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Photography by Matt Ragen @mattragen
Paintings br Maery Lanahan @maerylanahan
Glass by Carol Milne @carolmilneart
Joy Jackson Griffith @joy_jackson_griffith
Brian Ray Barber @brbdstudio

Artit’s reception Friday, Sept 13th 6-8pm

“Toyama International Glass Exhibition (TIGE) is an international, open-submission triennial that showcases the outstanding works of contemporary glass art from around the world. Launched in 2018, the second of these competitions was held in 2021 and attracted 1,126 entries from 51 countries and regions throughout the world. TIGE 2024 will be the third.
Contemporary glass art, in which art is used as a material for artistic expression, grew out of new art movements in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and the United States in the 1960s. Since 2000, the world has seen a rapid diversification in the expression of plastic arts, and it has become a fascinating field of art with unlimited possibilities.

This exhibition will showcase new perspectives in this form of artistic expression and offer a new opportunity to establish Toyama, the Glass Art City, as a global center for glass art.”

Exhibiting work by the following artists:

Zeynep Banu Alev, Carolyn Autenrieth, Mary Coss, Marilyn Charlat Dix, Maura Donegan, Rosalie Frankel, Stephanie Hargrave, Ellen Hochberg, Claire B Jones, Sarah Jones, Deborah Kapoor, Thendara Kida-Gee, Janice King, Carol Milne, Victoria Raymond, Lynne Rigby, June Sekiguchi, and Terri Shinn

An exhibition of work by artists who have participated or are participating in the Spotlight North studio tour. https://www.spotlightnorth.org/

Meet the Artist’s reception Thursday, March 28th 5-7pm

The delightful ongoing and everchanging “Like Mother” exhibit, curated by Kelly Lyles, continues at the Kirkland Arts Center in Kirkland, Washington.

It features up to 41 “cream of the crop” Washington artists.

Each piece has a statement or story about the artist’s mother, which is as powerful as the art itself.

Opening reception March 22, 2024 6-9pm

Kirkland Arts Center

Knitting LIVE! by Vogue Knitting is a one-of-a-kind, experiential knitting event. Take workshops that will increase your skills in all sorts of fiber-related crafts, from knitting, crochet, and weaving to spinning and even color theory as it applies to your projects. Shop the Marketplace, which showcases new yarn and accessories from around the world. Enjoy designer fashion shows and browse the knitted art gallery. All of this and more in one weekend! If you’re a knitter, this is the event for you!

To register and find out more: https://www.vogueknittinglive.com/nyc2024/begin

CHANGE OF PLANS!

This is a lovely event, but I will be unable to attend this year afterall.

To quote the immortal words of Cyndi Lauper, “Girls just wanna have fun.”

Do you need an excuse?

Three years of a global pandemic,
An exhausting 24/7 news cycle laden with shock & awe,
Attention-seeking politicians battling to be the most outrageous and inept …

Leave your politics, pontifications and doom and gloom at the door. If this show has an agenda, it is to explore the FUN in FUNctional work.

Don’t look for deeper meanings, or social commentary, or political innuendo. Just allow yourself to experience the whimsical joy in these works. Use your imagination to tell stories about where each of these pieces belong in your home. Revel in the textures: knitted, knotted, twisted, and coiled. Absorb the intense colors, juxtaposition of shapes and visual humor.

It’s time to celebrate creativity and joy. Time to have fun.

How are you like your mother? In what ways do you wish you were not like your mother? LIKE MOTHER is an exhibit that explores these questions and more through the works of Northwest artists. Curated by local artist and cartist (art car creator), Kelly Lyles, this exhibit covers the good, the beautiful, the bad, and the heartbreaking relationships we have with our parents.

SPOTLIGHT NORTH is an event for you to meet local artists in the North Seattle/Shoreline area and check out their creative workspaces.

6th+7th May 2023

12pm - 5pm each day

Ten studios, showcasing 12 artists, will be open to the public. My studio will be one of them. You can explore the roster of artists here.

https://www.spotlightnorth.org/

A month-long art exhibit featuring the works of artists from around the globe. The collection represents a variety of voices, perspectives, and experiences during the pandemic.

http://artequitylansing.org/

"Les fils de verre se croisent et s’entrecroisent, l’extrême finesse de la matière se révèle et se dérobe... transparence et illusion captent et trompent les sens.

Prêts extérieurs et recours aux collections permanentes alimenteront cette promenade poétique à la découverte d’un matériau inouï, aux propriétés surprenantes."

From Google Translate:

"The glass threads intersect and intertwine, the extreme finesse of the material is revealed and steals... transparency and illusion capture and deceive the senses.

External loans and use of collections permanent will supply this promenade poetic discovery of an incredible material, with surprising properties."

Watch a video tour of the exposition on YouTube

Group show of illuminated objects

Exhibiting Work By

Carol Milne, USA (WA)
Dara Schaefer, USA (NY)
Jeannette Ephraim, NL
Jo Taylor, UK
Kelly Witmer, USA (CA)

Benjamin Gillespie, USA (PA)
Jonatan Nilsson, SW
LGS Studio, USA (CA)
Milo Snyder, USA (WA)
Matt Repsher, USA (NM)

https://www.cultureobject.com/exhibition/2023-lit.htm

Opening January 18th 6-8pm
I will be in attendance

The exhibition, which takes place as part of the 20th Anniversary of The Glass Furnace (Cam Ocağı Vakfı) and the United Nations International Year of Glass, is inaugurated to visits as a detailed presentation of the art of glass. Studiously selected works from the collection of The Glass Furnace, which exceeds more than 2,300 pieces, showcased both in Turkey and abroad, representing the art of glass, will be meeting viewers at AKM Gallery between 3-25 December 2022. The exhibition, where expertly applied examples of all the main techniques of the field, such as hot glass blowing, flame shaping, sand casting, fusion, mould shaping, bead and enamel, can be seen, is a comprehensive introduction to the art of glass. The exhibition, in which light, reflection, and colour come to the fore, is accompanied by videos detailing glass techniques and application methods and providing a closer look at glass production. In addition to the contribution of the exhibition to education and promotion, it is possible to see similar works that exceed the limits of techniques. We welcome all art lovers to our presentation.

Artists (in alphabetical order)

Flame Shaping
Carmen Lozar, Chris Ahalt, James Minson, Lucio Bubacco

Bead
Astrid Reidel, Chris Arnold, Claudia Pagel, Davide Penso, Michaela Möller, Jelveh Jaferian Johnson, Joy Moonshower, Tatyana Boyarinova, Tom Galbraith, Ursula Ditzler

Fusion
Emma Varga, Gerry King, Twitter Ural, Neguin Navabi

Gral
Jiri Harcuba, Wilhelm Vernim

Mold Shaping
Altan Sungar, Birnur Derya Geylani Vurusan, Carol Milne, Eeva Kasper, Marie-Odile Savigny, Meral Değer, Petr Stacho, Saman Kalantari, Süleyman Saim Tekcan, Sunny Wang

Sand Casting
Bertil Vallien, Jean-Piere Umbdenstock, Paul Marioni, Pino Cherchi

Enamel
Fevziye Peker, Harlan Butt, Nuran Somuncuğlu, Rozita Kasuto, Umut Demirgüç Thurman

Hot Glass
Agah Barış Can Aksakal, Anthony Gelpi, Camekan, Charles Lowrie, Chris Blade, Davide Salvadore, Egemen Vurşan, Emil Kovac, Grant Garmezy, Güçlü Polat, Gülin Algül, Hajo Mueck, Hitoshi Hongo, İzzet Özdemir, Janusz Pozniak, Jeff Ballard, Jiri Pacinek, Karen Willenbrink, Lino Tagliapietra, Martin Janecky, Micheal Sinet, Micke Johasson, Ondrej Novotny, Petr Novotny, Tim Shaw

https://akmistanbul.gov.tr/event/uyum-ve-denge-cam-isikla-yasar

Come visit Seattle and see where glass magic happens!

Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience festival runs October 13-16, 2022. The full schedule is online at Refract Seattle

My studio will be open to the public on:
Saturday October 15th from 11am-4 pm and by appointment during the festival
Find out details, including which other studios will be open at Refract Seattle Open studios .

32nd Anniversary Gala, One of a Kind.  Kittrell Riffkind Gallery will be featuring one single piece each from many of their very favorite artists/friends.

An exhibition of work by past Amazon Artist’s in Residence.

Featured artists include: Henry Luke (2018), Carol Milne (2019) Romson Bustillo (2019), Anthony White (2020), Mandy Greer (2020), Addison Karl (2021), and Katie Miller (2022).

Curated by Joella March

“Outside The Box 3” is a compelling group art exhibition showcasing unusual and unexpected approaches to both traditional and contemporary media. The artwork on view will encompass a wide variety of genres and mediums, including glass, thread, metal, text, toys, sound, light, shadow, wood, paper, paint, found objects, etc.

Artists: Stephen Anderson, Michelle Kingdom, Olga Skorokhod, Carol Milne, Dan Levin, Steven Roberts, Cindy Chinn, Joella March, Danny Kaplan, Alexandra Dillon, Carol Powell, Gary Raymond, YaYa Chou, Meghan Willis, Suzanne Walsh, and TM Gratkowski.

Opening: Saturday, August 13th, 2022, 6-9 pm

The show will continue online through October at this link

Fire is illusive… The art of taming fire, mastering its unpredictability, and harnessing its fury is both exciting and enticing.
Catch the heat of the moment… strike while it’s hot, and feel what it’s like to tame fire!

CATCHING FIRE 2.0 IS AN ARTFUL AUCTION TO BENEFIT

BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM OF GLASS’ EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

SILENT AUCTION: JULY 20-30, 2022

LIVE VIRTUAL AUCTION: JULY 27, 2022,  6:45 – 8:00PM CT

Beginning with an online silent auction on July 20th, 2022, Catching Fire highlights glass-based art and experiences by internationally recognized artists with a LIVE auction on July 27th, 2022. Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass continues to bring great glass experiences to our community during the pandemic. Thank you for supporting our programs and glass artists during this time. It’s YOUR Museum.

How are you like your mother? In what ways do you wish you were not like your mother? LIKE MOTHER is an exhibit that explores these questions and more through the works of Northwest artists. Curated by local artist and cartist (art car creator), Kelly Lyles, this exhibit covers the good, the beautiful, the bad, and the heartbreaking relationships we have with our parents.

To Knit or Knot

There are many ways to hold things together.

To Knit:  interlock loops to create a cohesive fabric.

To Knot: unite two ends by tying them together.

And sometimes, as a bulwark against the insanity of a divided world, we need both.

To knit knot.

Opening reception July 1st 5-7pm
at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, NC

Represented By Culture Object

Group exhibition curated by Culture Object at Berdorf Goodman’s 5th Ave. flagship store in Manhattan

“Craftsmanship is the bridge between art and design; skilled execution enables the materialization of conceptual evolution and technical innovation. We have been encouraged to think of these three fields as independent, thanks to the culture of specialization that was spawned by industrialization, but the wealth and sophistication that grew from industrialization’s success now fosters an environment where the three may merge anew. In this spirit, Design Lab 2022 presents a range of work demonstrating each of these fields, while the works selected from Culture Object’s gallery focus on the synergy of all three elements, a hallmark of the gallery’s program.

Culture Object proposes that materials, process, and technique are the building blocks used to make an idea real, and in doing so, they become the introduction to an object’s story. A skillful artist or designer may use these elements as a path to a more abstract narrative. The functional objects of our daily life touch us, literally and figurately; we sit on them, eat from them, put flowers in them. These objects compel us to engage with them by their form alone, and in doing so they command our attention and consideration, making them well suited as vehicles for ideas. In a bountiful society offering many chairs, bowls, and vases, we select based on a hierarchy of suitability; do they perform well, are they appealing, and what story do they tell us? An object that excels at all three has a powerful advantage. We invite you to see this principle in action in Design Lab 2022.”

Location: 754 Fifth Avenue between 57th & 58th Streets
in the 7th floor exhibition loft, New York

Craftforms 2021 is the 26th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft at Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA.. This year’s show was juried by Carol Sauvion . She is the Creator and Director of Craft in America, the documentary series celebrating American craft and the artists who bring it to life. The Craft in America series airs nationwide on PBS.

Featured artists.

Preview Party December 3, 2021 6-10pm Buy Reception tickets

Represented by Culture Object Gallery

Brought to you as part of REFRACT, The Seattle Glass Experience comes to Shoreline!

Watch live glassblowing with Lummi artist Raya Friday and tour the glass exhibit featuring Raya Friday, Kait Rhoads and Carol Milne.

Glassblowing live on October 16 (tickets required)

Exhibition October 16-October 31