American Glass Art
From Resource Library in chronological
order:
From other web sites:
- Frabel Art
Foundation and myglassart.org
- Hans Godo
Fräbel: Reflections of Glass on Water exhibition
at the McKee Botanical Garden
- Studio
Glass at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts from
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Glass artist Dale Chihuly's web
site contains a "Screening
Room" page with 50 videos including interviews, projects, exhibitions
and public installations.
- Frabel
Video Gallery from the Frabel Glass Studio and Gallery
- In 2004 the Museum
of Glass in Tacoma, WA hosted the "Summer Hot Shop Artists Series"
that ran from May 14 through September 7, featuring seasonal residencies
by glass artists in the Museum's Hot Shop. During the residencies the Museum's
web site featured a special section devoted to the Summer Hot Shop Artists
Series including biographies, images and streaming video of the artists
in the Hot Shop. Susan Warner, Director of Education for the Museum, said
in a April 4, 2005 conversation with TFAO that the streaming video feature
will again be offered during the residencies starting May 31, 2005.
- Nova
Southeastern University partnered with the WGBH Forum Network for Dale Chihuly's
Glass Garden by Nora Quinlan, researcher, Alvin Sherman Library, NSU.
(3 minutes) The NSU Glass Garden by Dale Chihuly in the atrium of the Alvin
Sherman Library on the Nova Southeastern University campus is a rare opportunity
for the public to view and enjoy a beautiful one-of-a-kind glass sculpture
for free. Watch as this permanent exhibit is installed and learn a bit
about Chihuly's creative process. [April 27, 2007]
Related videos:
Chihuly DVD Collection is a 4-disc
boxed set released in 2004, produced by the Museum of Glass. Each DVD is
60 minutes with an additional 30 minutes of special features. The videos
explore the relationship of nature and glass as Chihuly and his team work
in a variety of outdoor locations, and then install glass among the lush
flora at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory. A comprehensive collection,
the Chihuly DVD Collection is a globe-trotting adventure that leads to greater
understanding of the man and his art. ASIN: B0000D1FJH.
Chihuly In Charlotte is a 2000 video
directed by Stuart Grasberg and produced by WTVI, Charlotte Public Television..Stuart
garnered several awards during his broadcasting career, including five Emmy
Awards.
Chihuly Over Venice is a 1998
PBS Home Video released by Home Vision Entertainment. The planning and realization
of an ambitious project by renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly is documented
in this absorbing PBS presentation. Chihuly collaborated with master glassblowers
from four countries to achieve his collection of spectacular chandeliers
for public display over the canals of Venice. From Finland to Ireland to
Mexico to Italy, Chlhuly and the participatlng artisans join together for
a creative 90 minute odyssey.
Defying Gravity: An Historic Achievement In Glass Featuring
Josh Simpson is a 60 minute PBS television documentary
in DVD format that follows renowned glass artist Josh Simpson as he crafts
the largest glass object of his career: a luminous 100-pound "Megaplanet."
Cameras capture every step of the year-and-a-half process from commission
to creation. The film features interviews with the makers of custom tools
required for the project; Simpson's triumphs, disappointments, technical
obstacles and inspiration, and the grand unveiling of the "Megaplanet"
at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. WGBY, the PBS station in Springfield,
Massachusetts, filmed the documentary. View online this
clip from the WGBY video [9:04]
Pilchuck Founders Totem Pole.
Seattle Art Museum brought this film to the attention of TFAO. For a January
25, 2008 viewing SAM says: "Don't miss this special screening of Pilchuck
Founders Totem Pole, a production of Pilchuck Glass School. Students and
artists from around the world collaborated to create a totem pole that represents
the school's founders: artist Dale Chihuly and patrons John Hauberg and
Anne Gould Hauberg. Noted glass artist Preston Singletary, who directed
fabrication and installation of glass elements in the Pilchuck totem pole,
will answer questions after the screening."
Transformed by Flame - The Glass Art of Frabel. DVD. 2007 [56:46] The HDTV PBS documentary: Transformed by
Flame - The Glass Art of Frabel, will take the viewer on a trip to Germany
and the Czech Republic to showcase the history of glass, the Frabel Studio
and Hans Godo Frabel.
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