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his March we will conduct our annual tour of Seattle Glass Studios. Our tour will begin with a trip up the Seattle Space Needle. What we will witness will be the construction of the new Chihuly Center which will open this year. It will be a profound moment, as the Space Needle was opened in 1962, the same year that Harvey K. Littleton and Dominick Labino began their experimental work with glass marking the beginning of the Studio Glass Movement in America. Chihuly began his glass making career at University of Wisconsin under the direction of Harvey Littleton. Today we see the impact that Chihuly has had on the development of the movement and the education of generations of artists through his influence at his studios in Seattle, RISD and Pilchuck School. We are so grateful to be involved in the Studio Glass Movement as we see our established and emerging artists continue to push the medium of glass as an art form. They continue to take that notion that began in Toledo in 1962 of innovation and creativity. This past quarter we have witnessed an overwhelming appreciation of the art form from collectors; highlighted when we placed a major glass panel by Lino Tagliapietra in the collection of the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Our shows featuring Maestro Tagliapietra’s work at SOFA Chicago, Art Miami and Art Palm Beach this past fall and winter were highly successful. Lino continues to push the boundaries of his art with glass, investigating and developing new cane and murrine patterns in his work with larger Panels and Cylinder forms. The upcoming events with our gallery this spring are very exciting. In March we will conduct our tour of Seattle glass studios where we can witness firsthand the advancements being made by artists. At SOFA New York this April, we will be mounting three one person exhibitions of new works by Dan Dailey, Martin Rosol and John Kiley. This will be the first time for our gallery to exhibit Dan Dailey and John Kiley at SOFA. Dan will be a featured speaker on Friday April 20th. This will be our third consecutive exhibition of works by Martin Rosol at SOFA. All three artists will be presenting new works which represent the most up to date developments in their art. This May we will be installing an exciting new Chihuly Chandelier in our gallery. Citron, Amber and Teal Chandelier II, measures 61 x 60 x 52 inches and was first exhibited at the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee. We will also conduct a tour of New England glass studios the weekend of May 26th, which includes visits to the studios of Dan Dailey, Linda MacNeil, Sidney Hutter, Jose Chardiet, Nicole Chesney and Steven Weinberg. A visit is scheduled to Dan Dailey’s solo exhibition at the Fuller Museum in Brockton, where Dan will conduct a private tour of the exhibition.* We look forward to seeing you and celebrating the 50th anniversary together this year. ~ Jim Schantz *Please contact the gallery for any information on our events. Cover image: Penguin with Celedon Cylinder, 2010, 7 x 8.25 x 5.5” by Richard Marquis
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new work
in the gallery
Latchezar Boyadjiev, Kiss, 2011 contact@schantzgalleries.com
16 x 13 x 3.5”
Russell Johnson
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Lino Tagliapietra, Sevilla Guadalquivir, 2011 56 x 23.75 x 0.75”
82”H with stand
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new work
in the gallery
Stephen Rolphe Powell,
Copious Meander Flirt, 2011 8 x 22 x 20.5"
Dante Marioni, Six Gumtree Leaves, 2011,
approximate overall dimensions 45 x 48”
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new work
in the gallery
Sasha Zhitneva, Con Brio, 2010 9.5 x 22.5 x .25” Kiln Fused glass panel, aluminum hanger Randy Walker, Saltwater Maple, 2011
13 x 16 x 9"
Ethan Stern, Under Currents, 2011 13 x 13 x 3”, Blown and Engraved Glass
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Richard Marquis has had an extraordinary influence on the development of contemporary studio glass in America and around the world. Studying at the University of California at Berkeley during the 1960s, he explored ceramics and was introduced to glassblowing. Unsatisfied by the limited techniques practiced in American studio glass at that time, Marquis went to the island of Murano, to observe and work with the masters of a glassblowing tradition acknowledged as the best in the world.
Richard Marquis photo
As an artist, Marquis is admired for his sophisticated understanding of color and form as much as for his humor and willingness to experiment. As a glassblower, he has influenced an entire generation of artists working in glass who aspire to his technical mastery and the originality of his voice
Cassandra Sohn photo
Richard Marquis,
Richard Marquis,
Checkerboard Teapot, 1995 7.5 x 6 x 5”
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Dustpan, 2011 15 x 11 x 3”
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Vladimira Klumpar Her newest sculptures illustrate her interest in the urban landscape. The purity of form remains, but with dotted grids on their surfaces and strong geometric forms that emerge from the surface, the sculptures take on a new immediacy that quietly pulse to the rhythms of city with an internal energy.
Breakthrough in Dark, 2011 27 3/4 X 27 1/2 X 8”
Origami in Topaz, 2009 19 5/8 X 19 5/8 X 9 1/4 in
Breakthrough in Blue, 2010 19 X 19 1/2 X 13”
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Bird Tacking
in the works
foto journal
Sometimes, we get images of works in progress. Here are a few of Richard Jolley’s project for the Knoxville Museum, to be completed by April 2014.
Casting
Cartoon
Cartoon Tracing
Fitting
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Russell Johnson
working photos: Ken Emly
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Blueprint for a Snowman I 36” x 18” x 18” Blown Glass 2012
Nancy Callan’s “Snowman Blow” was a big success at the Museum of Glass, with full-house crowds watching the action as Nancy and a team of seven assistants put together the Snowmen. She may do a repeat performance in 2012... we’ll keep you posted! 413.298.3044 www.schantzgalleries.com
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shout-outs
making art happen “To see far is one thing: going there is another.” ~ Constantin Brancusi
Commitment.
I know we already know this, but I am going to remind us. A successful, rewarding art career is not achieved by having fun making things, “following your bliss”, or being lucky to go to your studio to create stories, music, sculpture, videos or paintings that you love. And I do not mean financially successful, though that is always a great added bonus, I mean truthfully successful, something that only the creator will know when it is right.... Success is achieved by going to your studio and working every day possible, whether you are confident about what you are working on or not; making mistakes and learning from them. It’s about finding the time and any resources necessary to make art. It’s about doubt, fear and risk. Even the most highly regarded artists have days when they are not sure if what they are doing is any good, and who are wounded by criticism as easily as any of us would be. After years of practice, research, time, physical effort and financial investment the end result might be less rewarding than expected, both for the artist and the public. The committed artist goes back to the studio to try again and again, to find that which is invisible inside which is asking to come out and be shared. This is what makes him or her professional and eventually successful; Commitment and Time. Equally important are innovation, imagination, experimentation and the ability to take a risk. This is what the Studio glass movement is celebrating this year. ~ Kim Saul
Artists in the News
50 years of Studio Glass at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville Kentucky, through July. Stephen will be giving a lecturer/speaker at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, Indiana during the Light & Flow: 50th Anniversary of Contemporary Studio Glass, May 26 - August 26.
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Congratulations to Stephen Powell as the James Renwick Alliance will be presenting Stephen with the Distinguished Educator in the field of craft award at the 2012 Spring Craft Weekend in Washington, DC, March 23-25. Stephen will be in the exhibition
Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni and Janusz Pozniak will be working at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA as part of their visiting Artist Series
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& Exhibition. They will be exhibiting Jan 27th - April ...15th, 2012 and the demonstrating Feb 29 - March 4th. Here is a great article by Suzann Rose Caputo form the GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet. A great blog that we highly recommend subscribing to!
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A preview of work in progress by Lino Tagliapietra.
This past quarter our gallery has placed a major glass panel by Lino Tagliapietra in the collection of the Chazen Museum of art. Our show, Dalle Mani del Maestro, at SOFA Chicago, Art Miami and Art Palm Beach were highly successful. Maestro Tagliapietra continues to push the boundaries of his art with glass. During the past several months, Lino has been working at Bullseye on a new series of large fused panels inspired by the island of Burano. We look forward to the final results which also include a private commission interpreting cellular studies for one of our clients.
Dan Dailey: Working Method is a retrospective exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. The focus is on the various methods and techniques employed by glass artist Dan Dailey over his 40-year career. By pairing each work with the very drawings and models used in planning and production, as well as images and video of Dailey and his team at work, this exhibition endeavors to pull back the curtain on the incredible choreography of technique and vision. Click on the image above to view the catalog.
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Debora Moore has a major installation and show at Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Collectanea Botanica - Orchidaceae, through April 8. Debora has also been invited to the Chrysler Museum in Virginia for a Visiting Artist Residency, April 24th-29th. and will be part of the studio glass exhibit at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft opening in April.
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New works by Richard Royal in his SUN-FILLED studio, which is also newsworthy in Seattle! Geometric Series piece in progress.
Deborah Moore, Detail
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Artists in the News
Ethan Stern and Nancy Callan will be part of a week long residency together at the Toledo Museum of Art April 1-7. They are very excited to work in the Glass Pavilion and be inspired by the incredible museum collection. There will be opportunities for the public to watch them at work throughout the week, culminating in an Artist Talk and Demo the night of Friday April 6. Stern will also be featured in a new book entitled “100 Northwest Artists” by Schiffer Publishing out in 2013.
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MARCH 2 – APRIL15 EVOLUTIONS, Chihuly Baskets and Cylinders 1979 - 2011, featuring a historical overview by William Warmus of works by Dale Chihuly, contact the gallery for a catalog.
Russell Johnson
Ethan Stern at the Museum of Glass
Tiger after Thayer, 1874, 10.25” x 15.75”
Stanwood-based glass mosaic artist Veruska Vagen’s series of portraits are on view this spring. Captured from well-known paintings of the past, ranging from Frans Hals to Vincent Van Gogh, Vagen pays homage and creates likenesses in a process she calls dot de verre, with tiny spheres of colored glass arranged in grids to form the images, then fired in the kiln. The results are incredible for their detail, veracity, and beauty. the solo exhibition, “Somewhere in Time”, runs March - June, Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA in the Benaroya Glass Gallery.
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Spring Show MAY 1 – JUNE 12 Masters of Glass, Chihuly, Hilton, Lipofsky, Marquis, and Tagliapietra 50 Years of Studio Glass contact@schantzgalleries.com
Russell Johnson
APRIL 19-22 SOFA NY Nuance, Grace and Light, featuring Dailey, Kiley and Rosol 4/25 – 6/11 exhibition continues at the gallery.
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SOFA NY 2012 april 19 -22 John Kiley
Martin Rosol
This Spring, we will be presenting new work by Dan Dailey, John Kiley and Martin Rosol at SOFA NY. Catalogs are in the works and will be announced by email in a few weeks. Though some of the works are still being photographed, many are already on our website. Above is one of John Kiley’s new Opaque series, titled Opaque Overlap. Martin Rosol is creating different forms as well with this leaf shape title Folia. Dan Dailey has developed this pair of individuals, titled Curious and Far Away. Contact the gallery if you would like to receive a pass for the event. Dan Dailey
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news from schantz galleries winter 2012 15 Congratulations to the members of the AACG, for their commitment and vision. You imagined a great celebration in the United States acknowledging the Fifty Years of Contemporary Glass in this country. All the gallerists got a call from David Denn who helped start the groundwork for an event with the hopes for 50 museums hosting exhibitions featuring glass. Through his efforts and outreach there are over 165 museums involved at this time. Link to the AACG to learn what’s near you!
Ancorage Museum Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire and Shadows through April 22, 2012 Boca Raton Museum of Art Contemporary Glass: The 50th Anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement 30-40 works representing a survey of American Studio glass March 27 through October 14, Boca Raton, FL Crocker Art Museum Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker’s Collection Includes early works by Lipofsky and Chihuly to recent works Mar 17, 2012 Sacramento, CA Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Chihuly at the Dallas Arboretum May 05, 2012 TX Fort Collins Museum of Art Chihuly Venetians from the George R. Stroemple Collection Dale Chihuly through March 18 Ft. Collins, CO
Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens “Orchids! Vibrant Victoriana” featuring artist Debora Moore through April 8, Columbus, OH Fuller Craft Museum “Dan Dailey: Working Methods” - a retrospective through Sept. 3. Lecture June 3, 12:30pm Brockton, MA Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Young Guns: The Legacy of Littleton and Labino May 05, 2012 Louisville, KY Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion Fifty Years: Contemporary American Glass from Illinois Collections through April 29 Champaign, IL Museum of Arts and Design Playing with Fire, through April 7, New York, NY Museum of Glass Beauty Beyond Nature: The Glass Art of Paul Stankard through June 17 Tacoma, WA Norton Museum of Art Studio Glass: Works from the Museum Collection through May 27 West Palm Beach, FL
Martin Rosol, Luxor, 2012
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17.5 x 17 x 4”
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talk of the town
It is always amazing to first time visitors that our internationally recognized gallery is where it is, a destination for serous glass collectors everywhere, off the beaten path and away from the maddening crowds. Unless you are visiting us on the internet!
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Jim Schantz has been represented by Pucker Gallery in Boston for 25 years and is having his 12th exhibit, The Nature of Reflection, through March 15. “Schantz has energized his palette and his brushstrokes but retains his ultimate optimism and is, as always, a champion of nature’s restorative capacity.” Jim exemplifies commitment through his actions. In addition to the supervision every detail of one of the top glass galleries in the country, he has been able to find time to continue on his own path as an artist. We are very proud of the results from his efforts as well as of his example. Click the image to see the catalog, and visit 171 Newbury Street to see the his work in person.
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