Visiting Artists
Recent Visiting Artist Residencies
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The Visiting Artist Program
The Museum’s Visiting Artist Program hosts internationally-known and emerging artists in our world-class Hot Shop to create new works in glass with our professional team of artists. Offering a diverse mixture of culture, style, focus and expertise, these artists create a sense of excitement and wonder as they experiment and explore new directions in their art that may not be possible in their own studios. Residencies range in length from single day visits—including every Friday for our Hot Lunch Program—to multiple weeks. A selection of the works created by our Visiting Artists are displayed on a rotating basis in the Made at the Museum exhibition.
Each summer we present the Visiting Artist Summer Series, a partnership with Pilchuck Glass School, which brings an artist each week through July and August. Many of our Visiting Artist present a Conversation with the Artist lecture and slide presentation on the final day of their residency. Check our online calendar for specific dates and times.
The Museum also invites artists with a minimum of five years of experience working with glass to apply for Application Residencies. Find out how »
Get the lastest information about our Visiting Artists on the MOG Blog.
Upcoming Visiting Artists
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January 18
COURTNEY BRANAM, Seattle, WA
Texas native Courtney Branam developed an interest in glass while studying at Texas Tech University. He has traveled from Alaska to Australia–and parts in between–practicing his craft.
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January 20 – 24 and 27 – 31
BETH LIPMAN, Sheboygan, WI and INGALENA KLENELL, Sunne, Sweden
Beth Lipman and Ingalena Klenell have embarked on a professional collaboration to develop a new exhibition, Glimmering Gone, which will open at MOG in October, 2010. During this residency, the two artists will work together to create pieces for the exhibition that will comprise three vignettes of glass: Memento, or objects of desire; Landscape, large-scale components that will create a veritable glass curtain; and Artifacts, an installation of sandblasted black and white glass components bathed in light.
Conversation with the Artists: January 31, 2 pm
Beth Lipman’s website »
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February 15
DARIN DENISON, Shoreline, WA
Darin Denison has been active in the Pacific Northwest glass scene for over 15 years. In addition to creating his own work, he works on the glassblowing teams of Lino Tagliapietra, Nancy Callan, Kait Rhoads and Paul Cunningham.
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February 17 – 21 and 24 – 28
LAURA DE SANTILLANA and ALLESANDRO DIAZ DE SANTILLANA, Venice, Italy
Siblings Laura and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana have a rich history in traditional art and design. They are the grandchildren of Paolo Venini, founder of the Venini glasswork company in Murano, Italy and are both respected artists in the international studio glass movement. During this residency, they will collaborate on works for a future Museum of Glass exhibition.
Conversation with the Artists: February 28, 2 pm -
March 3 – 7
BENJAMIN COBB, Seattle, WA
Ben Cobb is the Hot Shop manager, lead gaffer and designer on the MOG Hot Shop Team where he has worked since 2002. He has worked with many artists at MOG, but this residency will be dedicated to his personal design series. Many of Cobb’s sculptures are created using his signature technique of creating clear windows embedded in bright and brilliant colors, allowing viewers to look into and through the vessel.
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March 10 – 14
LELAVISION (Leah Mann and Ela Lamblin), Vashon Island, WA
Lelavision is known to Museum visitors for their annual Thanksgiving weekend Physical Music performances. Mann and Lamblin will return to MOG to work with the Hot Shop Team and create glass elements for a new mechanical sculpture, Epigenetic Bulb, which will combine glass, metal and light with music.
Conversation with the Artist: March 14, 2 pm
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