Glass Act at Boca Museum of Art
The Boca Museum of Art at Mizner Park announces “GLASS ACT: THE CONTEMPORARY STUDIO GLASS MOVEMENT TURNS 50″. The installation will run from March 27 through October 14th.
This survey of contemporary studio glass will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement in America. Studio glass describes one-of-a-kind fine art glass pieces made in individual studios rather than glass factories. This movement started in the early 1960s, when Harvey Littleton – today considered the father of the studio glass movement – built his own glass-making furnaces in a freestanding studio.
Aerialists from Circus Vessel Series by Dan Dailey
Glass Act will showcase art glass representative of the full breadth of this defining period in contemporary glassmaking. This exhibition demonstrates the different ways in which glass is used as a medium for contemporary art. The display focuses on unique objects that explore ideas by the leading glass artists today including Howard Ben Tré, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Kyohei Fujita, Harvey Littleton, Concetta Mason, Danny Perkins, Christopher Riesand and others.
This exhibit has been organized in conjunction with Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach. The Boca Museum of Art Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10 AM-5 PM Wednesday – 10 AM-9 PM Sat. & Sun. Noon -5 PM. Closed Mondays & Major Holidays. It is located at 501 Plaza Real Boca Raton, FL 33432 Phone 561.392.2500. www.bocamuseum.org
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Hot Glass Roadshow at Norton Museum
Corning's Hot Glass Roadshow
Norton Celebrates 50th Anniversary
of
Glass Art in America
with Artist Beth Lipman, Corning Museum Hot Glass Roadshow
Norton also Exhibiting ‘Studio Glass’ from its Collection
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary in 2012 of the studio glass movement in the United States, the Norton Museum of Art is presenting three studio glass programs: an installation, a demonstration, and an exhibition, which open on Jan.18, 2012.
The American Studio Glass movement began with two glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962, and quickly spread to art programs in Wisconsin, California, and Rhode Island. The Toledo workshops introduced a small furnace built for glass-working that made it possible for individual artists to work in independent studios. The Norton is among more than 100 institutions across the country recognizing the work of glass artists.
The three programs include:
- Beth Lipman: A Still Life Installation: Renowned, Wisconsin-based glass artist Beth Lipman, just named one of 50 United States Artists Fellows for 2011, has created a large-scale glass construction (65”x78”x41”), inspired by 17th- and 18th-century still lifes by artists such as Daniel Seghers, Jan Fyt, and Juan de Arellano that Lipman selected from the Museum Collection.
The commissioned work, titled One and Others, will be on view with still life paintings and photographs in the Museum’s European galleries from Jan. 18 through May 27, 2012.
- The Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow: In conjunction with the Beth Lipman installation, the acclaimed Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow is bringing its mobile glass art studio to the Norton for a nearly 10-week run from Jan. 18 through March 25, 2012. The Roadshow is the world’s premiere mobile glassblowing unit, a mobile “hotshop” housed in a 28-foot-long trailer. The Roadshow will operate on the Norton campus six days a week with a schedule of eight public programs each day during which Corning glassblowers will demonstrate complex glassmaking techniques, and present glassblowing performances. Beth Lipman is scheduled to join them at least once at Art After Dark on Jan. 19. *Admission to the Roadshow is an additional $3, but free to Museum Members as well as children under 13 years old.
- Studio Glass: Works from the Museum Collection: Organized by the Norton Museum of Art and curated by Jerry Dobrick, Curatorial Associate, The Museum will showcase a selection of studio glass from its Permanent Collection to coincide with the Beth Lipman installation and the visit by the Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow. Works by internationally recognized artists Dale Chihuly, William Morris, and Toots Zynsky will be featured with other outstanding examples of contemporary studio glass.
The Norton Museum of Art is a major cultural attraction in Florida, and internationally known for its distinguished Permanent Collection featuring American Art, Chinese Art, Contemporary Art, European Art and Photography. The Norton is located at 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach, FL., and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed on Mondays and major Holidays). General admission is $12 for adults, $5 for students with a valid ID, and free for Members and children 12 and under. Special group rates are available. West Palm Beach residents receive free admission every Saturday with proof of residency. Palm Beach County residents receive free admission the first Saturday of each month with proof of residency. For additional information, please call 561-832-5196, or visit www.norton.org.
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