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Glass Work

Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass! 2007 is the Year of Glass in Pittsburgh!

Visit the Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass website
for a list of events and exhibits.

Books on Glass - Websites

Websites

Pittsburgh Region

  • Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery
    http://www.morganglassgallery.com/
    Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery is the first Pittsburgh art gallery dedicated to exhibiting contemporary studio glass, focusing on sculpture, goblets, and jewelry in glass and mixed media. Located on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside.
  • National Duncan Glass (Duncan-Miller Glass) Museum
    http://www.duncan-glass.com/
    George Duncan established his tableware glass factory at 10th and Carston Streets in the South Side of Pittsburgh in 1872. Destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt in Washington, PA in 1893 and continued until 1955, producing "Duncan-Miller" glass. The museum is located in Washington PA.
  • Pittsburgh Glass Center
    http://pittsburghglasscenter.org/
    Pittsburgh Glass Center is an open and comprehensive studion dedicated to teaching, creating and promoting glass art. Offers classes for beginners in blowing glass.
  • Three Rivers Glass Beadmakers
    http://www.3rgb.org/
    A recently formed group of Pittsburghers with an active interest in Lampworked Glass Beadmaking and other related areas of Glass Flame and Kiln Work

United States

  • Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass
    http://www.contempglass.org/
    The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to further the development and appreciation of art made from glass. There website contains links to artists, galleries, museums, organizations, etc.
  • Corning Museum of Glass
    http://www.cmog.org/
    One of the greatest glass collection in the world as well as displays of the science & technology of glassmaking.
  • Glass Art Society
    http://www.glassart.org/
    An international non-profit organization founded in 1971 to encourage excellence and to advance the appreciation, understanding and development of the glass arts worldwide. It offers a rich collection of weblinks: Artists & Designers, Galleries & Museums, Manufacturers & Suppliers, Organizations & Publications, Education Centers. It will hold its annual conference in Pittsburgh in June 2007:
  • Museum of Glass
    http://www.museumofglass.org/
    The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washinton, is a fine arts museum dedicated to presenting the medium of glass within the context of contemporary art in all media. It includes a Hot Shop Amphitheater where visitors can watch artists work.
  • Society of Glass Beadmakers, Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter
    http://www.sgb-midatlantic.org/
    Serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.

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