Claire Kelly
COLLECTIONS and EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Illuminate 171 Cedar Art Center, juried exhibition Corning, NY
Creatures Great and Small, Sandwich Glass Museum Sandwich, MA
2022 Fuller Craft Museum. Craft Biennial Brockton, MA
The Shops at the Corning Museum of Glass. Spring Collective Corning, NY
Hawk Galleries Look Closer Artist exhibition Columbus, OH
Habatat Galleries 50th Invitational Detroit, MI
2021 Sandwich Glass Museum. In Her Voice: influential Women in Glass Sandwich, MA
Whatcom Museum: Fluid Formations Bellingham, WA
Imagine Museum: POP Art St. Petersburg, FL
Seeds of Peace: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center Kuwait
2020 Fuller Craft Museum Members Biennial Exhibition Brockton, MA
Hawk Galleries: Light Touch, artist exhibition Columbus, OH
2019 Tacoma Museum of Glass Permanent Collection Tacoma, WA
2018 Duncan McClellan Gallery Vibrant Perspectives, St. Petersburg, FL
Smithsonian Craft Show, Juried exhibition by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee Washington, DC
Craft Forms Wayne Center for the Arts. Juried exhibition Perry Allen Price, Executive Director of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Wayne, PA 2017 “Tessera” Palmer Museum Permanent Collection
A Kaleidoscope of Color: Studio Glass at the Palmer State College, PA
Geospectra TOKEN Solo exhibition of works created with specialty glass while in residency at the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass . Red Hook, NY
Workhouse Glass National Exhibition 2018 Juried by Charlotte Potter, Executive Director of the Perry Glass Studio at the Norfolk Museum of Art. Lorton, VA Convergence: Got Glass!!! Sebastopol Art Center. Juried by Cassandra Straubing Sebastopol, CA
2024 Grantee: New York State Council on the Arts Artist Support grant
2022 Contestant on Netflix series Blown Away International
2019 Recipient: Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show:
Cohn Family Trust Award for Excellence in Glass Philadelphia, PA
2018 Recipient: Society of Crafts Boston, Excellence in Glass Award Boston, MA
Recipient: Tacoma Museum of Glass visiting artist residency. Tacoma, WA
Recipient: Salem Art Works Residency. Salem, NY
Demonstrating Artist Glass Art Society, “Il Percorso di Vetro”.
Effetre Studio demonstration of specialty colored glass. Murano, Italy
Recipient: Susie Gray Founders Award, Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington, DC
2017 Recipient: Rosenberg Residency at Salem State University Glass Shop Salem, MA
Recipient: The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass Artist Residency Corning, NY
2016 Recipient: Smithsonian Craft Show “Excellence in Glass” Juried award Washington, DC
2015 Recipient: Pittsburgh Glass Center: Juror Selection Art on Fire Residency Competition Pittsburgh, PA 2008- 2018 Toots Zynsky Inc. Artist assistant in the production of artwork using the artist’s unique Filet-de-verre glassworking technique. Providence, RI
2000 – 2008 Schafermeyer/Kelly Glass Inc. Burnsville, NC/Pittsburgh, PA
2007 & 2016 Demonstrating Artist: Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Road Show Nantucket, MA
2007 Visiting Artist: Vrij Glas Amsterdam, Holland
2005 Artist in Residence: Pittsburgh Glass Center Pittsburgh, PA
2004-2007 Artist Fellowship: EnergyXchange Burnsville, NC
2004 Pilchuck Residency: Tacoma Glass Museum Tacoma, WA
2002 Demonstrating Artist: Glass Art Society Conference Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1996 Internship: Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY
