Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

The Council of European Paintings (EPC) will host their Annual Meeting on June 17th. Members are invited to attend a complimentary brunch, an engaging review of the previous year and upcoming programs, and a special keynote lecture by Dr. Hannah Segrave entitled "Salvator Rosa: A Self-Fashioning Superstar in 17th-Century Italy".

Examining his mesmerizing Self-Portrait, this lecture will explore the work and artistic persona of the famous “fiery painter” of early modern Italy. 

10:30–11:30 a.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023: Partnership Demonstration with Detroit Cristo Rey HS

The Corning Museum of Glass Hot Shop Demonstrators will perform a demonstration for special guests Detroit Cristo Rey High School Students. This interactive demo will result in a Mr. Potato Head style “bubble” character with features chosen improvisational by the students in the audience. 
 

12:30–2 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023: Charlyn Reynolds: Abnormalities & Absurdities (Demonstration)

Charlyn Reynolds will create signature hybrid sculptures. Stemming from the absurdity of Reynolds’ childhood, these fantastical creatures are a seamless blend of two completely different animals. This piece will focus on blown and solid sculpting, hot-assembly, and teamwork. In addition to narrating, Reynolds will share some personal history for the inspirations behind the creatures. Reynolds will also explain how the final artworks are just a part of the artist’s larger artistic universe.
 

3–4:30 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023: Marc Barreda & Kitty Lameris: Breaking the Ice (Demonstration)

In the 16th and 17th centuries, an exodus of Venetian glassmaking techniques gave rise to novel forms and new approaches to the genre of drinking glasses. This style has become known as á la Façon de Venise and is characterized in some cases by eccentric deviations from the refined Venetian grace.  Amongst a myriad of innovations emerged a group of glasses known as fopglazen, schertsglazen, verre á surprise or trick glasses.

Though extremely rare these glasses, in one form or another, are represented in every major collection around the world and until now remained surprisingly enigmatic. Together Kitty Lameris and Marc Barreda have opened Pandora's Box and begun to scratch the surface of a complex and pervasive history of objects. Through a novel approach to the traditional demo they will guide you into the history and making of a variety of glasses that have a surprising capacity to break the ice.
 

3–3:30 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023: Infinity Vessel

In this short horror movie, the myth of Pandora is reflected via blown glass. The film explores how craftmanship is a vital part of humanity, paradoxically broken and whole at the same time. The mythological and symbolical levels of the Vessel are an important part of this poetic yet eerie narrative.

This program is presented in partnership with the Glass Art Society and the Detroit Institute of Arts

11:30–1 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023:  Bri Chesler & Minhi England

Bri Chesler and Minhi England have been cultivating an artistic relationship over the course of eight years. Liquid Lush is a brand/business they founded together, embodying their collaborative voice and shared interests in the glass studio. Parallels between each individual artistic voice include: beauty standards, self-perception and vanity. Together their work speaks to the feminine and unusual, combining natural botanical forms, human anatomy, and bright colors. This demonstration will highlight how two innovative minds work together from design to fabrication, giving insight into every step of the process in creating a collaboration.
 

1–2:30 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023: The Flame: The Art and History of Flameworking (Film)

The documentary film “The Flame: The Art and History of Flameworking” tells the story of a journey undertaken to discover the origins of glass lampworking, a technique which is still not well known but it is used by thousands of people around the world: the lampworkers.

Glass lampworking is less known than furnace glass working, which does not involve a team but only a person who works to realize unique objects by only using the flame and glass sticks. Just one person in front of a desk can realize with glass the ideas they have in mind. This idea of intimacy will be constant during the documentary, backlighting photography and low-key images, that will bring the spectator into the working flame. Eric Goldschmidt, lampworker for Corning Museum of Glass, will guide us through this journey.

2:30–4 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023:  Henry Ford Greenfield Village’s Glassblowing Team

Come enjoy a demonstration from the home team! The glassblowers from The Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village Glass Studio will demonstrate on the Corning Museum of Glass stage to show off the very best of Michigan craftsmanship. 

3–4 p.m. Glass Art Society Conference 2023: Creating With the Fourth State of Matter: Running Time 1 h

Illuminated plasma sculpture-- blown glass forms filled with electrified inert gases-- is a medium that produces objects of curiosity and wonder, with kinetic light that moves throughout glowing vessels and interacts with touch. But there is much more to plasma sculpture than the finished artwork. The medium's unique synthesis of art with science and technology sparks curiosity about how plasma sculptures are made. This film compilation from the Plasma Art Alliance features plasma artists with a diverse range of studio practices, providing insight into all aspects of the making process. An exclusive look at experiments with gas mixtures that create unlikely shapes, the construction of custom electronics to power plasma, demonstrations of glassworking techniques specific to the plasma process, gas filling, kiln processing, and more, illuminates the complexity of this medium. 

Representatives from the PAA will be on site to answer questions and provide examples of plasma sculptures for the audience to interact with after the film. 

This program is presented in partnership with the Glass Art Society and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
 

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

ArtSeen is hosted by the DIA’s Founders Junior Council for its members and prospective members to enjoy a private exhibition viewing and reception to socialize and network. For this ArtSeen, guests will visit the exhibition James Barnor: Accra/London – A Retrospective.

James Barnor (Ghana, b. 1929). A group of friends after the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Sackey, Balham, London, 1966 (printed 2010–20). Gelatin silver print. Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris.

© James Barnor, courtesy Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris.