass Center Live Streaming
- Habatat Galleries (Florida) Reopens – New!
- Galleries Reach Out With Virtual Tours and Catalogs – Updated!
SOFA Chicago is Cancelled
- AACG will hold its Board meeting online
TFAS Returns with TFAS 100+3: Call for Entries – New!
- TFAS100+3: Juried Members’ Exhibit is an all-media competition, open to all artists 18 years of age and older in the Toledo, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan regions, with independent membership and a TFAS artist directory listing on the org website included in the entry fee.
- Exhibited artwork will be selected by a distinguished guest juror, Brian Byrn, director and curator of Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana.
- Exhibit dates are Oct. 9-Dec. 26.
- The application deadline is 5 p.m., July 3,2020.
- Juried honors include over $3,000 in awards, with a Purchase Award of up to $1,500. The Purchase Award will enable the acquisition of an outstanding artwork for the prestigious Toledo Federation of Art Societies’ permanent public collection, acquired from 1948 to the present.
- Applications must be submitted digitally through the org website. A $40 application fee is required for entry. 100% of submission fee income goes to TFAS for the purpose of furthering their community programming.
- All work must be available for purchase.
- https://www.tfas100.org/prospectus
Andy in Diskies at Glass Axis – New!
- Andy Hudson, one of three founders of Glass Axis Galleries, will display a sampling of his 35 years of work
- June 12 through August 1, 2020
- Reception with artist’s talk June 22, 2020 6 – 8 pm. Come in person with a mask or see the virtual tour later.
- [email protected]
Gathered Glass Hello Neighbor Display
- Through June 27, the gallery front windows will display work by Jordan Buschur, James Dickerson, Cyd Gottlieb and Katrina Niswander.
- 23 N. Huron St., Toledo
- See more at https://www.purplewindowgallery.com/
Tesuque Glassworks Reopens – New!
- Charlie Miner and his team have been working and are presenting variations on Charlie Miner’s Chatterly, Fern Bowl and Spring Leaves
- Restricted hours: 10 – 4 daily; following all CDC guidelines
- [email protected]
Habatat Gallery Michigan to Host Habatat Estates Spectacular
- On Saturday, June 13 at 1:00 p.m., be one of the first to see Habatat Silver 2020, an exhibition offering a glimpse into the future of glass.
- RSVP to [email protected].
Pittsburgh Glass Center Live Streaming
- Live streaming demonstration
- Friday, June 5, 2020 6 -7 pm
- Hot shop currently is closed to the public
- [email protected]
Habatat Galleries (Florida) Reopens – New!
- Gallery reopened June 9, 2020
- Summer hours Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 5 pm
- Featuring work by Elliot Walker, Stephen Pon and Karin Morch
- [email protected]
Galleries Reach Out With Virtual Tours and Catalogs – Updated
- The following galleries have alerted us to their virtual tours and catalogs
- Sandra Ainsley Gallery features Preston Singletary’s Humanity at the Crossroads, Saturday, June 20, 1 pm EDT. RSVP here
- Schantz Galleries: Studio Focus|Bertil Vallien
- schantzgalleries.com/notes-from-the-directors/2020/3/21/studio-focus-richard-royal
- Habatat Galleries Estates (Michigan)
- Now featuring work by Alex Bernstein, Janusz Walentynowicz, Shayna Leib, Joel Philip Myers, Daniel Clayman, and Matthew Curtis