People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Wheaton Conversations: Anna Mlasowsky & Jessica Julius
6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 26, 2022

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

Saturday, June 11, 2022
2 p.m. in the WheatonArts Glass Studio

Please join us in celebrating the creative success of the “South Jersey Story: Quilts & Glass” project. As part of their Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship, artists Merry May and Nancy Ely created a story quilt visualizing the glassmaking tradition in South Jersey. The program includes:

• Introduction by Merry May and Nancy Ely
• Traditional glassmaking demonstrations by glass artist Katey Murphy
• Light refreshments provided by the artists

Enjoy a day exploring & experiencing the WheatonArts campus before this special event! This timed event is free & open to the public, however, an admission ticket is needed to access the Museum of American Glass, Folklife Center, Pottery, and Flamework Studios.

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For this project, Merry May and Nancy Ely were awarded a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts under the “Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeships” category. This grant type encourages communities to continue passing on their valued traditions in traditional settings, by providing stipends so that master folk artists can help apprentices develop greater skills.

FANTASY FAIRE
Saturday & Sunday, June 18 & 19, 2022
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Join us for FANTASY FAIRE, a family-friendly festival of medieval folklore & fun! Fantasy Faire features talented performers as they bring to life the “Kingdom of Wheaton” by enacting a series of interconnected shows that tell the story of the day. Interact with strolling costumed characters, portraying historical and mythical figures, throughout WheatonArts’ campus both days. Everyone is welcome to come dressed in their favorite fantasy garbs to enjoy a variety of live performances, including storytellers, dancing, and drumming, as well as sword demonstrations, retail vendors, pirate games, scavenger hunts, and archery games.

Presented in partnership with Mystic Realms, Ltd, this event is included with general admission to WheatonArts.

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Threads of Time & Wisdom: Chilean & Guatemalan Fiber Arts
Located in the Down Jersey Folklife Center 
April 1 through November 14, 2022

This exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks that speak about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.

People, Place, Process: 50 Years of Glassmaking at WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass

An ongoing exhibition focusing on the evolution of WheatonArts as a vital arts organization! Presenting highlights of contemporary artworks made by our international community of artists and interpreting the people, place, and process that inspired them, the exhibit tells a story of creativity’s exploration specific to WheatonArts. Honoring 50 years of glassmakers at the Center, visitors will discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time.

Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions
Located in the Museum of American Glass
April 1 through December 31, 2022

The new Collecting & Connecting exhibit highlights various techniques, concepts, and materials, including neon sculpture and processes using biological materials. These recent acquisitions help expand the Museum’s current collection while providing a better understanding of glass history and insight on future trends in glass art.