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The Galveston Arts Center is honored
to present the second landmark juried exhibition to focus exclusively on the use of glass as an artistic medium. As the region's only non-profit museum dedicated to the presentation
of contemporary art, GAC is pleased to introduce the work of many artists who are often overlooked by exhibitions focusing on more traditional methods of art making. It is our
hope that this exhibition will provide audiences access to works of art that they might not encounter in mainstream museums.
I am grateful to our team, who without their hard work, the exhibition would not have been possible: Curator Clint Willour for coordinating the exhibition,
selecting our talented panel of jurors, and overseeing the installation of the art; GAC's administrative director, Robin Cushman-Cavaliero, who spent countless hours taking in entries,
organizing, and cataloguing selected works; and preparator Janice Broussard who oversaw with expertise the careful installation of objects requiring her extra special attention
with the assistance of Jake Jones.
I would also like to extend a special thanks to our esteemed panel of jurors, Jane Adlin, Damian Priour, and Cindi Strauss. We appreciate their careful deliberation
and willingness to share their expertise for the creation of this exhibition. Congratulations are due to the 26 artists whose work was selected from the initial 194 pieces submitted for
consideration. And finally, I would like to thank Fran and Neil Ryan, and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass for their generous support of the project.
We hope that you are as delighted with this exhibition as much as we have all enjoyed being a part of it and look forward to the opportunity to host a third
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Alexandra Irvine,
Executive Director |
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It is exciting to be presenting the second Texas Juried Glass exhibition
at the Galveston Arts Center. The response to the first effort in 2005 was rewarding and enthusiastic. I am hopeful that our second attempt will be equally sucessful. By presenting it in
the midst of the summer tourist season, even more people from an ever wider geographic area will see what is judged to be the best glass-based art being produced in the state.
The most exciting part of the project for me as GAC curator is my involvement with the jurors and their selection process. We chose a group of jurors that equaled
those of our first effort. Jane Adlin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Cindi Strauss from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Damian Priour, winner of the first Texas Juried
Glass Davis/Ryan Prize brought knowledge, enthusiasm, and professionalism with them and infused those qualities into the selection process. Watching them sort through hundreds of slide
and digital images to come up with a cohesive, representative, and, most of all, high quality exhibition was a treat for me. Seeing the care and concern given each entry - ther intelligent
discussions, the considerate compromises and concessions necessary for a group decision, and then observing the same careful consideration given to all the finalists as the exhibition awards
were assigned, was equally rewarding to me.
The result of their outstanding efforts is an exhibition showcasing the best and brightest talent producing art with glass as a major component. In a state that produces
great art on a continuing basis, this exhibition holds its own with any other of which I'm aware.
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Clint Willour,
Curator |
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