Gift of Don and Carol Wiiken

On loan from the collection of Bonnie Marx

“The Benedictine Monks have a beautiful motto – to Labor is to Pray – I love the idea of making my labor my prayer. When I’m sitting at my torch, I’m making petals, I’m making stamens; by making it a mantra, it gives a spiritual dimension to my work. It’s very personal.” – Paul Stankard

Gift of Paul and Patricia Stankard

Commonly referred to as root people, Paul Stankard’s earthen spirits have become a staple of his botanically realistic flameworked paperweights, combining nature with mysticism. His work represents spirituality and the life cycle of nature.

Museum purchase with funds from an anonymous donor

The abstract figurative forms created by New Hampshire artist Thomas Scoon incorporate self-gathered natural stone, minerals and metals with cast glass. By pairing or grouping these forms (see Mate #2), Scoon explores familial and generational relationships in an attempt to convey personal narrative.

Gift from the collection of Jane Humzy and Peter D. Debreceny

The abstract figurative forms created by New Hampshire artist Thomas Scoon incorporate self-gathered natural stone, minerals and metals with cast glass. By pairing or grouping these forms (see White Lives #4), Scoon explores familial and generational relationships in an attempt to convey personal narrative.

Gift from the collection of Jane Humzy and Peter D. Debreceny

Gift of Jeffrey Stevens

Using imagery from the Bible’s creation story, Richard Jolley’s Tableau series depicts a nude Adam and Eve figure standing before a large apple in the Garden of Eden. Quintessentially Jolley, the characatures’ exaggerated features and the use of color give Tableau an almost comic-like quality.

Artist Wes Hunting created figurative works in the mid 1990s, including this piece, which focuses on fishing in Wisconsin. Of the figurative works, Hunting says, “…these pieces were difficult to make… when you heated them up, the arms would move, the neck would [move]. The pieces would come alive, which is great!”

Om loan from the collection of Wes Hunting

“For years I believed my work was about myself. But ultimately my work is about my Mother. With the sewing and cooking skills she passed on, I am able to indulge my own notions of domestic role-playing. My work embraces the feminine ideals of sewing and cooking, but in a contrary material, offering conflicting messages of comfort and expectation.” – Susan Taylor Glasgow

Museum purchase with gift support from the Betty Smith Memorial Fund and contributions from Fred and Sharon Schomer, Bonnie Marx and Bud and Libby Hoffman.