The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami officially
opened a new wing on May 2nd, dedicated to the art of glass.
The Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary
Glass and Studio Arts is named for two University of Miami
alumni and longtime benefactors, who donated their collection
to their alma mater, along with a gift of $1.7 million for con-
struction of the new wing, and another $1 million to fund an
endowment for the glass collection...
On September 27, 2008, The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will open the doors to its new home at Columbus Circle. With triple the space of its previous facility, the 54,000-square-foot building allows MAD to dedicate galleries to its growing permanent collection for the first time in its history and will distinguish the institution as the only New York museum with open studio programs that allow visitors to watch the creative process within programming spaces.
Duane Reed Gallery of St. Louis, will mount a show by talented and elusive artist Kreg Kallenberger in September. Kallenberger has worked primarily in glass for 35 years. Most of his recent work has focused on the theme of landscape. he says, “ I have attempted not only to convey a visual image but also to express and suggest the experience of the landscape.” The pieces have been inspired by...
Glass Focus has for sale, back issues of its publication, which include interviews with the artists mentioned in the artist interviews section and some of the other important figures in the glass world today. Interviews with glass collectors Joan and Sheldon Barnett, Carol and Donald Wiiken, and Marilyn Glick as well aswith gallery directors Ferdinand Hampson, Habatat Galleries; Ron Isaacson, Mindscape Gallery; Anne Haberland, Edgewood Orchard Gallery, are also available.
