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Australia 2005
Blow Glass Down Under
This past spring, The Hot Glass Roadshow from The Corning Museum of Glass was blowing glass down under. The Museum’s state-of-the-art mobile glassblowing unit went on a multi-city tour, ending with an appearance May 7-9 at the 2005 Glass Arts Society’s 35th Annual Conference in Adelaide. Stops along the tour included:
MARCH 11–13 Sydney: Powerhouse Museum
MARCH 25–27 Canberra: National Folk Festival
APRIL 8–10 Wagga Wagga: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
APRIL 22–24 Melbourne: The Docklands
MAY 7–9 Adelaide: Glass Art Society Conference
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NEW: Read more about our trip down under in "Blowing Glass Down Under" an article excerpt from The Gather, our Members' newsletter.
In addition to bringing the message of glassmaking and The Corning Museum of Glass to a new audience, the tour honored a similar tour in which artist Richard Marquis toured Australian cities in 1974 with a smaller glassmaking unit. Many credit that tour with helping to shape the Australian Studio Glass movement and nurturing the interest of well-known Australian artists like Nick Mount.
"Some of the most whimsical, exquisite, interesting, and exciting silica you've ever seen"
- The 2005 National Folk Festival, Canberra
"Among the final day's events was a silent auction of fine glassworks at the Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow, which raised about $4000 for a mobile dialysis unit in Canberra."
- The Canberra Times
"It has been absolutely fantastic here; we are getting family audiences as well as glass enthusiasts. The Corning team have been great to work with..."
- Grace Cochrane, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
The Hot Glass Roadshow was launched in 2002 at the Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. It has since traveled to a number of destinations including the Museum of the City of New York and the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fl. In the summer it serves as the Corning Museum’s summer stage.
Thanks to the supporters who helped make this tour possible:
