IM Events for our “Glass Coast” Community
GAS Conference March 27 – 30, 2019
Imagine Museum Presents: Rocket to the Future
The Imagine Museum’s Collection takes you from the beginnings of the Studio Glass Movement in the early 1960s through to what is currently happening today in the glass medium. Join our legendary pioneers and artists for a panel discussion about the Movement and what ideas and concepts are being visually communicated today. We look forward to welcoming you to Imagine Museum for a very fun and informative, celebrative and historical evening! All galleries will be open.
Saturday, March 30
5:30 – 7:30 pm
$100
Heavy Appetizers, Open Bar
Open to the public and GAS members.
Space is limited, buy your tickets today!
You won’t want to miss this exciting evening of artists, conversation, new friendship and support!
Proceeds from the evening will go to the Glass Artist Society to assist in the support of their mission.
Purchase tickets online: http://bit.ly/GAS_Conference_Events_Tickets.
Location: Imagine Museum, 1901 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL
Corning Museum Mobile Hot Shop
Imagine Museum is proud to be hosting the Corning Museum Mobile Hot Shop on our property for the 2019 GAS Conference taking place in St. Petersburg, FL. We want to share this momentous event with our community, prior to the start of the Conference, the team at the Corning Museum Mobile Hot Shop will be working with us creating an exciting evening of Glass demonstrations and camaraderie. Richard Jolley, one of our top artists in the Museum, will start the evening off with a hot glass demo followed by our own “St. Pete All Stars” on an Exquisite Corpse Demo. Make your plans now to attend!
Exquisite Corpse – Headed up by Jeremiah Jacobs, The Exquisite Corpse Demo is based on the classic art game and created by a select team of local glassblowers. Each member of the team creates a fun and unique sculptural element and these elements combine to make a colorful collaborative torso. This collective of artists, AKA “ The St. Pete All-Stars” has worked together on multiple corpses over the last two years and are practiced in the art of chaos and fun. Animals, plants, robots, sea life, cartoons, and more are all up for grabs in this demonstration of skill and teamwork.
Wednesday, March 27
6:30 – 9:30 pm
Light appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
$25
Seating is limited, so make your plans today! Open to the public and GAS Badge holders.
Purchase tickets online: http://bit.ly/GAS_Conference_Events_Tickets.
Location: 1901 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Revolutionary Glass
The founders of studio glass had a dream that one day glass would take its place among other media as a material for making fine art. Curator William Warmus and Artist Tim Tate sincerely believe this is true, but around 2014 they kept hearing from various quarters that important fine art galleries and museums were refusing to show work in glass, deeming it inconsequential. Could this be so, if not, how to prove it?
They decided to visit Art Basel, Art Miami, Scope, Context, Aqua and a host of other fine art expos every year and document the works made from glass. This lecture shows, in stunning images, the results of their project from the last five years’ worth of travel. They not only proved the critics wrong, they discovered a wonderful and remarkable world of masterpieces in glass by famous artists like Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, Gerhard Richter, Roni Horn and dozens of others.
More than anything else, Tate and Warmus seek to share their growing excitement as they discovered that a revolution is taking place in how artists use glass abstractly or realistically, to convey narratives or as an incredible tool for advanced conceptual art: and the results are being shown at the most prestigious art galleries on the planet and acquired by the world’s most advanced collectors and museums.
Lecturers: Tim Tate and William Warmus
Friday, March 29th
2:30 – 4:30 pm
$20
Light reception will follow.
GAS badge holders will be allowed in for free.
Purchase tickets online: http://bit.ly/GAS_Conference_Events_Tickets.
Location: Imagine Museum, 1901 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL
IM Store
The IM Store located on the first floor will surprise and delight every guest. Find a world class collection of books, stunning handmade jewelry, and gifts. Exclusive one of a kind artworks created by artists in our collection will be available to purchase.
