This week in Glass- Bill’s Weekly Newsletter

Welcome to the 66^th weekly issue of the Glass Interest newsletter.

Headlines

• Pilchuck Glass School’s Auction Tour Oct. 28, 29 – On Now!
• National Liberty Museum Auction Oct. 30 – Tomorrow!
• Hiroshi Yamano Reception and Demo in Cincinnati – New and Event Saturday!
• Justin Ginsberg Lecture at BGSU Thursday Nov. 5 – New!
• Mark Matthews Teaching at Corning in February – New!
• Cappy Thompson Teaching in New Orleans in January – New!
• Belleau Art Glass Seeks Hot Glass Assistant (Providence, RI) – New!
• Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. Mace at Museum of Glass
• Pilchuck Glass School Seeks Education Coordinator (Deadline: Nov 3)
• Call for Presentation Proposals for 2017 GAS Conference
• Erwin Redl Work at Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati
• Lino Tagliapietra Work at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
• Jubilee Museum and Catholic Cultural Center Shows Stained Glass
• Upcoming at Glass Axis – Deadline Extended!
• Hawk Galleries Showing Nancy Callan, Steve Jensen – New Information!
• Rebecca Szparagowski in Heartland Exhibition
• Happening at Habatat Galleries
• SOFA Chicago 2015

Pilchuck Glass School’s Auction Tour Oct. 28, 29 – On Now!

• Pilchuck Glass School’s auction tour for 2015 is on now – Oct. 28 and 29
• The two-day excursion is packed with exclusive opportunities leading up to the big event, Pilchuck’s Annual Auction Gala on Oct. 30
• http://pilchuck.com/auction/home.aspx

National Liberty Museum Auction Oct. 30 – Tomorrow!

• The National Liberty Museum’s Glass Auction and Gala is tomorrow, Oct.30 https://libertymuseum.org/
• The auction supports the museum’s character and leadership programs for kids
• The catalog is online at http://issuu.com/nlm2015/docs/auction_catalog_for_website
• Matt Paskiet has a small sculpture in the auction and catalog

Hiroshi Yamano Reception and Demo in Cincinnati – New and Event Saturday!

• Marta Hewett Gallery and Neusole Glassworks are collaborating to host a reception and demo with internationally recognized glass sculptor Hiroshi Yamano http://www.martahewett.com/
• The exhibition, From East to West, will be at Neusole Glasssworks, 11925 Kemper Springs Drive, Cincinnati, and at the Marta Hewett Gallery 1310 Pendleton St.,  at the Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati
• A cocktail reception will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday Oct. 31 at Neusole; an artist’s demonstration will follow at 6 p.m.;  the exhibitions continue through Nov. 6
• Yamano was recently awarded a significant prize from the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, which includes a museum residency in 2016

Justin Ginsberg Lecture at BGSU Thursday Nov. 5 – New!

• Artist Justin Ginsberg will present a lecture at 5 p.m. Thursday Nov. 5 in the BGSU Glass Classroom, Fine Art Building, Room 1206
• Ginsberg received an MFA in glass from the University of Texas at Arlington, where he now teaches
• His work explores space and the materiality of glass in the form of large scale installations and, most currently, a series of experimental work creating and revealing the invisible stress within glass; he investigates the unusual properties of glass and its extraordinary ability to flex and bend when made very thin
• His work exploits the aesthetic qualities of the material while investigating new ways to think about glass as sculpture http://justinginsberg.net/ginsberg.net/Home.html

Mark Matthews Teaching at Corning in February – New!

• Mark Matthews will conduct his constantly evolving and innovative workshop “Color and Graphic Systems in Glass” at The Studio within the Corning Museum of Glass, Feb. 8 through 13
• Studio classes at CMOG are offered year-round, in a variety of techniques, for all skill levels and are taught by top international glassmaking artists and instructors http://www.cmog.org/glassmaking/studio/classes

Cappy Thompson Teaching in New Orleans in January – New!

• Looking for an opportunity to escape Toledo’s cold weather in January?
• Sign up for Cappy Thompson’s class at the YaYa Arts Center in New Orleans, Jan. 20-24
• Painting on Glass will cover the grisaille or grey-tonal method of painting vitreous enamels on glass http://yayainc.org/cappy-thompson-painting-on-glass-2/
• Thompson taught a sold-out class in Toledo in 2013
• Mardi Gras parades begin in January so you will be able to take in one or more during your time in the city http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/schedule.html

Belleau Art Glass Seeks Hot Glass Assistant (Providence, RI) – New!

• Belleau Art Glass, East Providence, R.I., is looking for an experienced hot glass assistant able to turn a pipe for large vases, bowls and sculpture and everything from stemware to paperweights http://www.belleauartglass.com/
• Preference for nonsmokers with coldworking skills
• Respond to [email protected] with resume and photos of work you have made or had a part in making

Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. Mace at Museum of Glass

• The exhibition Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. Mace: Every Soil Bears Not Everything continues through May 15, 2016 at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Wash. http://tinyurl.com/obxx4t5
• Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. Mace are pioneers of early contemporary glass and were close colleagues of Dale Chihuly and William Morris, often trading skills to develop signature works
• Kirkpatrick and Mace began their collaboration at Pilchuck Glass School in 1979; their first series evolved out of Mace’s desire to devise a method of incorporating Kirkpatrick’s delicate line drawings as surface design onto blown cylinders
• Kirkpatrick made elaborate “drawings” in bent wire that were colored in with glass cane. These drawings were then “picked up” onto the vessel in the hot shop; the process was groundbreaking in its innovation http://www.kirkpatrick-mace.com/
• With objects from 160 crates of work spanning 1970 to present, the exhibition tells a major chapter in the story of the Studio Glass movement; “There is no doubt that this exhibition is long overdue,” notes MOG Artistic Director Susan Warner

Pilchuck Glass School Seeks Education Coordinator (Deadline: Nov 3)

• Pilchuck Glass School, a nonprofit cultural organization with a campus in Stanwood, Wash., and gallery/office space in Seattle, has an opening for an education coordinator
• The education coordinator is a full-time position with his/her duties and responsibilities changing year round and undertaken as assigned; the EDC provides administrative assistance to artistic director in the planning and implementation of courses, collection of information for grants and other projects as needed
• The coordinator works on the Stanwood campus year-round with occasional visits to Pilchuck’s Seattle office; for more, visit http://www.pilchuck.com/
• To apply, submit a one-page cover letter outlining interest in and experience related to the position, a resume and contact information for three references to: [email protected]

Call for Presentation Proposals for 2017 GAS Conference

• The Glass Art Society (GAS) invites artists to submit proposals for its 46^th annual conference, to be held June 1–3, 2017 in Norfolk, Va.; the conference is hosted by the Chrysler Museum of Art and its Perry Glass Studio
• The 2017 conference theme will be Reflections from the Edge: Glass, Art, and Performance
• Artists are invited to submit proposals now through Dec. 15, 2015 for content highlighting the theme, to include performances, technical demonstrations, lectures, panel discussions and film screenings
• Artists and critics are strongly urged to consider the history of glass as a performance medium and how this past is influencing the field’s current and future climate with the larger contemporary art world
• For more information about GAS conference presentation proposals and to download a submission form, visit http://www.glassart.org/calls_for_conf_proposals.html

Erwin Redl Work at Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati

• The Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati is showing work by Erwin Redl, who had a GAPP residency at the Toledo Museum of Art in 2013 http://www.solwaygallery.com/
• The exhibition at Solway will feature work from 2010-2015, including an installation composed of digitally controlled LED light sculptures, kinetic sculpture, drawings and prints
• An Austrian-born artist based in Bowling Green and New York City, Redl is best known for large-scale light installations for art museums, public buildings and corporations; his work transforms the medium of light into immersive, tangible experiences for viewers
• The exhibition continues through Dec. 23

Lino Tagliapietra Work at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass

• An exhibition of work by maestro Lino Tagliapietra is at the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in Neenah, Wisc., through Feb. 14
• The exhibition is titled Transcending Time – A Survey of Works in Glass by Italian Maestro Lino Tagliapietra http://bmmglass.com/

Jubilee Museum and Catholic Cultural Center Shows Stained Glass

• The Jubilee Museum and Catholic Cultural Center, the largest museum of diversified Catholic art and artifacts in the United States, is hosting “Illuminating our Faith,” a stained glass windows exhibition through Nov. 15
• The museum is just up the street from Glass Axis at 57 South Grubb St., Columbus www.jubileemuseum.org

Upcoming at Glass Axis – Deadline Extended!

• Glass Axis in Columbus is looking for glass art inspired by “something else”
  • The exhibit, juried by gallery owner Tom Hawk, “This Leads to That” will take place from Jan. 8 through Feb. 20
  • Your glass art might be a good fit for this exhibit if you can fill in the blanks: “I saw/read/heard/overheard/dreamed about ____, and that inspired me to make _____”
  • Glass Axis welcomes all forms of glass from both emerging and established artists
  • All art submitted must have either been inspired by glass or resulted in a piece comprised of at least 50 percent glass and made within the last three years
  • The application deadline has been extended to Nov. 30, midnight ET https://glassaxis.org/call-for-entry-this-leads-to-that-deadline-oct-30/
• Call for Participation and Entry: Glassquerade Glass Fashion Show https://glassaxis.org/call-for-artists-designers-for-glass-fashion-show/
• Call for Entry: “Holiday rotating Exhibition;” openings for each month’s rotation will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. the second Friday of each month, October through November https://glassaxis.org/call-for-artists-rotating-holiday-exhibition/
• Visiting Artist Workshop featuring Jeremy Burdge; special condensed two-day workshop, Nov. 14 and 15; combine skills in the hot shop with flameworking and fusing to create unique glass pieces https://glassaxis.org/product/combining-lamp-kiln-and-furnace-worked-glass/
• Glass Axis is at 610 West Town St., Columbus https://glassaxis.org/

Hawk Galleries Showing Nancy Callan, Steve Jensen – New Information!

• Hawk Galleries, 153 East Main St., Columbus, is showing an exhibition of work by Seattle artists Nancy Callan and Steve Jensen through Nov. 8
• Nancy Callan is a renowned glass artist with a BFA from Mass. College of Art under Dan Dailey and has been a key assistant to Lino Tagliapietra for years http://nancycallanglass.com/
• Steve Jensen is primarily known for boats and other sculptures in wood and uses woodworking tools passed down through generations of boat builders; recently, he has taken molds of the wooden boats and cast them in crystal and bronze http://www.stevejensenstudios.com/
• At SOFA Chicago, Hawk Galleries will be showing glass sculpture by Nancy Callan and Ken Carder, and paintings and sculpture by Hunt Slonem, in Booth #603
• Slonem will present a talk during SOFA at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 in room A

Rebecca Szparagowski in Heartland Exhibition

• “The Journey,” by Rebecca Szparagowski of Bowling Green, is one of 34 pieces from 27 artists in the exhibition “GATHERING: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland”
• Sponsored by the Indiana Glass Arts Alliance, in partnership with the Indiana Glass Trail, the annual exhibition continues through Nov. 22 at the Indianapolis Art Center
• More information is available at http://indianaglasstrail.com/gathering2015/

Happening at Habatat Galleries

• Celebrating 29 years at Navy Pier, Habatat Galleries is taking the largest space in the history of the fair at SOFA Chicago and will be exhibiting work by nearly 50 artists; SOFA opens with a preview on Nov. 5 and continues through Sunday, Nov. 8
• Other exhibitions and activities at the gallery and elsewhere include:
  • Ann Wolff – Insight Faces & Figures, coming soon
  • SCOPE Miami Beach 2015 – Dec. 1 through 6 http://tinyurl.com/pg5baw6
  • In January, Habatat will collaborate with Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fla., to host a contemporary art glass weekend for glass art enthusiasts, collectors and artists
• For more information, call 248-554-0590 or visit https://www.habatat.com/

SOFA Chicago 2015

• SOFA Chicago returns to Navy Pier Nov. 6 through 8 with an opening night preview Nov. 5
• Now in its 22nd year, SOFA Chicago attracts more than 35,000 collectors, museum groups, curators and art patrons to view works of art from 70+ galleries
• New this year, SOFA Chicago will unveil a revamped floorplan created by Chicago architects Cheryl Noel and Ravi Ricker of Wrap Architecture; the re-envisioned design will create a more open and cohesive show layout, allowing visitors to explore the fair in a more engaging way
• Changes include a new, centrally located main entrance, as well as moving the lecture series to the show floor, making it more accessible and visible
• Other changes include a second café, additional lounges and a redesigned Partner Pavilion
• For more information, visit http://www.sofaexpo.com