Closed for the 4th
Posted on Jun 30, 2021, by Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
We will be closed for the observance of the 4th of July holiday. Have a happy holiday everyone!
We will be closed for the observance of the 4th of July holiday. Have a happy holiday everyone!
Join Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Casey Eichhorn, and special guest, Joan Parsley, Founder and Director of Great Lakes Paperweights, as they talk about some of the exciting new works on display as part of New[…]
Gary McClanahan will sit down with Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Casey Eichhorn to talk about his and Marge’s recent gifts to the museum’s permanent collection. Join us by following this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89337572337
A significant portion of our paperweight collection is millefiori paperweights. “Millefiori” means “a thousand flowers” in Italian. We’ll use these paperweights as inspiration to design t-shirts. We will be designing with the students from our[…]
Celebrate the spring season as we discover the floral art within our galleries. Flowers are showcased in a variety of paperweights in our collections. We’ll compare and contrast the flora in glass to flora in[…]
In our collection, texture is used to highlight certain aspects of the artwork. Through exploring texture in our glass collections we will utilize texturized materials to create a one-of-a-kind collage. FREE- Registration requested HERE
Together we’ll learn about the art of stained glass. Throughout its history, stained glass has been almost exclusively to windows of churches. Traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern[…]
We will discover and talk about some of the artwork that shows humans as the subject matter. We’ll use some of the poses in the artwork to inspire our chair dance moves. We’ll do some[…]
Together, we’ll have a tour of our current exhibition “Between Us – A Retrospective of Works from John Littleton and Kate Vogel.” We’ll learn about their immersive works that use sight, sound, and light to[…]
Celebrate the season by creating our very own glass ornaments. We’ll decorate our own holiday ornaments. We’ll share traditions, talk about popular ones and hopefully create new ones!