Eight artists will explore new work at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass in 2011, through fully supported residencies. The artists will provide free, public lectures during their residencies.
Corning, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) February 16, 2011
Eight artists will research and experiment with new techniques and subjects as 2011 Artists-in-Residence at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass.
“The Studio is an advocate for artists working in glass, and the residency program is a core part of that commitment,” says Amy Schwartz, director of The Studio. “The residency program provides artists the luxury of spending a month focusing on their work without day-to-day worries. The Studio handles housing, travel, equipment, supplies, and assistance, while the artist engages in the process of creating and exploring.”
The resident artists will be supported with technical assistance, housing, a food stipend, and studio space for one month. They also will have full access to The Studio's state-of-the-art facilities, the Museum's renowned Rakow Research Library, Museum staff, and the 45,000-object collection, which spans 35 centuries of glassmaking and represents each civilization in which glass has been made.
The artists will provide public Lunchtime Lectures during their residencies. Lectures will take place in The Studio Lecture Room at 12:00 p.m. on the specified dates. Registration is not required, and admission is free. Please contact (607) 974-6467 or thestudio(at)cmog(dot)org for more details.
March - Susan Liebold
Liebold's work explores luminosity. She uses flameworking techniques to develop biomorphic structures made of phosphorescent and fluorescent glass, which she develops by working closely with chemists. In her Studio residency, she will explore the contrasts between heavy and fragile glass, combining fragile glass objects with solid objects from the furnace. Liebold often integrates her work into the environment, at times placing them in a forest or field. Based in Germany, Lieobold studied at Giebichenstein, School of Art and Design in Halle. She has had exhibitions at several German museums.
Liebold will present a free public lecture at noon on March 18 in The Studio Lecture Room.
April - Beth Lipman
Lipmam is known for her works in glass that generally pay homage to still-life paintings from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Continuing her exploration of material culture as a means to understand desire and consumption, she will investigate and recreate Victorian decorative arts during her Studio residency, juxtaposing common 19th-century domestic objects with their contemporary counterparts. Lipman's work has been the focus of solo exhibitions at galleries and museums across the United States, and part of group exhibitions across the world. Her work is in the collection of The Corning Museum of Glass.
Lipman will present a free public lecture at noon on April 21 in The Studio Lecture Room.
September - Dan Mirer and Nisha Bansil
Instructor Collaborative Residency
Mirer and Bansil will collaborate to combine the techniques of photo sandblasting and blown glass, and develop new methods to create bubble trap imagery. With Mirer's strengths in craftsmanship and technical innovation and Bansil's emphasis on pure imagery using the two dimensional qualities of glass, the artists will collaborate to create new work that neither would accomplish alone.
There is no lecture for this residency.
October - Min Jeong Song
Song studies ornamental styles across time periods and geography, and her work explores how certain attributes of glass can be used to create ambivalent objects: objects that don't belong to pre-existing stylistic classifications. She is especially interested in cross-cultural stylistic developments between East Asia and Western Europe, a topic she would like to explore more at The Corning Museum of Glass. Until now, she has worked mainly with clear or monotone glass. At The Studio, she would like to add elements of color and three-dimensionality. Song holds a master's of fine art in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in glass at the Royal College of Art. Her work has been exhibited across the UK and US.
Song will present a free public lecture at noon on October 26 in The Studio Lecture Room.
October - Amie Laird McNeel
Laird McNeel will come to The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass as part of a joint Artists-in-Residence partnership with the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. A sculpture professor for 20 years, Laird McNeel is inspired by the formal symmetries of natural systems, which can be both subtle and severe, uniform and chaotic. She has recently begun incorporating blown and carved glass into her hand-formed steel sculptures. At The Studio, she will investigate how glass can affect our perceptions through optics and lenses, embedding metal sculptures she makes at the Kohler Arts Center with mirrored interiors, creating multiple reflections.
Laird McNeel will present a free public lecture at noon on October 26 in The Studio Lecture Room.
November - Veronika Beckh
A Berlin-based artist, Beckh has exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe. Her work invites viewers to disconnect from the noise and chaos of everyday life and to find light, tranquility, and contemplation. Beckh will use her residency at The Studio to expand her practice beyond smaller objects and ensembles toward room installations. She will experiment with scale, combining blown pieces with float glass and mirror to integrate with and respond to space, light, reflections, and the viewer.
Beckh will present a free public lecture at noon on November 18 in Te Studio Lecture Room.
November - Adrianne Evans
Evans draws inspiration from the complex mechanisms that shape the natural world. In her residency, she will explore in glass the forces that shape the earth—erosion, grain sorting, friction, viscosity, flow, gravity, buoyancy, pressure, heat and time—sometimes by adding powdered glass to molds filled with water, letting it settle and creating layers of sediment and distinctive geologic formations. Evans holds a master's of fine arts in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she now teaches. She has worked with Michael Glancy, Daniel Clayman and others, and her work has been included in the New Glass Review.
Evans will present a free public lecture at noon on November 18 in The Studio Lecture Room.
The Corning Museum of Glass is home to the world's most comprehensive collection of glass. Spanning the globe and encompassing more than 3,500 years of human ingenuity, the collection includes masterpieces from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; the great civilizations of Islam, Asia, Europe, and the Americas; and the range of artistic movements beginning in the late 19th century and extending to the present day. Interactive exhibits tell the story of life-changing historic advancements and contemporary innovations in glass technology.
Live glassblowing demonstrations (offered at the Museum, on the road in the U.S. and abroad, and at sea on Celebrity Cruises) bring the material to life for audiences of all ages.
The Museum's campus includes a year-round glassmaking school, The Studio, and the Rakow Research Library, the world's foremost archive and reference collection on the history of glassmaking.
Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State, the Museum is open daily, year-round. Kids and teens 19 and under receive free admission.
