The New Bedford Art Museum presents two upcoming glass art exhibitions. Opening reception June 13th 5-7pm.
Contemporary Glass Sculpture
June 13 – August 6
A survey of glass sculpture made by leading and emerging female artists trained in Massachusetts.
This group exhibition highlights several recent shifts within the world of contemporary art glass, the deployment of glass conceptually and abstractly by interdisciplinary artists, female dominance in the world of art glass, the disruption of traditional aesthetic conventions associated with the medium and expectations related to transparency, beauty and functionality.
Taliaferro Jones
Juyon Lee
Lindsy Marshall
Michiko Sakano
Kim Savoie
Anjali Srinivasan
Barcelona Sea Glass and the Art Photography of Celia Pearson
June 13 – August 6
Kirk J. Nelson, President and Executive Director of the New Bedford Glass Museum presents a selection of photographs drawn from a body of work about sea glass entitled, Glass Transformed by artist Celia Pearson.
Pearson began her career as a commercial photographer producing images of interiors, architecture and gardens for print publications including, Better Homes and Gardens, Coastal Living, Metropolitan Home, and Southern Accents. Gradually she transitioned to working solely on her own art to great success.
The recipient of the Maryland Art Council’s Anne Arundel County’s Annie Award for the Visual Arts, Pearson has shown widely for the last fifteen years throughout the United States at galleries and museums.