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Saturday April 29th at 8:00 - 11:00 pm 45th Glass International Award Exhibition

45th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition

Grand Opening: Saturday April 29th, 2017 at 8:00 - 11:00 pm Exhibition concludes July 28th

Habatat Galleries invites you to celebrate the 45th year of our International Glass Exhibition. We are extremely proud to have founded the oldest and largest annual glass exhibition in the world. An event that is quickly approaching half a century in age! The annual International Glass Invitational is a primary focal point of the contemporary glass movement. Each year this exhibition showcases the master talents in glass that we all know and love as well as the glass innovators of the future.

The 45th will feature 100 artists from around the world offering their finest glass works.

Over 50 of the artists will be in attendance for the Grand Opening on Saturday, April 29, at 8:00pm. This event will also include your participation to “Vote for your Favorite in the

Show”. The artist with the most votes will be included in an upcoming museum exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Make sure to pick up your silver stars for voting at the door.

Every year we ask the artists participating in this event to answer a question on a specific topic. For 2017 we ask them to predict the future! We asked each artist to share their thoughts on where the world of glass art will be like in 2041. The Founder of Habatat Galleries, Ferdinand Hampson, asked this question about the year 2012 to Habatat Galleries artists in a 1987 catalog called “25 Years: Glass as an Art Medium”. It is very exciting to say that many of the artists who were included in our publication 30 years ago will be answering this question once again. This glass brochure includes a sample of the 45th International catalog that will be available at the gallery to celebrate this monumental studio glass event.

This year there was exciting news for glass art in museums! Habatat has been working with some of the best museums both in and out of the state expanding their glass collections. Habatat has partnered with the Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg FL, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, The Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, Morris Museum of Art, at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI. This kind of energy has never been seen before and we are very proud to be part of the future of contemporary glass.

New for the 45th is an exhibition titled “Glassotic: An Exhibition of Glass Wearables”. It will feature jewelry, bracelets, masks, purses, and coats all made of glass! Habatat has invited 14 artists, many new to the gallery, offering some of the most intriguing glass that can enhance a collector’s attire. We here at Habatat are honored to invite you to join us for the Grand Opening of the 45th!

Corey Hampson and Aaron Schey

H A B ATAT G A L L E R I E S

4400 Fernlee Ave - Royal Oak Michigan

VIP Invitation & Auction Catalogue Available Grand Opening in Royal Oak, Michigan

45th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition

Grand Opening: Saturday April 29th, 2017 at 8:00 - 11:00 pm Exhibition concludes July 28th

Habatat Galleries invites you to celebrate the 45th year of our International Glass Exhibition. We are extremely proud to have founded the oldest and largest annual glass exhibition in the world. An event that is quickly approaching half a century in age! The annual International Glass Invitational is a primary focal point of the contemporary glass movement. Each year this exhibition showcases the master talents in glass that we all know and love as well as the glass innovators of the future.

The 45th will feature 100 artists from around the world offering their finest glass works.

Over 50 of the artists will be in attendance for the Grand Opening on Saturday, April 29, at 8:00pm. This event will also include your participation to “Vote for your Favorite in the Show”. The artist with the most votes will be included in an upcoming museum exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Make sure to pick up your silver stars for voting at the door.

Every year we ask the artists participating in this event to answer a question on a specific topic. For 2017 we ask them to predict the future! We asked each artist to share their thoughts on where the world of glass art will be like in 2041. The Founder of Habatat Galleries, Ferdinand Hampson, asked this question about the year 2012 to Habatat Galleries artists in a 1987 catalog called “25 Years: Glass as an Art Medium”. It is very exciting to say that many of the artists who were included in our publication 30 years ago will be answering this question once again. This glass brochure includes a sample of the 45th International catalog that will be available at the gallery to celebrate this monumental studio glass event.

This year there was exciting news for glass art in museums! Habatat has been working with some of the best museums both in and out of the state expanding their glass collections. Habatat has partnered with the Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg FL, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, The Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, Morris Museum of Art, at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI. This kind of energy has never been seen before and we are very proud to be part of the future of contemporary glass.

New for the 45th is an exhibition titled “Glassotic: An Exhibition of Glass Wearables”. It will feature jewelry, bracelets, masks, purses, and coats all made of glass! Habatat has invited 14 artists, many new to the gallery, offering some of the most intriguing glass that can enhance a collector’s attire. We here at Habatat are honored to invite you to join us for the Grand Opening of the 45th!

Corey Hampson and Aaron Schey

H A B ATAT G A L L E R I E S

4400 Fernlee Ave - Royal Oak Michigan

VIP Invitation & Auction Catalogue Available Grand Opening in Royal Oak, Michigan

Artistic inspiration is timeless drawing it’s source from human needs and a shared aesthetic. For ages animals and nature have given shape to the objects we as humans seek out to hold in our hands, paint in caves, include in tombs and decorate our homes. This is fundamentally who we are as mindful animals relating to the world around us.

How we make glass will change, or it will technically have the ability to change, this we are seeing now. The use of 3D printers which utilize computer design skills and allow the user to have a hands off experience. This is counter to the very different experience of gathering glass on the end of a blow pipe, feeling the heat and working with others as a team coordinating movements and skills.

Regardless of the technical advances, it will be an interaction of merging our imagination with equipment to complete a form. - Janis Miltenberger, 2017

Janis Miltenberger Coronation, 2015 45 x 18 x 18” L a m pwor k e d c a g e w it h g l a ss , gol d lus t e r , o il p a int

Considering how fast glass art has grown in the recent past it is difficult to predict the future. With all the advances in chemistry, science and the digital world there are many possibilities to explore. As an artist that creates architecture and details that reference our current culture and recent past, I find the digital images helpful to understand elusive obscure minutia. However, after working with my obstinate computer I still go back to the studio to work with hand tools I have used for forty years.

Since so much one of a kind glass art is hands on intensive and the physical and mental effort is intriguing, I think it will continue to capture the interest of many artists who will combine it with different materials.

There will continue to be ever larger pieces, but still there will be admirers of diminutive work as living spaces shrink with growing populations. Around the glass there will be continued digital marketing and viewing perhaps enhanced by improvements in the use of glass in technology.

Even though 25 years is not a long time, I would like to think that in the future glass art will be best viewed in person and designed by the imagination of the artist. - Emily Brock, 2017

E m i l y Br o c k After, 2017 16 . 5 x 1 5 . 5 x 1 5 . 5 ” K i l n , l a mp w o r k e d g la s s

I am truly impressed how American’s are generally optimistic about the future. As far as I am concerned I personally worry about civilization as a whole.

As long as politicians in The Netherlands officially define art as “a leftwing hobby” I think there is ample cause for concern.

Let’s enjoy art as long as we can and see how things will turn out in 2041! - Mari Meszaros, 2017

Mari Meszaros H e s i t a t i o n , 2016 39.5 x 20.5 x 10” Cast gl ass

In the year 2041, 25 years from now, I see myself working furiously to complete another masterwork for the 70th Glass Invitational! The work will be handmade, using only the most skilled glass workers available. This is because, even though it’s 2041, the best glass art will still be hand crafted by the artist and created with passion and skill that only a lifetime of dedication can bring! The work itself will be displayed in the gallery as it has in the past 25 years but attendance by the artist (myself) will be virtual but seem real. My 3D hologram self will be standing next to my works, explaining every fascinating detail of concept and process as if I was actually there! My inter-action with collectors and fellow artist will feel no different than if I were in the room with everyone. Or, maybe not! What’s the fun of doing this if you can’t share the love and passion, food and drink, hugs, well wishes and congratulations to everyone that’s involved in person.

I love what I do and all those that I share this adventure with!

- Richard Royal, 2017

R i c h a r d R o ya l Gold Rising, 2017 33 x 19 x 13” B l own gla s s

Haiku For The Glass Movement In twenty-ďŹ ve years Still, the most interesting Time is now in glass.

- Shelley Muzylowski Allen, 2017

Shelley Muzylowski Allen R etreat, 2017 16 x 22 x 8" Hot scul pt ed, engraved, and cast gl ass

I believe and I hope there will be many possible futures for glass as an art! Art is the birth of an idea by a person with a unique history and, more importantly, individual potential. We all need these futures to be envisioned and these potentials to be reached so that one day the public will take glass art for granted. No other physical medium explores our visual sense like glass. No other medium is able to impress both the philosopher and the physicist, the historian and the modernist like glass.

In the future, I envision that our ideas today will enhance the public’s awareness for the need of glass as an art medium. Proving in the future something that I already know. How truly unique glass is. – Michael Behrens, 2017

Mi chael Behrens S e a f o r m s 2 0 1 6 - 2 0 8 , 2016 72 x 34 x 8" Ki l n-cast gl ass

We have come a long way, the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass now history, and the glass world, like art, science, technology, etc. is ever evolving, changing. I have seen numerous changes in my work, thematically and technically, as I have hopefully grown. My inquiries were born in notions of being inspired by nature with casting, blowing and flame working in the “Fossil Series”.

Scientific inquiry often utilizes the idea of limiting variables and choosing constants strategically in order to better understand the unknown. With the Matrix Series, about 12 years in study now, limiting methodology to flame working with clear glass and only building in this manner, I have found myself still discovering interesting avenues for inquiry.

I have not been interested in decoration for decorations sake. In this new series, the Matrix Series, I have specifically chosen to work without color, forsaking color to the defining of form with light and line. Still, at the core, I value the history of makers that have gone before, all the way back to the beginnings of our cultures. We have truly an amazing history in Art, Design and Craft.

With all the emphasis in education on STEM; science, technology, engineering and math, I am hopeful that Art will have an ever- increasing important and diverse role in our culture and daily life. Science, technologies give us the methods by which we live, Art gives our lives reason and meaning. Where would we be were it not for Art? So in the next 25 years, I still believe that well grounded artists, ones that have a vision, are inspired, have a sense of purpose and a mode of inquiry; will exhibit the most interesting ideas. These concepts and ideas, whether truly viable or not, only history will tell. My goal is to stay current.

-Brent Kee Young, 2017

Brent Kee Young Matrix Series: “Forge...!”, 2016 13.5 x 34 x 10” Fl am e-worked b orosi l i cat e gl ass

Ni col as Afri cano U n t i t l e d ( K n e e l i n g F i g u r e ) , 2015 12 x 7.5 x 7�

Cast gl ass

They youth of today seems most interested in the many techniques of the past. They explore and redefine many historic processes that have been used for centuries. This has led to unconventional interpretations that defy the rules of the past which has led to exciting new results. With glass, like any material, one must spend time learning the characteristics and limitations before attempting to shape it a new form. I think that the exciting new digital world mixed with limitless virtual possibilities will, at some point, intertwine with our daily lives just like with the invention of the wheel.

It is very satisfying to work with a material, force it to take on another form, play with the surface and modify the color, knowing that it will stay in this new form for eternity. The era’s in which an artist’s work are left unseen, unjudged, unaffected are long gone. The last example of this were the ancient cave paintings that were hidden for over 5,000 years. Today trends and other forms of expression repeat themselves over and over again after short periods of time. An example of this is the transition between change from figurative work to abstract in the last century. - Wilfried Grootens, 2017

Wi l fri ed Groot ens E m b e d d e d H 2 3 , 2017 8.75 x 8.75 x 8.75” Pol i shed, assemb l ed gl ass, pai nt

The future and the past are nothing but concepts. When creating art, one has to be concretely grounded in the present moment. In each piece, I endeavor to connect people to that quality of presence, and without it, real art and creativity don’t exist.

Good luck 2041! - Martin Blank

Ma rt i n Bla n k Wi n g e d Vi c t o r y , 2 0 1 7 28 x 1 0 x 1 1 �

Hot sc u l p t e d g la s s

I suspect that, 25 years from now, (at age 81), my wife and I will continue to blow tchotchkes and whatnots to pay the gas bill and buy dog food.

A philosopher/friend/glassworker, Judson Guerard, sees no need for objects, just art that changes to suit the needs of that moment, sculpture, painting, sound, whatever. Shared holographic experiences.

What I see happening in glass is students who are better trained as artists and craftspeople. I hope that the object made will be sublime objects that make the soul soar. Art that makes us better as a people. To paraphrase Marvin Lipofsky, Peace in 2041.

- Rick Beck

Ri ck Beck Here, 2017 94 x 13 x 12�

Cast gl ass, st eel , pol ychrome si l ver l eaf

Glass is a magical material in and of itself. It is hard to imagine it will not be magical far into the future. Many of the techniques used today are no dierent than those used centuries ago. Indeed, young artist and craftsmen learn about hot glass by making the same discoveries as their ancient counterparts.

The unknowable has more to do with technical innovations developed by both industry and artist and how those discoveries are incorporated into the concepts of an artist work. And the concepts, how can we guess what might be explored. That is the inherent beauty of the arts and the creative process. Those who oppose conformism, practice settled thinking, and continue to investigate possibilities will show us the way. – Jack Schimdt, 2017

Jack Schi mi dt G r e e n S p l i tt e r , 2017 36 x 13 x 9.5�

Gl ass & mi xed medi a

I can imagine that in 2041 glass will be more mainstream in the art world. The knowledge of how to manipulate and harness the qualities of glass will be more recognized than ever before. Some artists will use this material without appreciating or mastering the skills and craftsmanship needed to create using glass. This work might be all concept and lack understanding of the material. Other artists will use glass like a tradesman and master craftsperson, where the work is all about technique, design, and craft with no desire for concept.

I foresee that glass will evolve into a material that will combine the trade and craftsmanship in making with concept and thoughtfulness to elevate visual art in a whole new way. In the present information era with possibilities that are yet to come through new information and technologies, glass has unimaginable potential in the visual art realm. As an artist that works with portraiture and the ďŹ gure I am already building equipment and using materials in fresh and exciting new ways that will evolve my thinking of the ďŹ gure and the human condition. Glass is a material that will continually surprise us and the discoveries that artists will make by 2041 should be very exciting. - Dean Allison, 2017

Dean Al l i son I am this I am that, 2017 72 x 48 x 9�

Cast gl ass, resi n, st eel

Participating Artists Nicolas Africano Rik Allen Shelley Muzylowski Allen Dean Allison Herb Babcock Rick Beck Michael Behrens Howard Ben Tré Robert Bender Alex Gabriel Bernstein Cassandria Blackmore Martin Blank Peter Borkovics Christina Bothwell Latchezar Boyadjiev Peter Bremers Emily Brock José Chardiet Daniel Clayman Deanna Clayton Robert Comploj Matthew Curtis Dan Dailey Stephen Dee Edwards Laura Donefer Matthew Eskuche Matthew Fine Katja Frizsche Irene Frolic Susan Taylor Glasgow Robin Grebe Wilfried Grootens Sean Hennessey Eric Hilton Jacqueline Hoffmann-Botquelen Petr Hora David Huchthausen Toshio Iezumi Joseph Ivacic Martin Janecky Michael Janis Richard Jolley Kreg Kallenberger Jon Kuhn Jiyong Lee Steve Linn Marvin Lipofsky

John Littleton & Kate Vogel László Lukácsi Lucy Lyon Joanna Manousis Mari Meszaros Janis Miltenberger Benjamin Moore Debora Moore John Moran William Morris Nick Mount Kathleen Mulcahy Jay Musler Tanja Pak Albert Paley Zora Palova Marc Petrovic Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles Stephen Rolfe Powell David Reekie Colin Reid Kait Rhoads Richard Ritter Sally Rogers Marlene Rose Martin Rosol Richard Royal Davide Salvadore Jack Schmidt Mary Shaffer Ivana Sramkova Paul Stankard Tim Tate Michael Taylor Winnie Teschmacher Margit Toth Janusz Walentynowicz Vivian Wang Caterina Urrata Weintraub Hayden Dakota Wilson Leah Wingfield & Stephen Clements Ann Wolff John Wood Hiroshi Yamano Albert Young Brent Kee Young Toots Zynsky

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