Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter, Issue 291

Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter, Issue 291

Bowling Green, Ohio 2/20/2020 – Welcome to the 291st edition of the Northwest Ohio Glass Interest Newsletter.

 

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Headlines

• Pittsburgh Glass Center Announces Tour
• Glassquerade at Glass Axis – Now!
• Toledo Museum To Have Judith Schaechter Exhibition
• Lino Tagliapietro Opening at Schantz Galleries
• Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass: Wisconsin Ideas
• Toledo Museum of Art Studio Master Classes

 

Pittsburgh Glass Center Announces Tour 

• 2020 Pacific Northwest Collector’s Tour
• May 27-31, 2020
• Reserve your spot by February 15, 2020
• [email protected]

 

Glassquerade at Glass Axis – Now!

• 7th annual Mardi Gras themed fundraising party
• Friday, Feb. 21, 6 to 11 pm
• Information (demos, auction, menu, etc.) and tickets at Glass Axis

 

Lino Tagliapietro Opening at Schantz Galleries 

• La Dolce Vita opens May 29, 2020  5:30 – 7 pm
• There will be a special screening of the new documentary film to be released in 2020
• [email protected]

 

Toledo Museum To Have Judith Schaechter Exhibition 

• The Path to Paradise:Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art
• June 27 to Oct. 4, 2020
• More than  40 of Schaechter’s stained-glass panels along with a selection of related drawings and process materials, in Toledo Museum of Art’s Levis Gallery. The objects on view are drawn from both private and institutional collections.
• [email protected]

 

Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass: Wisconsin Ideas 

• This exhibition focuses on the wide-reaching impact Wisconsin glass artists have had on shaping the global landscape of contemporary studio glass over the last 70 years. Exploring the many qualities of the medium, these artists have developed meaningful, lasting works for new generations of audiences and collectors.
• The exhibit includes the work of artists Beth Lipman, Chuck Savoie, Deanna Clayton, Stephanie Trenchard, Jeremy Popelka, Keith Clayton, Michael Meilahn, Wes and Wesley Hunting, Audrey Handler, John Littleton and Kate Vogel, Kristin Thielking and Lisa Beth Robinson, Jon Clark, Jeffrey Stenbom, Eoin Breadon, Lisa Koch, David Huchthausen, Kent Ipsen, Harvey Littleton, Marvin Lipofsky, and Doug Johnson.
• Now through February 22, 2020
• [email protected]

 

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Studio Master Classes 

• The Toledo Museum of Art will host a series of master classes in glass in 2020. Beginning in May and continuing through August, these one-week master classes will offer instruction in a variety of glass techniques including glassblowing, flameworking, stained glass, glass casting, hot sculpting and glass print making.
• Kelly O’Dell – Hot Shop: The Nature of Sculpture (April 27-May 1, 2020)
• Kit Paulson – Flameworking: A Simple Framework: Structural Flameworking (April 27-May 1, 2020)
• Adam Holtzinger – Hot Shop: Less is More (June 8-12, 2020)
• Alli Hoag – Kiln Casting: Glass Taxidermy (June 8-12, 2020)
• Slate Grove – Hot Shop: Breaking Symmetry (July 6-10, 2020)
• Gianni Toso – Flameworking: The Language of Glass (July 6-10, 2020)
• Leo Tecosky – Hot Shop: Redesign, the Decorative Surface (Aug. 10-14, 2020)
• Miguel Unson –  Flameworking & Fusing: I Say Toledo, You Say Toledo (Aug. 10-14, 2020)
• To register for a master class in glass, visit org/master-class or call (419) 254-5080.