The Corning Museum of Glass is delighted to announce that its Board of Trustees voted unanimously in December 2021 to appoint Alexia Hudson-Ward and Preston Singletary as its newest members.
Alexia Hudson-Ward is the Associate Director of Research and Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, and Preston Singletary is a Seattle-based, Native American glass artist of the Tlingit tribe.
What’s your favorite artwork at The Corning Museum of Glass? If I had to choose just one, I would say mine is Section One, Veils by Mark Peiser which was recently put on view in the Contemporary Art + Design Wing. With so many amazing objects on display, it’s hard to pick just one. But that’s exactly what we asked visitors to do this past Valentine’s Day weekend. We were interested to see what artworks were their favorites, especially since there are some different objects on view since the last time we offered this activity a couple of years ago.
Between February 12 and Valentine’s Day, visitors were given blue heart-shaped sticky notes to place near their favorite artworks in the Museum. Many thanks to our friends in the Guest Services Department for their help handing out hearts! Members of the Education Department then collected and counted the hearts, all 273 of them!
Read more →“The violent, unfolding events of the past weeks in Ukraine are yet another inflection point in a challenging, stressful, and exhausting journey we have traveled together as a global community in the past two years.
“At times such as this, during difficult circumstances, we must look for ways to bring hope and optimism into our lives. I have taken great comfort in convening and collaborating with my peers at Southern Finger Lakes area cultural institutions. Together, we’ve crafted the statement below, encouraging our community to find the solace, healing, and joy that comes from the arts.”
Karol B. Wight
President and Executive Director, The Corning Museum of Glass
At the end of January, we said so long, but not farewell, to Dave Murray who announced his retirement from The Corning Museum of Glass after more than 10 years. Since 2011, Dave has successfully run the Museum’s Operations Department, diligently managing the buildings and grounds and all internal services and systems that keep the Museum open for our staff and guests.
With a background in maintenance and operations established in regional schools and ski resorts, Dave was able to marry this skill set with his passion for art by advancing into his role at the Museum. During his tenure, the footprint of the Museum grew significantly as did the complexity of the systems supporting it and Dave ably oversaw each step, providing management, expertise, and support for over 100 capital projects. Amongst many notable improvements, the opening of the Contemporary Art + Design Wing in 2015 and renovations to both the Café and The Shops stand out.
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Get excited and check the mail, because New Glass Review returns this month for its 43rd issue.
An annual exhibition-in-print, New Glass Review features 100 of the most timely, innovative projects in glass produced during the year. Artworks include sculptures, vessels, installations, and other works in glass by emerging and established artists.
A flagship publication of The Corning Museum of Glass since 1980, New Glass Review is a cyclical reintroduction into the world of contemporary glass and the artists who inhabit it; artists who continually push the boundaries of the material and the limits of their expression.
Following an open call for submissions that receives hundreds of entries every year from countries across the world, New Glass Review is curated by the Museum’s curator of postwar and contemporary glass and a changing panel of guest curators. While the search for the Museum’s next contemporary curator was underway this past summer, Samantha De Tillio was invited to lead the selection process. De Tillo was joined by Davin K. Ebanks, Kim Harty, and Kimberly Thomas.
Read more →The Studio’s Amy Schwartz and William (Bill) Gudenrath were honored on Saturday, May 6 in Washington DC with the James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRA) Distinguished Craft Educator Award for excellence and innovation in education. The biennial award was celebrated at the JRA Spring Craft Weekend with a Symposium, Gala, and Awards Brunch. Recognized for their influence on future artists and significant contributions to American education in the craft field, Amy and Bill’s selection as honorees was the first time in the ceremony’s 20-year history that both makers and educators were honored at the same time.
Amy and Bill are the latest on a long list of distinguished honorees—the JRA Award has recognized some of the most influential craft artists in American history. This year, the other nominees included ceramic artist, social activist, and spoken word poet Roberto Lugo (the youngest artist to ever receive the Master of the Medium award); furniture maker Kristina Madsen; and curator, quilter, author, art historian, and aerospace engineer Carolyn Mazloomi.
Read more →Capping a truly momentous year for glass, The Corning Museum of Glass has achieved a new distinction: being named one of the “7 Glass Wonders of the World.”
The announcement was made during the closing festivities of the United Nations International Year of Glass (IYOG) 2022. The year officially concluded with a Conference and Ceremony at the University of Tokyo, Japan, on December 8-9, which was attended by our very own President and Executive Director Karol Wight. This event was followed by an official debriefing held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on December 14.
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Lino Tagliapietra may be retiring, but not before one final visit to The Corning Museum of Glass. Last weekend was a monumental one for Lino, the glassblowers and staff at the Museum, and all the guests who filled the Amphitheater Hot Shop to see the Maestro at work during what will be his final performance in Corning.
To celebrate Lino’s enduring legacy, we asked those lucky enough to know and work with him, to describe the impact he has made on the glass world. To no surprise, the response was fervent and unanimous: Lino’s impact is, and will always be, extraordinary!
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