Glass – Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Sarah Mizer

HCCC — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 22:39:23 +0000

Originally from Providence, RI, Sarah Mizer is a Richmond, Virginia-based artist whose work ranges from billboards to small glass objects. Sarah has exhibited extensively, reaching galleries from Los Angeles to New York, Milwaukee to Houston, and including her hometowns: Richmond and Providence. Recently, her glasswork was part of a contemporary craft exhibition, Ambiguity and Interface, curated by Ray Cass and Howard Risatti at the Taubman Museum. Sarah’s work is in public collections at Alfred University and Pam and Bill Royall’s Try-Me, as well as many private collections.

While in residence at HCCC, Sarah will be working to bridge her glass installations, drawing, and billboards practices into a more cohesive body of work. She is taking time off from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she is the administrative director and assistant professor in the Art Foundation Program. Sarah also sits on the Board of Directors for 1708 Gallery. With a background in glass, she holds her MFA from VCUarts, in the Craft/Material Studies department, and her BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Sarah will be with HCCC through August of 2014. Learn more about her work at https://www.sarahrbmizer.com/.

Nicole Kibath

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:10:43 +0000

Nicole Kibath is a glass artist who hails from Canada. Kibath has taught in Ontario, Alberta and Chicago, IL, and has exhibited work in Bethesda, MD; Tucson, AZ; Victoria, BC; Montreal, Quebec and Oakville, Ontario.

Cathy Cunningham-Little

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:27 +0000

Cathy Cunningham-Little works with glass as her primary medium in many forms including neon, stained glass, etched glass, cast glass, lampworking, and more. “My work has always dealt with images or ideas that refer to family and community and the connections that are developed within those relationships.” Cunningham lives in San Antonio, TX, which is also home to her business, Arrow Neon.

Jennifer Barnds

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:03:11 +0000

Jennifer Barnds began with lampworking, slowly moving toward larger scale paperweights and glass blowing. By transitioning away from beads toward larger objects, she hopes to bridge the gap between lampworking and glassblowing. Jennifer brings with her the skills of small-scale lampworking, importing new levels of detail and skill to blown glass and paperweights. Jennifer draws her training from many varied classes and teachers from across the country, constantly learning and exchanging skills with other artists in her field. Having spent 20 years in the corporate business world, Barnds has the unique advantage of marketing and business sense.

Tahlia Priete

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:56:22 +0000

Tahlia Priete has practiced glass as an art form for over 10 years. Although she briefly attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco, where she has lived for 12 years, she is primarily self-taught in the disciplines of stained glass, fusing and slumping, as well as painting and drawing. Tahlia’s richly colored stained glass pieces are inspired by architecture and geometric forms, in some cases, and by free-flowing organic forms in others. During her residency at HCCC, she plans to create a stained glass “dress” and to explore new ways of layering her glass forms, such as fusing them with a kiln, or using adhesive rather than the more traditional process of using lead connectors.