Confluence: The Art of the Digital Atelier at the Pearson Lake Art Center

(7/7/10) The works of Karin Schminke, Bonny Lhotka and Dorothy Simpson Krause will be on exhibit July 22 through November 6, 2010 in the Monty Pearson Gallery of the Pearson Lake Art Center in Lake Okoboji, Iowa. There will be an opening on Thursday, July 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. and a reception on Friday, July 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. Karin Schminke will be in attendance at both events.

 

 

Penland School of Crafts to hold Annual Benefit Auction, August 13 - 14

(7/2/10) Penland’s annual benefit auction is a gala weekend in the North Carolina mountains featuring the sale of more than 200 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles, wood, and other media. The Penland auction is one of the premier craft collecting events in the Southeast and the perfect opportunity to support Penland’s educational programs. Admission is charged for the auction; absentee bidding is available. For more information or to receive an invitation, call Penland School of Crafts at 828/765-2359, ext. 30.

 

Thomas S. Buechner, 1926-2010

(6/25/10) Artist and former museum director Thomas Buechner died at his home in Corning, New York on June 13. He was 83 years old. Born in New York City in 1926, Buechner's education was taken at Princeton University, The Art Students League in New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He also studied Old Master painting techniques in Amsterdam. In his later life he was known for his beautifully rendered portrait, still life and landscape paintings. Buechner was also a respected museum professional. He served as the first director of the Corning Museum of Glass (1951-1960), and went on to direct the Brooklyn Museum of Art (1961-1971). He then returned to Corning, New York, where he was president of the Steuben Glass division of Corning Glass (1973-1982). He finished his museum career by again serving as director of the Corning Museum of Glass (1973-1980). Buechner became a full-time artist after retiring from Corning in 1987.

He was an artist-in-residence at Littleton Studios in Spruce Pine, North Carolina in 1982. There he created vitreograph portraits of four contemporary glass artists: Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Erwin Eisch and Harvey Littleton. Buechner returned to Littleton Studios in 1987 to create a portfolio of eleven prints based on Richard Wagner's opera, "Das Rheingold." Please click on the image at left to see Buechner's work in vitreography.

 

Printmaker Matt Liddle in summer exhibition

(6/25/2010) Matt Liddle, 2007 visiting artist at Littleton Studios, is currently artist-in-residence at The Bascom, a fine arts center in Highlands, North Carolina. Liddle and the work of fellow artists Holly Hanessian (ceramics), Lewis Knauss (fiber), Mira Lehr (mixed media), Tom Turner (ceramist) and Phillip Garrett (painter) will be featured in "View: Artists In Residence and Toe River Potters" in The Bascom's Atrium and Education Gallery from July 24 through August 22, 2010. For more information, please telephone The Bascom at 828/526-4949.

 

 

Dale Chihuly at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art

(6/25/10) "Chihuly at Cheekwood," features glass sculptures throughout the botanical garden and within the Museum of Art and Frist Learning Center. The show continues through October 31, 2010. Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. For information, phone (615) 353-6964.

To see Chihuly's vitreographs, click on "Macchia" at left.

 

 

Warrington Colescott: Cabaret, Comedy, and Satire

(2/19/10) The Milwaukee Art Museum, which boasts the largest collection of the work of Warrington Colescott, is  celebrating sixty years of Colescott's print production in its current exhibition, Warrington Colescott: Cabaret, Comedy, and Satire. The exhibition continues through September 26, 2010 in the museum's Koss Gallery.  Please phone the Milwaukee Museum of Art for more information at 414-224-3200.

 

Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden

(4/30/10) An exhibition of the work of Dale Chihuly continues at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The installation includes chandeliers, glass towers up to 30 feet high, floating spheres, reeds rising from the earth, the sun, the moon, and a rowboat full of glass. The exhibition runs through September 30, 2010. Contact Meijer Gardens at 888-957-1580

 

Tom Nakashima featured in Augusta Magazine

(3/31/10) Tom Nakashima, known for his large scale collage drawings and a guest artist at Littleton Studios in 2006 will be the subject of an article in Augusta Magazine in August, 2010.  Titled "Chaos and Order," the article by writer Jim Garvey will include a brief overview of Nakashima's career and a look at his current work.