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Habatat Galleries
New England
Glass Tour 2010
Touring:
Corning,
Boston
&
Providence
September 20-29th,
2010
Habatat Galleries invites you to join this exciting
in-depth look at the aesthetics of noted contemporary glass artists of the
Atlantic Northeast. How their approach to creating glass art differs from
those of other regions.
The Tour Includes:
Corning:
The
Corning
Museum
of Glass
:
The
“Voices of Contemporary Glass: The
Heineman Collection” with
Curator of Glass,
Tina Oldknow
and
Ferdinand Hampson
the
Director of
Habatat Galleries
, who helped organize this gift to
the museum. (Special insider stories)
A Talk by
David
Whitehouse,
Director of the CMOG, A visit “by-invitation-only”
to view the 14 private
Glass Installations
at
Corning Corporate Headquarters,
“Tiffany Treasures: A Favrile Glass from
Special
Boston:
Itinerary stops will include the
studios/exhibitions of
Sidney Hutter,
figurative sculptures of
Robin Grebe,
the satirical glass cartoon works of
Ricky Bernstein,
celebrated “star” of the studio glass
movement / studio glass pioneer
Dan Dailey
, and
glass jewelry “diva”
Linda MacNeil.
Also
seenThe
Ware Collection
of amazing realistic lamp-worked “Glass
Flowers “ created by
Leopold
and
Rudolf Baschka,
housed
in the
Botanical
Museum
at
Harvard
University,
A
Private Glass Collection,
and
the Permanent Glass
Collection at the
Fuller Museum
with Chief Curator
Gretchen Keyworth.
Providence:
Scheduled visits are planned to
the studios of internationally recognized glass artists:
Howard Ben Tre,
known for his
massive monolithic forms and
Toots Zynsky,
who works in delicate pulled threads of colorful glass fused into flared shapes.
Also Daniel
Clayman who
works with hot cast glass and metal, turning them into sleek sculptural pieces,
plus
Jose Chardiet,
using spirituality in his
designs of etched, blown and cast glass.
Finishing at
the studios of minimalist
Nicole Chesney, Marc Petrovic
&
Kari
Russell-Pool
‘s
nature studies and lampwork
round out the tour.(Itinerary
subject to change & final confirmations.)
Contact:
Allan
&
Susan Weiner
for
itinerary and Reservations
Professional Travel Inc.
24800 Chagrin Boulevard Suite #103
Beachwood, Oh 44122
Call Toll Free:
(800) 945-4461
Ext. #
8110
for Al or
Ext. #
8109
for Sue
E-mail:
alw@protrav.com
or
suew@protrav.com
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