“Become comfortable being uncomfortable,” is a phrase I recently saw on a poster in Neenah High School. My son told me it means we lean into the change and growth occurring in our lives. “Become comfortable being uncomfortable”, could be a sign at the entry of the Reflecting Perspectives exhibit on view now at Bergstrom-Mahler […]
On April 5th, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass celebrates 60 years of serving our community as a free museum, where all are welcome to relax, learn and connect with their inner artist. What the museum has evolved to today was made possible by the generosity and foresight of Evangeline and John Nelson Bergstrom and a […]
Annual Fox Valley Area High School Glass Exhibition Showcases Local Talent March 1– 31, 2019 The Fox Valley Area High School Glass Exhibition at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass opened Friday, March 1st showcasing work by talented young area artists. The museum offered schools an opportunity to bring students to the museum to work in The […]
Lisa Koch received a Biochemistry degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and began her career as a scientist researching cell division. Impelled by her passion for the arts, she discovered glass and later went on to earn her M.F.A. in glass from Alfred University. She has since taught neon and glass classes at Alfred University […]
Born in 1975, Carmen Lozar lives in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois where she maintains a studio and is a member of the art faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. Carmen has taught at Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft, Pittsburgh Glass School, Appalachian Center for Crafts, The Chrysler Museum, and the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey. She […]
Our next featured artists from the Sharper Edges exhibit are Kristin Thielking. and Lisa Beth Robinson. Thielking is a professor at the University of Wisconsin –Stevens Point teaching sculpture, drawing, design, and printmaking. Originally from Long Island, New York, she received her BA in Fine Arts and Comparative Literature from Brown University. Her MFA is from the University of Wisconsin–Madison […]
In my cast glass sculptures I am especially interested in how motherhood and partnership affects the creative process as well as the careers of women. I have created visual biographies based on information found in books about well-known women artists and the partners of artists. In this way, by focusing on the quotidian, I illuminate […]
A mosaic celebrating diversity in the Fox Cities is on view at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum. Staff from Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass and Building for Kids in Appleton organized the creation of a Community Diversity mosaic. This piece is the result of a shared art project conceived to foster greater understanding and appreciation for diversity in the […]
Another exhibiting artists in Sharper Edges is Deanna Clayton who works in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. We carry our burdens and joys on the same skin and so much is held in our daily wrappings… though the thread of our experiences weave our apparel, only we know the comforts of our entrapments. Deanna Clayton has been working with glass […]
Another artist exhibiting in Sharper Edges is Susan Taylor Glasgow. The following are her words about her work: My Mother was a complicated woman. Raising we girls by the Book of Conflicting Messages, my Mother lovingly shaped me into an ask questions later, act like a lady, you can do anything but learn to type […]