PATHFINDERS:
Paving the Glass Revolution in the U.S
APRIL 11th – JULY 14th
Opening reception April 11th 5-7pm
Produced in partnership with the New Bedford Museum of Glass, Rhode Island School of Design’s Glass Department, and the Sandwich Glass Museum, Pathfinders: Paving the Glass Revolution in the U.S. chronicles the revolutionary impact Dale Chihuly and his peers had in reshaping the view of glass from the realm of craft into a valid artistic medium for sculpture.
Chihuly’s founding of the Pilchuck School – a place that has nurtured and schooled a community of artists in glass art techniques for more than 50 years – along with his visionary deployment of glass in the creation of monumental environmental sculpture, cemented a new legitimacy for the medium as a vehicle for fine art.
The exhibition includes leaders in the world of glass sculpture from the 1960’s up to present-day graduate students at RISD.
Participating Artists Include:
Dale Chihuly
Kéké Cribbs
Dante Marioni
Sidney Hutter
Nancy Callan
Therman Statom
Marvin Lipovsky
David Schwarz
Stephen Rolfe Powell
Nick Leonoff