Happy Holidays from Washington Glass School and Studio

Tis the Season!

All of us at the Washington Glass School & Studio Wish You and Family a Joyous Holiday Season! And a Happy Healthy New Year!

Artists and Educators from the Washington Glass School

(L-R) Patricia De Poel Wilberg, Erwin Timmers, Christina Helowicz, Nancy Kronstadt, Kate Barfield, Tim Tate, April Shelford, Michael Janis, Trish Kent and John Henderson. Not pictured: Graciela Granek, Sean Robinson, Diane Cabe, Gabrielle Morris, Kyle Crosby, and Daphne Matyas.

Tuesday’s AACG’s Fired Up! Features Karen LaMonte

The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG) Fired UP! program on this Tuesday, is also the last one of 2022 for the AACG. It will feature the quintessential 21st century glass and many other materials sculptor, Karen LaMonte.

FIRED UP! with Karen LaMonte 12/20 at 2pm EST. Free & open to the public. Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdOCorz0rEtC0RcqgAuWSmmFbGUdrOT07

Karen LaMonte has created sublime and enigmatic works in glass, ceramic, bronze, iron, paper, and marble. Her works range from monotype prints to monumental stone sculptures and explore themes of beauty, gender, identity, and the natural world.
She will give an informal talk about her pioneering new works discussing concepts, challenges, experimentation, invention, and of course failure, and occasionally success!

New Winter Schedule Now Online!

Winter classes are here! For the season of cheer!

Studio pups Franklin and Henley are snug as bugs and ready for the Holidays!

Naughty? Or Nice? or BOTH?! We all deserve the gift of GLASS! The new Washington Glass School classes for the Winter Session are now online! Click HERE!
And don’t forget: Santa Secretly wants a Washington Glass School gift certificate as his treat for listening to all the elves on shelves!

Washington Glass Studio Returns to Art Basel / Art Miami Fairs!

CONTEXT Art Miami 2022

Miami’s Longest Running International Art Fair Art Miami and sister fair CONTEXT Art Miami featured artwork by many artists from the Washington Glass Studio.

View into part of the Alida Anderson Art Projects space in Miami

On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, almost 20,000 guests came to the opening of the 10th edition of the sister fair to Art Miami. CONTEXT Art Miami is dedicated to the development and reinforcement of emerging and mid-career artists, and the vibrant contemporary and modern art fair was the natural setting for the works carried by Alida Anderson Art Projects (AAAP).

Tim Tate’s endless mirror series are a favorite of visitors to the fair.

This year’s AAAP booth at CONTEXT Art Miami showed works by glass mixed media artwork by Christina Helowicz, Michael Janis, Tony Porto, Tim Tate and Erwin Timmers. It also featured mixed media works by J Jordan Bruns, Lenny Campello, and Steve Wanna.

Tony Porto chats up collector group describing the collaborative sculptures made with Michael Janis.

Some Art Miami Highlights:

Christina Helowicz installs her blown glass /mixed media sculpture at the Art Miami fair.
Erwin Timmers with a San Francisco collector that acquired his cast recycled artwork for her collection.
Nora Atkinson, Curator-in-Charge for the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery flanked by Michael Janis & Tony Porto.
Lenny Campello (center) describes Michael Janis’ new glass panel artwork.
Christina Helowicz, Director of Alida Anderson Art Projects talks about Steve Wanna’s paintings.
alida anderson, michael Janis and Tony porto, christina helowicz, f lennox campello, lenny, erwin timmers at dinner.

The artists at CONTEXT Art Miami raise their glass in toast! Salud! Amor! Dinero! Clockwise from left bottom: Steve Wanna, Erwin Timmers, Michael Janis, J Jordan Bruns, Christina Helowicz, Tony Porto, Lenny Campello, Joe Ivacic, Danny Marder.