Welcome to the Creative Glass Fellowship Program at WheatonArts!
The Creative Glass Fellowship Program at WheatonArts has awarded fellowships to artists working in glass for close to forty years. Over 365 professional and emerging artists from the U.S. and over 26 foreign countries have been recipients of Creative Glass Fellowships. Artists are encouraged to use their fellowships to develop and refine their work while experimenting with both traditional and innovative glassmaking processes.
This Fellowship Program provides 24-hour studio facilities, technical resources, housing, and a stipend, allowing artists the opportunity to spend a concentrated period of time devoted exclusively to their work. Many emerging artists have used the Fellowships as a stepping-stone to a successful career. For mid-career artists, it offers an opportunity to redefine direction and renew creative energy. The collaboration and exchange of ideas among the Fellows enhance a productive climate, supporting the discovery of new visions and resources for each.
Important information about Fellowship Opportunities:
Applications for Fellowships in 2025 are now available, apply now! The deadline to apply is September 20, 2024.
Click Here for more information about the Fellowship Program or contact Pamela Weichmann, Director of Education and Artist Services, at 856.825.6800, ext. 106 or email pweichmann@wheatonarts.org. To ensure you are receiving notifications, please add Pam’s email to your contact list.
Are you interested in becoming a supporter or sponsor? Visit our Support a Program page.
Creative Glass Fellowship Program Mission
The mission of the Creative Glass Fellowship Program (known previously as the Creative Glass Center of America) is to offer direct support to emerging and mid-career artists who work with glass. Over the past 40+ years, more than 365 fellowship residencies have been awarded to emerging and mid-career artists, from the US and 26 foreign countries.
WheatonArts advances its mission through the Creative Glass Fellowship Program, offering fellowships each year to an international community of individual artists. Through other special educational events and public studio access provided on a daily basis, WheatonArts also promotes the development of artworks made with glass, to an audience of artists, scholars, collectors and the general public. This Fellowship Program continues to be one of the only means of “unrestricted” support for artists using glass.
We celebrate, support, and value a diverse community. We are committed to creating an inclusive and safe environment. We strongly encourage women, BIPOC individuals, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnically diverse populations, and foreign-born residents to apply. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of their race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or medical condition.
History
In 1982, a group of artists, curators, educators, and others collaborated on a mission that would promote the use of glass as a contemporary art medium, and to provide a facility in which an artist could work with glass at a reasonable cost. The Creative Glass Fellowship Program (formerly known as the Creative Glass Center of America) was established in 1983, when WheatonArts (formerly Wheaton Village) offered the use of its fully equipped glass studio, anchored by the support of the Museum of American Glass.
The Creative Glass Fellowship Program continues to award fellowships each year, and artists are encouraged to use this opportunity to develop and refine their work while experimenting with glassmaking processes. The collaboration and exchange of ideas among the Fellows enhance a productive climate, supporting the discovery of new vision and resources for each.
Benefits for artists include housing, a stipend, most materials, and 24-hour access to hot and cold glass studio facilities. Each artist designs their own working process and is assisted by their co-fellows and the studio staff. Fellowship artists are chosen through a competitive peer-review selection process. The Selection Committee consists of a rotating peer panel of respected professional artists and educators.
Many former fellows have acknowledged that the Fellowship Program has made a significant impact on the development of their careers as educators and/or exhibiting artists. The majority remain active as artists, exhibiting in major galleries and shows. Many have been awarded honors, and others are teaching in colleges and universities worldwide.
Fellowship Program Contact Information
Phone: 800.998.4552 / 856.825.6800, ext. 106
Mail:
Creative Glass Fellowship Program at WheatonArts
1501 Glasstown Rd.
Millville, NJ 08332-1566
E-Mail: pweichmann@wheatonarts.org
Fax: 856.825.2410
