First Friday Art Club visited the new Contemporary Art & Design Galleries of Corning Museum of Glass in June. We watched a Hot Glass show.
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| Heather Spiewak and G. Brian Juk on deck |
The group entered a raffle to take home some gorgeous glass.
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| We did not win the raffle :-( |
We then traveled to the newest wing of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Contemporary Art & Design Galleries. These beautiful galleries are housed on the footprint of the old Steuben Glass factory. Steuben Glass is once again owned by Corning, but the production of the glass occurs off campus.
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| Meet, then disperse to draw! |
We gave the students drawing supplies, then sent them into the galleries to draw what interested them. Many of the kids had never been to the new galleries, so this was a treat.
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| Constellation, Kiki Smith |
My favorite piece in these galleries, at least at the moment, is Kiki Smith's "Constellation." It is set in a room solo from the other works, giving it a grand presence when viewed in the gallery. The set up of this piece was quite intensive. I love this time lapse video showing the process.
The students were quite content to sit and draw their favorite pieces throughout the galleries.
The hard part of this program was pulling the kids away from the galleries to go home. I call that a major success! Next time we visit, I want to display the drawings within the library.
This blog will be on hiatus for summer chaos. Check back in September for our Tie Dye results, just in time for back to school season.
Happy Creating my friends!
-erica
