The Tom Merchant & Glen Johnson Sculpture Forum | Glassophilia: Why Do We Love Glass?
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Location: Huizenga Grand Room
This inaugural program of our newly launched Sculpture Forum will explore the near universal appeal of glass from a number of perspectives—artistic to anthropolicial. Through presentations and discussion, this panel of curators and authors will muse about the reasons glass continues to capture our eyes and imagination.
Panelists:
Davira S. Taragin: Detroit-based craft curator, former Curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Toledo Museum of Art, and author of Chihuly: On Color and Form.
Katya Heller: Executive Director, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, New York, former Director of Heller Gallery, NYC, and strategic planner of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington.
Rock Hushka: Seattle-based curator, former Chief Curator and Deputy Director at Tacoma Art Museum, and an author for Chihuly: Garden and Glass.
Suzanne Ramljak: Director of Curatorial Affairs at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and former Editor of Glass Quarterly.
Admission is complimentary. Registration required.
This inaugural program of our newly launched Sculpture Forum will explore the near universal appeal of glass from a number of perspectives—artistic to anthropolicial. Through presentations and discussion, this panel of curators and authors will muse about the reasons glass continues to capture our eyes and imagination.
Panelists:
Davira S. Taragin: Detroit-based craft curator, former Curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Toledo Museum of Art, and author of Chihuly: On Color and Form.
Katya Heller: Executive Director, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, New York, former Director of Heller Gallery, NYC, and strategic planner of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington.
Rock Hushka: Seattle-based curator, former Chief Curator and Deputy Director at Tacoma Art Museum, and an author for Chihuly: Garden and Glass.
Suzanne Ramljak: Director of Curatorial Affairs at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and former Editor of Glass Quarterly.
Admission is complimentary. Registration required.
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Where is it happening?
1000 E Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49525
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Host or PublisherFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
