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Emily Brown
Longtime Philadelphia artist and painter Emily Brown was invited to explore painting on glass as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here WheatonArts Glass Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion hand makes a glass cylinder for Emily Brown to use as a “canvas” for her painting.
Emily Brown
Longtime Philadelphia artist and painter Emily Brown was invited to explore painting on glass as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. This image from her studio at WheatonArts shows one technique she used to layout the imagery to be painted onto the hand-made glass cylinder.
Emily Brown
Longtime Philadelphia artist and painter Emily Brown was invited to explore painting on glass as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here she reviews a cylinder coming out of an annealing oven in the WheatonArts Glass Studio, which heats the piece to fuse the enamel paint to the glass.
Emily Brown
Longtime Philadelphia artist and painter Emily Brown was invited to explore painting on glass as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here she is in her studio at WheatonArts, applying enamel to a hand-made glass cylinder.
Emily Brown
Longtime Philadelphia artist and painter Emily Brown was invited to explore painting on glass as part of the Emanation 2017 iresidency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here she is in her studio at WheatonArts, applying enamel to a hand-made glass cylinder.
Emily Brown Detail
Sycamore, Emily Brown, 2017, enamel on glass, created as part of the Emanation 2017 invitational residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts.
Emily Brown
Growing up in Chester County, Pennsylvania and spending summers in inland midcoast Maine, Emily Brown is deeply affected by the
Vanessa German
Visual and performance artist Vanessa German from the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here she is in her studio at WheatonArts, creating the base of one of her power figures.
Vanessa German
Visual and performance artist Vanessa German from the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here she is in her studio at WheatonArts, attaching hand-made glass prayer beads to one of her power figures.
Vanessa German
Visual and performance artist Vanessa German from the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. She utilizes found objects in her work and is seen here sorting through blue bottles for incorporation into one of her power figures.
Vanessa German
Vanessa German standing with one of her power figures.
Vanessa German
Visual and performance artist Vanessa German from the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here WheatonArts Glass Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion hand makes a glass prayer bead for Vanessa German to incorporate into one of her power figures.
Vanessa German Detail
Detail of a power figure in the installation visual and performance artist Vanessa German created as part of the Emanation 2017 invitational residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts.
Vanessa German Detail
Detail of a power figure in the installation visual and performance artist Vanessa German created as part of the Emanation 2017 invitational residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts.
Vanessa German
Vanessa German is a visual and performance artist based in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood. Homewood is the community that
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation with Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion and resident artist Madeline Almeida.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio sketching an image of a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation with resident artist Madeline Almeida.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation with Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion and resident artist Madeline Almeida.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation with Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation with Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation with Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion and intern Kate Crankshaw.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation.
Therman Statom Working Shots
Artist Therman Statom, pioneer of the contemporary glass movement, was invited to participate in the WheatonArts art making community as part of the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project. Here he is seen in the WheatonArts Glass studio working on a hand-blown glass face jug for his installation.
Therman Statom
Therman Statom Headshot.
Therman Statom
Sculptor, glass artist, and painter – is most notably known as a pioneer of the contemporary glass movement for his
Michael Joo mold making 018
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. WheatonArts Glass Studio resident artist Cooper O’Brien developed inversion molds for Joo’s installation piece of paper bags made of glass.
Michael Joo mold making
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here you can see a piece hand blown glass in the form of a paper bag being released from its mold. It was a prototype for Joo’s installation piece of paper bags made of glass.
Michael Joo Glass Casting
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here a WheatonArts Glass Studio resident artist prepares sand molds for the casting of a wooden pallet in glass for Joo’s installation piece.
Michael Joo Glass Casting
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. WheatonArts Glass Studio resident artist Cooper O’Brien assists Creative Director Hank Adams while he pours molten glass into sand molds to create a pallet out of glass for Joo’s installation piece.
Michael Joo Glass Casting
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. WheatonArts Glass Studio resident artist Cooper O’Brien assists Creative Director Hank Adams while he pours molten glass into sand molds to create a pallet out of glass for Joo’s installation piece.
Michael Joo Mold Making
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here you can see inversion molds being made in the WheatonArts Glass Studio for Joo’s installation piece of paper bags made of glass.
Michael Joo On Site Visit
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here in the WheatonArts Glass Studio he reviews with Creative Director Hank Adams pieces of a glass palate for his installation.
Michael Joo On Site Visit
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here, Joo is in the WheatonArts Glass Studio mold shop reviewing the mold making process for his installation piece of paper and plastic bags made of glass.
Michael Joo On Site Visit
Artist Michael Joo was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here he is getting a sense of how his installation will look in the Museum of American Glass at WheatonArts.
Michael Joo
Michael Joo is interested in the conflicts and coexistence between art and science, nature and technology, history and perception, the
Matthew Szosz
Artist Matthew Szösz, who uses glass as his primary medium, was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts where he furthered exploration into his inflatable series. Here we see him in his studio at WheatonArts setting up layers of geometrically cut plate glass and fire paper for placement into the annealing oven.
Matthew Szosz
Artist Matthew Szösz, who uses glass as his primary medium, was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts where he furthered exploration into his inflatable series. Here we see him in the WheatonArts Glass Studio contemplating a piece he just removed from it’s cooling cycle in the annealing oven.
Matthew Szosz
Artist Matthew Szösz, who uses glass as his primary medium, was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts where he furthered exploration into his inflatable series. Here we see him in the WheatonArts Glass Studio, with assistance from WheatonArts Glass Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion, removing from the annealing oven a heated set-up for ready inflation.
Matthew Szosz
Artist Matthew Szösz, who uses glass as his primary medium, was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts where he furthered exploration into his inflatable series. Here we see him in the WheatonArts Glass Studio, with assistance from WheatonArts Glass Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion, inflating a piece hot from the annealing oven.
Matthew Szosz
Artist Matthew Szösz, who uses glass as his primary medium, was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts where he furthered his exploration into his inflatable series. Here we see him in the WheatonArts Glass Studio cold shop putting the finishing touches on his piece, Horologes.
Matthew Szosz Pastille
Pastille, Matthew Szösz, 2017, glass, created as part of the Emanation 2017 invitational residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts.
Matthew Szosz untitled(inflatable) no.73
untitled(inflatable)no.73, Matthew Szösz, 2017, glass, created as part of the Emanation 2017 invitational residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts.
Matthew Szosz
Matthew Szösz creates new approaches to form by developing innovative methods of employing materials. Born in Rhode Island, Matthew Szösz
Lorna Simpson Studio
Artist Lorna Simpson was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here she is in the studio at WheatonArts, working with a glass “ice” cube hand made by the WheatonArts Glass Studio for use in her installation.
Lorna Simpson Studio
Artist Lorna Simpson was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here she is in the studio at WheatonArts, working with glass “ice” cubes hand made by the WheatonArts Glass Studio for use in her installation.
Lorna Simpson Portrait
Lorna Simpson
Lorna Simpson was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, and received her BFA in Photography from the School
Flock the Optic
The artist collective Flock the Optic was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here we see WheatonArts Glass Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion, assisted by resident artists Phillip King and Madeline Almeida, hand shaping an oversized glass goose egg made by the WheatonArts Glass Studio for Flock the Optic’s collaborative outdoor installation.
Flock the Optic
The artist collective Flock the Optic was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here we see WheatonArts Glass Studio Floor Manager Skitch Manion maintaining working temperature on an oversized glass goose egg made by the WheatonArts Glass Studio for Flock the Optic’s collaborative outdoor installation.
Flock the Optic Abram Deslauriers
The artist collective Flock the Optic was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here we see DJABC (Abram Deslauriers) hanging kinetic bird sculptures as part of Flock the Optic’s collaborative installation.
Flock the Optic David King
The artist collective Flock the Optic was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here we see MC Mummbles (David King) hanging kinetic bird sculptures as part of Flock the Optic’s collaborative installation.
Flock the Optic Liesl Schubel
The artist collective Flock the Optic was invited to participate in the Emanation 2017 residency and exhibition project at WheatonArts. Here we see Stitch (Liesl Schubel) arranging a mirror as part of Flock the Optic’s collaborative installation.
Flock the Optic
Flock the Optic consists of three individuals brought together under extraordinary circumstances. ABC was a small time DJ working on
Emily Brown
Justin Ginsberg
Justin Ginsberg was born and raised in Dallas Texas, before traveling the country learning from practicing artists. Since 2013, he
John Moran Essay by Robin Rice
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Karen Akester
Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1993 with a degree in architectural glass, Karen Akester has continued working
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