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At the Perry Glass Studio
2013 Visiting Artist Series
The goal of the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series is to bring some of the world’s top glass art talent to the Hampton Roads area, and the 2013 lineup did not disappoint.
Laura Donefer
May 3–5
Known for her imaginative designs, quirky personality, and melding of avant-garde fashion and contemporary art, Laura Donefer thrilled Studio audiences May 3-5, 2013, producing her signature glass amulet baskets, which combine colorful blown glass, beads, and found objects.
Donefer was born in Ithaca, N.Y., and was raised in Quebec, Canada. She trained as a glass artist at Sheridan College and has been using glass as the primary medium in her work for more than 25 years.
Her work has been exhibited at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Japan, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Hammelev Arts and Culture Centre in Denmark, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston, the Museo del Vidrio in Mexico, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in China.
Gianni Toso
August 15–18
Gianni Toso, the creator of one of the most popular glass objects in the Chrylser Museum collection, comes from a family with a seven-century tradition in Murano glass blowing. He was accepted into the local fine arts academy for glassblowers at age 14, and in 1967, at the age of 24, he opened a studio in Venice. He’s been at it ever since, and is considered one of the world’s great artists working in lampworked glass
Fritz Dreisbach
Dec. 6–8
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.
With a career spanning five decades, Fritz Dreisbach is universally recognized as one of the pioneers of the American Studio Glass Movement. Dreisbach received a bachelor of arts degree at Hiram College and two master’s degrees in art from the University of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin. Dreisbach was a founding member of the Seattle-based Glass Art Society in 1971, and served as its president for two terms. In 2002, the Glass Art Society presented him with its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was elected a Fellow of the American Crafts Council in 1988
He has served as artist in residence at The Museum of Glass (Tacoma) and the Toledo Museum of Art, and his work can be found in many of the leading museum collections including the Chrysler Museum of Art, The Corning Museum of Glass, Carnegie Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, Glasmuseum Frauenau in Germany, and Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark.