Art Glass, fused glass, lampworking
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Opens
The Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion made its debut during a week of preview events, August 22-27, 2006. Nearly 10,000 visitors from around the world marveled at the Glass Pavilion as architectural masterpiece, pristine new home of TMA's world-renowned glass collection, and active glassmaking studio space.
On display in specially designed cases and cabinets is a large portion of the museum's 5,000-piece glass collection, the oldest of which is 4,000 years old. Among the highlights: the clear-glass chandelier-style sculpture by Dale Chihuly in the Monroe Street lobby; Vitrana, the colorful mural composed of 33 glass panels by Dominick Labino in the Glass Study Room, and the Libbey Table and Punch Bowl (1903-04), the largest cut glass in existence, made in Toledo to exhibit at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
The museum has two spacious hot shops where artists will demonstrate the craft of glassblowing, a lampworking studio for torch work, glass casting/kiln room, and cold glass shops for stained glass and flat glass. These facilities can accommodate students, local artists and even celebrity guest artists. Also in the lower level is an area for glass conservation work.
For more information visit www.toledomuseum.org
The Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion made its debut during a week of preview events, August 22-27, 2006. Nearly 10,000 visitors from around the world marveled at the Glass Pavilion as architectural masterpiece, pristine new home of TMA's world-renowned glass collection, and active glassmaking studio space.
On display in specially designed cases and cabinets is a large portion of the museum's 5,000-piece glass collection, the oldest of which is 4,000 years old. Among the highlights: the clear-glass chandelier-style sculpture by Dale Chihuly in the Monroe Street lobby; Vitrana, the colorful mural composed of 33 glass panels by Dominick Labino in the Glass Study Room, and the Libbey Table and Punch Bowl (1903-04), the largest cut glass in existence, made in Toledo to exhibit at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
The museum has two spacious hot shops where artists will demonstrate the craft of glassblowing, a lampworking studio for torch work, glass casting/kiln room, and cold glass shops for stained glass and flat glass. These facilities can accommodate students, local artists and even celebrity guest artists. Also in the lower level is an area for glass conservation work.
For more information visit www.toledomuseum.org
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