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HOT OFF THE PRESSES: The Winter 2019 edition of Glass (#157)

The Winter 2019 edition of Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#157) is hitting newsstands and subscriber mailboxes this week. On the cover is a new work by Danny Lane from…

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GLASS:The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#156)

"Above and Below" featured in The New York Times, the latest issue of GLASS: Quarterly hits newsstands and much more!

The Fall 2019 edition of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#156) is on its way to newsstands and subscriber mailboxes. 

Included in this issue: 

ON THE COVER: Museum of Arts and Design curator Samantha DeTillio investigates Amber Cowan's process of remaking outdated pressed glass into vital contemporary wall works.

• A Venice exhibition revisits the little-known yet visionary glass work of French artist Maurice Marinot.
• Taking a closer look at Corning Museum's exhibition, "New Glass Now" and its bid for landmark status.
• Susan Edgerley's exquisite balancing act reconciles opposite forces of equal force.

All this plus four reviews, an essay on glassblowing's reality-tv moment, and all the latest news from the field.

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GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly

The Summer 2019 edition of Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#155) has arrived. Find it at newsstands or signup for a print or digital subscription.

Glass Quarterly is your passport to international exhibitions, studio visits, and more. You will not want to a miss a single issue, subscribe today! 

Included in this issue: 

• Cover: Mary Van Cline: Portraits   
• Master arranger Donald Lipski works hot
• Former MIT glass printers launch a startup
• An untrained artist bridges a raw racial divide

GLASS:The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly

The Winter 2018-19 edition of Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#153) is on its way to newsstands and subscriber mailboxes. Subscribe to the newly redesigned Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly and never miss a single issue.

Included in this issue:  The singular pursuit of Livio Seguso, who left behind the Murano glasshouse tradition for a career dedicated to personal expression. An inside look at the new Benaroya wing at the Tacoma Museum of Art, where a new collection cements its status as a top museum for glass art. African-American artist Vanessa German and African artist Pascale Marthine Tayou reference traditional African religious icons in their glass figures. ON THE COVER: The ravishing glass dresses of Karen LaMonte explore the presence and absence of the female form. All this plus four reviews, an essay on a regional approach to casting glass in Massachusetts, and the latest news from the field.

GLASS:The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#148)

The Fall 2017 edition of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#148) is on its way to newsstands and subscriber mailboxes with a major upgrade in paper quality resulting in richer colors, deeper saturation, and sharper detail with each photo.

Included in this issue:

• An interview with Toots Zynsky exploring her creative ferment spurred by her recent residencies at The Corning Museum of Glass and Corning Incorporated.
• A mid-career retrospective exhibition of Australian artist Kirstie Rea at the Canberra Museum and Gallery contemplating the artist's evolving relationship with abstraction.
• Contributing editor William V. Ganis revisits the field of glass designwhich has in some ways been overshadowed by the intense focus on Studio Glass as a purely sculptural pursuit.
• In our third installment of articles examining the history of UrbanGlass, we present "Brooklyn or Bust," the saga of the New York Experimental Glass Workshop's bold move of the out of Manhattan's Little Italy to a gritty section of Brooklyn just across the East River.
• Finally, we present an excerpt from an essay by leading glass scholar Rosa Barovier Mentasti on the iconic 20th-century glass designer Paolo Venini.

All this plus five exhibition reviews, a back-page essay on the history of Traver Gallery, and the latest news from the field.

Subscribe to the newly redesigned GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly and don't miss a single issue.

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GLASS Quarterly is your passport to international exhibitions, studio visits, and gallery tours. Subscribe today and never miss a single issue!

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GLASS:The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly / Winter 2016-17 edition

The Winter 2016-17 edition of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#145) is on its way to newsstands and subscriber mailboxes. The four feature articles offer diverse takes on the field of glass art in transition. Included in this issue: Tag along as 79-year-old Bertil Vallien undertakes a monumental legacy casting, an event bundled into an art-tourism package. An investigation on the outsized impact the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal, Canada, had on North American glass art. A profile of Pilchuck artistic director Tina Aufiero revealing the power of embracing transformational changes new technologies bring to the arts. An examination of the Australian glass scene, as shifts in government funding for glass education challenge the late Klaus Moje's legacy. All this plus six reviews, all the latest news, and a back-page essay on what it takes to become an artist

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GLASS / The Fall 2016 Edition

The Fall 2016 edition of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#144) is hitting newsstands and subscriber mailboxes next week. On the cover is a haunting work by Christina Bothwell that depicts girls brushing one another's hair in mixed-media works where glass is deployed in service of her central themes of transformation, interior worlds, and dreams. Also in the new edition: Contributing editor Victoria Josslin on the tenacious spirit of Stacey Neff, pursuing sculpture and sustainable glass in an unforgiving desert climate. Artist and educator Alexander Rosenberg on an exhibition of artists responding to the din of the digital era featuring work by Megan Biddle, Amber Cowan, Jessica Jane Julius, and Sharyn O'Mara. An excerpt from the eagerly-awaited new book by Koen Vanderstukken, which cuts a wide swatch through the history, science, and contemporary art world's embrace of glass. All this, plus five reviews and a lively essay by glass fashion show diva Laura Donefer. Click here for a full glimpse at the Table of Contents.

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