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University of Wisconsin – River Falls Glass Legacies

April 13 – September 1, 2013

Started in 1968, the UW-River Falls glass program is one of the oldest BFA glass programs in the country and has produced countless talented artists. This exhibit focuses on the legacy started by early glass students as well as the work of more recent alumni.

Featured Artists
Eoin Breadon, Patrick Casanova, Jon Clark, Stephan Cox, Pauly Cudd, Jim Engebretson, Renee Engebretson, Erik Halvorson, Doug Johnson, Fred Kaemmer, Gene Koss, Joseph Limpert, Michael Meilahn, Colleen Ott, Nolan Prohaska and Brita Swanson

Artist Lecture with Jon Clark
Saturday, April 20 at 2:oo pm
A Brief History: Glass, the Studio Glass
Movement, and the work of Jon Clark
Light refreshments to follow

This exhibit is sponsored in part by a the Richard L Johnson Memorial Fund and a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of Wisconsin and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Upcoming

Creativity in Our Midst: Glass Artist of the NEW North

September 14 - February 16, 2014

Past

Past Exhibitions

Big Ideas/Small Packages: Magnificent Glass Under 20

November 1, 2008 through February 21, 2009

Big Ideas Poster This exhibition honors the paperweight tradition on which Bergstrom-Mahler Museum was founded. It explores the processes of glass techniques used in paperweight making and earlier, to examine the continuum of glass working methods today.

Many of the techniques used in working and decorating glass did not begin and end in one era. Glass is a material that evolved over centuries with a long history of use for creating decorative and functional objects. The earliest objects were small precious inlays, beads, unguent jars and containers for oils and perfumes. These can be traced back to Egyptian use, at least 6,000 years ago or earlier.

This exhibition examines the dynamic possibilities of these ancient glass methods, expanded upon by technology, creativity and contemporary thought, in small scale to honor the initial direction of Bergstrom-Mahler Museum and discover the unending possibilities of the material.

The visual surprises are many as you explore the profound ingenuity of the artists using this historically alluring, versatile and dynamic material: glass.