Celebration
of Glass 2003, April – July 2003
Glassworks, Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville Visual
Art Association and Speed Art Museum
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Dale Chihuly
Sky Blue Basket
Set with Cobalt Lip Wraps
Photo by Claire Garoutte
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Glassworks,
the Kentucky Museum of Art and Design (formerly the Kentucky Art
and Craft Gallery), the Louisville Visual Art Association, and
the Speed Art Museum join forces to bring Celebration of Glass
2003 to the city of Louisville. Visitors will have a rare
opportunity to view a wide range of contemporary glass art from
around the world exhibited at venues throughout the city and to
watch some of the most prominent artists create their work.
The centerpiece
of this collaborative project is the presentation of Dale Chihuly:
Baskets at Glassworks, featuring abstract sculptures in vivid
color grouped together as single works. These works were inspired
by woven Indian baskets that Chihuly saw at the Washington State
Historical Museum stacked together and slumped under their own
weight. The breakthrough for Chihuly was recognizing that heat
was the tool to be used with gravity to make these forms. None
of his subsequent work would have been possible without the aesthetic
innovations of the Baskets. In addition, the Marta Hewett
Gallery at Glassworks will host Dale Chihuly: New Works,
from the artist’s signature series. Throughout the three-month
event from April 21 – July 25, 2003, recognized artists
from around the world will give demonstrations and workshops at
Glassworks studios. For more information visit www.louisvilleglassworks.com
or call 502-584-4510.
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Rick Beck
Spoons
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The Kentucky
Museum of Art and Design will mark the grand opening of its new
building at 715 West Main Street with The Glass Vessel: An
International Invitational, an exhibition featuring a wide
variety of glasswork produced by over 50 artists from around the
world, each of whom will show a group of works made specifically
for this exhibition. Among the artists are Lino Tagliapietra,
the world’s foremost Italian glassblower; Stephen Rolfe Powell,
known for his monumental “color-field” blown glass vessels,
and DanteMarioni, one of the rising stars of the younger generation
of American glass artists. The Gallery will also present a body
of work by master glass artist Rick Beck, who is known for his
large-scale cast glass sculpture depicting industrial, everyday
objects such as screws, bolts and clamps, and objects that usually
are viewed as inconsequential parts of larger items. Both exhibitions
run from April 4 through July 19, 2003. For more information
visit www.kentuckycrafts.org
or call 502-589-0102.
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Johannes
Schreiter
Left Element & Right Element |
The Louisville
Visual Art Association will host A New Millennium: A New Light:
International Survey of Architectural Glass Art, the most
complete international architectural glass exhibition in twenty-five
years. Internationally renowned art glass designer Kenneth von
Roenn will curate the exhibit, which will feature representations
of large-scale architectural installations, concept pieces and
original stained glass works by fourteen artists from the United
States, Germany, Spain and Canada. A New Millennium: A New
Light: International Survey of Architectural Glass Art will
run from April 25 through June 29, 2003. For more information
visit www.louisvillevisualart.org
or call 502-896-2146.
The Speed
Art Museum will present an exhibition entitled The Light
Within: Glass Sculpture from Louisville Collections,
April 15 through June 29, 2003, which will feature a range
of magnificent glass sculptures created by renowned artists. Monumental
works will include brooding, introspective pieces by Sweden’s
Bertil Vallien and the Czech husband and wife team of Stanislav
Libensk_ and Jaroslava Brychtová. Smaller scale works will
also be included, such as a glass and barbed wire purse by Silvia
Levenson, an artist interested in gender-related issues. Throughout
the exhibition, pieces will be unified by the pure visceral, visual
and intellectual appeal of contemporary glass.
In addition
to the exhibitions discussed above, Celebration of Glass 2003
will also include a variety of special features, including demonstrations
given by highly recognized glass artists at the Glassworks Studios.
Artists scheduled to perform demonstrations include Dante Marioni
of Seattle, Washington; Klaus Moje of Australia; Richard Royal
of Seattle, Washington; John Miller of Champaign, Illinois; Shane
Faro of Penland, North Carolina; and Richard Jolley of Knoxville,
Tennessee, and James Mongrain of Seattle, Washington. These demonstrations
will be free and open to the public. Several demonstration artists
will conduct master classes at Glassworks for a fee.
To coincide
with the opening of the Chihuly Exhibition on April 21, William
Warmus, a writer, curator, appraiser and consultant to artists
Dale Chihuly and Dan Dailey will lecture on Chihuly’s works
at Glassworks. Other exciting additions include tours, video presentations
and a panel discussion June 5 at the Speed Art Museum on “Contemporary
Glass: Today and Tomorrow,” led by Tina Oldknow, Curator
of Contemporary Glass, Corning Museum of Glass. Out-of-town visitors
can call 1-888-LOUISVILLE (1-888-568-4784) or log on to www.gotolouisville.com
to make accommodation reservations. All participating organizations
are members of the Arts and Cultural Attractions Council, a business
network of Greater Louisville Inc.
Schedule
of Events
KEY
GW Glassworks $ Fee
KMA+D Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design M Member’s Invitation
Event
LVAA Louisville Visual Art Association R Reservations Required
THG Tobin-Hewett Gallery
SAM Speed Art Museum
April 3
GALA OPENING – M, $, R The Glass Vessel:
An International Invitational KMA+D
GALA OPENING – M, $, R Rick Beck: Sculpture KMA+D
April 4
PUBLIC OPENING The Glass Vessel:
An International Invitational KMA+D
PUBLIC OPENING Rick Beck: Sculpture KMA+D
April 11
ARTIST WORKSHOP Shane Fero GW
MEET THE ARTIST Shane Fero KMA+D
April 12
GLASS IN ACTION Shane Fero Demonstration
Dante Marioni Demonstration GW
MEET THE ARTIST LUNCHEON – $
Dante Marioni & Shane Fero KMA+D
THUNDER PARTY – $, R Pre-exhibition event GW
April 14
OPENING EVENT – M, R The Light Within: Glass Sculpture
From Louisville Collections SAM
April 15
OPENS TO THE PUBLIC The Light Within: Glass Sculpture From
Louisville Collections SAM
April 17
A CELEBRATION OF GLASS - $ National City After Hours at
the Speed Museum SAM
April 21
OPENING EVENT – M Chihuly Baskets GW
OPENING EVENT – M Dale Chihuly: New Works GW/THG
RECEPTION & LECTURE – $, R William Warmus: Chihuly”s
Works GW
April 22
PUBLIC OPENING – $ Chihuly Baskets GW
PUBLIC OPENING Dale Chihuly: New Works GW/THG
April 23
OPENING RECEPTION - M A New Millemmium, A New Light: An
International Survey of Architectural Glass Art LVAA
April 24
OPENING – $ A New Millemmium, A New Light: An International
Survey of Architectural Glass Art LVAA
April 25
ARTIST WORKSHOP – $ Karen Willenbrink GW
MEET THE ARTIST Karen Willenbrink KMA+D
April 26
GLASS IN ACTION Karen Willenbrink GW
May 3
DERBY DAY Check venues for hours of operation
May 6
RECEPTION & LECTURE Ken vonRoenn: The History of Stained
Glass & the Evolution of Architectural Glass LVAA
May 10
GLASS IN ACTION Richard Royal Demonstration GW
May 16
ARTIST WORKSHOP – $ Klaus Moje with Scott Chaseling
GW
MEET THE ARTIST Klaus Moje & Scott Chaseling KMA+D
May 17
GLASS IN ACTION Klaus Moje & Scott Chaseling Demonstration
GW
May 26
MEMORIAL DAY Check venues for hours of operation
May 30
MEET THE ARTIST Richard Jolley KMA+D
May 31
GLASS IN ACTION Richard Jolley Demonstration GW
June 5
PANEL DISCUSSION Contemporary Glass: Today & Tomorrow
SAM
June 6
ARTIST WORKSHOP – $ John Miller GW
FIRST FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP John Miller GW
FIRST FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP KMA+D
June 7
GLASS IN ACTION John Miller Demonstration GW
June 13
ARTIST WORKSHOP – $ Curtiss Brock & James
Mongrain GW
MEET THE ARTIST Curtiss Brock & James Mongrain KMA+D
June 14
GLASS IN ACTION Curtiss Brock & James Mongrain
Demonstration GW
June 21
BUS TOUR OF ARCHITECTURAL &STAINED
GLASS ART - $, R LVAA
June 27
ARTIST WORKSHOP – $ Tom Farbanish GW
MEET THE ARTIST Tom Farbanish KMA+D
June 28
OPENING – $ Invitational: Emerging Artists GW/THG
GLASS IN ACTION Tom Farbanish Demonstration GW
LAST DAY A New Millennium, A New Light LVAA
June 29
LAST DAY The Light Within SAM
July 4
JULY 4TH HOLIDAY Check venues for hours of operation
July 19
LAST DAY The Glass Vessel & Rick Beck KMA+D
July 26
LAST DAY Chihuly Baskets GW
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