ONLINE PROGRAM THROUGH ZOOM

Tour times: 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm - registration required

Members’ Virtual Tour: New Glass Now, Renwick

Geoffrey W Cohrs, museum educator

New Glass Now documents the innovation and dexterity of artists, designers and architects from around the world working with the challenging material of glass. This global survey is designed to highlight the breadth and depth of contemporary glass making. Its presentation at the Renwick Gallery features objects, installations, videos, and performances made by fifty artists working in more than twenty-three countries. From technically masterful vessels to experiments in the chemistry of glass, these works challenge the very notion of what the material of glass is and what it can do. 

New Glass Now, organized by The Corning Museum of Glass, was curated by a panel of thinkers, makers, and writers and is the result of their varied perspectives and experiences. New Glass Now is the third iteration of a groundbreaking exhibition series. The two prior exhibitions, Glass 1959 and New Glass: A Worldwide Survey in 1979, catalyzed major changes in the glass field. The Renwick Gallery hosted New Glass: A Worldwide Survey in 1980. Today, as the Renwick continues to keep with the pulse of contemporary glass in the United States, New Glass Now once again highlights the dynamic, global field as it is today.

Members-only program, no fee, registration required – please let us know which time slots you are available to attend via the mail-in registration form or by contacting office@artseminargroup.org