http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434 Upcoming Exhibitions at The Corning Museum of Glass en-us Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:36:00 GMT Tue, 17 Aug 2010 2:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss sterbenkym@cmog.org (Yvette Sterbenk) web@cmog.org (Webmaster) http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#dominick_labino November 17, 2011 - January 6, 2013 | In 1996, the Museum received the archives of Dominick Labino, a co-founder of the American Studio Glass movement. Labino’s legacy is documented in this collection of letters, drawings, photographs, patents, and other materials housed at the Rakow Research Library. This exhibit will explore Labino’s lasting influence on scientific and studio glass, including his experimentations with color, glass composition, and furnace construction, as well as his involvement in the seminal 1962 Toledo workshop, which launched a radical new direction in glass art. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 2:00:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#dominick_labino http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#harvey_littleton November 17, 2011 - January 6, 2013 | This exhibition will feature vessels, sculptures, and vitreographs (prints made from glass plates) by one of the founders of the American Studio glass movement, Harvey K. Littleton. Objects will span the arc of Littleton’s career in glass from the 1960s to the 1990s. In 1962, Littleton and Dominick Labino introduced glass to studio artists at two experimental workshops at the Toledo Museum of Art, and this migration of glassblowing from the factory to the studio blossomed into what is called the American Studio glass movement. On the 50th anniversary of these workshops, this exhibition honors Littleton, born and raised in Corning, for his achievements in developing glass as a material for artistic expression, and it presents a range of his influential artworks drawn from the Museum’s collection and the artist’s personal collection. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 2:00:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#harvey_littleton http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#mt_washington_and_pairpoint May 19, 2011 - December 31, 2011 | This exhibition will cover the artistic glassware produced by the Mt. Washington Glass Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and its successor, the Pairpoint Company, from the late 19th century’s gilded age to the Roaring Twenties. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 2:00:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#mt_washington_and_pairpoint http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#toots_zynsky April 2, 2011 - January 29, 2012 | Toots Zynsky’s distinctive filet de verre (glass thread) vessels enjoy a widespread popularity and deserved acclaim for their often extraordinary and always unique explorations in color. Defying categorization, her pieces inhabit a region all their own, interweaving the traditions of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts. This exhibition will be drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 2:00:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#toots_zynsky http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#mirror_to_discovery January 10, 2011 - October 30, 2011 | The production of the 200-inch disk was a landmark achievement in telescope technology. This exhibit tells the story of this innovation, the role of Corning Glass Works in its manufacture, and the disk’s place in the history of scientific discovery. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 2:00:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#mirror_to_discovery http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#east_meets_west November 18, 2010 - October 30, 2011 | This exhibition will explore influences in glassmaking that resulted both from the cultural exchange between the East and West and from indigenous craft traditions and documents stylistic developments in Western Europe and East Asia during the early modern period. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#east_meets_west http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#drawings_for_stained_glass May 17 - December 31, 2010 | Drawings of American stained glass windows from the Rakow Library illustrate the expansion of style in the 20th century from religious storytelling to include secular and abstract designs Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=1434#drawings_for_stained_glass http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10462 May 15, 2010 - January 2, 2011 | Changing Exhibitions Gallery. The phrase "medieval glass" evokes images of stained glass windows. But there is another world of medieval glass: objects made for daily use. This is the first exhibition in the United States devoted to glass made for the use of peasants, princes, and popes in the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages lasted from the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD to the rise of the Renaissance in the 15th century. During this period, Europe was transformed: from a complex society administered from cities to scattered rural communities and back again; from an empire-wide economy to small-scale exchange systems that over the centuries evolved into international networks of trade; and from a world that abandoned advanced technology, then regrouped and built the architectural marvels of the Renaissance. Glassmaking, too, was transformed. After the fall of Rome, all but the simplest techniques were forgotten.  But, over the centuries, the quality, quantity, and repertoire of glassware increased.  In the later Middle Ages, local products were joined by luxurious glasses imported from the Islamic world and, by the 15th century, the stage was set for the golden age of Venetian glassmaking. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:15:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10462#pub10272009 http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10544 March 27 - October 31, 2010 | Czech artist Jiří Harcuba is a widely respected engraver and teacher internationally known for his portraits in engraved glass. Whether his subject is a friend, a renowned artist, or a famous historical personality, Harcuba treats them all in a similar fashion, using spare sculptural cuts and subtle optical effects to create their profiles. Harcuba says, “[In my work], I show the relationship between prehistoric carving and contemporary art. We are the link between the past and the future.” He sees himself as an innovator and as a guardian of tradition, which is a perfect description of his approach to his art. For the exhibition at Corning, Harcuba requested that only three pieces from the Museum’s collection be displayed; the artist chose to pare down and simplify the presentation of his work to three objects which, he believes, reveal the essence, or soul, of his work. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:45:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10544 http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10385 November 1, 2009 - October 2010 | West Bridge. This exhibit will include a selection of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s blown glass, designed by Tiffany and made at his glasshouse in Corona, New York between about 1895 and 1920. He gave the glass the name “Favrile”, which was derived from the old English “fabrile” meaning hand-wrought. These blown glass pieces, many of which were iridescent as well as irregular in form, became popular with the public very quickly and inspired many other glass designers. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:36:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10385 http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10160 November 1, 2009 - March 21, 2010 | West Bridge; March 24 - April 30, 2010 | Rakow Research Library. The restoration of eight watercolor sketches from the enamel department of the Tiffany Furnaces provides the impetus for this important exhibit. Executed by Alice Gouvy and Lillian Palmié around 1902, seven of the drawings bear their signatures (the eighth drawing, which is unsigned, was most likely by either Gouvy or Palmié). The drawings, which depict flowers and plants in their natural state, served as a reference for the design and production of luxury household objects increasingly in demand by a wealthy American consumer society. Tiffany employees worked in anonymity and for the most part remained unacknowledged. Female staff, who held their own with their male counterparts, nevertheless tended to have even less visibility, both in Tiffany’s enterprises and in the world of decorative arts overall. In recent decades, however, they have received long overdue attention; this exhibition showcases their talents. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=10160#pub09282009