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Museum of Arts and Design

During the 1950s, leading up to the tool. As a result, artists brought the American movement, goblet-making tradition to the United artists began working with glass as a States. Shared in education and train- sculptural medium using warm tech- ing, it became a form through which niques such as casting or slumping. a myriad of complex techniques, such skills were used in as the use of canes—long, thin rods factory settings in the United States; of glass—to create various patterns however, artists who wanted to apply and illustrative treatments, could be these techniques in a studio setting had perfected. to start from scratch and learn how A portion of the Museum of Arts to work with the material. In 1962, and Design’s goblet collection is organized experi- currently on view and includes work mental glass workshops at the Toledo by such artists as Fred Birkhill, Dale Museum of Art, which led to an ex- Chihuly, , Joey Kirk- ploration of glass as a medium for the patrick and Flora Mace, , individual artist. These workshops , and Richard Mar- spurred technical investigation by quis. The breadth of examples demon- American artists, craftspeople, and strates how the form has been used by Pink Flamingo, Reverse Goblet. scientists. However, much of the Fritz Dreisbach, 1992. studio glass artists to showcase not expertise gained by American artists only skill, but also humor. throughout the 1960s and 1970s re- unprecedented amount of information sulted from artistic exchanges with from the previously closed world of MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN Venetian glass maestros, such as Lino Venetian glassmaking became acces­ 2 Columbus Circle Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto. sible. Through these experiences New York, NY 11001 Such relationships led to residen- the goblet—an important form in (212) 299-7777 cies in Venetian factories, where an Venice—became a useful teaching www.madmuseum.org

Special Gifts from the New Bedford Museum of Glass

Visit the Museum Store, featuring NBMOG available. Thank you for unique and beautiful gift items includ- your support! ing both antique and contemporary Pairpoint fine crystal, of all types, NEW BEDFORD MUSEUM chalice vase with bubble jewelry, glass animals, paperweights, OF GLASS ball connector, chandeliers and lamps, framed art, 427 County St. about 1930. Pairpoint cup plates, and more! All New Bedford, MA 02740 H. 11.5 inches. proceeds benefit the not-for-profit (508) 984-1666 Unusual teal turquoise mission of the New Bedford Museum www.nbmog.org color, perfect of Glass. Shipping and pick-up at condition. Glass Shards • Page 2

President’s Letter

Dear friends, Toledo and it appears that it will not a small group will come together to As the year draws to a close, it is yet be safe to come together and meet discuss how we can share content and time to reflect on the past and prepare in May of 2021. raise funds in new ways. for the future. Many have faced chal- But the past year has also offered In 2021 we seek to not only sustain lenges in the year just past, as individ- opportunities to experiment with new the NAGC but strengthen and grow uals, or in their families, communities, ways of operating. Some of our Chap- the organization. Our members have and organizations. The NAGC is no ters have been meeting virtually and been resilient and imaginative in the different—2020­ has been a year that hosting speakers and programs that face of adversity this past year. It bodes tested our organization, the chapters, might never have happened. They have well for the year ahead. I hope that and many of our members. opened those meetings to members glass has brought you some measure Several chapters had to suspend from other chapters, or even as here in of fellowship and a connection to meetings in March, and most have not Pittsburgh, other collector clubs, and others in 2020 and that it reminds been able to come together as a group welcomed new faces in the room. The us all of the importance of sustaining and meet in person since then. Some Board has found a new printer for our and sharing those things we value of our members have been unable publications that will save us several with our family and friends. Best to sustain their association with the thousand dollars in the coming year. wishes for a happy holiday and for group. And the National has faced A small group is researching a new peace and joy in the New Year. concerns about long-term sustain­ website for the National that would ability and funding. In March we hopefully provide ways to build our Anne Madarasz cancelled our planned Seminar in visibility and increase our reach. Soon NAGC President

Club and Chapter News

WESTCHESTER GLASS CLUB Before the speaker began, however, Max and Kitty Erlacher in their new Glass-Zooming: Westchester Glass there was a surprise video “welcome” store on Market Street, in Corning, NY. Club’s Steuben Meeting from Max Erlacher, master engraver The Westchester Glass Club (WGC) of many fine pieces of Steuben glass. has the following Zoom meetings The Westchester Glass Club’s Max has been interviewed by James scheduled and open to anyone inter- October meeting featured Tom Felt Russell, president of WGC, and Susan ested: Dean Six at Blenko on January of the Museum of American Glass in Haller, WGC programs director, on a 12, the Smithsonian on February 9, West Virginia giving a “tour” of the recent visit to The Corning Museum and the Bergstrom Mahler Glass Mu- Martin Massman collection of Steuben of Glass. seum on March 23. glass. About 34 people attended, Tom gave a wonderful talk showing including members of the Cape Cod photographs of many Steuben pieces. James Russell Glass Club, the Founders Chapter, Afterwards, the Zoom meeting attend- President and the Carder Steuben Glass Club. ees were treated to more interviews of Westchester Glass Club

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Explore Glass Advertising at Corning

In Picture Perfect: Women in Vintage they could work, but definitely had American Glass Advertising, The Cor­ money to spend. ning Museum of Glass Junior Curators Here, you’ll explore advertising delve into the ways glass advertise- techniques used to target female con- ments in the mid-1900s targeted female sumers, see advertisements and the consumers. corresponding glass tableware from With their contemporary point of three major glass companies, and dis- view, they explore the advertising cover the lasting societal pressures tactics aimed at American women, that women faced at this time. many of whom were let go from their jobs at the conclusion of World War II THE CORNING MUSEUM Advertisement so men returning from the war could OF GLASS from 1952 for Heisey glassware be hired in their place. Glass compa- One Museum Way in the Crystolite nies from this period directed their ads Corning, NY 14830 pattern. at these homemakers who may not (607) 937-5371 have had a lot of choice about where www.cmog.org

Glasmuseet Denmark

In their solo exhibition, open through April 2021, Walking in the Void, the American–Swiss couple Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg turn their attention to some of the funda- mental issues of our time—the­ place of humanity, and indeed our planet, in the universe, and in geological history—and set them within the con- text of the challenges facing us today. The artists say: “As recent global events have shown, the fragility of our civilization has never been more apparent, and the need to find an alter- native way forward feels increasingly urgent. For all our scientific under- standing, we can’t help asking if we are missing what the ancients took for granted­—a sense of meaning in they are especially recognized for their the universe—a way of thinking that mastery of battuto, an Italian technique they wove into their everyday exis- involving the cutting­ of the surface tence. Might such an overview help layer of the glass to reveal colored us through our current existential layers beneath. angst and locate a path out of this darkness?” Through four decades, Baldwin Strandvejen 8 and Guggisberg have explored the DK-8400 Ebeltoft aesthetics of glass and created dis­ Denmark tinctive contemporary sculptures in https://glasmuseet.dk their medium. Considered some of the world’s foremost international The Pilgrim’s Boat (with detail). Philip artists working primarily in glass, Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg, 2018. Glass Shards • Page 4

Corning Holiday Display through January 4, 2021

The holidays sparkle at The Corning the communities they are intended Museum of Glass, where a dazzling to reflect, and we’re grateful to those 14-foot tree made entirely out of 2,000 who helped us ensure the accuracy glass ornaments greets visitors in the and interpretation of these significant Admissions Lobby. This year, the col- symbols of important celebrations.” lection of décor made by the Museum’s Tree of Life Menorah was devel­ Hot Glass Demo Team is expanding to oped in partnership with Rabbi Todd include symbols of culturally diverse Markley of Temple Beth Shalom, holidays. The Tree of Life Menorah Needham, MA, and Kwanzaa Setting celebrates Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa was designed by the Rowe Family of Setting was created for the African Horseheads, New York. American heritage celebration. The work is on view through “It is important to us that our holiday January 4, 2021. offerings align with the diversity of Tree of Life Menorah, currently on display at our visitors,” said Eric Meek, Senior The Corning Museum of Glass. THE CORNING MUSEUM Manager of Hot Glass Programs at the OF GLASS Museum. “The Museum values diver- One Museum Way sity, equity, and inclusion, and our Hot we display during the holiday season. Corning, NY 14830 Glass Demo Team has worked to in- It was important to us, too, that these (607) 937-5371 corporate those values into the work pieces be made in collaboration with www.cmog.org

Glass Menagerie: A–Z at Sandwich Glass Museum

For centuries, glassmakers have in- From Ants to Zebras, this exhibition Glass Company. The Sandwich factory terpreted the animal kingdom in either features works from the museum’s own produced covered hen practical or whimsical glass forms. collection, local glass artists, and items dishes, bear pomade jars, and covered From the covered animal dishes of the from the New Bedford Museum of boxes with horse and dog motifs. 19th century to the collectible animal Glass, which has an outstanding collec- Sandwich glass engravers and decora- figurines of the 20th century, to the tion of glass animals. You are sure to tors also used animals motifs on all creative endeavors of glass artists of find your favorite animal lurking in types of glassware. the 21st century, all are featured in the the zoo of glass creatures! Following the turn of the century, special exhibtion Glass Menagerie: Among 19th-century glass manu- glass animal figurines were manufac- A to Z, on view at the Sandwich Glass facturers that made covered animal tured by Heisey in the United States Museum until June 13, 2021. dishes was the Boston & Sandwich and Lalique, Baccarat, and Sabino Glass in Europe. These whimsical creations are still highly sought after by collectors. Today, individual artists maintain the tradition of making glass animals. Isabel Green, Alan Haynes, Michael Magyar, Yukimi Matsumoto, Billy Mayer, David McDermott, Bryan Randa, Chris Sherwin, Michelle Trammel, and Peter Waechter are among those who continue to form new and interesting animal creations.

SANDWICH GLASS MUSEUM 129 Main St. Sandwich, MA 02563 Glass bears illustrating the letter “B” are among the whimsical animals on view in the (508) 888-0251 special exhibition Glass Menagerie: A–Z at the Sandwich Glass Museum. www.sandwichglassmuseum.org Glass Shards • Page 5 Glass Calendar (Confirmation of dates and schedules advised. More information is available on ourWeb page at www.glassclub.org)

Through January 24, 2021 **** PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER February 6–7, 2021 The United SOUTH FLORIDA DEPRESSION 5472 Penn Ave. GLASS CLUB Pittsburgh, PA 15206 47th Vintage American Glass (412) 365-2145 and Pottery Show and Sale www.pittsburghglasscenter.org Lauderhill Performing Arts Center 3800 NW 11th Place The United examines the incredibly Lauderhill, FL 33313 complicated topic of immigration in a www.sfdgc.com time when immigration systems are in crisis—affecting many of us closely, Since 1974, the club has sponsored an as members of diverse communities, annual show and sale where dealers as descendants of immigrants, or as Fluted Concentrics, Steven Weinberg, 1995. and collectors gather to purchase wonderful items for their collections, dimension—has intrigued artists for homes, friends, and family and to generations. The intangibility of a learn about the companies that created reality beyond our own has inspired these treasures. many abstract works of art and the medium of glass has enticed many art- **** ists to explore non-representational March 20, 2021 forms since the beginning of the NATIONAL CAMBRIDGE Studio Glass movement in the 1960s. COLLECTORS Whether it is intentional, optical illu- Annual All-Cambridge Auction sions, or just the natural properties of Pritchard-Laughlin Center glass, each artwork in this exhibition 7033 Glenn Highway suggests an experience beyond three Cambridge, OH 43725 dimensions. www.cambridgeglass.org The Three Stupas. May Maylisa Cat, 2019. **** Over 400 items are listed in the 2021 immigrants ourselves. The exhibition February 3, 2021 auction catalog. The auctioneers, with artwork from 12 artists from Bel- CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART Miami Valley Study Group, have spent gium, Northern Ireland, Russia, and Virtual Tour of Clear As Crystal many hours with our committee taking the U.S. explores the possibilities for One Memorial Place photographs of each of the items; you proactive engagement with immigra- Norfolk, Virginia 23510 can find them on the MVSG website at tion issues, reconfiguring the status (757) 664-6200 https://auctions.mvsg.org. and function of art from passivity to https://chrysler.org active agency. This virtual tour explores the artworks **** on view in the exhibtion Clear As Through March 21, 2021 Crys­tal: Colorless Glass from the FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS Chrysler Museum, with Carolyn Glass in the Fourth Dimension Swan Needell, Ph.D., the Carolyn 1120 East Kearsley St. and Richard Barry Curator of Glass. Flint, MI 48503 See the diversity of techniques and (810) 234-1695 aesthetic effects achieved by artists https://flintarts.org working with colorless glass and learn more about the allure of this capti­ Although our brains are trained to see vating material. Free, registration re- height, width, and depth, the idea of quired. The Zoom webinar link will something beyond that—the fourth be sent via email the day of the event. Azurite dog bottle, with original paint. Glass Shards • Page 6

Tiffany Exhibition Draws from Morse Museum’s Archives

Stories from the Archives: Louis Internationally recognized as the work at Tiffany Studios and their Comfort Tiffany and His Studios, at most comprehensive collection of the participation behind the scenes at a the Morse Museum until February 21, work of Louis C. Tiffany, the Morse world’s fair respectively. In the last 2021, explores the museum’s expan- Museum’s archives form a significant story, a recently donated oil-on-panel sive collection of archival materials part of this important collection. The study of the Entombment window— from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s busi- exhibition combines artifacts, objects, currently on exhibit outside the Tiffany nesses, project studies, and personal and written materials, providing insight Chapel—illustrates Tiffany’s process life, bridging the gap between artistic into the inner workings of Tiffany Stu- of preliminary steps, as well as his and studio processes and completed dios and its visionary leader, Louis skills as a painter. The assembled ma- works of art. Comfort Tiffany. terials connect the vision of Tiffany When examined in context with the and Tiffany Studios with final objects beauty of Tiffany windows, pottery, of beauty that entranced patrons and and paintings, the archives tell stories exhibition goers of the time, and that that can only be found in the progres- continue to fascinate today. sion to production. The first two of three stories focus on the artisans’ THE CHARLES HOSMER MORSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 445 North Park Ave. Lampshade sample panel in “October Night- Winter Park, FL 32789 shade” design. Tiffany Studios, New York City, about 1910. Courtesy of The Charles (407) 645-5311

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