Inspired. Beautiful Art + Value + Knowledge.

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement at the Oakland Museum

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

October 26, 2012–March 24, 2013

OMCA is one of more than 120 museums nationwide to mark the 50th anniversary of the studio art-glass movement in the United States. Featuring 32 works on view representing 22 artists in the Gallery of California Art, the exhibition

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

celebrates California's involvement in, and impact on, this movement that was brought to the Golden State by Marvin Lipofsky, who started the glass programs at California College of Arts and Crafts and UC Berkeley, and by Robert Fritz, who established the program at San Jose State University. Showcasing pioneer California glass artists, such as Richard Marquis, Jay Musler, Randy Strong, and Mary White, alongside the next generation of California glass artists including Oben Abright and Jaime Guerrero, the exhibition reinforces the Bay Area's prominence as a hotbed for the studio art-glass movement.

Docent Tours

Docent-led tours of

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

are offered every Sunday at 1 pm, through the end of the exhibition. Meet in front of the special exhibition in the back of the Gallery of California Art.

Made possible in part by generous support of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board, OMCA Art Guild, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, and Glass Alliance of Northern California. 

Sponsored by

- See more at: http://museumca.org/exhibit/playing-fire-artists-california-studio-glass-movement#sthash.BPyRuleg.dpuf

October 26, 2012 to March 24, 2013

The

Oakland Museum of California

, together with over 120 museums across the United States, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement with an exhibition of contemporary and studio glass by California artists.

Featured artists include Robert Fritz and

Marvin Lipofsky

, founders of glass studio programs at San Jose State University, California College of the Arts, and University of California (Berkeley). Contemporary glass on view includes work by Oben Abright, Latchezar Boyadjev,

Kathleen Elliot

,

Bella Feldman

, Jaime Guerrero,

Taliaferro Jones

,

Michelle Knox

,

Susan Longini

, William Morris,

Jay Musler

, Danny Perkins,

Clifford Rainey

, Cassandra Straubing, and Pamina Traylor, among others.

An exhibition catalog is available

here

and through the

Oakland Museum of California

. The exhibition was made possible in part by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, the Glass Alliance of Northern California, and sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

October 26, 2012–March 24, 2013

OMCA is one of more than 120 museums nationwide to mark the 50th anniversary of the studio art-glass movement in the United States. Featuring 32 works on view representing 22 artists in the Gallery of California Art, the exhibition

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

celebrates California's involvement in, and impact on, this movement that was brought to the Golden State by Marvin Lipofsky, who started the glass programs at California College of Arts and Crafts and UC Berkeley, and by Robert Fritz, who established the program at San Jose State University. Showcasing pioneer California glass artists, such as Richard Marquis, Jay Musler, Randy Strong, and Mary White, alongside the next generation of California glass artists including Oben Abright and Jaime Guerrero, the exhibition reinforces the Bay Area's prominence as a hotbed for the studio art-glass movement.

Docent Tours

Docent-led tours of

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

are offered every Sunday at 1 pm, through the end of the exhibition. Meet in front of the special exhibition in the back of the Gallery of California Art.

Made possible in part by generous support of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board, OMCA Art Guild, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, and Glass Alliance of Northern California. 

Sponsored by

- See more at: http://museumca.org/exhibit/playing-fire-artists-california-studio-glass-movement#sthash.BPyRuleg.dpuf

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

October 26, 2012–March 24, 2013

OMCA is one of more than 120 museums nationwide to mark the 50th anniversary of the studio art-glass movement in the United States. Featuring 32 works on view representing 22 artists in the Gallery of California Art, the exhibition

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

celebrates California's involvement in, and impact on, this movement that was brought to the Golden State by Marvin Lipofsky, who started the glass programs at California College of Arts and Crafts and UC Berkeley, and by Robert Fritz, who established the program at San Jose State University. Showcasing pioneer California glass artists, such as Richard Marquis, Jay Musler, Randy Strong, and Mary White, alongside the next generation of California glass artists including Oben Abright and Jaime Guerrero, the exhibition reinforces the Bay Area's prominence as a hotbed for the studio art-glass movement.

Docent Tours

Docent-led tours of

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

are offered every Sunday at 1 pm, through the end of the exhibition. Meet in front of the special exhibition in the back of the Gallery of California Art.

Made possible in part by generous support of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board, OMCA Art Guild, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, and Glass Alliance of Northern California. 

Sponsored by

- See more at: http://museumca.org/exhibit/playing-fire-artists-california-studio-glass-movement#sthash.BPyRuleg.dpuf

OMCA is one of more than 120 museums nationwide to mark the 50th anniversary of the studio art-glass movement in the United States. Featuring 32 works on view representing 22 artists in the Gallery of California Art, the exhibition

Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement

celebrates California's involvement in, and impact on, this movement that was brought to the Golden State by Marvin Lipofsky, who started the glass programs at California College of Arts and Crafts and UC Berkeley, and by Robert Fritz, who established the program at San Jose State University. Showcasing pioneer California glass artists, such as Richard Marquis, Jay Musler, Randy Strong, and Mary White, alongside the next generation of California glass artists including Oben Abright and Jaime Guerrero, the exhibition reinforces the Bay Area's prominence as a hotbed for the studio art-glass movement. - See more at: http://museumca.org/exhibit/playing-fire-artists-california-studio-glass-movement#sthash.BPyRuleg.dpuf