Join Duncan McClellan Gallery and glass artists Licha Ochoa Nicholson and Sam Stang for the second half of the glass art exhibit: “The Texture of Glass”.
There will be a public opening and artists’ reception on Saturday, October 11, at 5:30-9:30pm, and includes a free glassblowing demonstration with Nicholson and Stang and the St. Petersburg Hot Glass Workshop artists.
On Sunday, October 12 at 11:00am, watch Nicholson and Stang 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 12:30pm. These events precede their 2pm 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.)
Nicholson was raised in a traditionally large Mexican family in Kansas City, Missouri.
Observing her mother create beautiful items with simple household textiles was Nicholson’s first introduction to being creative with her hands and imagination, and she began creating with glass in early 1980. During that decade, she created numerous window installations throughout Kansas, Missouri and Washington State. Licha discovered fused glass while visiting Australia, and continued her fascination with glass while studying at the Pilchuck School in Stanwood, WA. She continues to enjoy creating glass art and having the opportunity to continue to expound on this endless medium has been enriching to her because of its unlimited potential and natural beauty.
Sam Stang was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1959. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri from 1980 to 84 and was a student of Fritz Dreisbach at Penland School of Crafts in 1983. He was also a student of Lino Tagliapietra at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Sam was a founding partner in Ibex Glass Studio (1985 through 1991) and started Augusta Glass Studio in Augusta Missouri in 1992 which he still operates as a sole proprietorship.
“All of my pieces are made by using traditional European glassblowing techniques. With the murrini pieces, I begin by making glass rods which are patterned in cross section. The rods are cooled and cut into thin pieces and arranged on an iron plate which is then heated to fuse the murrini. This is then rolled into a tube on the end of a blowpipe and shaped into the final form.”
Join Duncan McClellan Gallery and glass artists Licha Ochoa Nicholson and Sam Stang for the second half of the glass art exhibit: “The Texture of Glass”.
There will be a public opening and artists’ reception on Saturday, October 11, at 5:30-9:30pm, and includes a free glassblowing demonstration with Nicholson and Stang and the St. Petersburg Hot Glass Workshop artists.
On Sunday, October 12 at 11:00am, watch Nicholson and Stang 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 12:30pm. These events precede their 2pm 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.)
Nicholson was raised in a traditionally large Mexican family in Kansas City, Missouri.
Observing her mother create beautiful items with simple household textiles was Nicholson’s first introduction to being creative with her hands and imagination, and she began creating with glass in early 1980. During that decade, she created numerous window installations throughout Kansas, Missouri and Washington State. Licha discovered fused glass while visiting Australia, and continued her fascination with glass while studying at the Pilchuck School in Stanwood, WA. She continues to enjoy creating glass art and having the opportunity to continue to expound on this endless medium has been enriching to her because of its unlimited potential and natural beauty.
Sam Stang was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1959. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri from 1980 to 84 and was a student of Fritz Dreisbach at Penland School of Crafts in 1983. He was also a student of Lino Tagliapietra at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Sam was a founding partner in Ibex Glass Studio (1985 through 1991) and started Augusta Glass Studio in Augusta Missouri in 1992 which he still operates as a sole proprietorship.
“All of my pieces are made by using traditional European glassblowing techniques. With the murrini pieces, I begin by making glass rods which are patterned in cross section. The rods are cooled and cut into thin pieces and arranged on an iron plate which is then heated to fuse the murrini. This is then rolled into a tube on the end of a blowpipe and shaped into the final form.”
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