The 111th weekly issue of the Bill’s glass interest newsletter.

September 8, 2016

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Welcome to the 111th weekly issue of the Bill’s glass interest newsletter.

Headlines

  • Ben Schonberger Exhibition at River House Arts – Ending Today!
  • Salvadore Family Exhibition at Sherrie Gallerie – Opening Tomorrow!
  • Directions Exhibition at Glass Axis in Columbus – Opening Tomorrow!
  • Richard Marquis at PGC Auction Sept. 23 – Online Bidding Starts Tomorrow!
  • GAS, CIA to Host Spark Event in Cleveland – RSVP Deadline Tomorrow!
  • Summer of Glass Exhibits in Fort Wayne – Ending Sunday!
  • Cleveland Area Briefs – New and an Opening Sunday!
  • Exhibition by BGSU Alumni/Faculty/Students/Friends – Deadline Thursday!
  • Four-Person Show Set for River House Arts – New!
  • Kim Harty a Juror for Bullseye Glass’s Emerge Exhibition – New!
  • Art Loop This Month is Sept. 15 – New!
  • Shakespeare Exhibition Includes Glass Sculpture
  • Ohio Designer Craftsman Exhibition Now at BGSU
  • National Liberty Museum Auction Sept. 24
  • Call For Entries: Urbanglass 2017 MFA Exhibition
  • Job Opportunities
  • Production Will Continue for Spectrum® Glass Nuggets®
  • Harue Shimimoto, Brent Kee Young at Hawk Galleries
  • Hot Shots is Back
  • Habatat Planning Collector Trip to Seattle
  • Two Exhibitions Feature Work by Michael Janis
  • Exhibitions with Matt Paskiet Sculpture
  • Fired Up: Women in Glass – from Toledo to Charlotte
  • Month of Glass Events Planned for Toledo
  • Upcoming at the Glass Pavilion
  • Contemporary Glass Exhibition at TMA
  • SOFA Chicago Nov. 3-6

Ben Schonberger Exhibition at River House Arts – Ending Today!

  • River House Arts, in conjunction with Contemporary Art Toledo, is exhibiting Beautiful Pig, an exhibition of work by artist, photographer and archivist Ben Schonberger
  • The show runs through today, Sept. 8, at 425 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo
  • Centered on a trove of photographs and ephemera collected by a former Detroit police officer during the latter part of the 20th Century, purposefully assembled and augmented by the artist, Beautiful Pig offers a provocative, timely, and unflinching look at cultural identity, self-perception, and the realities of racial disparity in law enforcement
  • Beautiful Pig appeared in 2013 as a self-published book to overwhelming critical acclaim; it was shortlisted by both the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Award in 2013 and the Anamorphosis Prize in 2015
  • While portions of the collection have appeared in group exhibitions, the show at River House Arts is the first time Beautiful Pig has been presented in its entirety, including two works in neon

Salvadore Family Exhibition at Sherrie Gallerie – Opening Tomorrow!

  • Davide Salvadore and sons Mattia and Marco have an exhibition of their work at the Sherrie Gallerie in Columbus beginning tomorrow, Sept. 9, and continuing through Oct. 14
  • There will be an artist reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9
  • The Salvadores are among the premier glassblowers using “murrini” in their sculptures
  • You can preview the exhibition at www.sherriegallerie.com/davide-salvadore and www.sherriegallerie.com/mattia-and-marco-salvadore

Directions Exhibition at Glass Axis in Columbus – Opening Tomorrow!

  • Directions, a juried glass art exhibition, opens tomorrow, Sept. 9, and continues through Oct. 22 at Glass Axis in Columbus www.glassaxis.org
  • There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, as well as a free glassblowing demonstration by member artist Lisa Horkin beginning at 6 p.m.
  • The exhibition showcases glass art inspired by the many directions our lives take, from the familiar to the foreign; art in the exhibition is inspired by travels throughout the country, the world and within the artists’ individual microcosms
  • The exhibit features art that is comprised of at least 50 percent glass and includes blown glass with hand-painted imagery, kiln-formed (fused) glass and flame worked glass sculptures

Richard Marquis at PGC Auction Sept. 23 – Online Bidding Starts Tomorrow!

  • Richard Marquis is the honorary artist at the Pittsburgh Glass Center’s annual auction from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23
  • Marquis plans to bring along his glassblowing friends Nick Mount and Dante Marioni
  • The auction takes place at the headquarters of American Eagle Outfitters
  • www.pittsburghglasscenter.org  or 412-365-2145
  • Online bidding for silent auction items begins tomorrow, Sept.  9 http://artonfire16.auction-bid.org/micro2.php

GAS, CIA to Host Spark Event in Cleveland – RSVP Deadline Tomorrow!

  • In partnership with the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Glass Art Society will host a free SPARK! reception in celebration of the Glass Games, an inter-collegiate community-building and glassmaking event
  • It takes place at CIA, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17; Glass Games awards ceremony and remarks at 6:30 p.m.; special drawing at 7 p.m.
  • See all that the CIA Glass Department has to offer; visit studios and watch two glassmaking masters—Jeff Mack and Eric Meek from the Corning Museum of Glass—at work
  • Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine—and of course wonderful conversation!
  • Space is limited; kindly RSVP to GAS by Friday, Sept. 9
  • http://www.glassart.org/cgi/page.cgi?aid=5240&_id=1372

Summer of Glass Exhibits in Fort Wayne – Ending Sunday!

  • The Fort Wayne Museum of Art’s fourth annual Summer of Glass exhibits will be up through Sunday, Sept. 11
  • One part of the exhibition includes work from the 44th International Glass Invitational at the Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak, Mich.
  • Two other glass artists, Davide Salvadore and Albert Paley, also will have separate shows running at the same time
  • Altogether, there are about 70 pieces of glass art on display at the FWMoA http://www.fwmoa.org/

Cleveland Area Briefs – New and an Opening Sunday!

  • The Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus has an exhibition titled The Glass Matrix that showcases the intricate glass forms of Brent Kee Young, along with work by Shawn Messenger, Marc Petrovic, Kari Russell-Pool and others who studied under Young at the Cleveland Institute of Art; the exhibition opens Sunday, Sept. 11, continues through Oct. 16 http://ohiocraft.org/ocm-exhibitions/
  • Brent Kee Young, Kari Russell-Pool, Marc Petrovic and two other glass artists have work in an exhibition at Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, (FAVA) an independent, non-profit art organization in Oberlin, Ohio; titled Paper & Glass, the exhibition continues through Oct. 30 http://www.favagallery.org/paper–glass.html
  • Although I can’t find anything about it on the venue’s website, Marc Petrovic reportedly has an exhibition at the Sculpture Center in Cleveland that opens Sept. 23 http://sculpturecenter.org/

Exhibition by BGSU Alumni/Faculty/Students/Friends – Deadline Thursday!

  • The Difference Between Jelly & Jam is the title of an upcoming glass exhibition featuring works by Bowling Green State University alumni, faculty, students and friends
  • The exhibition will be at the Parkwood Gallery, 1838 Parkwood in The Arts Commission office across the street from the Glass Pavilion, and is part of Toledo’s Month of Glass
  • It opens Sept. 27 and runs through Oct. 22; there will be a closing reception on Oct. 22
  • Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
  • The show is being organized by Loraine Ruetz and she is accepting works for the show up until Sept. 15; send images to Loraine at [email protected]

Four-Person Show Set for River House Arts – New!

  • River House Arts and Contemporary Art Toledo have announced plans to present HUSH.ex, an exhibition of works in glass and mixed media by Philadelphia artists Megan Biddle, Amber Cowan, Jessica Jane Julius and Sharyn O’Mara
  • The show opens with an artists’ reception on Thursday, Sept. 15, and will be on view through Oct. 22, running concurrently with Hot Glass/Cool Music, the month-long community celebration of glass and music in Toledo
  • HUSH.ex is the second iteration of a body of work that debuted last spring at the Philadelphia Art Alliance
  • Working over the course of a year, the artists – who are also colleagues on the glass faculty at Tyler School of Art, Temple University – created visually and conceptually diverse works that include site-specific installations as well as individual sculptures and drawings
  • At the outset, the artists recognized commonalities in their practice: reflection (literal and figurative) and distillation; they began with a collective desire to see past the overstimuli of the digital age and to focus on the analog, narrow the vocabulary from color to gray scale, and capture the power of memory and reflection in interpretation of experience
  • And yet, there is nothing simplistic either in the ambition or scope of any of the artists’ work
  • This ambition and scope of the project and the artists have not gone unnoticed. Biddle, Cowan, Julius , and O’Mara are featured in the September 2016 edition of the international publication, Glass Quarterly; in it, Alexander Rosenberg writes “it is uncommon to find the flashy and performative medium of glass used to express silence or solitude, but the four artists here offer a convincing alternative to the noise and hyper-connectivity of digital culture.”
  • River House Arts is at 425 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo http://www.river-house-arts.com/

Kim Harty a Juror for Bullseye Glass’s Emerge Exhibition – New!

  • Kim Harty, assistant professor and head of the glass program at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, was a juror for the ninth biennial kiln-glass exhibition for emerging artists sponsored by Bullseye Glass Co.
  • This year’s 42 finalists were selected by a three-person jury from over 370 entrants; the other two jurors were Stefano Catalani and Sue Taylor
  • Emerge 2016 runs in conjunction with Evolve, a curated exhibition featuring former Emerge finalists and award winners
  • http://www.bullseyeprojects.com/exhibitions/254/overview/

Art Loop This Month is Sept. 15 – New!

  • The third Thursday Art Loop this month takes place Sept. 15
  • Galleries downtown will be open from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
  • Highlights this month will be the opening of the HUSH.ex exhibition at River House Arts and the opening of the Hot Glass exhibition at the Edison Building
  • At the Gathered Glassblowing Studio, artist Adam Goldberg will be featured in a “going away” demo (he moved to Chicago); music by Old State Line
  • As reported in the Hot Shots item, vessels will be on display at the represented venues during the Art Loop and you can vote on a People’s Choice award
  • Check the Arts Commission’s site for other event information including new exhibitions, a Downtown Toledo Cultural Guide and a Loop FAQ sheet http://theartscommission.org/programs/3rd-thursday-loop
  • The Arts Commission also has a mobile-friendly website with interactive loop map and directory; the link is http://theartscommission.org/artloop

Shakespeare Exhibition Includes Glass Sculpture

  • The Toledo Museum of Art is honoring the great playwright William Shakespeare with an exhibition exploring The Bard’s band of characters, from the comedic to the tragic
  • Approximately 30 paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs and illustrated books from the Museum’s collection bring the beloved writer’s works to life
  • Fred Wilson’s black Murano glass sculpture Iago’s Mirror (2009) is included as it references “Othello”
  • Other works dramatically represent characters or scenes from a host of Shakespeare plays; the exhibition will be on view in Gallery 6 through Jan. 8

Ohio Designer Craftsman Exhibition Now at BGSU

  • The 33rd annual juried exhibition of Ohio Designer Craftsmen is now in the Willard Wankelman Gallery at Bowling Green State University
  • The exhibition, showcasing works in clay, glass, fiber, wood, metal and mixed media by many nationally recognized Ohio artists, continues through Sept. 28
  • Adam Sanzenbacher and Matt Paskiet have glass sculptural work in the exhibition
  • Sanzenbacher’s kiln-cast glass and laminated birch plywood sculpture Soles Lost to Space (and) Time won the Ohio Designer Craftsmen Board of Trustees Emerging Craftsman Award
  • Paskiet’s blown glass entry is titled Azul Spiderweb Sculpture
  • Tom Muir, professor, area head, jewelry and metals at BGSU, has a copper, brass and FDM plastic print in the show titled Pig Snout Belt Buckle; the object won the Brian Lonsway Memorial Award for Humor in Craft

National Liberty Museum Auction Sept. 24

  • Matt Paskiet, Laura Donefer, and Robin and Julia Rogers have work in the 2016 National Liberty Museum Glass Auction in Philadelphia, Sept. 24 www.libertymuseum.org
  • The event will honor Dr. Arlene Silvers, past president of AACG, as its 2016 Hero of Liberty
  • Check out the online catalog at http://tinyurl.com/zfs2wdv

Call For Entries: Urbanglass 2017 MFA Exhibition

  • UrbanGlass seeks applications for its 2017 MFA Exhibition
  • The exhibition will feature the work of three to five recent graduates (summer ’14-summer ’16) of North American MFA programs whose work features glass
  • Each of the finalists will be represented by up to three artworks in the exhibition, which serves as an important showcase for new and noteworthy talent in the field
  • https://www.urbanglass.org/

Job Opportunities

  • STARworks Glass Studio is accepting applications for resident artists and interns for 2017 www.STARworksNC.org/glass — New!
  • The New Orleans School of Glassworks & Printmaking is seeking a glassblower with technical knowledge of furnace equipment to join its team in a year-round position www.neworleansglassworks.com
  • Instructors to teach summer intensive workshops are needed at Glass Axis in Columbus https://glassaxis.org/workshop-proposal/
  • The Sonoran Glass School in Tucson, Arizona is searching for an Executive Director [email protected]
  • Talisman Glass is looking for experienced glass cutter in the U.S. to wheel cut a design into a soda lime blown glass (8” tall x 5”) piece; email [email protected] and she will send a picture and total project details

Production Will Continue for Spectrum® Glass Nuggets®

  • After receiving a tremendous volume of requests to continue making Glass Nuggets, Spectrum Glass Co. officials are now planning long-term production of Nuggets, as a new and separate business venture
  • They have determined that Nuggets can continue to be produced in a smaller, more modern facility in Eastern Washington, closer to raw material sources and renewable hydroelectric power
  • The new facility will be designed so that the Nuggets can be manufactured using an electric melt furnace to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the product
  • Because setting up the new facility will take some time to accomplish, Spectrum now plans to continue producing Nuggets in Woodinville through summer 2017
  • The current furnaces have significant life remaining, as they were originally planned for ongoing sheet glass production, which will no longer be made in the facility beyond September 2016
  • http://www.spectrumglass.com/

Harue Shimimoto, Brent Kee Young at Hawk Galleries

Hot Shots is Back

  • Hot Shots returns this year at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Edison Building, 300 Madison
  • Tickets are $35 per person; over 21 only; 419.246.8000 or www.toledosymphony.com
  • Hot Shots is an opportunity to preview glass, engage in food and bourbon tastings and hear the musicians of the Toledo Symphony play music inspired by the Hot Glass exhibition
  • Fourteen local glassblowers have worked with local bartenders and venues to create signature vessels that reflect the character and flavor of the venues
  • The public may view the vessels on Sept. 15 at the represented venues during the Art Loop and vote on a People’s Choice award
  • The vessels will be auctioned at Hot Shots
  • Free parking in the Edison Building garage; catering by Tony Packos and bourbon tastings by Veritas Cork and Craft
  • Participating artists and venues: Brien Strancar and Tony Packos at the Park; Mike Stevens and Ye Olde Durty Bird; Joel O’Dorisio and Table 44; Adam Goldberg and Fleetwood’s Tap Room; Sten Neuber and The Attic; Kristine Rumman and Registry Bistro; Alan Iwamura and M’Osteria; Ryan Thompson and Paula Brown Pub; Chris DeMuro and The Blarney Irish Pub; Matt Paskiet and Veritas Cork and Craft; Eli Lipman and Black Cloister Brewing Company; and Eamon King and Manhattan’s
  • Proceeds benefit The Arts Commission and its programs and services

Habatat Planning Collector Trip to Seattle

  • Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Mich., is planning and “elite” trip for glass lovers to tour the western glass art capital of Seattle, Sept. 20-25
  • The itinerary will include meeting established and emerging artists in their studios, some with demonstrations and talks about their art backgrounds and glass techniques; also museum exhibitions, entry into private collections and the gallery’s special brand of surprises
  • The tour price is $2,495 per person double occupancy
  • For more information, contact Susan and Allan Weiner at Professional Travel, Glendale, Ariz., toll free at 800-945-4461, Ext. 8110, or phone:  623-376-6557; email [email protected] or [email protected]

Upcoming Exhibition Features Work by Michael Janis

  • An upcoming exhibition features work by Washington, D.C.-based artist Michael Janis
  • Janis will have a solo show at DC’s Maurine Littleton Gallery, Sept. 16 through Oct. 15
  • There is an American Craft interview about the show on their website: https://craftcouncil.org/post/michael-janis-echoes-leaves-and-shadows
  • Some of you may recall seeing Janis’s work at the Habatat Gallery in Royal Oak, Mich.

Exhibitions with Matt Paskiet Sculpture – One Ending Tomorrow!

  • In addition to his own gallery, there are two locations where you can see glass sculpture by Matt Paskiet of Firenation in Holland, Ohio
  • Zanesville – One of his sculptures won the Best in Glass award in the Zanesville Museum of Art’s 72nd Ohio Annual Exhibition, which continues through tomorrow, Sept. 9 http://www.zanesvilleart.org/exhibitions/72nd-ohio-annual-exhibition-application-1
  • Tieton, Wash. – Mighty Tieton Warehouse, 10x10x10xTieton, 7th Annual International Small Works Exhibition, continues through Oct. 9 http://www.mightytieton.com/

Fired Up: Women in Glass – from Toledo to Charlotte

  • An innovative collaboration between The Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., and the Toledo Museum of Art will present an exhibition in Charlotte showing works in glass by women
  • The exhibition at the Mint Museum UPTOWN runs from Oct. 22, 2016 through Feb. 26, 2017
  • Co-curated by the Mint’s Senior Curator of Craft, Design & Fashion, Annie Carlano, and Toledo’s Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Glass, Jutta Page, Fired Up: Women in Glass is the first American art museum exhibition to look at the many achievements of women working with glass, from the studio glass movement of the 1960s to 21st-century installations and mixed media works that illustrate the porous boundaries between art, craft and design
  • Drawn entirely from the collection of TMA, the exhibition features several recent acquisitions that debut in Charlotte
  • Ranging in scale from the tiny to the monumental, an international array of approximately 40 functional objects and sculpture will demonstrate the keen conceptual, design and technical contributions of the underappreciated artists
  • http://www.mintmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/detail/fired-up-women-in-glass/

Month of Glass Events Planned for Toledo

  • The Arts Commission has a series of glassy events listed in a Month of Glass from Sept. 15 through Oct. 20
    • Hot Glass exhibition opening and Hot Shots vessels on exhibit during Art Loop, Sept. 15
    • Hot Spot exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art – through Sept. 18
    • Hot Glass exhibition opening and Hot Shots vessels on display during the Art Loop – Sept. 15
    • Glass Pavilion anniversary and book premiere – Sept. 17
    • Hot Shots Young Professionals Vessel Auction and Tasting, Edison Lobby – Oct. 1
    • Hot Glass Gala Auction, Edison Lobby – Oct. 20
    • Glass Fashion Show Gala, the Toledo Museum of Art – Oct. 22
  • http://theartscommission.org/

Upcoming at the Glass Pavilion

  • A party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the commissioning of the Glass Pavilion is planned for Saturday, Sept. 17
  • A Glass Improv is scheduled to start in the Hot Shop at 9 p.m. Oct. 6. What will be made? Attendees decide in this after-hours, improvisational presentation by the Toledo Museum of Art’s glassblowing team. The artists will blow and sculpt work as interesting as attendees’ instructions. The program is presented as part of Holy Toledo Laughfest. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit toledomuseum.org/calendar.
  • Doreen Garner, an artist from Brooklyn, N.Y., will have a GAPP residency Oct. 12-19; she will give a talk about her work at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 in the GlasSalon http://www.doreengarner.com/
  • A lively, edgy opening is being planned for an Art in Food celebration on Oct. 22; the ticketed, black-tie-optional  event will include a glass fashion show organized by Laura Donefer
  • Shari Mendelson, an artist from Brooklyn, N.Y., will have a GAPP residency Feb. 18-24, 2017; she will give a talk about her work at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in the GlasSalon http://www.sharimendelson.com/index.html

Contemporary Glass Exhibition at TMA

  • An exhibition of contemporary glass is on display now at the Toledo Museum of Art
  • Hot Spot: Contemporary Glass from Private Collections coincides with the 10th anniversary of TMA’s Glass Pavilion and continues through Sept. 18
  • Featuring about 70 works in glass – selected from area collections for their high quality and artistic significance – the exhibition shows a wide variety of contemporary and historic objects, many never before exhibited publicly http://tinyurl.com/zgymzt5

SOFA Chicago Nov. 3-6

  • Sculptural Objects, Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Chicago will be Nov. 4-6 this year with opening night on Thursday, Nov. 3
  • http://www.sofaexpo.com/

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