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Fired Up: Contemporary Glass by Women Artists from the Toledo Museum of Art

October 22, 2016-February 26, 2017

Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts

Karen LaMonte (American, 1967-), Dress Impression With Train, 2007, cast glass. Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey by exchange, 2008.148. © Karen LaMonte, 2007. Photo: Richard Goodbody Inc.

Lee Bul (Korean, 1964-) Untitled, 2005, crystal and glass beads, nickel- chrome wire. Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds given by Doctor and Mrs. Edwards A. Kern in honor of Rhoda L. and Roger M. Berkowitz, 2005.98. Photo: Photography Inc.

Silvia Levenson (Argentinan, 1957-) Strange Little Girl #7, 2014, kiln cast Bullseye glass and mixed media. Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 2015.41. Photo: Richard Goodbody Inc.

Fired Up: Contemporary Glass by Women Artists in the Toledo Museum of Art is an innovative collaboration between the Mint Museum and the Toledo Museum of Art that proudly presents work in glass by women through new, highly engaging interpretive strategies. Co-curated by Senior Curator of Craft, Design & Fashion, Annie Carlano, and Toledo's Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Glass, Jutta Page, Fired Up is the first American art museum exhibition to focus on the many achievements of women working with glass, from the male-dominated Studio Glass Movement of the 1960's to 21st-century installations and mixed media works that illustrate the porous boundaries between art, craft, and design. Fired Up will display an array of forty functional objects and sculptures that range from tiny to monumental, leading the viewer to appreciate the keen conceptual design, and technical contribution of these unpredictable artists.

Blown, cast, slumped, lamp worked, or made in unexpected ways, the glass work in Fired Up emphasizes the magical interaction of the medium with light. Highlights of the exhibition include important sculptures by Ann Wolff, Sibylle Peretti, Sylvie Vandenhoucke, Lee Bul, Lisa Lou, Karen LaMonte, Silvia Levenson, Maya Lin, Anne-Lise Riond Sibony, and April Surgent.

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Nicole Ayliffe

Clare Belfrage

Sonja Blomdahl

Christina Bothwell

Emily Brock

Jane Bruce

Lee Bul

Nancy Callan

Anna Dickinson

Laura Donefer