departments
Editor's Letter
by Andrew Page
Hourglass
Richard Marquis's retrospective exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass; Ruth King moves on after nine years as Pilchuck's artistic director; Sibylle Peretti receives $50,000 United States Artists Fellowship; Kirstie Rea returns to her Canberra roots; Holly Hotchner steps down as director of the Museum of Arts and Design; The Glass Art Society cancels its 2013 conference; performance art takes center stage at the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
Reviews
Stephen Rolfe Powell at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama; Esque Studio's Andi Kovel & Justin Parker at Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia; group jewelry exhibition at Claire Oliver Gallery, New York City; Jeffrey Sarmiento at Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago; Ron Desmett at Kim Foster Gallery, New York City.
UrbanGlass News
An update on the reNEWal project at UrbanGlass; the UrbanGlass education program kicks into high gear.
Reflection
Gun Play: Does glass weaponry force us to rethink our complex relationship to firearms, or desensitize us to a dangerous American obsession?
by John Drury
Panel Discussion
Lino Tagliapietra's works in flat glass are as introspective as his blown vessels are vivacious, and they represent the artist at a transformative moment in his storied career.
by Victoria Josslin
Into the Vortex
The exuberant Laura Donefer moves beyond flameworking to an alchemical collaboration with her polar opposite, the glassblowing virtuoso Jeff Mack, to achieve classical vessel forms that shimmer with vitality.
by James Yood
The Poetics of Light
A conversation with Michael Rogers
by Andrew Page
Frame of Reference
Gerhard Richter uses glass panes to challenge perception itself.
by William V. Ganis