Corning Museum of Glass
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Don't miss your chance to tour our new hot shop before we light the furnaces and take it to the Glass Art Society Conference in Norfolk, Virginia! You can also tour the new hot shop, May 18-21, 10am-12pm, 1-3pm. https://goo.gl/W97xOw
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Happy Mother's Day from The Corning Museum of Glass! This glass panel, designed by Pablo Picasso and created by Les Gemmaux de France, is based on the original 1922 painting titled "Mere et enfant" in The Cone Collection at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Mere et enfant (Mother and Child), Les Gemmaux de France, Pablo Picasso, Paris, France, about 1954. Gift of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 93.3.1. https://goo.gl/SClR4d
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Karol Wight, president and executive director of the Museum, introduced the new Mobile Hot Shop to our staff Friday afternoon. Don't miss your chance to tour our new hot shop before we light the furnaces and take it to the Glass Art Society Conference in Norfolk, Virginia. You can tour the hot shop tomorrow, 10am-12pm, 1-3pm. https://goo.gl/W97xOw
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This week, we hosted the Road Scholars, a group of people interested in learning all about glass here at The Studio. With four days of world-class instruction, they learned kiln-working, flameworking, and glassblowing. Interested in joining this program? Find out more about upcoming Road Scholars Glassmaking Courses on our website. https://goo.gl/PdNyXn
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Rob Cassetti, senior director of creative services and marketing, introduced our new Mobile Hot Shop to our staff this afternoon. Don't miss your chance to tour our new hot shop before we light the furnaces and take it to the Glass Art Society Conference in Norfolk, Virginia. You can tour the hot shop Saturday and Sunday, 10am-12pm, 1-3pm. https://goo.gl/W97xOw
Portland-mania!
The Mona Lisa, Leonardo DaVinci’s iconic painting in the Louvre, might be the most famous work of art in the world right now. It has inspired memes, selfies, movies, and not an insignificant number of inquiries into the subject’s enigmatic ‘smile’. A 2,000-year-old Roman glass vase inspired similar wonderment and emulation in the 1700s and 1800s. That famous glass vase became known as the Portland Vase. The Corning Museum of Glass and Rakow Research Library contain dozens of objects, drawings, and print materials inspired by the Portland Vase. Some of these materials are featured in Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library, on display at the Library until February 2019.
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Museum members, save an extra 10% on purchases in the Museum Shops during the month of May! Become a member today to enjoy this discount. https://goo.gl/btzSJD
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Did you know? Katharine Hepburn is related to the Houghton family (of Corning Inc. fame) through her mother, Katharine Houghton Hepburn. Read about these two remarkable women and their family in Barbara Leaming's biography: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31737849 It's the perfect way to celebrate Hepburn's birthday!
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See the Nash notebooks for yourself at the Rakow Library and explore Tiffany's glass mosaics when our exhibition with The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, "Tiffany's Glass Mosaics," opens on May 20!
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Staff from The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass are on site installing glass for "Tiffany's Glass Mosaics." Don't miss this exhibition when it opens here at the Museum on May 20!
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Don't miss tonight's Behind the Glass lecture with Jeff Koons from 6:30-7:30pm. https://goo.gl/kKnmwF
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Take a rare, behind-the-scenes tour of our new Mobile Hot Shop on May 12 through 14. From 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pm, stop by the Museum for an exclusive look at this cutting-edge new mobile glassmaking studio. Get an up-close look at all of the tools available on this state-of-the-art piece of equipment–including the glass furnace, reheating chambers, annealers, and gaffers’ benches. https://goo.gl/W97xOw
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