Join Duncan McClellan Gallery and glass artists Mariel Bass and Jacob Stout for the opening of the glass exhibit “Holiday Heat”. This exhibit will open Saturday, December 13, at 5:30-9:30pm, and includes a free glassblowing demonstration with Bass and Stout. Admission is free, and refreshments will be available.
On Sunday, December 14 at noon, watch Mariel and Jake create another hot glass masterpiece in the Gallery’s 2400 square foot “Hot Shop”, and join them at the Museum of Fine Arts for an intimate brunch at 1:30pm. These events precede their 3pm lecture at the Museum, part of their “Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations“ lecture series. (The demo is free and open to the public. For the brunch and lecture, contact the Museum of Fine Arts at 727-896-2667 for reservations and further information.)
Master glassblower Jacob Stout joined the St. Petersburg Hot Glass team during the Summer of 2012, relocating from Baltimore, MD. Jacob brings with him 15 years of glassblowing and hot shop management experience, and is truly an asset to DMGlass. Stout received his BFA in glass from Kent State University, and studied under the now retired Henry Halem, a former student under famed glass artist Harvey Littleton. Jacob’s work is exhibited with various glass galleries around the country, at the international SOFA exposition in Chicago.
St. Petersburg Hot Glass Studio Manager Mariel Bass moved to St. Petersburg in 2012 after operating a recycled glass studio in an Eco resort on St. John, USVI. She received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, where she first discovered and fell in love with glassmaking. Over her professional career working with glass, Bass has worked at glass studios in Vermont, Massachusetts and Martha’s Vineyard, and has had the privilege of learning from artists including Dan Dailey, Susan Reid Holland and Kenny Pieper.Both Bass and Stout creates glass art using ancient glass techniques with vibrant, contemporary color to create fascinating, original pieces.
At DM Gallery we are experts in what we do. As artists and gallery hosts, we have established our space to be incredibly inviting to guests, while showing uniqueness in our art throughout the gallery. That combination has served for an incredible recipe to host and implement your event – making it one of the best venues in the area.
