Tour of "Cleveland's Glass Corridor"

The tour begins at the studio of Marc Petrovic and Kari Russell-Pool, both graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Art. Marc describes himself as a glass sculptor whose pieces “revolve around ideas that both intrigue and befuddle” him. Kari approaches her glass objects in a painterly fashion and sees her work as metaphors for life stories.

The Benchmark Studio is the workplace for Brent Kee Young and Mark Sudduth. Brent, Cleveland Institute of Art Professor Emeritus, has been recognized by scores of museums, galleries, colleges and universities. His recent explorations in glass feature the Matrix Series, unique constructions of intricate and complex forms of flameworked, web-like borosilicate glass rods and among them, Matrix Series: Catenary Ellipsoid...Bi is one of five pieces owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art. A graduate of CIA, Mark Sudduth is now a Glass Instructor and Technical Assistant at the CIA. He creates hand blown, hand formed sculptures with polished, engraved and highlighted surfaces and his piece Inside-Out II is in the museum collection as well.

MIDTOWN GLASSWORKS is the studio for award-winning artist Michael Mikula. He creates glass sculptures and vessels that are contemplations on architecture, from ancient to contemporary, and are designed to draw the viewer towards deeper discoveries.

Directions:

Tour participants will meet at 10 am at the Petrovic/Russell-Pool studio at 3635 Perkins Avenue.

Second studio stop: Benchmark Studio at 4408 Perkins Avenue.

Third Studio stop: Midtown Glassworks at 4701 Perkins Avenue.

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Parking is available either in a parking lot or on the street.

Registration for this tour opens at 8:00am October 21 and runs thru October 29, 2024

Use the CMA website: https://www.wccma.net/ for a fast, sure, priority reservation.

Tour is limited to 25 participants

NOTE: Any requests for tour reservations sent prior to 8:00am October 21 will not be honored.

Host or Publisher Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art