Press Releases 2007
CGCA Welcomes Fellows
CONTACT:
Janet Peterson,
Marketing and Public Relations Director
TEL: (856) 825-6800, Ext. 108
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E-MAIL: jpeterson@wheatonarts.org
CREATIVE GLASS
CENTER OF AMERICA AT WHEATONARTS WELCOME LAST SESSION OF 2007 FELLOWS
MILLVILLE, NJ
– The Creative
Glass Center of America at WheatonArts welcomed Moshe Bursuker from Brooklyn, NY, and Kiara
Pelissier from Richmond, VA, for their fellowship session on October
22. Their six-week session ends November 30.
Moshe Bursuker received his B.F.A. degree in sculpture and
photography from the Hartford Art School
at the University
of Hartford. He began
working with glass at this time. After leaving Hartford, he continued to pursue his
artistic endeavors as a glass artist. He attended UrbanGlass, Pilchuck Glass
School and the Studio at
the Corning Museum of Glass, where he has worked with world renowned glass
artists. Currently, he is an instructor at UrbanGlass and the Studio at the
Corning Museum of Glass.
In his most recent work, Bursuker is attempting to combine glass
and photography. Utilizing the specific power of each of the two mediums
allows him to express, in a more comprehensive way, his perception of the
surrounding world. He states, “I believe that glass has the ability to
take photography into the three-dimensional realm, and that photography
can highlight the more lucid qualities of glass.”
Bursuker’s work has been presented at several national and international
art shows. His work has sold at prestigious galleries across the U.S. and Canada. He is the recipient of the
2005 Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group Fellowship Award.
Kiara Pelissier began blowing glass in 1996 at Penland
School of Crafts in North Carolina.
She continued to study through workshops at Penland, Pilchuck
Glass School,
Haystack Mountain School,
and the Corning Studio as both a student and a teaching assistant. In 2000 she earned
a B.F.A. in Glass from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio
followed by a M.F.A. in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth
University School
of the Arts in May 2006. Her work has been displayed in exhibitions in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The
Fellows will present a slide show of their work followed by a demonstration of
their glassmaking techniques in the Glass Studio, November 9, at 7 p.m.
Admission is free for the general public. Light refreshments will be available.
Since its
inception in 1983 the Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship Program has
supported the experimentation and artistic expression of 285 artists from
across the world. The program encourages artists to use this time to develop
and refine their work, while experimenting with both traditional and innovative
glassmaking processes.
For
more information, call the Creative Glass Center of America at WheatonArts at 800-998-4552
or 856-825-6800, ext.106, or visit www.wheatonarts.org.
WheatonArts strives to ensure the accessibility of its
exhibitions, events and programs to all persons with disabilities. Provide two
weeks notice for special accommodations. Patrons with hearing and
speech disabilities may contact WheatonArts through the New Jersey Relay Service (TRS) 800-852-7899
or by dialing 711.
Wheaton
Arts and Cultural
Center receives general
operating support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of
State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine
R. Dodge Foundation, and the New Jersey Historical Commission. Additional 2007
funding has been provided by a Cooperative Marketing Grant from the New Jersey
Economic Growth Commission/Office of Travel and Tourism, the New Jersey
Cultural Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts and numerous corporate,
public, foundation and individuals supporters.
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