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323 E. Freemason St.
Open Saturday and Sunday

Noon–5 p.m.

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Reading Room
Wednesday-Friday
10 a.m.–5 p.m.

About the Myers House

The oldest Jewish home in America open to the public as a museum offers a glimpse of the life of an early 19th century merchant family.
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About the Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Art Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

Located in Norfolk

One Memorial Place,
Norfolk, VA
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While You're Here

Visit our Museum Shop
and Zinnia Cafe.

Perry Glass Studio

A state-of-art facility on the Museum’s campus. See a free glassmaking demo Tuesdays–Sunday at noon. Like what you see? Take a class with us! More about the Studio

The Myers House

The home of the first permanent Jewish residents of Norfolk, this historic house offers a glimpse of the life of a wealthy early 19th-century merchant family.
More about the house

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the Library

Wedding & Event Rentals

The perfect place for your big day or special event. Get the details

In-person Tours

Group tours are available for groups of 20 or fewer. More about tours

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Visit one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

About the Chrysler

Our story spans well over 100 years. See where we began, how we grew, and where we're going. Explore our history

News and Announcements

See what's happening at the Museum, read Chrysler Magazine, and find our Media Center. Read now

Location

One Memorial Place
Norfolk, VA 23510

Location

745 Duke Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-333-6299

Always Free Parking

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Visiting Artist Series

Bringing the world’s top glass art talent to Hampton Roads
Find out more

Studio Team

Meet the brilliant minds behind the Studio.
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Give the Chrysler Experience

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The Masterpiece Society

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Planned Giving

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Moses Myers House

323 E. Freemason St.
Open Saturday and Sunday

Noon–5 p.m.

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Reading Room
Wednesday-Friday
10 a.m.–5 p.m.

About the Myers House

The oldest Jewish home in America open to the public as a museum offers a glimpse of the life of an early 19th century merchant family.
More about the house

About the Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Art Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

Located in Norfolk

One Memorial Place,
Norfolk, VA
Get Directions

While You're Here

Visit our Museum Shop
and Zinnia Cafe.

Perry Glass Studio

A state-of-art facility on the Museum’s campus. See a free glassmaking demo Tuesdays–Sunday at noon. Like what you see? Take a class with us! More about the Studio

The Myers House

The home of the first permanent Jewish residents of Norfolk, this historic house offers a glimpse of the life of a wealthy early 19th-century merchant family.
More about the house

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the Library

Wedding & Event Rentals

The perfect place for your big day or special event. Get the details

In-person Tours

Group tours are available for groups of 20 or fewer. More about tours

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Visit one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

About the Chrysler

Our story spans well over 100 years. See where we began, how we grew, and where we're going. Explore our history

News and Announcements

See what's happening at the Museum, read Chrysler Magazine, and find our Media Center. Read now

Location

One Memorial Place
Norfolk, VA 23510

Location

745 Duke Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-333-6299

Always Free Parking

Get Directions

Visiting Artist Series

Bringing the world’s top glass art talent to Hampton Roads
Find out more

Studio Team

Meet the brilliant minds behind the Studio.
See the team

Give the Chrysler Experience

Share everything you love about the Chrysler Museum with a gift membership. Perfect for everyone on your list.

The Masterpiece Society

Learn about this innovative group of museum supporters.
Meet the Masterpiece Society

Planned Giving

Help ensure the long-term success of the Museum.
Learn about planned giving

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Visiting Artist Series

The Perry Glass Studio’s Visiting Artist Series brings the world’s top glass art talent to the Hampton Roads area. You’re invited to watch them work in the Hot Shop.

2023 Visiting Artists

Artist, Preston Singletary, creates a glass bird with help from the Perry Glass Studio.
Preston Singletary

Preston Singletary’s work fuses time-honored glassblowing traditions with Pacific Northwest Indigenous art to honor his ancestral Tlingit heritage, a tribe in southern Alaska. His exhibition Raven and the Box of Daylight was on view at the Chrysler Museum of Art from March 3, 2023–July 2, 2023.

Visiting artist Jaime Guerrero at work at the Perry Glass Studio
Jaime Guerrero

Through his large-scale glass sculptures, Jaime Guerrero has explored issues of identity and belonging, seeking to highlight the human dimension of our fraught contemporary American social and political climate. His exhibition Dendrolatry was on view at the Chrysler Museum of Art from September 26, 2023–January 21, 2024

2022 Visiting Artists

Richard Royal
November 17–20

Davin Ebanks
April 21–24

2021 Visiting Artists

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Dafna Kaffeman

Dafna Kaffeman creates exquisitely crafted plant replicas from glass using the bench-top technique of flameworking or lampworking. These botanical specimens reflect the natural world of the artist’s homeland in Isreal.

Corey Pemberton, Visiting Artist, June 2021
Corey Pemberton

Corey returned to the Perry Glass Studio this past June.

2020 Visiting Artists

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Grant and Erin Garmezy

Richmond-based glass artists Grant and Erin Garmezy are known for their life-like sculptural works of animals. They brought their impressive technical skills to the Perry Glass Studio in September.

2019 Visiting Artists

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Hiroshi Yamano

The Perry Glass Studio team was excited to welcome world-renowned glass artists Hiroshi Yamano to Norfolk November 8–10, 2019. A native of Fukuoka, Japan, Yamano is one of the most well-known and revered glass artists in the world.

Mel Douglas and Nancy Callan

Mel Douglas and Nancy Callan brought their collaborative artistic process to the Glass Studio in March 2019. Both Douglas and Callan have works in the Chrysler’s collection, Douglas’s stunning Threefold, Twofold, and Periphery and Callan’s Aquaman Stinger.

2018 Visiting Artists

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Amber Cowan

Amber Cowan’s sculptural glasswork includes recycled, up-cycled, and second-life American pressed glass.

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello

As a contemporary urban-based Aboriginal (Arrernte) glass artist, Jenni Kemarre Martiniello’s aim is to produce a body of traditionally inspired works that pay tribute to traditional weavers and provide recognition for these ancient cultural practices.

Brynhildur Thorgeirsdottir working in the Glass Studio
Brynhildur Thorgeirsdóttir

Brynhildur Thorgeirsdóttir traveled from Iceland to share her glass casting process.

2017 Visiting Artists

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Micah Evans
Micah Evans

Micah Evans can be described as a glassmaking nomad, a Washington state native who started working with glass in the late '90s. He's lived/worked/taught in Miami, Fla., Penland, N.C., and Austin, Texas, and is well-versed in both glassblowing and flameworking.

Jay MacDonell

Jay MacDonell has worked for artists such as Benand Sebastian, Xu Bing, Angelo Filomeno, Bruce Mau, Catherine Chalmers, and Mildred Howard. He has taught workshops at The Bay Area Glass Institute in San Jose, Pilchuck Glass School, Espace Verre in Montreal and the Royal Danish School of Design.

2016 Visiting Artists

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Hank Murta Adams

A master of cast-glass sculpture and a favorite of glass art collectors, when he's not traveling and teaching Adams has a pretty good day job—Glass Studio Director at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center in Millville, N.J.

Visiting Artist Series Rik Allen
Rik Allen

This space buff with a distinctive retro-futuristic style wowed a Studio audience that included NASA scientists. One highlight was creating in hot glass a prototype Mars explorer that the NASA scientists are currently working on in real life (and what Matt Damon drove in The Martian).

2015 Visiting Artists

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Emilio Santini

Born in the home of modern glass traditions, Murano, Italy, this immensely talented flameworker now lives and works in Williamsburg, Va. His stature as an artist is second only to his stature as a teacher.

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Toots Zynsky

As a young artist, she signed up for a glass class with Dale Chihuly on the day the furnace was being installed—before it was even in the course catalog. Decades later she's the master of a unique style, and heralded around the world for her flowing, colorful creations.

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Tom Moore

One of the top contemporary glass artists in Australia, Tom Moore uses his glass artistry to meld plants, animals, and machines. His humorous and whimsical pieces carry an environmental message.

2014 Visiting Artists

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Richard Marquis

An artist known for whimsical creations infused with humor, Richard Marquis is also known as a teacher. He's been a major force in the American Studio Glass movement for so long, he has not one but two lifetime achievement awards.

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Martin Janecky

In the world of glass, certain areas of expertise pop up over and over again. Martin Janecky represents the Czechoslovakian wing. He started out trying to learn every technique he could master. Now he teaches those techniques.

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Nancy Callan & Katherine Gray

Nancy Callan represents both the Seattle glass scene and the Italian traditions as popularized by Lino Tagliapietra. She and Katherine Gray have worked, and taught, together at some of the top glass institutions in the world.

2013 Visiting Artists

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Visiting Artist Series Laura Donefer
Laura Donefer

A big personality and a big player in developing the Canadian glass art scene, Donefer has drawn acclaim for everything from wearable art to amulet baskets.

Visiting Artist Series Gianni Toso
Gianni Toso

A recognized master of flameworked glass, the Toso family has been in the glass business for seven centuries. A highlight of his visit was a chance to repair a work a Norfolk woman had purchased from him in Italy decades ago.

Fritz Dreisbach

From motorcycle-riding hippy glassblower to the winner of a lifetime achievement award, Dreisbach brought to the Studio a first-rate talent and a lively enthusiasm.

2012 Visiting Artists

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Visiting Artist Series April Surgent
April Surgent

April Surgent studied glass production in Bornholm, Denmark as a teenager. In 2003, she received a scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School, where she learned cold-working and traditional cameo engraving techniques, studying with master Czech engraver and mentor Jiri Harcuba.

2012 Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series De la Torre brothers
Einar and Jamex de la Torre

Brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre were born in Guadalajara, Mexico. Jamex started flame-working glass in 1977, attended California State University at Long Beach, and received a bachelor of fine arts degree in sculpture in 1983. Einar started work with glass in 1980 while also attending California State University at Long Beach.

Visiting Artist Series John Miller
John Miller

Miller's work is in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, and the Museum of Glass, Tacoma. Miller operates his own studio, Ring of Fire Hot Glass, where his focus is blown sculpture. His large-scale recreations of diner and fast food staples are among his most popular works.

Visiting Artist Series Debora Moore
Debora Moore

She has studied at both the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle and the Pilchuck Glass School. In 1998, she was accepted as a member in the African-American Design Archive at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution in New York.

Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni, Janusz Pozniak
Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni, Janusz Pozniak

These internationally acclaimed glass artists graced our studios for a week of public demonstration. You can normally find them at the Pilchuck Glass School outside of Seattle, WA.