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1.GRAND HALL
Made at MOG
Select works from the Museum’s Collection.
2. Jane Russell HOT SHOP, BALCONY
Made at MOG
Select works from the Museum’s Collection.
3. ART ALLEY
Paying tribute to the imagination of children, this exhibition showcases glass sculptures designed by children under the age of 12 and crafted by MOG’s Hot Shop Team.
4. Viola A. Chihuly GallerY
A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists
A Two-Way Mirror is an exhibition of contemporary Black artists who have used glass to create work that deconstructs social, cultural, gender, and racial identity concerns. The artists range in background from African American, to British, to Puerto Rican. Each artist uses glass to reflect thoughts and bodies that have historically been fraught with exploitation. Due to its reflectivity and translucence, glass is an apt medium to interrogate identity constructs such as the theory of double consciousness presented by W.E.B. Du Bois in his seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk.
5. North GALLERY
The Salmon School is presented as a temporary sculpture consisting of approximately 450 mirrored glass forms, suspended as if a school of fish. The sculpture’s display is concurrent with maritime or riverine environmental DNA projects – the collection of natural water samples and analysis of those samples for shed DNA – conducted with local communities, growing in both number and scale as it generates awareness.
6. Permanent Collection Gallery
Out of the Vault is a rotating exhibition of recent acquisitions and hidden gems from Museum of Glass’ collections. The artwork held in our collections represents local, national, and international artists, and features variety of innovative and historic glass techniques.
7. Leonard & Norma Klorfine Foundation Gallery
Illuminate: Glass Art for Early Learners
Art, science, and play collide as visitors learn about color, light, reflection, and shadow. The exhibition unfolds through world-class artworks created by Nikola Dimitrijevic, John Kiley, Richard Royal, Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, Veruska Vagen, and more. Each piece of art is activated by opportunities for early learners and their families to create, to move, to play, and to experience what makes glass extraordinary in the world of art. Create your own design with a larger-than-life LiteBrite™, make art from your own shadow, and discover what makes glass glow-in-the-dark!
OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS
8. Water Forest, 2002
Howard Ben Tré, Collection of City of Tacoma
Water rises and falls in a forest of vertical elements of clear acrylic and bronze tubing, designed so that people can walk through.
9. Fluent Steps, 2009
Martin Blank
The sculptures celebrate the many moods of water through three small islands of glass: (A) Echo, (B) Cascades, and (C) Wisps.
10. Chihuly Bridge of Glass, 2002
Dale Chihuly, Arthur Andersson, Collection of City of Tacoma
Three distinct installations comprise the Chihuly Bridge of Glass: Seaform Pavilion, Crystal Towers, and Venetian Wall.
Designed by Cameron Day (age 8) and made by Nancy Callan and Deborah Czeresko with Museum of Glass Hot Shop Team. Pip, 2007. Blown and hot-sculpted glass with applied bits; 17 x 14 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 in. Collection of Museum of Glass, sponsored by John Sullivan and Paula Stokes. From Kids Design Glass.
Rik Allen (American, born 1967). Kalakala, Made at the Museum in 2014. Blown glass, silver leaf, mold-blown glass; 12 × 22 × 5 in. Collection of Museum of Glass, gift of the artist. Photo courtesy of the artist. From Out of the Vault: Soundtracks
Alfredo Barbini (Italian, 1912—2007). Red Sommerso Toucan, 1980s. Glass; 12 x 10 x 5 in. Courtesy of David Huchthausen. Photo by Lloyd Shugart Studio 413. From Maestro Alfredo Barbini: Nature, Myth, and Magic, The David Huchthausen Collection.