Saturday marks the opening of the new Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Wing at Washington’s Tacoma Art Museum (TAM). The new wing places TAM into one of the top five public collections of studio glass nationwide with this focus. The inaugural exhibitions include one on the influence of the Pilchuck School of Glass, works by Deborah Moore, and a talk on Saturday by curator, historian, and editor William Warmus outlining the history of glass art in the Northwest. Reserve your seat here: bit.ly/WarmusLecture
Also on exhibit are photos from Mary Van Cline’s Documenta Project.
Mary Van Cline: Selections from the Documenta ProjectKnown for her role as one of the first generation of innovative glass artists, Mary Van Cline has often included her photography in her work. With her recent series of portraits, Van Cline documents the leading figures who helped to ensure that the studio art glass movement would thrive, including artists, curators, gallery owners, and collectors. Van Cline began the project with her interest in documenting the iconic artists who established their international reputations beginning in the 1970s and 1980s. Because of her close relationship with her subjects, Van Cline captures the unique personalities that propelled the studio glass movement.