 Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz will be in San Jose, CA at the Bay Area Glass Institute teaching a 2-day class from 12/2 - 3! They will also give a presentation and a free demonstration on 12/4 from 5 - 8pm! Add Comment The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch 2010 Raffle Winners! The 3 pumpkins pictured on this year's poster will go to... -Marlena from San Leandro - lrg orange/yellow pumpkin -Yvonne from Sacramento - sml red/green pumpkin - Peter from Palo Alto - sml green pumpkin Congratulations to all 3 winners!   Czech Glass Artist Martin Janecky will be in San Jose, CA at the Bay Area Glass Institute teaching a 3-day class from 10/28 - 30, and performing a Free demonstration on Halloween from 1pm - 4pm We're hard at work to prepare for the 2011 Great Glass Auction. The event's awards will be juried by Dorothy Saxe, well known collector, and Susan Krane, the Executive Director of the San Jose Museum of Art. We've moved the venue to the Palo Alto JCC, in the heart of Silicon Valley. And the date is set for March 26th, 2011. BAGI's 2nd Sunday Glassblowing Demo for September will feature Theoren Hanks!  This will be an exciting demo featuring 10yr. old phenom, Theoren Hanks! You can find more info about the demo and Theoren at, http://www.bagi.org/2nd-sunday-artist-demo--september-12th.html Exhibition: Bella Feldman, Nancy Otto and Monika Steiner Opening Reception: September 2 | 5 to 7.30 pm Exhibition through October 30    Micaëla Gallery 49 Geary Street, No. 234 San Francisco, CA 94108 415.551.8118 f 415.551.8138 info@micaela.com material 07/23/2010
Is this glass? Would you think about these objects differently if they were not glass? You go to a museum, and see a glass exhibit. They don't let you touch the art. You can only visually perceive the art. What if you found out later that the art was not glass at all? What changes?    MICAËLA GALLERY presents COLD+HOT 2010, an annual showcase of the work of selected national and international glass sculptors in a single exhibition. Featured artists are Peter Bremers, Kathleen Elliot, Michael Janis, Michelle Knox, Weston Lambert, Carol Lawton, Silvia Levenson, JP Long, Susan Longini, Thomas Scoon, Carmen Spera and Kristiina Uslar, who collectively demonstrate the expansive versatility of glass as a sculpture medium in terms of material, color, and form, alongside video work by Tim Tate and photography by Mark Leibowitz. The exhibition title, "COLD+HOT 2010," derives from the distinct processes used by glass artists for millennia - sculpting its form, or cold-working it while cold (actually, at room temperature), very hard and brittle; and working hot glass, shaping it while molten, using blowing and/or kiln forming techniques at temperatures ranging from 1700 to over 3000 degrees. Visually rich, "COLD+HOT 2010" introduces the work of new artists to Micaëla Gallery, Kathleen Elliot, Michael Janis, Tim Tate, and Mark Leibowitz. Micaëla Gallery 49 Geary Street, No. 234 San Francisco, CA 94108 415.551.8118 f 415.551.8138 info@micaela.com  KATHLEEN ELLIOT, a multi-awarded artist (Juror's Award, Bay Area Glass Institute 2010), works with botanical sculpture - natural and imaginary - which have earned recognition for her work on a national level throughout the U.S.  MICHAEL JANIS received the 2010 Saxe Fellowship at the Bay Area Glass Institute's recent "Great Glass Auction," in San Jose, California. "COLD+HOT 2010" features selections from Janis' Tarot Series.  San Francisco Bay area native MARK LEIBOWITZ graduated from Stanford University and lived in Spain and Brazil prior to moving to Los Angeles. His work blends lifestyle, fashion, travel and portraiture. Recent projects include backstage coverage of the fashion shows in New York, Milan and Paris and philanthropy.  Ken Trapp, former Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, states that TIM TATE "takes on the clichés of our culture, and lays down a challenge for himself." By blending traditional sculpture with new media technology, Tate builds the framework to fit his artistic narrative. The Make a Paperweight for Father's Day event was a huge success with twice as many in attendance on 6/13 than 6/5. I'm sure the lure of the Hawaiian Shaved Ice helped to bring in the hardcore glass lovers to the event on the hottest day in June. (Ugh!) BAGI provided the glass experience and Santo's Market provided the Ice! (I hope our Seconds Sale day on July 11th will be as successful!) A big "Thank You" to everyone that attended!  Hi Myrna! Make Your Own Paperweight for Father's Day 05/30/2010
On the heels of the successful Mother's Day event where we had dozens and dozens of people come by to make custom flowers for Mom, BAGI has put together an event so you can make something for Dad. You will receive assistance from one of BAGI's artists to create a unique Father's Day gift he will love! All tools and color will be provided. The event is on Saturday, June 5th and Sunday, June 13th. Children over the age of seven can participate if accompanied by a parent. Please send a note to studio@bagi.org to let us know when you'll be coming (which day, which hour you want to come by) so we can plan for your arrival. | Add to your My Yahoo or Google Reader:ArchivesMarch 2012 |
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