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Museum's Winter Exhibition

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NEW ACQUISITIONS FROM 2005 FEATURED IN “CURATOR’S CHOICE” EXHIBIT IN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS AT WHEATON VILLAGE

 MILLVILLE, NJ - The “Curator’s Choice” exhibit in the Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, January 14 to March 5, features pieces that were acquired by the museum in the year 2005. The exhibit illustrates the diverse objects the museum acquires during a year. It also reveals the three ways the museum collects through gifts, purchases and loans.

Selected objects can be seen in 12 exhibit cases in the museum’s Special Exhibition Gallery. Visitors will see the following pieces on display:

■ "Wisteria and Gail." A vase by Chris Heilman, 2005. Gift of Gail Britton.

■ Green cut to clear vase, U.S, c. 1890. Gift of Dean and Karen Beeman.

■ "Memorial Vase" with skull canes by Steve Tobin, 1980. Gift of Gail Britton in memory of her husband Howard Britton.

■ Group of curtain tiebacks made by several companies including the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company and the Westmoreland Glass Company. Gift of 37 curtain tiebacks from Mr. and Mrs. William Montag.

■ "UFO." A sculpture by Roberto and Allessandro Moretti, 1960. Gift of Gail Britton.

■ "Last Laugh." A sculpture by Ken Carder, 1982. Gift of Gail Britton.

■ Basket, Steuben Glass Works, Corning, New York, c.1920s. Gift of Florence and Edward Kassab.

■ "Shark Fight." A pair of vases carved by Franz Grosz, 1940s. Gift of Gail Britton.

■ “Untitled: Synergetic Series,” Sept. 9, 2005. A sculpture by Ruth Allen, 2005 Creative Glass Center of America Fellow.

■ "Midnight Vigil." A paperweight by Rich Ayotte, 1994. Gift of Judith and Stephen MacArthur.

■ Set of nine pieces of pressed glass, "Amberette," George Duncan & Sons, Pittsburgh, PA, c. 1885. Gift of Janice Rivell.

■ Three pressed glass pitchers, chandelier made by O'Hara Glass Company, 1888. "X-logs" made by Co-Operative Flint Glass Co., 1893. "Tarentum #321," Tarentum Glass Co., 1909. Gift of 16 pitchers by Eleanor Metz.

The Museum of American Glass has one of the most comprehensive collections of American glass in the world. Visitors see an array of objects ranging from America’s first glass bottles to works by Dale Chihuly and other contemporary artists who work in glass. Changing exhibits are installed annually and they are recognized worldwide for their scholarly achievements and visual appeal.

Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in January, February and March.

Reduced admission rates in effect: $9.00 Adults, $8.00 Senior Citizens and $6.00 Students. Children five and under are free. The Crafts Studios are closed and the train is not in operation during these three months only. The Village resumes a six-day operating schedule on April 1. For more information, call 1-800-998-4552 or 856-825-6800, or visit www.wheatonvillage.org. 

Wheaton Village strives to make exhibits, events and programs accessible to all visitors. Call for details.

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Wheaton Village received a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State.

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