May 17, 2017 | Washington Glass Studio

Transparency: An LGBTQ+ Glass Art Exhibit
June 2 – August 6
Opening Reception on Friday, June 9

For more than 40 years, LGBTQ+ identifying people have gathered in the month of June to commemorate their struggles, celebrate their identities, and advocate for their communities. What we now call “LGBT Pride Month”or simply “Pride” is a worldwide phenomenon that reminds us that the freedom to live our truth is necessary for a liberated society.

Derealization by Joshua Hershman

Philadelphia’s National Liberty Museum hosts the nation’s first museum exhibit of studio glass works produced exclusively by artists of the LGBTQ+ community. This is a celebration of identity and freedom that will showcase the diverse subjects, methods, and styles explored by these glass artists.Titled “Transparency” the exhibit is a celebration of identity and freedom that will showcase the diverse subjects, methods, and styles explored by these glass artists.

We Rose Up By Tim Tate

“Transparency” will feature works by Nancy Callan, Joseph Cavalieri, Pearl Dick, Sarah Gilbert, Kim Harty, Joshua Hershman, Eric Hess, Niki Hildebrand, Carmichael Jones, Drew Mattei, Amanda Nardone, Ronnie Phillips, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, Brandon Robinson, Joe Sircoulomb, Tim Tate, Wes Valdez, Jeff Zimmer, and Walter Zimmerman.

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Washington Glass School co-founder Tim Tate was invited by Glenn Adamson, senior scholar at Yale, to speak at a symposium at Yale University. Tim talked about his work, as well as artists Roberto Lugo and Stephanie Syjuco.

Glen Adamson gives a synopsis of the symposium at Yale.

The symposium was titled Objects of Dispute: Material Culture and the Yale University held the panel discussion on May 15th, 2017

From the Yale outline on the event: “One of the phrases uses constantly in the of current political discussion is the term “post truth,” which implies we have entered a period in which rhetoric overwhelms or obscures reality. At a time of extreme divisiveness in American culture, what can the study of historical artifacts offer? If every object is a fact in the world, perhaps artifacts have a role in anchoring discourse to reality? The close study of objects – the cultivation of material intelligence as a necessary aspect of scholarship – often provides insights into the past as well as embodiments of present-day debates. Can the engagement of an object in the past and in the present shed light on both contexts?”

Artist Tim Tate talks about how objects differ from other types of evidence, when it comes to histories of ideology and belief.

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LGBTQ+ Glass Art Exhibition at National Liberty Museum

Tim Tate at Yale