BULLSEYE PROJECTS
ABOUT BULLSEYE PROJECTS Started in 1974 by three recent university arts graduates, Bullseye Glass Co. is a Portland, Oregonbased artisanal factory, hand-casting colored glass for artists, designers, and architects. The company also operates a fabrication studio, underwrites materials research, and develops educational programs implemented at a network of resource centers across the United States and in collaboration with school programs worldwide. This symbiotic relationship between activities and makers sustains a vibrant ecosystem of exploration, innovation, and productivity. The small team known as Bullseye Projects supports Bullseye Glass Co. programs while actively and directly advocating for makers who use Bullseye glass. This advocacy is informed by international promotion and art sales; residencies; exhibitions; and collaborations with museums, schools, and other arts organizations around the world.
COVER: Jeffrey Stenbom, Every Year, 2017, kilnformed glass, steel. Created during the artist’s Bullseye residency. On view as part of the touring exhibition Emerge/Evolve 2016 at Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington.
Joshua Kerley, Composite Lidded Jar, 2019 pâte de verre and foaming cast glass PHOTO: A. Cotterill
BULLSEYE @ COLLECT Bullseye Projects regularly shows at Collect, the London-based international art fair for modern craft and design. This year, Bullseye Projects presents work by emerging and mid-career artists who have deep ties, either as alumni or faculty, to British art and design programs, including new work by Heike Brachlow, Celia Dowson, Joshua Kerley, Joanna Manousis, Anne Petters, and Karlyn Sutherland. Collect 2020 is held for the first time at Somerset House, the 18th century neoclassical building on the banks of the Thames. To celebrate this change of venue, Bullseye Projects debuts a wood and glass collaboration with London-based wood carver Zeinab Harding inspired by the architecture of this unique and historic edifice. Clockwise from top left: Joanna Manousis Knotted Thread (Hex Decanters), Zeinab Harding, Celia Dowson XL Coral Orange Disk.
BULLSEYE + ARTISTS Since its founding, Bullseye has held the support and encouragement of emerging artists at its core. For over 40 years the company has designed and hosted educational programs, conferences, and exhibitions at its own galleries and partner institutions. Two generations of artists have emerged and evolved over the lifespan of a factory dedicated to an emerging art form and its artists. To celebrate this evolution, Bullseye Projects will launch a new juried competition and exhibition in 2021: Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass. Like the earlier Emerge/Evolve, Tg will be juried but will open up the original mission of Emerge by inviting artists and designers of all levels to participate, and by broadening categories to include architecture and design. Clockwise from below left: Heike Brachlow Vertex Indigo, Joshua Kerley, Anne Petters.
Dr Karlyn Sutherland, PhD Arch, working on prototypes for her Vertigo and Mirage line of tables at Bullseye Studio, 2019.
GLASS + ART + DESIGN Most makers working with Bullseye glass will follow a personal path based on their art and design preferences. When that path calls for scaling up to public art, architectural projects, or creating editioned design work, Bullseye’s fabrication studio offers the expertise and equipment needed. Bullseye Studio collaborates with artists, architects, and designers from around the world to fabricate art glass for the built environment, including architectural, landscape, and product designs, public art projects, and large-scale art installations. In advance of such work, a residency organized through Bullseye Projects may be offered in order to explore the technical and conceptual parameters of the artist’s ideas.
Karlyn Sutherland, Vertigo (1), Vertigo (2), 2019, kilnformed glass and steel.
BULLSEYE RESIDENCIES Artist residencies at Bullseye afford the opportunity to collaborate, experiment, ask questions, and push the boundaries of the material. Organized by Bullseye Projects, residencies are held at the factory’s Portland studios and at its resource centers on the outskirts of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Established artists in the glass community such as Narcissus Quagliata, Richard Whiteley, Dante Marioni, and the late Klaus Moje have come to Bullseye to develop new formal, color, or conceptual languages for their work. Meanwhile, artists known for their work in other media–including Rafael Cauduro, Jun Kaneko, Camille Utterback, Munson Hunt, and Judy Tuwaletstiwa–have worked with Bullseye to translate their ideas into kilnformed glass. These collaborations, formerly called exchanges, emerged from invitations, referrals, and the occasional uninvited guest with a question too intriguing to ignore. Bullseye residencies often result in the development of materials and techniques that are widely used throughout the kiln-glass community. Panels meet twice a year to review applications for residencies. Visit bullseyeprojects.com/residencies to learn more and apply. Clockwise from top left: Dorie Guthrie, Dylan Gebbia-Richards, Munson Hunt, Nisha Bansil and Jen Stark (center) in residence at Bullseye’s factory studios and resource centers.
EXHIBITIONS Bullseye Projects curates touring exhibitions promoting exemplary art, design, and architecture in glass. Exhibitions are shown in Bullseye’s resource centers in the United States, and at select locations in collaboration with partner institutions. In 2016, Bullseye Projects presented the inaugural exhibition at The Byre, a new exhibition space located in northern Scotland. Permeable Structure drew its inspiration from the landscape, history, and culture of the surrounding countryside. In 2019, Bullseye Projects opened a new exhibition at The Byre, featuring the work of artists Annie Cattrell, Anne Vibeke Mou, Anne Petters, and Jeff Zimmer. The artists have worked between Caithness and their studios in London, Edinburgh, and Newcastle, exploring ideas and creating artwork for the exhibition. Field Notes is available to view by appointment through March 31, 2021. Clockwise from top left: Work by Annie Cattrell, Anne Vibeke Mou, Jeff Zimmer, and Anne Petters installed at The Byre.
COLLABORATORS + PARTNERS Bullseye Projects works with museums and arts institutions to design and travel exhibitions, and actively facilitates artwork acquisitions. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin Boise Art Museum, Idaho Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana KMAC Museum, Louisville Minnetrista, Muncie, Indiana Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina Museum of Arts and Design, New York
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Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe Oklahoma City Museum of Art Palm Springs Art Museum Pittsburgh Glass Center Portland Art Museum, Oregon Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington The Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York Toledo Museum of Art Wichita Art Museum Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Seattle
Anne Petters holds a fragment of a glass page during her 2019 residency at The Byre. PHOTO: J. Zimmer
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