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 […]
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 […]
Beth Lipman is a glass artist who lives and works from a country-side studio near Sheboygan Falls, WI. Her talent is recognized well beyond the borders of our state. She has received numerous awards including a USA Berman Bloch Fellowship, Pollock Krasner Grant, Virginia Groot Foundation Grant, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant. Lipman […]
As one of Harvey Littleton’s first female students working in glass, Audrey Handler is a pioneer of the Studio Glass Movement. Since 1965 she has been a formidable figure influencing the development of glass as an artistic medium both as an artists and teacher. Fifteen of Handler’s works are featured in Sharper Edges: Women Working […]
A new exhibit featuring regional women artists opens to the public Thursday, November 15th. Sharper Edges: Women Working on the Edge of Glass features the work of female artists exploring social issues. Incorporated into glass sculpture, the women express distinct viewpoints on politics, gender biases, stereotypes, and the environment. Regional exhibiting artists include Beth Lipman […]
A Collector Story from Angie Smith About Their Gift of Perthshire Paperweights to the Museum Leslie Charles Smith was born in Llano County, Texas on October 9, 1931 to Leslie Morgan “Tess” and Annie W. Smith. Growing up in Llano, he worked in his father’s Humble service station at an early age and began developing what would […]
Twenty-five contemporary glass works from the Collection of Herbert and Jane Rozoff were recently given to Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass. The gift represents the largest contemporary glass gift to the museum at one time by a single donor. Most museums do not have sufficient funds to purchase objects for their collections and rely on gifts […]
The Fox Valley Area High School Glass Exhibition at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass opened Saturday, March3rd to showcase talented young area artists and celebrate national Youth Art Month. The museum offered schools an opportunity to bring students to the museum to work in The Glass Studio with artists, Sara Rezin, Beth Wenger Johnstone, and Taylor […]
Most of us have gathered things we have an affinity for – sports memorabilia, fine wines, and even paperweights. I am not a fan of stuff, and yet I have a few collections of my own. However, I doubt anyone will want my childhood rock collection, which begs the question, “What to do with it?” […]