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The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2018 Cover: Officers of the Board Antony E. Snow* Jim Oliveira The Manhattan skyline at dusk Susan M. Taylor Jutta-Annette Page Jeffrey W. Evenson Peter F. Volanakis* Elmerina L. Parkman creates a beautiful backdrop Chairman for GlassBarge at its stop in Wendell P. Weeks Paul D. Parkman Brooklyn, New York. James B. Flaws Ian McKibbin White* Lindsy R. Parrott Vice Chairman Karol B. Wight Paul N. Perrot + Opposite: John V. B. Perry Linda E. Jolly * Trustee Emeritus Joan P. Randles Staff members of The Corning Secretary Richard F. Randles Museum of Glass and the crew Peter B. Rath of GlassBarge stand on its upper Melissa J. Gambol The Fellows of The Corning Rachel Russell Assistant Secretary deck for a group photo. Museum of Glass Josh Simpson John P. Smith Mark S. Rogus Carole Allaire Treasurer Walter Spiegl+ John Allaire Jane Shadel Spillman+ Michael J. Burns III James K. Asselstine Paul J. Stankard§ Assistant Treasurer Sheldon Barr Arlie Sulka Mike Belkin Lino Tagliapietra Alan L. Cameros§ Jennifer Thalheimer Officers of the Lt. Gen. Christian Clausen, retired§ Catherine M. V. Thuro-Gripton+ Corporation Simon Cottle Kenneth R. Treis Damon Crain Deborah Truitt Karol B. Wight Kenneth C. Depew Durk Valkema President and Executive Thomas P. Dimitroff William Warmus Director Jay R. Doros† Mark J. West Alan T. Eusden Micki Doros Karol B. Wight Chief Operating Officer Paul E. Doros Diane C. Wright David Dowler Rainer M. Zietz Roland “Max” Erlacher+ Maris Zuika Trustees Christopher T. G. Fish Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen * Life Fellow Roger G. Ackerman* David Fuchshuber + Honorary Fellow Peter S. Aldridge Sidney Goldstein+ § Fellow Emeritus Van C. Campbell* John Stuart Gordon † Deceased, May 4, 2018 Dale Chihuly* William Gudenrath The Fellows of The Corning Patricia T. Dann* Douglas B. Heller Robert Duke* Dorothy-Lee Jones+ Alan T. Eusden Olive Jones+ Photo Credits Jeffrey W. Evenson Helena Koenigsmarková+ James B. Flaws Stephen P. Koob All of the photographs in this Annual Museum of Glass are among Report are by The Corning Museum John P. Fox* Michael Kovacek the world’s leading glass col - of Glass (Andrew M. Fortune, Allison S. Randi L. Hewit Anna Laméris lectors, scholars, dealers, and Lavine, Bryan H. Buchanan, Mickey Amory Houghton Jr.* Kitty Laméris glassmakers. The objectives Dann, Amanda Sterling, Jason Thayer, Arthur A. Houghton III* Willem Laméris of this organization are (1) and Jessica Trump), with the following James D. Houghton David Landau to disseminate knowl edge exceptions: James R. Houghton* Dwight P. Lanmon+ about the history and art of glassmaking and (2) to sup- Cover and frontispiece: Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones Howard J. Lockwood port the acquisitions program © Jeffrey Foote Photography E. Marie McKee* Malcolm N. MacNeil of the Museum’s Rakow David L. Morse Douglas C. McCorkle Page 2: Jonathan Atkin Research Library. Admission Carl H. Pforzheimer III* Gregory A. Merkel to the fellowship is intended Page 4 (top): Chris Walters Carlos A. Picón* Mary Cheek Mills to recognize accomplishment, Pages 12, 39 (bottom), and 42: Helmut Ricke* Kirk J. Nelson+ and is by invitation. Matt Wittmeyer Mark S. Rogus Tina Oldknow+ The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2018 An educational institution dedicated to the history, art, and science of glass Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York April 27, 1951 (6026) Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums 1973, 1986, 1999, 2010 In 1868, the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company style with an evening celebration complete The Year decided to relocate its firm to Corning, New with fireworks, live music, and hot glass. in Review York. It dismantled its glassmaking equipment A new Web-based app was developed to in Brooklyn, loaded it onto canal barges, and complement the GlassBarge journey: PastPort sailed up the Hudson River and across the Erie allowed users to locate GlassBarge’s current Canal to the company’s new home. In honor and future positions along the waterways, of the 150th anniversary of the glass firm’s and included historical information about the historic voyage, the Museum spent much of towns visited during the trip. This app, like 2018 executing a series of programs and the voyage itself, enabled the Museum to make events that celebrated the arrival of glassmak- many new friends and partners as we engaged ing in our town, an act that forever changed with cultural institutions across New York the nature of Corning, New York. Foremost State to create the content for PastPort. among them was the re-creation of the canal Other celebratory events occurred on the barge journey during the summer months. Museum’s campus, and among the most nota- (It was a happy coincidence that 2018 also ble was the redesign and reinstallation of the marked the bicentennial of the Erie Canal.) Crystal City Gallery, a space that tells the story A mobile hot shop was placed on the deck of of glass in Corning. The 150th anniversary a canal barge, visitor seating was added, and provided us with the perfect opportunity to GlassBarge was christened. refresh the displays and to prepare new inter- The journey commenced in May in Brooklyn pretive materials that more fully relate the Bridge Park, very near the location of the story of Corning Glass Works (rechristened Brooklyn Flint Glass Company. In September, from Brooklyn Flint Glass Company) and the trip on water was completed in the village glassmaking in our town. The gallery was of Watkins Glen at the southern end of Seneca opened to the public in May on “Crystal City Lake. Although feeder canals had once exist- Saturday,” and our entire community was ed to connect the Erie Canal system to the invited to come and see the new displays. To Chemung River, they have long been out of complement the new presentations of Ameri- use. We were therefore unable to make the can cut glass, new glassmaking demonstrations entire journey by water, but we nevertheless were designed: one focused on glass cutting, marked the completion of the voyage in grand and the other, The Story of the Crystal City, Yonkers, New York, was one of nearly 30 stops that GlassBarge made during its journey to the Finger Lakes region. 2 explained the physical transfer of the company and the innovative work undertaken by Cor- ning Glass Works in its new hometown. “Glass of the Architects: Vienna, 1900– 1937” was the Museum’s special exhibition in 2018. A cooperation of the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna and Le Stanze del Vetro in Venice, “Glass of the Architects” explored the changes in glass design in Austria in the first decades of the 20th century. Most of the works on view were from the collection of the MAK, supplemented by the Corning Museum’s hold- ings and works from private collections. At the Rakow Research Library, “Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library” remained on view, with works on paper changed every three months to refresh the displays. “Curious and Curiouser” shared some of the unusual holdings within the li- brary’s special collections, and demonstrated how those holdings have influenced the cre- ative work of artists who have come to study and make glass at the Museum. Our glassmaking demonstrations remain a visitor favorite. In addition to special demonstrations designed to complement the 150th-anniversary programs and our special exhibitions, we hosted 30 guest artists on our various demonstration stages (see page 14 for our roster of guest artists). Some of these artists also undertook a residency or taught a course at The Studio. Almost 26 percent of our 245,040 individual and family visitors partici- pated in a Make Your Own Glass experience at The Studio, a record high for a single year. After a decade of success, our Hot Glass at Sea program aboard three Celebrity Cruises Solstice-class ships took its final voyage in 2018. Through our shipboard demonstrations, we reached about three million cruise guests Our Guest Services staff and front-line staff The mobile app Past during those 10 years and converted them to in The Shops, in The Studio, in the Café, in Port was developed to glass enthusiasts. We thank Celebrity Cruises Security, and all across the campus performed allow users to track the current and future loca for providing us with this wonderful oppor- their work graciously and attentively. Our tions of GlassBarge. tunity and appreciate the way in which the guest satisfaction rating for “friendliness of Museum and its many glass artists who served staff and volunteers” reached a new high of on-board the ships became global ambassadors 9.6 out of 10, a fantastic outcome of all their View of the newly re for glass art through this collaboration. hard work. I thank the Guest Services Team designed Crystal City The mobile hot shop also continued to and all of our staff members for their dedica- Gallery. be an ambassador for the Museum. It was tion and their attention to ensuring that our deployed to Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac, visitors had a world-class experience while at France, for a design workshop, and in No- the Museum. vember it was front and center on Chicago’s The Advancement Department at the Mu- Navy Pier for our annual appearance at SOFA se um was fully staffed by the end of 2018 with Chicago. the addition of Daniel DeRusha as manager 3 of institutional giving and Joeliene Magoto November, visiting artists’ studios, museums as senior advancement officer. Levels of donor and galleries, and historical sites. Our Museum giving continued to increase, particularly Members enjoyed exhibition openings and commitments in support of our plan to expand other receptions before our “Behind the Glass” our Studio and its operations.