The exhibition titled “The Science Behind The Art”, featuring the     competitors at the Tucson Glass Festival’s  S.T.E.A.M. OFF competition is now on display in our gallery.  The range of creativity that the glass artists exhibited in portraying the science inspires all, no matter which side of the academics you find yourself.

  The exhibition runs through May 25.

Read more about this event and competition in the two previous posts.

 Kinetic Sculpture  by Bandhu Dunham

1st Place:   DICHROIC GEOMETRY                              

by Richard Hornby and Linda Allyn,
from Fire Ranch Glassworks.

2nd Place:  CAMEL TRAIN                                            

by Pam Vandiver, and her students in
Materials Science & Engineering at the U of A.

3rd Place:   Rupert S.T.E.A.M. Robot                           

by Jason Marstall

Honorable Mention:   S.T.E.A.M. CHALICE        

by Tom Philabaum

The following submissions are presented in alphabetical order by artist.

VORTICES

By Matt Bain

METHANE                                                                         

by Jordan Ford

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE                                           

by Bronwen Heilman, Katherine Nesce, and
Terry Bendt

JUGGLING LOVE                                                    

by Michael Joplin

MY FIRST MICROSCOPE               

by William Justiniano

WHITE LIGHTNING

by Dave Klein & Louis Klein                    

HEAD FULL OF S.T.E.A.M.                    

by Paul Anders-Stout

MONARCH LIFE CYCLE                             

by Margaret Zinser

Reception for our Tucson Glass Festival  S.T.E.A.M.  OFF Exhibition. 
April 20, 5 -8 pm  Open to the Public

Join us for our reception opening the exhibition featuring the art created during last weekend’s STEAM OFF competition at Philabaum  Glass Studios and Sonoran Glass School.  This fundraiser for the Sonoran Glass School’s at-risk youth development program featured some of Arizona’s top glass artists, creating art while explaining the many ways that science plays a part in the art of making glass.

The STEAM OFF promotes the educational concept of S.T.E.A.M., incorporating the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  During the past weekend, the artists presented a drawing of the piece they planned to make, and during their 2-hour time slot, explained their process, as well the science involved in their creation of art.

Finished pieces will not only be on display and for sale at Philabaum Glass Gallery, but will be judged for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place by famed scientist and Director of the University of Arizona’s Mirror Lab, Dr. Roger Angel.  The winners will be announced at the Opening Reception at Philabaum Glass Gallery, on Saturday evening, April 20, around 6:30 or 7 pm.

TUCSON GLASS FESTIVAL 2013
April 13 & 14, & 20

LEARN THE SCIENCE  BEHIND THE ART!

Presented by Philabaum Glass and Sonoran Glass School

This year’s festival will feature a STEAM OFF competition.  STEAM is a new educational emphasis being used that is founded in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The competition will be judged by Roger Angel, Optics professor and Director of the Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

1991- Tom Philabaum, Michael Joplin, Leah Wingfield, and Stephen Clements at the 1st rotating mirror kiln for casting telescopes at the U of A

Arizona glassblowers and torch workers will converge at Philabaum Glass Studio and Sonoran Glass School for a weekend of creating glass art, and will include the fundamentals of STEAM in the creation of the art pieces.  The  demo and later exhibition will include the artist’s concept in sketch format, and explanations of how the sciences are a vital part of the glass blowing process.

The demonstrations will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 & 14,  in two hour slots  starting at 9 am on both days.  Entrance to the fundraiser is $25 per day.  Schedule, tickets and reservations will be available soon at both Sonoran Glass and Philabaum Glass.

The following weekend,  STEAM OFF creations will be displayed in a special exhibition at Philabaum Glass Gallery.  The Reception will take place Saturday evening, April 20th, from 5 to 8 pm, with many of the featured artists present to meet and greet folks.  Cash prizes will be awarded to winning artists in First, Second and Third Place.

Tickets for the event are $25 /day, and can be purchased at http://steamofftickets.eventbrite.com/#. Proceeds of the Tucson Glass Festival will benefit the Sonoran Glass School youth development program.

For more details concerning the Festival, please see  www.sonoranglass.org.

February 2, 2013   5 – 8 pm

Opening Reception with featured artists Mark Abildgaard and Michael Joplin.

Show run: February 2 – April 13

Looking for an unusual gift for the holidays?
A bonding experience with your significant other?  Something to give your in-laws?  An experience for you and your child (over 12)?

We are offering glass blowing classes in the winter/spring with the Philabaum instructors.  No experience necessary.  The sessions all take place on a Saturday morning or afternoon.  You and your glass buddy will make 2 – 4 paperweights each.  Paperweight-Making Workshop -  9am  – 12pm , or 1pm  – 4 pm

If you want a full day, with more instruction, you can make paperweights and tumblers!  Solid work and blown work!  Again, 2 people, with no experience necessary.  Paperweights & Tumblers -  9 am – 3:30 pm

The Dates:   Saturdays: Jan 12, 19, 26
Feb  9, 16, 23
Mar 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Call 520-884-7404 for more information, or to Register now!

Artist’s  Opening Reception:  December 1, 2012, 5 – 8 pm
Open to the Public.

Exhibition runs Dec 1 – Jan 26, 2013

Featuring the interior Optical Paintings in solid glass by Wes Hunting, and the exterior surface design in the whimsical Bobtanicals by Bob & Laurie Kliss.

Solid glass with Optical Paintings, by Wes Hunting.

Bobtanicals, by Bob & Laurie Kliss

Opening Reception: October 6, 5-8 pm
Show run- October 6- November 30

We present “GLASS PIONEERS”, continuing the spirit of the 50th  Anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement, with artists Micheal Nourot and Cynthia Miller.

Micheal Nourot was in the first group of students at the Pilchuck Glass School in 1971.  He helped design and build the first hot shop there.  The Pilchuck experience was followed by an apprenticeship in the Venini glass factory in Murano, Italy, at a time when very few Americans were given such an opportunity.  After graduating from the California College of Arts & Crafts, he opened his first studio in 1973.

Nourot’s later studio in Benicia, CA has continued the tradition of the Italians.  His blown work is known for its rich reds; one of many trademarked glass formulas created in his studio.

Cynthia Miller has forged a lifetime in the arts, receiving a Masters of Fine Arts from Northwestern University.  Her career includes professional acting and directing and teaching art, which she continues to do at Pima Community College. Her current passion of copper enameling began after studying with Richard Loving at the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 70′s.

In her Tucson studio, Miller creates wall art by enameling glass onto copper plates. Her work is inspired by a fascination with nature, whether it be the sea, the heavens, or the desert.  The patterns and overlays create a rhythm in rich colors. Her work was a 2012 Niche winner, and a 2011 Niche finalist.

May 5 -  August 31

Our summer exhibition features the new Precarious Rocks of Tom Philabaum. We also have a wonderful assortment of jellyfish by Rick Satava, the sand-blasted bowls by Debra May, and works by the Littleton family, including this cast piece by Kate Vogel & John Littleton.

We continue our exhibition celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement in furnace glassblowing!  Click on this link to see an early video of Harvey K. Littleton, the recognized father of the movement, at work in his early studio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utFQrg7IA64

March 3, 2012

In conjunction with the exhibition, we are presenting a slide lecture and glass blowing demonstration by Henry Halem,  glass artist and professor emeritus from Kent State University.

Henry Halem received his undergraduate degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1960, and returned to post-graduate studies with Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin in 1968-69.  He went on to create the glass program at Kent State.

In 1972, Halem was elected the first president of the newly formed Glass Art Society, or G.A.S. In 1993, the Glass Art Society presented him with its honorary Lifetime Membership Award.  In 1994, he was installed as a Fellow of the American Crafts Council- their highest honor, and that same year he received the Governor’s Award in Ohio for his contributions as an artist and educator.  In 2008, he received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Glass Art Society.

Henry Halem at the University of South Dakota in 1969

LECTURE

in the Education Center Auditorium
Tucson Museum of Art
March 3, 1:00 pm

Henry Halem with discuss the early days of the studio  glass movement, and the resulting effect on glass art in the United States.

Sponsored by:

Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Arizona Glass Alliance,
Philabaum Glass Gallery, and Tucson Museum of Art

GLASS BLOWING DEMO

Philabaum  Glass Gallery & Studio
711 South 6th Avenue
March 3, 4:00 pm

Please reserve seats by emailing or calling Philabaum Glass Gallery.
884-7404 or gallery@philabaumglass.com  Seats will not be held beyond 4:10 if others are waiting.

Halem will demonstrate fun glass blowing techniques learned in the 60′s.  He will blow into molds constructed from objects found in the studio and junk yard.  Come watch the famous angle iron blow and wire mesh blow.  If we’re lucky, he will demonstrate the double bubble!

February 4, 2012

The Maestros: H. Halem, T Philabaum, F. Dreisbach, R. Adamson, R. Strong

Fritz building a truck at the Demo

Tucson Vintage 60's Camper Truck