Kristin Deady

What an incredible weekend! This past weekend we hosted the 2023 International Flameworking Conference at @scc.glass.center ! It was an incredible event and I am so grateful to all on our team at the college and the glass center - staff, faculty, students, and alumni - who helped put all this together, to all the presenters, sponsors, and to each and every attendee who came out! Thank you all for the excellent weekend! If you’d like to see more of the event. Check out my posts on @scc.glass.center . I’ll be adding more over the next several days. I’m feeling simultaneously exhausted and extremely energized today! I hope everyone had a safe trip home. I look forward to seeing you all next year! #IFC2023 #flameworking #glasscommunity #glassinspiration #flameworkedglass #glasslife #lampworking

Don’t miss Madeline Rile Smith, @madhotglass , TONIGHT, Friday, December 2nd, 7:30pm at The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, DE! In conjunction with the exhibition, “Through A Glass, Darkly”, exhibiting artist Madeline Rile Smith will be demonstrating some of her handmade musical glass instruments including horns, trumpets, flutes, and percussion! While at The DE Contemporary, be sure to check out the rest of the incredible work on display in the museum-wide exhibition, “Through A Glass, Darkly” curated by Kristin Deady, Jenna Lucente, and Alexander Rosenberg. The exhibition includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. Selected works engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. Madeline Rile Smith uses glass as a performative vehicle to consider notions of intimacy, compromise, and embodiment. Informed by her background in music, she creates objects and videos that explore connection and isolation. Madeline’s work has been exhibited in venues throughout the US and internationally, including the Museum of Arts and Design, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, the Toyama Glass Art Museum, and in New Glass Review 41 and 35. She earned an MFA in glass at Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BFA in glass from Tyler School of Art. A passionate educator, she has instructed glassworking in schools and institutions throughout the East Coast, including Rochester Institute of Technology, UrbanGlass, The Crefeld School, Salem Community College, and Tyler School of Art. Madeline is joining Salem Community College in 2023 as an Assistant Professor in Glass Art. She is a recipient of a commission award for Glass Meet the Future 2021 with North Lands Creative. You can see more of her work at madelinerilesmith.com or @madhotglass . @jenna_lucente @rosenbergalexander @kristindeady @decontemporary @salemcommunitycollege #flameworking #borosilicate #contemporaryglass #glassofinstagram #bestofglass #glasssculpture #glass

Check out the exhibition “Through A Glass, Darkly” and watch live demonstrations by the Corning Museum of Glass at The Delaware Contemporary this weekend! Join in the fun tomorrow evening, Friday, November 4th for the November First Friday Art Loop. Both the exhibition and the demonstration stage will be open from 5-9pm. This event is free and open to the public! Cash bar. On Saturday The DE Contemporary presents, “What’s In the Glass?”, from 6-9pm. This event features Iron Hill Brewery beer tastings paired with the glassware for each brew. The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) Mobile Hot Shop will present the artistry of complex hot glassmaking techniques. This unique glass experience includes complimentary beer tastings, lite bites, glass blowing demonstrations, and CMoG glassware raffle baskets! Tickets are $50 and advanced registration is required. contemporary.org/corning-museum-of-glass. The Corning Museum of Glass mobile hot shop will be performing live demonstrations throughout the day, Friday and Saturday, for free. The Delaware Contemporary will provide hands-on complementary activities through the day. These engagements are free. Register online. While at the museum be sure to check out “Through A Glass, Darkly”, curated by Kristin Deady, Jenna Lucente, and Alexander Rosenberg! “Through a Glass, Darkly,” is on display through December 31, 2022, and includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. Works included engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. contemporary.org/through-a-glass-darkly @jenna_lucente @rosenbergalexander @kristindeady @decontemporary @ironhillbrewery @corningmuseum #glassblowing #beertasting #defamily #defun #wilmingtonde #delaware #delawareart #blownglass #glassart #glassevent #phillyarea #glassexhibition #contemporaryglass #glasscommunity #glass

A long overdue THANK YOU(!!!!!) to Amy Lemaire, @amylemairestudio , and Davin Ebanks, @davin.ebanks , two of the incredible artists with works included in “Through A Glass, Darkly”, on display now at The Delaware Contemporary, @decontemporary , who joined us a couple weeks ago at the exhibition to present themselves and their works in a panel discussion moderated by curator Jenna Lucente, @jenna_lucente . The program was an awesome opportunity to learn more about both of these artists histories, inspirations, practices, and insights into their works included in the exhibition. Be sure to visit The DE Contemporary to check out their included works! “Through A Glass, Darkly” is up through the end of the year. Learn more via the link in my bio. Amy Lemaire, “Future Hub”, 2022, digital print on aluminum dibond Amy Lemaire, “Duplex”, 2022, borosilicate, mirror Davin Ebanks, “Passage: Negro (‘can we find light in the never-ending shade? / The loss we carry, / a sea we must wade.’)” [Excerpt: “The Hill We Climb”, Amanda Gorman], 2021, cast glass Davin Ebanks, “Passage: Blanco (‘Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, / Great, hollow, bell-like flowers / Rumbling in the wind...’) [Excerpt: “Storm Ending”, Jean Toomer], 2021, cast glass Davin Ebanks, “Passage: Azul (‘It is air / ceaseless wind, water and sand.’)” [Excerpt: “The Sea”, Pablo Neruda], 2021, fused and ground glass Davin Ebanks, “Ground Basket”, 2022, blown glass #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #glass #castglass #artisttalk #borosilicate #bluesky #contemporaryglass #sculpture #contemporarysculpture #wilmingtondelaware #wilmingtonde #flamework

Visit The Delaware Contemporary this Friday to view “Through A Glass, Darkly”, curated by Kristin Deady, Jenna Lucente, and Alexander Rosenberg! OCTOBER ART LOOP at The Delaware Contemporary Friday, October 7, 2022 5 - 9 PM | FREE | Cash Bar 200 S. Madison St. Wilmington, DE 19801 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: · 5 - 8 PM | Come and sketch a creature or two from the Brandywine Zoo or stop by to see them in action. · 6:00 PM | Panel on Glass featuring Amy Lemaire and Davin Ebanks; two of the artists included in “Through A Glass, Darkly”. · 7:00 PM | First State Ballet students will perform a contemporary ensemble piece. FSBT’s professional company dancers will perform an excerpt from Dracula. · 7:30 PM | Wilmington Ballet students will perform short vignettes in the galleries inspired by the current exhibition, “Through A Glass, Darkly”. · FOOD TRUCK: Gastro Graffiti “Through a Glass, Darkly” includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. Spanning across six galleries, selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. @decontemporary @amylemairestudio @davin.ebanks @rosenbergalexander @jenna_lucente @kristindeady #wilmingtondelaware #wilmingtonde #wilmingtonwaterfront #glass #glasssculpture #contemporaryart #contemporaryglass #contemporarysculpture

OPENING EVENT: Friday, September 9 | 5 - 9 PM “Through A Glass, Darkly”, Curated by Kristin Deady, Jenna Lucente, and Alexander Rosenberg The Delaware Contemporary, 200 South Madison St. Wilmington, DE 19801 Opening Reception Schedule: Immersive Performance: Fanfares et s' épanouit dans de la Lux (Fanfares and Blooms in Light) 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM This performance is a collaboration of Ross Walter (musician) and Bohyun Yoon (artist) using sound and light. In this performance, antiphonal brass music performed by Virginia Commonwealth University music students will transfer musical energy through sympathetic vibration to affect laser light reflections from instrument-mounted lasers for presentation on a screen. Each performance will be 30 minutes and will require the audience to be seated for its entirety. Doors will be closed during the performance. Visitors should note this performance contains lasers and use of a haze machine. Virginia Commonwealth University Brass Quintet 5:00 – 5:30 PM & 8:15 – 9:00 PM Open Artist Studios – upstairs 5:00 – 9:00 PM The Stand Food Truck 5:00 – 9:00 PM @scc.glass.center Info Table 5:00 – 9:00 PM “Through a Glass, Darkly” includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. Included Artists: David King, Helen Lee, Kristin Neville Taylor, Bohyun Yoon, Rebecca Arday, Sarah Blood, Sarah Briland, Kayla Cantu, Kate Clements, Caroline Cox, Daniel Cutrone, Davin Ebanks, Christy Georg, Kim Harty, Brynn Hurlstone, Matthew Jacob, Jessica Julius, Christopher Kerr-Ayer, Sharon Koelblinger, Ying Chiun Lee, Amy Lemaire, Matt Meyer, Lukas Milanak, Dan Mirer, Anthony Monahon, Paige Morris, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Madeline Smith, Aric Snee, Carolyn Spears, Justin Spillers, Christie Stidham, Heather Sutherland, Kimberly Thomas, Abegael Uffelman, and Zac Weinberg. Images shown (in order) belong to Bohyun Yoon, Madeline Rile Smith, Christy Georg, Jessica Julius, Kim Harty, and Zac Weinberg @decontemporary @jenna_lucente @rosenbergalexander @bobobo_yoon @madhotglass @christygeorg @jjj1370 @kimharty @zacweinberg #contemporaryart #glass #glassreflection

“Through A Glass, Darkly” Curated by Kristin Deady, Jenna Lucente, and Alexander Rosenberg September 9 - December 31, 2022 OPENING EVENT: Friday, September 9, 5 - 9 PM Through a Glass, Darkly includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. Spanning across six galleries, selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. To see “through a glass” — or mirror — “darkly” is to have an obscure or imperfect vision of reality. The expression comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul; he explains that we do not now see clearly, but at the end of time, we will do so. Historically, glass has augmented human perception, allowing us to view parts of the world that are otherwise elusive to our limited natural senses. While revealing the minuscule and distant, preserving the fleeting, and encapsulating the fragile and reactive, glass also obscures our perception of the very things it helps us to observe. The nature of the material is two-sided; it both enhances and subverts vision. Glass is an instrument for enlightenment, and at the same time, it is a driver of misinformation. Anchor Artists: David King, Helen Lee, Kristin Neville Taylor, and Bohyun Yoon have been curated into the exhibition as featured artists, and have several works included in the show. We are also pleased to include incredible works by Rebecca Arday, Sarah Blood, Sarah Briland, Kayla Cantu, Kate Clements, Caroline Cox, Daniel Cutrone, Davin Ebanks, Christy Georg, Kim Harty, Brynn Hurlstone, Matthew Jacob, Jessica Julius, Christopher Kerr-Ayer, Sharon Koelblinger, Ying Chiun Lee, Amy Lemaire, Matt Meyer, Lukas Milanak, Dan Mirer, Anthony Monahon, Paige Morris, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Madeline Smith, Aric Snee, Carolyn Spears, Justin Spillers, Christie Stidham, Heather Sutherland, Kimberly Thomas, Abegael Uffelman, and Zac Weinberg. @decontemporary @jenna_lucente @rosenbergalexander #silica #glass #wilmingtonde #wilmingtondelaware #contemporaryglass

Sneak peek of “Through A Glass, Darkly” opening next Friday, September 9th, 5-9pm, and running through the end of 2022 at the @decontemporary ! It’s been a pleasure to curate this exhibition with my curatorial collaborators @jenna_lucente and @rosenbergalexander ! Full details at contemporary.org/through-a-glass-darkly. Through a Glass, Darkly includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. Spanning across six galleries, selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. To see “through a glass” — or mirror — “darkly” is to have an obscure or imperfect vision of reality. The expression comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul; he explains that we do not now see clearly, but at the end of time, we will do so. Historically, glass has augmented human perception, allowing us to view parts of the world that are otherwise elusive to our limited natural senses. While revealing the minuscule and distant, preserving the fleeting, and encapsulating the fragile and reactive, glass also obscures our perception of the very things it helps us to observe. The nature of the material is two-sided; it both enhances and subverts vision. Glass is an instrument for enlightenment, and at the same time, it is a driver of misinformation. Included artists: David King, Helen Lee, Kristin Neville Taylor, Bohyun Yoon, Rebecca Arday, Sarah Blood, Sarah Briland, Kayla Cantu, Kate Clements, Caroline Cox, Daniel Cutrone, Davin Ebanks, Christy Georg, Kim Harty, Brynn Hurlstone, Matthew Jacob, Jessica Julius, Christopher Kerr-Ayer, Sharon Koelblinger, Ying Chiun Lee, Amy Lemaire, Matt Meyer, Lukas Milanak, Dan Mirer, Anthony Monahon, Paige Morris, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Madeline Smith, Aric Snee, Carolyn Spears, Justin Spillers, Christie Stidham, Heather Sutherland, Kimberly Thomas, Abegael Uffelman, and Zac Weinberg. #sculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #contemporaryglass #glass #throughaglassdarkly

Call for Entry “Through a Glass, Darkly” Application Deadline: November 1, 2021 Exhibition Dates: September 1, 2022 – January 1, 2023 To see “through a glass” — or mirror — “darkly” is to have an obscure or imperfect vision of reality. The expression comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul; he explains that we do not now see clearly, but at the end of time, we will do so. Historically glass has augmented human perception, allowing us to view parts of the world that are otherwise elusive to our limited natural senses. While revealing the miniscule and distant, preserving the fleeting, and encapsulating the fragile and reactive, glass also obscures our perception of the very things it helps us to observe. The nature of the material is two-sided; it both enhances and subverts vision; Glass is an instrument for enlightenment, and at the same time, it is a driver of misinformation. “Through a Glass, Darkly,” will be on display at The Delaware Contemporary, September 1 through December 31, 2022, and will include new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes, exposing the material’s dual nature. This exhibit will span across six galleries and will occupy more than 6,000 square feet. Selected works will engage the historical promise and power of the material to reveal and to bring clarity, while challenging viewers to acknowledge an inherent interconnectedness between enhancement and distortion. We are looking for new and recent works containing glass and glass-like materials and processes, created by artists of all experience levels. We are interested in work ranging in scale and format from discreet objects to large installations, that challenges conventional notions of what glass is and can do, and creative interpretation of the exhibition’s theme. Apply at - /festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9239 Questions? throughaglassdarklyexhibition@gmail.com #callforartists #callforart #callforentry #opencall #opencallforartists #artistcall #exhibitionopportunity #throughaglassdarkly #glass #contemporaryart #contemporaryglass #glasssculpture

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