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Herb Jackson exhibits in Raleigh, North Carolina
(5/1/08) Abstract painter Herb Jackson will exhibit part of his "Veronica's Veils" series May 2 through June 28, 2008 at Artspace in Raleigh, North Carolina. The large scale works on canvas are composed of multiple layers of acrylic paint, some mixed with pumice, that the artist scrapes with nails and knives to crate highly textured surfaces. Artspace is a fine art center featuring exhibition galleries and studio classrooms. For more information phone Artspace at 919/821-2787. To see vitreograph prints by Jackson, visit his webpage.
Judith O'Rourke to teach summer workshop
(4/16/08) Master printer Judith O'Rourke will teach "Vitreography: The Art of Printing from Glass" this summer at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. Students will learn intaglio and waterless lithography methods of processing glass plates for printing. The workshop will be held in five sessions July 14 - 18, 2008. The cost is $355 plus a $40 lab fee. Located in Truro, Massachusetts near the tip of Cape Cod, the Truro Center for the Arts is a non-profit, educational institution. Phone 508/349-7511 for more information.
Sherwin Miller Museum to exhibit "Kristallnacht" portfolio
(4/15/08) The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art will exhibit its recently acquired "Kristallnacht:: Night of Crystal Death" portfolio of prints in the museum's mezzanine gallery May 4 through August 10, 2008. Created by Erwin Eisch to memorialize the destruction of Jewish lives and property in a 1938 pogrom organized by the Nazi-run German government, the portfolio contains ten vitreograph prints of unsettling graphic power. The Sherwin Miller Museum is located at 2021 East 71st Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Phone 918/492-1818 for details about this and other featured exhibitions.
Western Carolina University Museum to exhibit "Kristallnacht" prints
(3/19/08)
A series of 10 vitreographic prints by artist Erwin Eisch on the
theme of Kristallnacht will be exhibited at the Fine Art Museum on the
campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The
exhibition is part of the Fine Art Museum’s ongoing “Worldview” series of
selections from its permanent collection. The exhibition will be on view from
March 27, through May 1, 2008.
On the evening of November 9, 1938, in an event that portended the Holocaust,
the Nazi-led German government orchestrated an attack against German Jews that
included the destruction of Jewish synagogues, cemeteries and businesses. That
infamous night is known as Kristallnacht, or "Crystal Night" --so named for the
broken glass that littered the streets in the wake of the attack. Ninety-one
people were murdered that night and many more -- estimates place the
number as high as 2,000 to 2,500 people -- died as a result of the Kristallnacht
arrests that led to incarceration in concentration camps.
Eisch, a glass sculptor from the
village of Frauenau in the German state of Bavaria, was 12 years old at the
time. He created his “Kristallnacht” portfolio in 1992 in response to the
event.“I want to try to come to terms with the burden, the shame, the anger and
the fear which shaped my childhood,” Eisch wrote in the “Kristallnacht” preface.
To see Eisch's Kristallnacht images,
visit his webpage
Littleton Collection features studio glass
(2/29/08) The Littleton Collection gallery sells studio glass as well as vitreograph prints. Currently featured are studio glass objects from the private collection of Harvey K. Littleton. A reception for the exhibition will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Artists whose work is available for purchase include Rick Beck, Ken Carder, Dale Chihuly, Kyohei Fujita, Pavel Hlava, Robert Levin, Joel Philip Myers, Stephen Powell, Mary Shaffer, Therman Statom and Yan Zoritchak. Works by Harvey Littleton and by the artistic team of John Littleton and Kate Vogel are also available. Please email or phone The Littleton Collection for more information.
Judith O'Rourke completes residency at Penland School
(2/26/08) Master printer Judith O'Rourke of Littleton Studios has completed a two-month artist's residency (January and February 2008) at Penland School of Art. As an artist resident, O'Rourke worked on her own printmaking and assisted other artist residents, some of whom had no prior printmaking experience, to create in vitreography. Those who collaborated with O'Rourke include printmaker Scott Ludwig, ceramist Fred Spaulding, textile artist Jean Swearington, book artist Lisa Beth Robinson, and poet and artist, Ladianne Mandel. Visit Judith O'Rourke's web page
Connor Everts reviewed in Art in America
(2/01/08) A Connor Everts exhibition held last summer has been reviewed in the February 2008 issue of Art in America. Mounted by Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art in Culver City, California, the solo show focused on Everts's suite of nine lithographs titled "Studies in Desperation." Published in 1963, the prints symbolically depict the dissolution of a romantic relationship. The suite landed the artist in court when the Los Angeles County district attorney's office charged Everts with obscenity (he was eventually acquitted). Reviewer Michael Duncan favorably compares Everts's starkly brutal imagery with that of Goya. Visit Everts web page on this site.
Vitreographs at Folk Art Center, Ashville, North Carolina
(2/01/08) Vitreographs are included in an international exhibition at the Folk Art Center in Asheville. Titled Pressing Matters in Printmaking, the exhibition was curated by the Center's Nikki Josheff, who has showcased nearly 100 works in six printmaking media by artists from Canada and throughout the US. Vitreography is represented by prints from 14 artists who worked in collaboration with Littleton Studios, including Harvey Littleton and Dale Chihuly. Pressing Matters will be on view through May 18, 2008. The Folk Art Center is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 385. Contact the Center at 828/298-7928.
Exhibition highlights career of Keith Rasmussen
(1/16/08) An exhibition featuring the paintings and prints of the late Keith Rasmussen is on exhibit now through February 26, 2008 at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center in Madison, Georgia. The curator of the exhibition, Jack Cheatham, writes that Rasmussen was " an artist who tirelessly exercised his talent to the end. He was a teacher, colleague, and a very close friend for thirty-five years." For more information about the exhibition, phone the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center at 706/342-4743. On two occasions Keith Rasmussen created prints at Littleton Studios. To see them, please click here.
Success at Palm Beach 3
(1/16/08) Maurine Littleton Gallery reported success at the international art fair Palm Beach 3 (January 11-14). Among the artworks sold by the gallery were glass sculptures and vitreographs by Harvey Littleton, glass sculptures by John Littleton and Kate Vogel, and fused glass drawings by Michael Janis. The fair was held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
"Living Treasures" exhibition
(1/04/08) Glass sculptures by Harvey K. Littleton will be included in an exhibition of works by North Carolina artists who have been designated "Living Treasures" by the William Madison Randall Library and Museum of World Cultures (located on the campus of The University of North Carolina, Wilmington). Harvey Littleton was honored with the award in 1993. In celebration of the 2008 award, an exhibition of past recipients' work will be on exhibit at the Randall Library and Museum from January 14 through March 15. For more information about the exhibition, phone Beth Roberts at the library, at 910/962-2205.
Maurine Littleton Gallery to exhibit at Palm Beach 3
(1/02/08) Maurine Littleton Gallery of Washington, DC will be one of the exhibitors at the upcoming Palm Beach 3 contemporary art fair. The gallery will feature Studio glass from Gary Beecham, Harvey K. Littleton, Jay Musler, Colin Reid, Therman Statom and John Littleton and Kate Vogel, among others. A selection of vitreograph prints will also be available. The fair will be held January 11-14 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach. For information about Maurine Littleton Gallery, phone 202/333-9307.
Littleton Studios prints at Green Hill Center for the Arts
(1/02/08) Vitreograph prints by Herb Jackson, David Dodge Lewis, Matt Liddle, Harvey K. Littleton, Clarence Morgan and Judith O'Rourke will be seen in an exhibition at Green Hill Center for the Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina. PRINTED: Contemporary Prints and Books by North Carolina Artists was curated by printmaker Bill Fick. The exhibition will open with a reception on January 18, 2008 and be on view through February 29, 2008. For more information, phone Green Hill Center for the Arts at 336/333-7460.
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