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OK – so it has nothing to do with glass or the Washington Glass School – this is a video that will leave you gobsmacked. Demolition of a concrete flour mill in Turkey that went wrong.
Timmers at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
>Erwin Timmers’ recycled glass sculptures to show at the Hoyt.
Juried by the senior curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Virginia Mecklenburg, two of Erwin Timmers’ cast glass sculptures were selected from the over 400 artworks submitted, and will be featured in the 2009 review of artwork by artists of the Mid Atlantic at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts.
The exhibit opens September 15 and runs through October 23, 2009. Opening Reception is Sept 20, from 2-4 pm
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition 124 E Leasure Ave, New Castle, PA 16101
Glass and Steel Sculptural Development class show tonight!
artDC call for entries: ZIP Code Show
>artdc.org and Art Outlet are partnering with Halstead Arlington, a luxury apartment community in South Arlington, and the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, to present The ZIP Code Show, an event featuring artists and their relationships with their surroundings. The show will be held at Halstead Arlington, 1028 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA, 5:30 pm – 12:00 am, August 29 and September 5, 2009.
For the show, artists were asked to use ZIP codes and other postal code schema as a jumping off point for personal dialogues with the physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth. A team from Art Outlet and artdc.org is curating their ideas and strategies into an polyvalent exploration of artists’ personal geographies, which range from the private sanctuaries of home to public memories and actions.Artists will be on hand to talk about their pieces at the show’s two evenings, which will include indoor and sidewalk live art and performances, and yours-for-a-donation summer libations.
They are still accepting artist registrations for more info:
http://www.artoutlet.org/news/events/zip-code-show
Inflatable Float Glass
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One of the ‘Rising Star’s honored at Wheaton Arts this year at Glass Weekend is Matthew Szosz .
Matt has received a BFA, a BID (Industrial Design), and a MFA (Glass) from Rhode Island School of Design. Recently he has received the Pilchuck Scholarship, a Stein Fund Grant and the Award of Excellence in Graduate Studies from RISD. He was an Artist in Residence at Pilchuck in 2007, and a Wheaton Fellow in 2008.
Matthew describing his technique @ Wheaton.
Last LED class, this week
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The last class of our LED Enlightenment series is tonight! These pictures from last week show the students hard at work, trying to make that LED light up ;)
If you look carefully, you can see our TA Dave scratching his head.
After making some “throwies” (tagging with light) they made an LED tester, and then started on an ambitious RGB color controller.
We’ll find out tonight how they did…
Regular Time at the Glass Studio
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Nicole Puzan works on a commissioned public art project.
Things have settled down a bit, Artomatic art festival is ongoing; and work on school and studio projects continues. The Food & Friends charity organization had commissioned an outdoor sculpture for their headquarters here in Washington, DC – more on this project in a separate posting. 
Dan Schubmehl organizes the BE color bins.
Tim Tate and Sarah Frey catch up on studio documents.
A surprise visit by glass superstar Liz Mears!
LED class kicks off
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The most recent installment in our technology series was last night’s LED class and it was excellent! The first session of 3 introduced the students to the world of LEDs and the endless possibilities. Guest teacher Tim Slagle showed us the breadth of his knowledge and enthusiasm, and filled the table with glowing and blinking eye candy…
Welding Class
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The last evening for Mig welding class was a huge success: frames, stands, shelves… and all other forms of abstract
art!
Set-Up @ Artomatic
>The artists are out in force, setting up their artwork and info about the glass school. 
Tim Tate and Erwin Timmers installing artwork.
Laurel Lukaszewski and Novie Trump setting up their ceramic artwork on Level 8. 
Erwin Timmers works on 
the electrical connections.
Nancy Donnelly stops in from her artwork on Level 9 to see how progress is on Tim Tate’s artwork.