>Professor Tate has returned from the Toledo GAS Conference – loving all the events and talks. Said Tim about the conference “absolutely magnificent! ” “[Outgoing GAS President] Jeremy Lepisto’s gang did a spectacular job! and Laura Donefer’s fashion show blew me away. Such wonderful memories; so many new friends…..can’t wait till the conference next year in Boston focusing on the next 50 years!” Below are some photos taken while at the conference.
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| Marc Petrovic demos at GAS. |
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| RIT’s University Glass Program head Michael Rogers. |
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| Mark Angus – the UK Glass stained glass artist – whose work “Daily Bread” was admired by the Fulbrighters while visiting Durham Cathedral in the UK. |
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| Artist Stephen Paul Day shares a drink with Erwin Eisch – one of the Studio Glass pioneers . |
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| Semrin Kormaz – a student from Tim & Michael’s class in Istanbul’s Glass Furnace workshop catches up with Tim. |
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| Artist Herb Babcock chats with Vanessa Cutler. |
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| Tim Tate and Michael Janis’ work on “Images” exhibit at Walter Terhune Gallery. |
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| Marc Petrovic artwork at Images show. |
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| Susan Taylor Glasgow’s glass undergarments were the hit of the fashion show. (nb – the model is not Susan) |
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| The model here, however, IS Laura Donefer. |
Getting GAS’d Up – Glass Art Society Conference Opens in Toledo
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In recognition of the Toledo Museum of Art’s role as the cradle of the American Studio Glass Movement, GAS will be holding its 2012 conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 13 – 17, 2012.
Toledo is welcoming again artists from around the world to celebrate the achievements of the past and to explore the seemingly endless possibilities of glass. Professor Tim Tate will be on a panel with Matthew Szosz, Alexander Rosenberg and moderated by Andrew Page. The discussion is titled: Post Studio Glass and will discuss how:
The work in glass being shown in galleries and art fairs still focuses on formalist object on a plinth. A new generation of glass artists is breaking with the existing glass art field to apply new strategies. Panelists speak with GLASS Quarterly editor Andrew Page about this generational shift and its implications.
| POST STUDIO GLASS PANEL A Look at the New Parameters for Work in Glass Saturday,June 16 at 1:45-3:15pm in the Seagate rooms 202-208 |
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Click HERE for the conference program pdf.
Blue Spiral 1 Gallery Looks to Studio Glass’ Future
>North Carolina’s Asheville was named one of AmericanStyle magazine’s “Top 25 Arts Destinations” . This week, another of its top galleries – this time Blue Spiral 1 – opens a show that looks to honor the 50th Anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement.
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| WGS is well represented in the list of artists! |
Blue Spiral has curated the show with an eye to the future of glass with “compelling sculpture [that] speaks to conceptual and narrative directions the medium takes in the 21st Century”.
Artists include a number from the Washington Glass School extended family – Tim Tate, Sean Hennessey, Michael Janis, Marc Petrovic, Christina Bothwell and Susan Taylor Glasgow.
With Erwin Timmers’ work showing at nearby Bender Gallery – its like a Washington Glass School summer camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains!
“Glass Secessionism“
June 7 – July 26, 2012
Opening Reception, June 7, 5-8 pm
Blue Spiral 1 Gallery
38 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
Asheville, NC Celebrates Studio Glass’ 50th Anniversary
>North Carolina’s Bender Gallery, located in the hip arts city of Asheville, will host an exhibition that will celebrate the diversity of glass as an artistic medium since the inception of the American Studio Glass Movement in 1962. New works made expressly for the exhibition along with work never before shown by thirty two regional and national as well as Canadian glass artists will be on display.
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| Erwin Timmers “Banding Together” |
“Divergent Visions: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of American Studio Glass” will showcase the various techniques of glass art inspired by each individual artist’s unique vision and interpretation. There will be an extensive variety of contemporary art glass on exhibit including delicate flame-worked sculpture; tactile kiln cast glass, hot formed glass pieces, gauzy pate de verre and glass “painting” with vitreous enamel.
The Bender Gallery will host an opening reception from 5-8 p.m. Thursday June 7, 2012.
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| Erwin Timmers “More or Less” |
The “king of recycling” – ErwinTimmers‘ striking glass sculptures made from recycled glass are featured.
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| Janis Miltonberger “Between Worlds” |
Also in the gallery are new flame-worked glass sculptures by Janis Miltenberger.
The Bender Gallery is located at 12 S Lexington Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10:30 am – 5 pm and Sunday from 12 pm – 5 pm. For inquiries call 828-505-8341.
Saturday – Meet the Artists @ Artomatic
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| Dave D’Orio / glass / Level 8 |
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| Michael Janis / glass / Level 2 |
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| Sean Hennessey /glass / Level 9 |
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| Donna McCullough / metal / Level 1 |
JRA / Artomatic 2012 Workshops
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| The panel discussion How Experts Determine What Works of Art Stand out was organized by Giselle Huberman, left. Panels were Nancy Weisser, Judy Weisman, Tim Tate and Cynthia Boyer, not pictured. |
The James Renwick Allinace (JRA) held a fun talk at Artomatic this past weekend – titled “How Experts Determine What Works of Art Stand Out”.
Some other JRA events coming up at Artomatic at the JRA Education Room, 1106 (on the 11th Floor) incude:
· June 2 at 5:00 to 7:00 PM – a JRA reception scheduled for Artomatic’s “Meet the Artists” Night planned for 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
James Renwick Alliance Selects its Artomatic Favs
>The James Renwick Alliance (JRA) is an independent national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scholarship and education on contemporary American craft, to supporting activities directed toward this purpose, and to encouraging connoisseurship and collecting. The
As part of their mission for the arts, the JRA are sponsors of a workshop/reception “Renwick Alliance Room” in the huge DC Arts Fair – Artomatic. Located on the 11th Floor of the festival, the JRA has planned workshops and talks throughout the month long run of the show (thru June 23).
Members of the JRA has also went thru the 10 floors of artwork – selecting their Top 10 media-based artists for their 2012 Artomatic “Award of Excellence”.
James Renwick
Recognition of Excellence
ARTOMATIC 2012
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Artist |
Work |
Type |
Floor |
Location |
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Brad Taylor |
Chaise |
Wood and Metal Furniture |
8 |
305 |
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Installation |
Mixed Media (Glass) |
8 |
147 |
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Donna McCullough |
Body of Work |
Metal Sculpture |
1 |
152 |
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Helen Baribeau |
Body of Work |
Fiber Sculpture |
4 |
121 |
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Julia Bloom |
Installation |
Wood Sculpture |
7 |
208 |
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Matt MacIntire |
Body of Work |
Mixed Media |
9 |
160 |
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Body of Work |
Glass |
2 |
173 |
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Pierre Davis |
Body of Work |
Wood Sculpture |
10 |
152 |
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Body of Work |
Glass |
9 |
141 |
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Zofie Lang |
Installation |
Mixed Media |
9 |
112 |
Congrats to the WGS/DC Glass artists & all the artists involved in the huge event!
And a big hug to the James Renwick Alliance!
The James Renwick Alliance welcomes the public to join them in a pre meet-the-artists-night reception. Mingle with other craft lovers!
The JRA will be distributing maps they have created to help you find the media-based artists of Artomatic.
Saturday June 2
5:00pm-7:00pm
The Renwick Alliance Room, 11th floor
Howard Theatre Topper by Sean Hennessey
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The Washington DC Howard Theatre restoration is a big story being covered by all. With good reason – the historic performing arts venue has new life and the building is topped with a sculpture by Brower Hatcher and Mid-Ocean Studios that included work by DC artist Sean Hennessey (click HERE to jump to WGS posting about the process Sean used to create the trumpet of the ” Jazz Man”.)
Sean Hennessey – The master caster.
It has been said that any artwork that requires a crane to install is automatically awesome – I agree! 
Tim Tate on the Telly!
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This Sunday – April 8, 2012, public television WETA TV (channel 26) will broadcast Vincent Gaines’ documentary on the work and motivations of our superstar Professor Tim Tate – just returned from his successful Fulbright assignment in the UK. The film is “Hearts of Glass” and it is scheduled to air at 2:30 pm on Sunday, and again Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 5:30 pm. Get those TiVos set!
"The New Materiality" Goes to Little Rock
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The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft is an exhibition that Fo Wilson had curated originally for the Fuller Craft Museum in Massachusetts in 2010. It has started a national tour and was on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Asheville Museum in North Carolina. This April it will also travel to the Arkansas Art Center, opening April 13, 2012.
The exhibition examines the work of sixteen established and emerging makers working in traditional craft disciplines who are treading compelling territory between traditional mediums and emergent technologies.
The Arkansas Arts Center features nine galleries as well as classrooms and a theater. The permanent collection includes American and European paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the 16th century to the present times.
A children’s theater and decorative arts museum is also part of the center. As home to famous Renaissance and Impressionist paintings as well as modern drawings and sculptures, the Arts Center has devoted over thirty years to build a unique collection of American and European works.
Tim Tate American (Washington, D.C., 1966 – )
Personal Installation: My Heart is Unbreakable, 2007
glass, video, mixed media
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Purchase, Tabriz Fund. 2007.048
501 East 9th Street, Little Rock, AR 72202
April 13 – August 5, 2012
click HERE to jump to Arkansas Arts Center website.