Rosemont College features Philadlephia Women Working in Glass

One of my pieces in the show: Well Wishers is 3 feet tall!

I was honored to have been asked to be part of the exhibition entitled "Philadelphia Women Working in Glass" at the Lawrence Gallery at Rosemont College in Rosemont, PA

It will be there until February 11, 2011. Why don't you stop by?

I'm back!

It's been a whirlwind era as I taught 4 artist/teachers to work with stained glass. Although we had been working with students from Germantown High School, deemed one of the roughest of Philadelphia's inner city for 5 years, the past two years were devoted to the students designing and building 18 windows for a remote and impoverished new school being built in the tiny village of KwaNgcolosi, South Africa (20 minutes west of Durban). All of their intense work was presented in a beautiful setting this past summer at the Philadelphia Welcome Center.

There the students windows were filled with light and enhanced our downtown. For the next part of this adventure I was fortunate enough to travel to South Africa with Sharon Katz (of the Peace Train)

where we delivered the hand-carried windows into the hands of the children of the village.

Once this school is complete, these fabulous children will no longer have to walk for 2 hours through the unforgiving hills to get their education. What a feeling of accomplishment for all who have been involved!

Won't you consider making a donation to Friends of the Peace Train or The Stained Glass Project: Windows that Open Doors? This school year we make windows for a new school in New Orleans!

My ARTfall months to come

I will be showing different NEW works at each of these venues this Fall and hope to see you at one or all of the following. If you can’t attend the opening, contact me and I’ll meet you at your convenience.

Sculpture venues:

Snyderman/Works Gallery: Found Objects 2 Invitational

Olde City, Phila

Oct 2 (“First Friday” opening5-9pm) - Nov 15, 2009

National Liberty Museum: Glass Auction, Phila

Sat, Oct 3, 2009: 5 pm (reserve tickets now!)

http://www.wayneart.org: Reflections in Glass Invitational, Wayne, PA

Dec 4, 2009 – Jan 23, 2010

One-of-a-kind Jewelry & small painting venues

Comcast Center: Gallery Without Walls, Phila

2 Saturdays: Nov 14 & Dec 12, 2009 noon-5pm

"Mom to the Rescue" has been deemed prizeworthy!

This past weekend I attended the International Flameworking Conference in Salem, New Jersey and entered MOM in an exhibition held at the conference. And...I won a prize! All very exciting since she is clearly made of media in addition to glass. The flameworking world community is pushing the limits and off we go...

All is Glass

So here is the latest baby.
In case you have NO idea what you are looking at, I'll explain:
Take an antique toaster and spread its wings,
attach it to a roller skate with glass wheels,
and add a glass bandaid for a propeller;
place the queen (with a glass eye on the back of her head) on top of a vintage hand drill
so she can rotate 360 degrees in space and see all,
and fill her wings with all kinds of tools fabricated from glass:
a needle and thread, drinking straw, pencil, thermometer, umbrella, toothbrush, an extra hand, paintbrush, fork, toothbrush and some extra eyes just in case.

In fact, add a fused glass eye on top and a beautiful necklace cause it's a girl...

Now she is prepared for anything...she is: Mom to The Rescue!

My creations are travelling...

I am very excited to announce that 3 of my glass/found object sculptures have been accepted into a highly acclaimed gallery in Pittsburgh, PA called the Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. I am privileged to be exhibiting with many of my favorite celebrated artists such as Mark Abildgaard, Tina Betz, Carmen Lozar, Beth Lipman, Christopher Reis and Kari Russell-Pool. What a kick! Why don't you go to the gallery website and discover a whole new world. If you have a chance to get to this outstanding gallery, please tell Amy Morgan that I sent you. You won't be disappointed with the quality and variety of work there. I was so captivated by work at the gallery that it was difficult to leave.

The 3 pieces she represents are in this photo, but if you want to see them in much more detail, go to my website and click on glass and mixed media. Of course I'd love for you to browse and take a peek at my work, but these three works are entitled from left to right in the photo:

Incubator (there is a secret world inside this house of protection which is without windows and doors), Day Churns Into Night (made from an antique butter churner which can be turned one way or the other), and Time For Change (inspired by our brand new President and his ideas about all of us participating in healing the world).

Can you tell I am pleased with this new development?

Green is a happenin' color

One of my sculptures has been chosen for another exhibit entitled

"The Green Exhibit" at Philadelphia's City Hall.

The theme of this show which is for professional artists working in and around Philadelphia and it features artwork which is based on the environment.

The show runs from October 13- January 23, 2009 (as in "NINE"!)

The opening is Thursday, October 23, from 5-7.

In case you aren't able to get there, here is the piece I am showing:

"Growth Where You Least Expect It"

11.5”h x 18”w x 4”d
Flameworked glass tubing, aluminum “t”, silicon,
grass (fescue) seed

...and my artist's statement:

Wikipedia lists 16 pages of extinct plants. As we continue to poison our environment and contribute to global warming, everyday symbols of nature may become a distant collective memory. This work pays homage to the common fescue seed that is the beginning of the life cycle of a blade of grass. Entitled “Growth Where you Least Expect It” serves as a tribute to the stamina of nature under dire circumstances. Let’s hope that is does not become symbolic of the grass we used to know.