The Washington Glass School

>Like your glass with a bit of glitz? Does bright and shiny objects capture your attention? One of the newest artists to become a studio artist at the Washington Glass School is Nancy Wasserman. Nancy comes from a family of jewelry makers, and with a background that includes training from a Bauhaus- trained ceramicist, she now makes the most sparkly glass jewelry around.
Nancy shows her work at many of the area art-markets and fairs – she is always working on some cool pieces.
If you stop by the school – make sure you take a peek at the incredible artwear that she makes!

Click HERE to check out Nancy’s website

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Barry Schmetter
Memory and Forgetting, The Reservoir
Pigment Ink Print

Artdc.org the online arts community is starting a gallery and studio space in the Lustine Showroom gallery in the Hyattsville Arts District.

The first show is of photography – including work by:
Alex Swain
Barry Schmetter
Helen Glazer
Newton Moore
Rhett Rebold
Pamela H Viola
Teri Memolo
& our own superstar photographer Alison Duvall

The first show opening will be this Saturday the 14th, 4 to 6pm preview with 6-8pm refreshments.

5710 Baltimore Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20781

>One of the best segments featuring our KING of Recycling – Erwin Timmers. Watch as he tries to break the tempered glass. (Apparently the glass was much thicker – and stronger – than he expected) His desperation in trying to get the glass to perform is delicious. Click here to watch.

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
for the
New ezStorage at Brentwood
4301-4305 Rhode Island Avenue
Brentwood, MD 20722

This project is the first to utilize federal New Market Tax Credits in the
Gateway Arts District and includes the Gateway Artists’ Studios and Retail
Space.

Speakers at the opening included:
Brentwood Mayor Bettyjean Schmiedigen,
Senator David Harrington
Cheryl P Derricotte – Executive Director of the Gateway CDC & glass artist

The Brentwood Arts Center annex at ez Storage in the Gateway Arts District has storefront studios for rent. Located at 4103-4105 Rhode Island Ave. This is a rare opportunity for artists to have store front studio space where you can make art and exhibit your work all at once. This space is also available to arts related organizations.
They have a total of 1835 square feet of store front space on Rhode Island Ave. that rents for $1835 a month plus utilities. The storefront space can be kept intact or subdivided into 4 individual storefront studios.
For more info call John Paradiso, Arts and Community Development Officer, Gateway CDC at 301-864-3860 Ext.3.

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Positions available:

(1) Studio Assistant. Paid position which starts at $10 per hour. This position is very hands on. You will be mold-making, lost wax casting, deep relief dry plaster casting, cleaning the studio, welding, etc. Experience in any of these skills is great, but otherwise you will be learning them quickly. Dependability is primary in this position, and the ability to work with a wide variety of personalities. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and can work in a multi-task arts environment, where craftsmanship and pride of work is important.

(2) Studio Intern. This is an unpaid position This is a great way to learn a large variety of skills and receive mentorship in your own art career. This is a very exciting opportunity for someone who doesn’t have the resources to pay for the classes offered here.

(3) Teaching Assistant. This position is also unpaid, and requires some experience in glass. This is perfect for the glass artist who wants to help out at a few classes, and learn while they assist. Its also a great way to be exposed to the energy and experience surrounding this studio, but in short time spans.

email washglassschool@aol.com or call Tim Tate at 202-744-8222 for more information.

>We mentioned in a previous posting about the Maurine Littleton Gallery show currently on in Georgetown – the gallery’s director, John LaPrade uploaded some images from the show. The show runs thru April.

Maurine Littleton Gallery
1667 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, Dc 20007
www.littletongallery.com

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The kiln was loaded today for Erwin’s commissioned piece. The previously mentioned Happy Meal toy heads were used to form a sea of faces.

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Artwork on exhibit at Maurine Littleton Gallery in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC include pieces by Allegra Marquart, Dale Chihuly, Tim Tate, Thermon Statom and Michael Janis.

Maurine Littleton Gallery
1667 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Tues – Sat 11 am-6pm
(202) 333.9307
http://www.littletongallery.com/

>Eco-Artist Erwin Timmers is working on a commissioned artwork glass panel. The cast glass panel is made from recycled glass and will incorporate many, many faces cast into the sheet of glass. As such, Erwin has been hitting the junk shops, looking for discarded toys to utilized their heads to create the form molds.
Erwin has been spending the better part of the day chopping little heads off little plastic bodies.

Ok, does anyone else find these little decapitated plastic bodies disturbing?

No? How about when the little heads had a liquid core, and the green blood started spurting out?

Who is not moved at the sight of these sad eyes staring at you?