Artist Robert Mickelsen has organized an exhibition and competition.  “Lifeforms will be an exhibition of the best biological glass models made in the spirit of the famous 19th and 20th century models of invertebrates and plants made by the father and son team, Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka for the Harvard University’s Botanical Museum. Models must be of specific species and rendered as accurately as possible, but artistic presentation and creative contexts are strongly encouraged.

The “juried” exhibition will be a show at the Hodge Gallery at the Pittsburgh Glass Center from July 5 to sometime in September. This show will consist of the award winning and jury selected entries only.”

For my entry, heirloom tomatoes offered by my carved wood hand.

Here’s another in my series of Questionable Foods, foods that are being called into question around the world.

Another upcoming exhibition opens next month at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, California.  The exhibition opens May 11 and will run through June.

http://www.lancastermoah.org/

Curiosities from Elsewhere

Robert Curcio of curcioprojects is curating an exhibition of my work at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City.

The opening reception will be May 3, 6-8pm, and the exhibition will run through May 25.

http://www.tenri.org/

http://www.curcioprojects.com/index.html

Whispering Vine, one of my favorite pieces, will be in the exhibition.

13″ x 6.5″ x 6″  Glass  2008

There’s a wonderful online art magazine called Art Book Guy.

Michael K. Corbin is on a mission to bring contemporary art, culture and life to everyday people, and to leave out the art snobbery rampant in many art magazines.

Michael is also an art collector and multi award-winning author of several books on art collecting.

http://artbookguy.com/