The Washington Glass School

Nikki O’Neill, “Synthesis 11″, 11″x 15″ x 2”, glass

Nikki O’Neill has been working with glass for more than 25 years, and currently uses kiln-forming techniques to create sculpture and vessels from recycled glass. Nikki has a great show at Waverly Street Gallery open thru August 1st.

BENTHOS

DISCOVERIES AND MARINE HABITATS IN GLASS

by Nikki O’Neill

JULY 7 – AUGUST 1, 2015

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-6 P.M.

Two exciting evolutionary themes inspire Nikki O’Neill’s visual diaries in kiln formed glass: the watery, primordial origins of life, and the delightfully intricate and richly colored primitive creatures that live there. Glass is the perfect medium to explore these mysteries, often revealing exciting visual discoveries as she manipulates heat, gravity, gasses, and time to melt and combines glass with natural raw mineral compounds, metals, salts, and oxides. These basic elements are also those of life’s origins, and perhaps provide a glimpse into our own organic beginnings.

After initial ideas are developed, glass is cut, heated, shaped, and cold-worked. She is often delighted to discover visages of primordial beginnings and early life emerging from the bubbling cauldrons of inhospitable environments. It is art and science; exploration and discovery; glass and nature that fuels her heart and imagination each day.

Along with formal studies in the studio arts, Nikki O’Neill earned a PhD degree and worked as a research scientist and educator in the biological sciences for 30 years. She has exhibited her art extensively in the Mid-Atlantic region in juried shows, receiving honors including “Best in Show” by the Creative Crafts Council in 2013. She regularly teaches workshops in kiln formed glass.

For more information about the artist please visit www.nikkioneillglass.com

For more information about the show, contact curator Elizabeth Wolf at liz.wolf@verizon.net or 301-263-0381

Waverly Street Gallery

4600 East West HWY
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

The Washington Glass School wishes a Safe and Happy 4th of July to all!!

The snow that hit the DC area has altered the scheduled classes! Tonite’s seminar is postponed – new date is March 10, 2015. 7- 9 pm.

Free Seminar – Maximizing Your Success As An Artist (Class 1903)

There is no magic formula for artistic success, but in this interactive night of discussion, come pick the brains of these 3 very successful artists for tips and hints on how to move your art forward. How to find galleries, manage social media, choose art fairs, etc. We will try to help all who show up. Free to all.

SNOW DATE REVISION! Now scheduled for March 10, 2015!

Instructor: Lenny Campello / Michael Janis / Tim Tate
Dates:       REVISED March 10
Time:         7pm to 9pm
Tuition:      Free (RSVP to erwin@washglass.com)

Washington Glass School invites all to gather around the warmth of the kilns and celebrate the season! On Saturday December 13th, from Noon til 5, you are invited come on in to the Washington Glass School and see some of the new directions the artists of the Washington Glass School are moving the traditional craft with integration of modern process, mixed media, and narrative.

Audrey Wilson, mixed media

Some of the region’s leading mixed media sculptors and artists work from the studios on the edge of DC, and artwork both large and small will be on sale.

Syl Mathis, cast and carved glass

Works by the following artists will be on display: Diane Cabe, Veta Carney, David Cook, John Henderson, Sean Hennessey, Michael Janis, Trish Kent, Nancy Kronstadt, Jennifer Lindstrom, Allegra Marquart, Syl Mathis, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Audrey Wilson and more! 

Erwin Timmers, lighting made from recycled glass

Visit the adjacent studio spaces as well – next door White Point Studio will have their first open studio! Check out work by artists of Red Dirt Studio and nearby Ani Kasten’s artbar – make a day of it! 

Sean Hennessey, cast glass

Washington Glass School Winter Exhibition and Open House

Saturday, Dec 13th, from Noon til 5:00 pm

3700 Otis Street, Mt Rainier, MD 20712

Gallery 72’s exhibit of studio glass in Omaha, Nebraska.

Recently, the Washington Glass School blog noted Omaha, NE’s Gallery 72 exhibit “The Greatness of Studio Glass”. The show (just ending) had a great review in the local newspaper “The Reader“. Critic David Thompson wrote:” …Rich in content and impeccably installed, this show provides a great opportunity to understand the relatively brief history of studio art glass as an American art form. The twelve artists in this show… all combine to say a great deal about art glass’s past, present, and future.”  

Mr Thomas has some notes about WGS artists: “Allegra Marquart’s past as a printmaker lingers in her flat, pictorial pieces that seem glow like pages from a magical storybook (Aesop’s Fables is one of her inspirations).”

Michael Janis’ artwork is also commented upon: “Yet another intriguing use of glass occurs in the work of Michael Janis, for whom the material functions as a lens, sometimes one of several, through which we view the other, more pictorial elements of the work.  Sometimes these elements are three-dimensional, as in the glass leaves that cascade down the front of “The Forest for the Trees.”  Sometimes they are both two- and three-dimensional, like the tiny shadows sprinkled across Janis’s works that are cast by bubbles in the glass surface.”

Mr Thompson ends his review with: “Gallery 72 has given us an engaging array of pieces from art glass’s past and present.  It is not to be missed.  Harvey Littleton would be proud.”

All of us, actually!

Click HERE to jump to the entire article in The Reader”.

The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass is an internationally renowned facility that offers glassmaking classes for a variety of skill levels and techniques, as well as artist residencies, rentals, and a variety of other programs.The Studio’s Artist-in-Residence program brings artists from around the world to Corning. The artists spend a month at The Studio, exploring new directions in glass art, or expanding on their current bodies of work, while using the immense resources of the world’s leading glass museum. At the end of the residency, each artist gives a presentation about his or her work.

Apply for a Residency

Proposals with all supporting materials included must be received at The Studio by October 31. No late submissions will be considered.

Transportation, as well as room and board, will be arranged for those invited to participate in these month-long programs. All basic supplies will be provided, and the facility will be made available whenever classes are not in session. Residents will have access to the Rakow Research Library and the collection of The Corning Museum of Glass. Residents are expected to make their own work during a residency.

Residencies will be held in March, April, May, October, and November. One or two individuals will be selected for each month.

If interested in being considered, please submit application including 10 digital images of artwork, two letters of recommendation, a written proposal (including detailed information on residency plans; necessary supplies, equipment, and assistants), the best months for to participate, and a resumé.

Location: Corning, NY

Located in Corning, New York, The Studio is part of the Corning Museum of Glass. The Studio has state of the art glass making facilities in furnace work, flameworking, kiln working, coldworking and engraving. 

Click HERE to jump to CMOG application.

Call for Entries: The Corning Museum of Glass invites artists, craftspeople, designers, and architects worldwide to submit images of new works using glass.

The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2014. In late November or early December, a jury selects 100 images from the submissions.New Glass Review is published every spring by The Corning Museum of Glass in conjunction withNeues Glas (New Glass), published by Ritterbach Verlag, Frechen, Germany, and GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly, published by UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, New York.

Participants are requested to complete the entry form, submitting a total of three digital images illustrating one work per image. Three images of different pieces are preferred, although participants may send multiple views of one or two pieces. Digital photographs must be of actual objects designed and made between October 1, 2013, and October 1, 2014.

Click HERE to jump to CMOG info and instructions to submit online.

The new Fall 2014 Washington Glass School class schedule is now live! Click HERE to jump to class list!