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The Washington Glass School is a unique educational program in the Nation’s Capital area, operating as the sculptural glass education, artistic and community center and resource for the mid-Atlantic region, serving students, artists and the general public. It encourages research and exploration of new techniques in all aspects of glass (kilncast, fused, cold worked) as well as other media.
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The James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRA) is a vibrant group of art enthusiasts, collectors, artists, educators, students and art professionals who share a passion for contemporary American craft. Their group explored Artomatic on Sunday March 25th- and for fun, picked their favorite works of craft-based art that they found. Great to have the collector group be introduced to new art and artists!
No particular order to this list (with AOM Room listed)
Erwin Timmers (5th Floor Glass Lobby)Jun Lee (7057)Davide Prete (808)Griffon Dillon (L5 Glass Lobby rear)Michael Sirvet (6108)Melissa Burley (51 ..read more
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Washington Glass School Co Founder Erwin Timmers outlines the Studio Glass Movement timeline to audience at Artomatic 2024.
In the 1960s, The American Studio Glass movement transformed glass from craft into fine art.
Artomatic helped create the movement, as after the 2000 Artomatic, the Smithsonian Museum acquired artist Tim Tate’s glass sculpture that was on display. Artist Erwin Timmers’ artwork was also on exhibit at that Artomatic, and after that show, the two began to collaborate, later teaming up to start the Washington Glass School & Studio with the funds from the sale of Tate’s gla ..read more
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The first comprehensive book about the Washington, D.C., art world, this study features humorous and unique stories about the artists and art districts of one of the U.S.’s most visited cities. The city’s many firsts include are the first modern art museum, the first African-American gallery, and the first art fair. Important in the feminist art movement, it hosted the opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Featuring trends in portraits and landscapes, galleries and museums, nonprofits, cooperatives, art fairs, family stories and the “Artomatic Experience”!
Meet Author Bret ..read more
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Black Artists of DC Presents: Back.Forward
Curated by Jarvis DuBois.
How it all started and where they are now in their artistic practice prompts this exhibition of Black Artists of DC (BADC) at Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland. Focusing on the influences, challenges, and discoveries experienced by the artists and the trajectory of their creative journeys, they will present earlier and current works in conversation in the gallery. During the exhibition, an in-person discussion will allow the artists to shed more light on the preparation and process involved in their art-making.
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April G Shelford with her glass work “Good Lord Bird” at Strathmore Mansion exhibit
April G. Shelford is an intellectual historian that has recently published a new book that seeks to reposition the colonial Atlantic in early modern intellectual history, tracing the advent of particular practices and ideas amongst white male colonists – planters, officials, doctors, merchants, and military men. As described in a review of April’s book by Ingrid Schreiber of the University of Oxford, these “Enlightened” colonists sought to assert their identity as legitimate thinkers and civilized, modern indiv ..read more
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This week, glass universe goes south – to Florida! The Glass Art Fair takes place in Sarasota, FL from Feb 1st – 4th Ringling College of Art + Design Studio A. Habatat Galleries‘ 4-day glass art experience “Glass Coast Weekend” features six special exhibits of contemporary glass.
The event includes a pop-up exhibit of over 150 pieces at the Ringling College of Art + Design’s Studio Labs Sound Stage A. Explore four themed curated exhibitions, two solo exhibits, and visit the newly opened Sarasota Art Museum and the Basch Gallery on the Ringling College campus. Additional highlights include a M ..read more
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Do you like bowls? So do we! Join us for a Super Bowl Making party! Email erwin@washglass.com directly to register and let the bowl-making begin!
Limit 2 bowls per student depending on the size of the bowl.
The post Class 4710 – Super Bowls Party! first appeared on Washington Glass Studio ..read more
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The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Legacy: Civil Rights At 60. This juried exhibition explores how DC artists have been influenced by this landmark legislation, which aimed to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. By visually depicting the material, personal, and direct-action work of the past 60 years, this exhibition is a call to continue pursuing equity and social justice both locally and nationally. The exhibition is a collaborative curatio ..read more
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Great news for the DC-area arts scene! Artomatic will be back next year! In its 25-year history, Artomatic has become a DMV institution. It has provided an alternative venue for local artists, offering an art festival that’s part art fair and part performance madness, but always is the best open art show around! (Open means that there are no jurors or judges and that every artist who wants to do it, can do it!) Besides heaps of visual arts of all types, the fair showcases local Dance, Theater, Spoken Word, Music, Film, Story Telling, Workshops, and whatever else DMV creatives can incorporate ..read more
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The January / February 2024 issue of Glass Art Magazine has a spread all about WGS Co-Founder and Co-Director Tim Tate. Artist & Author Sara Sally LaGrand writes about Tim’s story and how he has put his life experiences and feelings into his art. The article covers his history and how his artwork includes aspects of not only his life as a gay artist, but as a vehicle to promote the ideation of a more inclusive world.
Tim Tate & Joyce Scott, “NOW”; 2022, cast glass
The Glass Art Magazine issue also covers Tim’s recent collaboration with artist Joyce ..read more