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A free monthly e-newsletter from Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge MA Issue #20 – Spring 2009
Spring In The Berkshires Kenn Holsten Today’s Quote
Artist of the Month:
Nancy Callan’s explorations of the fine art of glass has led her to create works rich in craft and technique, but which build upon the past, creating forms and patterns that are both modern and playful. Nancy represents a generation of glass artists that has emerged from the hot shops and classrooms of the pioneers of the studio glass movement. She has studied, taught with, and assisted such prominent glass artists as Lino Tagliapietra, Ginny Rufner and Joseph McElhany. Her works contain a variety of ideas and shapes that speak to Callan’s unique voice in the field. They are often inspired by the shapes and vibrant colors of toys and comics, such as the “Top” series. These elegant objects utilize traditional techniques such as caning, etching, incalmo and batutto to showcase the rich surfaces that can be achieved with glass.
Featured Work Kenn Holsten: Mary Childs: Jim Schantz: What makes Callan’s work so unique is how she embraces the pop Art sensibility with her forms. This is certainly one of Nancy’s finest in the “Top” series. Stanley Wooley: The kinetic gesture of the lines of cane, combined with the transparent, subtly glowing colors, create a balanced piece. There is a sense of “arrested movement” implied in the Top form which enhances the playfulness of her sculpture.” New on HolstenGalleries.com!
Look for the following additional updates soon to be added to our website:
Holsten Galleries Blog
Many of you have suggested a blog for our website. We are in the process of creating the blog and will let you know when it is in place.
New Secondary Market Page
Holsten Galleries is pleased to announce that we have added to our website a Secondary Market page.This page will feature outstanding examples of earlier pieces from private collections which are now for sale. These works will be available exclusively through Holsten Galleries. Please contact us for further information at 413.298.3044 or [email protected]
Artists Videos
We will be adding links to videos of many of our artists. Through these links, you will be able to experience the artists as they discuss their work, and watch the amazing process involved in creating art glass. Look for these links on the left side of each artists’ bio page.
We at Holsten Galleries are proud to introduce new works by three wonderful Seattle Artists:
Debora Moore Debora Moore’s work is inspired by her love of nature and botanical studies. She has both studied and instructed at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, and at the Pilchuck School in Stanwood, Washington. Debora’s work has been shown in many prestigious venues, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. And the Tacoma Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. John Kiley A native of Seattle Washington, John Kiley began blowing glass professionally in 1992, at the age of nineteen. He has worked and traveled with Lino Tagliapietra for the past fifteen years. John has taught glassblowing at The National College of Art & Design in Dublin, Ireland, the Bezalel academy of Arts in Jerusalem, Israel and Pratt fine Arts Center in Seattle. Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen: Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen is one of the most innovative glass artists in Seattle. She worked for many years on the team of William Morris. These days she is very involved creating birds, mainly owls in fact. Here is what she has to say about her work: “Owl experiences are extraordinary. (They are) super powerful birds. Jasen (my husband and team worker) and I share the same endless passion and excitement for the performance it takes to create with hot glass.”
Museum Shows and Artists’ Information
MARTIN BLANK Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA “Fluent Steps” This installation invites the viewer to explore the dynamic facets and planes created by Martin’s artistic interpretation of water. Opening April 18,2009 DALE CHIHULY Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ “Chihuly: the Nature of Glass” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI “Wrapped in Tradition: the Chihuly Collection of American Indian Trading Blankets” April 4-June 14, 2009 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA “The Laguna Murano Chandelier” Through April 19, 2009 MARVIN LIPOFSKY Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY “Voices of Contemporary Glass: the Heineman Collection” 2009 www.cmog.org Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award, Glass Art Society, 39th Annual GAS Conference, Corning NY, June 11-13, 2009 Congratulations Marvin! RICHARD MARQUIS Marquis will be honored by the James Renwick Alliance at the “Masters of the Medium” brunch on Sunday, April 26th, during the Renwick Alliance’s “Spring Craft Weekend”. RICHARD ROYAL Atlanta Botanical Garden, “Orchid Daze: Gorgeous Meets Glass”, Atlanta, GA February 7-April 5, 2009 www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org Instructor, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA May 25-29, 2009 PRESTON SINGLETARY Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA “Echoes, Fire, and Shadows” July 11, 2009-September 19, 2010 LINO TAGLIAPIETRA Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA “Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass” April 8-July 19, 2009 LISABETH STERLING Fort Vuren, the Netherlands, “Glashart” July 11-August 30, 2009 HIROSHI YAMANO Visiting Artist, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, MI His Residency will include lectures and demonstrations, and will be sponsored by the Japanese Business Society of Detroit April 2009 www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu
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