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3700 Otis Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
202-744-8222
WashGlass.com
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Hot News From Washington Glass School !
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Hey Folks!
Spring has sprung, so get in gear! Take a class - learn a new skill and make some original art to show off, and and have experience you'll never forget. Check out our new Spring / Summer Schedule!
A new class that starts soon: Turning Your Wood-Cuts and Lino-Cuts Into Cast Glass Panels This incredible process lets you make wood cuts or lino cuts duplicated in a dimensional cast glass panel with out harming your original block! What a miraculous way for that printing technique to be used architecturally! This is the perfect way for a lino-cut printer to incorporate a quality of translucency into the artwork (& a great way to enter the world of large scale public art!)
Lets us know asap if its right for you!
See you in school!
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| Our closest metro is the Rhode Island Metro on the red line.. We offer
free shuttle service for anyone who needs to come by metro....please call
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We are gratefully supported by our friends at the Gateway CDC, the Prince George's County Commission on the Arts and Humanities and by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE
If
you have always wanted a studio space to work on your glass, but didn't
have room where you live, or didn't have a huge amount to invest in a
giant glass studio.....then you might like the thought of becoming one
of the studio artists here. Your table/studio space runs $250 per
month, and not only do you finally have a dedicated space for you to
work in, but you also join a vibrant and successful community of glass
artists and opportunities.
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Holiday Party? Bridal Shower? Birthday Party?
Team Building?
Summer Associates?
The Washington Glass School is a great place to hold a social event with you and your friends or office mates!
You can each make your own small bowl....or all go in together to make a large bowl for that special someone or cause.
Cost is approx. $75 per person, and should take around 2 hours.
Contact Tim at 202-744-8222 for availability and more info.
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A unique educational program in the Nation's capital, The Washington Glass School and Creative Arts Community offers something for everyone with classes for both the beginning and seasoned artists. Beginning artists can get an overview of what we offer in the introductory weekend workshop (Beginner's Weekend), which introduces you to three different glass forming techniques used in the majority of the kiln-forming classes, or dive right in to any of our more specific courses.
For the more experienced glass artist, we offer the opportunity to explore new mediums through class time or open studio, tools and kilns at your disposal.
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To register for any classes...please call or e-mail to hold a space and mail a $50 deposit check made out to Washington Glass School. Be sure to include the course number and your phone number with your deposit. This is important to do ASAP as classes tend to fill quickly! All checks, class info and registration are to be sent to:
THE WASHINGTON GLASS SCHOOL
3700 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
(This is approx. 4 miles northeast of Logan Circle off Rhode Island Ave. - two blocks from the DC border. Please call 202-744-8222 for more detailed directions.) |
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The Perfect Gift
Got someone on your list who's always hard to find the perfect gift for? Do you have a special someone who needs a creative break? Do they need a "kick-start" to get their creative juices flowing?
Maybe you're reading this and thinking, "yeah... me."
Give a Washington Glass School Gift Certificate, and give them a class that will show them new skills, some original art to show off and an experience that won't soon be forgotten! It's a great gift that a special someone will never forget.
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Class 1046 - Turning Your Wood-Cuts and Lino-Cuts Into Cast Glass Panels
This incredible process will allow your wood cuts or lino cuts to be duplicated in a cast glass panel with out harming your original cut piece! What a miraculous way for that printing technique to be used architecturally! You can also print from the glass plate. Imagine a wall of your wood cuts all translated into glass, then gridded out within in a metal frame....and made into a 10 ft high x 20 ft long wall. Or as simple a single back-lit glass panel! ....The possibilities are myriad! This is the perfect way for a lino cut printer to enter the world of large scale public art or to incorporate a quality of translucency into their work. The process is very simple to learn ....... and it will expand your artistic dialog exponentially .... All while using your own imagery!
Instructor : Kirk Waldroff
Dates : Saturdays in April 2, 9 & 16
Time : 1pm to 5pm
Tuition : $300 |
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SPRING/SUMMER 2011 CLASSES
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Class 1101 - Lighting Solutions For Your Home
This class will bring some serious color to your life, and brighten up your living space. This is the perfect way to use glass in a most practical application: ceiling lamps. You will design your own colored glass, determine your own shape, and have your choice of several different hanging or mounting options. For considerably less than the price of a designer fixture, you can put your own name on one. Tuition includes glass, mold materials, and mounting hardware. No glass experience is needed, and electrical experience will be provided. Instructor : Erwin Timmers Dates : Wed Evenings in May 4, 11 & 18 Time : 7pm to 9:30pm Tuition : $300 |
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Class 1102 - Beginner's Glass Lover's Weekend
Our most popular class, this is the fastest way to learn all aspects of warm glass in the shortest amount of time! Under the supervision of a professional glass artist you will learn the fundamentals of fusing, slumping and dimensional kiln casting. Everything from bowls and plates to sculptural objects... this is the perfect way for a beginner to learn the basics of glass... and you will leave with several very cool items! Offered 2 times in the spring/summer session.
Instructors Robert Kincheloe/ Tim Tate
Dates Offered Twice This Semester :
Session A - Sat/Sun May 21/22 Session B - Sat/Sun July 16/17 Time 1pm to 5pm each day
Tuition $300 per student (all materials included)
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Class 1103 - Going Green - The Art of Recycled Glass
Green up your life by doing something creative to help the environment! This is an exploration into using recycled glass to make sculptural pieces, architectural elements, and tableware. We will delve into multiple techniques, including casting, fusing and slumping. Glass chemistry, coloration, and firing temperatures will be explained for each particular application. It is a fantastic way to learn aspects of any warm glass work while focusing on recycling!
Once you start down the path of recycled glass, you will see more and more opportunities for experimentation around you. No prior experience is necessary - you are encouraged to bring in materials you'd like to try...and you will leave with several very cool items!
Instructor : Erwin Timmers
Dates : Wed. Eves in June (1, 8, 15)
Time : 7pm to 9:30pm
Tuition : $350
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Class 1104 - Hot Glass Casting with Glass Inclusions and Cast Metal Bases
Here is this summer's fun and unusual crossover classes. Start here at the Washington Glass School making molds from clay or lost wax. After those parts are cast and cleaned up....we head to our sister school, DC Glassworks and ladle cast glass over those inclusions and then pour molten aluminum for the bases. This is one intense class! While it will be a lot of work.....the results will be purely sculptural. Instructors : Dave D'Dorio/Tim Tate/Erwin Timmers Dates: June 25 / July 9 Times : 1pm to 5pm each day. Extra open studio time for clean-ups Tuition : $400 |
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Class 1105 - Beginner's MIG Welding Class
Ever wondered about learning to weld? Want to impress your friends, your older brother and that cute bartender? It's easier than you think! In three evenings you will learn how to lay a bead, and handle all sorts of sharp and dangerous tools. You will be able to complete a small project and leave with lots of ideas and know-how for other projects. This class will teach you the basics of welding, metal work and design, joining, bending and finishing. And you will get dirty!
Instructor : Erwin Timmers
Dates : Wed evenings in June (29) and July (6,13)
Time : 7pm to 9:30pm
Tuition : $325
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Class 1106 - Bas-Relief In Glass / Overview of Deep Relief Dry Plaster Castings
Tired of working flat? Want an easy way to get some real depth into your glass? Here's a fun class where you will learn one of the easiest methods of kilncasting sheet glass to achieve bas-relief sculpture. This incredibly versatile method has endless fine art and architectural applications. In this two day class, we will discuss different types of glass and their firing schedules. Working with color and how it can affect dimensional casting will also be explored. Bring items you may want to cast with this method or choose from our image library. All materials and firings included.
Instructor: Michael Janis
Dates: Saturday / Sunday, Aug. 20/21
Time: 2 pm to 5 pm each day
Tuition: $350
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Class 1107 - Work At Your Own Pace / Open Studio
Already know the basics of casting or fusing? Open Studio gives each student the opportunity to work independently in a world class studio. Tuition includes a kiln firing per session, clear base glass and colored scrap glass, use of studio tools.
Instructor : Studio Staff
Dates : Wed/Thurs/Sat afternoons (call to confirm appointment)
Time : 1pm to 5pm
Tuition : $300 for 4 sessions
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Lampwork Concentration Classes
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Class 1108 - Open Studio For Flameworkers
Already know the basics of flameworking? Want to join others in a social atmosphere while you work? Our Flamework Club gives each student the opportunity to work independently in a world class studio while meeting some great new friends! Materials extra.Class Limit: 6 students
Instructor : Robert Kincheloe Dates : Sat / Sun afternoons (call to confirm appointment) Time : 1:30pm to 5pm Tuition : $300 for 4 sessions or included with Instructor Classes 
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Class 1109 - Flameworkers Weekend Workshop
Develop your sculptural voice through working with glass at the bench torch. This 2-day workshop will focus on advancing your individual skills while allowing you to work on your own personal sculptural projects. In this freeform workshop the participants will be able to not only learn techniques necessary to accomplish their personal projects, but also be able to learn the techniques required by others. The materials fee provides student with an initial pack of glass, fuel for the torches and the loan of a full set of hand tools. Additional glass and supplies are available for purchase as the class progresses. This is a fun way to reinforce your skills while working with other great artists! Class Limit: 6 students
Instructor : Robert Kincheloe Dates : Session A :Sat/Sun, Apr. 23/24
Session B :Sat/Sun, May 28/29
Session C :Sat/Sun June 25/26
Time : 11am to 5pm Tuition : $250 plus $50 material fee (pay material fee to instructor in class)
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Class 1110 - Beginning Sculptural Flameworking
Learn the basics of making objects in the flame from borosilicate (Pyrex) glass. This 2-day class will focus on skills that are the basis of working with glass on the torch. You will come away with knowledge and some fine objects too! Rob is an energetic, knowledgeable instructor and artist who is ready and willing to help anyone learn this fascinating art form. The materials fee provides student with initial pack of glass, fuel for the torches and the loan of a full set of hand tools. Additional glass and supplies are available for purchase as the class progresses. Take this class more than once to reinforce your skills! Class Limit: 6 students
Instructor : Robert Kincheloe Dates : Sat / Sun afternoon May 21 & 22 Time : 1:30pm to 5pm Tuition : $250 plus $50 material fee (pay material fee to instructor in class)
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Class 1111 - Coldworking 101 - How to grind and polish
Learn how to incorporate coldworking techniques into your glass art. This 1-day class will focus on skills that are the basis of coldworking glass on the flat lap grinder. You will come away with knowledge and the ability to work safely and effectively with coldworking equipment! Robert will explain and demonstrate how the various pieces of equipment in the studio are used so that the students gain familiarity with what tools are available and how they can be properly utilized for glass art. The materials fee provides student with several "Blank" forms that they can use to practice these techniques. Students are also encouraged to bring small glass items that are less than 2" in surface are to experiment with. Class Limit: 8 students
Instructor : Robert Kincheloe Dates : Sat May 7th Time : 1pm to 5pm Tuition : $130 plus $20 material fee (pay material fee to instructor in class)
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The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft presents the work of sixteen emerging and established American craft artists who blend traditional craft materials such as fabric, glass, wood, metal, and clay with digital technologies and, in turn, blur the boundaries between the traditionally established categories of craft, art, and design.Tim Tate has a number of video reliquaries included in the museum show that address themes of books and reading.
The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft
March 10-June 12, 2011
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Museum Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
http://www.mam.org/exhibitions/details/new-materiality.php
Catherine Edelman Gallery will feature the self-contained video pieces of Tim Tate, whose works blend the craft of cast glass with new media technologies. In Tate's newest electronic reliquaries he addresses the 21st c. sideshow, incorporating circus banners, cast figures and videos from traveling shows.
Tim Tate: 21st c. Sideshows
May 6 - July 9, 2011
Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.edelmangallery.com/upcomingexhibitions.htm
Washington Glass School will mark its 10th anniversary this June. It seems like only yesterday that founders Tim Tate and Erwin Timmers were clearing space at the (now defunct) Millennium Arts Center - later to be joined by Michael Janis, but much time has passed. In the 10 years, the school has seen over 4000 students pass thru the doors and has held hundreds of classes, events and seminars. Many artists from the Washington Glass School have gone on to national, even international, recognition. Washington, DC's Longview Gallery will feature a juried invitational exhibition showcasing the people and work of the artists who have come through our doors.
Washington Glass School: The First Ten Years
LongView Gallery 1234 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
May 19 - June 19, Opening Reception, May 19th, 6:30-8:30 PM
For the Taubman project, Tate plans to create a room-sized environment, featuring his most ambitious video work to date, as well as five new glass reliquaries. Six projections will include three works referencing the films of surrealist artist Jean Cocteau, and three pieces continuing his interest in dreamers and sleepwalkers. This will be Tate's first museum solo exhibition, and his first show in Virginia.
The Waking Dreams Of Magdalena Moliere
June 3, 2011 - August 14, 2011
Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Avenue SE
Roanoke, VA 24011
http://www.taubmanmuseum.org/main/exhibitions/tim-tate-waking-dreams-magdalena-moliere
GlassWeekend, a biennial event is an International Symposium and Exhibition of Contemporary Glass brings together the world's leading glass artists, collectors, galleries, and museum curators for a three-day weekend of exhibitions, lectures, hands-on glassmaking, artists, demonstrations and social events. GlassWeekend events are held at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, home of the Creative Glass Center of America and the Museum of American Glass. Featured artists include WGS' Allegra Marquart, Tim Tate and Michael Janis. This year, Michael will be named a "Rising Star" by the Creative Glass Center of America at this year's GlassWeekend.
GlassWeekend
June 10-12, 2011
Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, NJ 08332
Boston's Fuller Craft Museum will feature a Michael Janis' work in a solo exhibition this summer. Scheduled to start in August and run through November, the show will be mounted in the Tarlow Gallery.
Fuller Craft Museum
August 6, 2011 - November 6, 2011
465 Oak Street
Brockton, MA 02301
www.fullercraft.org
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"Material World"
"Material World" exhibition focuses on artists who use non-traditional materials or tradition materials in non-standard ways to produce their work.
The work is not about the material or technique, and yet they are integral to the experience of the work. While the viewer will inevitably wonder how these pieces where made, with appreciation for the craft involved, in the end, one is left to contemplate these works on their own merits.
Artists exhibiting include: Michael Janis, Marie Ringwald, Katherine Mann, Matthew Langely, JT Kirkland and Sherrill Anne Gross.
Material World
March 12 - April 3, 2011
artdc Gallery at The Lustine Center
5710 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781
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"Daily Art Muse"
The author of the blog "Daily Art Muse"; Susan Lomuto is working as an apprentice here at the Washington Glass School, Red Dirt Studios, Flux Studios and Ani Kasten Ceramics as she researches the life of a professional artist.
Susan is planning on writing about her experience working with different artists within various media, and she has been updating the readers of her blog on some of her experiences. Click HERE to jump to Susan's posts.
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