I've met many famous people, but never Dale Chihuly. Yet, everytime I see his art, I feel connected. The University of Wisconsin Madison's Art Center held his first solo exhibit in 1968. It was earlier than my time, but a special school to me too as my alma mater.
Everytime I see his artwork, I feel inspired. Dale took glassblowing to a whole new level, making it a fine art, a contemporary art full of imagination and a kalediscope of color.
You can find Chihuly's art on permanent display:
While visiting the Indianapolis Children's Museum, the largest children's museum in the world, I photographed his glass displayed in the ceiling. The kids looked up in awe at the bright colors and seashell-like shapes.
The Chihuly Garden and Glass In Seattle Center opened in 2012. This center provides a much bigger collection of his art with both indoor and outdoor exhibits. I was fortunate to visit at time which included local artists demonstrating glass blowing. Visit my blog article to read about my visit and experience.
Also, look online for Chihuly's traveling art:
Cactus flowers bloomed, the sun set over the horizon, and I thoroughly enjoyed strolling past Chihuly art in sun and darkness at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
You may find his art at other botanical gardens or museums such as Chihuly Catalina Island Museum (Avalon, CA), New York Botanical Garden (The Bronx, NY), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas).
There's so many artists creating beautiful glass art. If you'd like to inspire your children's creativity by viewing glass art, here's 6 other museums to explore:
1. Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (Winter Park, FL), the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany http://morsemuseum.org/
3. Musuem of Glass (Tacoma, WA) focusing on contemporary and Pacific Northwest glass art http://museumofglass.org/
4. National Heisey Glass Museum, (Veterans Park, Newark, OH)
http://heiseymuseum.org/
5. The New Bedford Museum of Glass (New Bedford, Massachusetts) opened 2010 in former textile building http://www.nbmog.org/
6. Toledo Museum of Art including The Glass Pavilion, (Toledo, OH) The Glass Pavilion with curved glass walls and a Dale Chihuly sculpture opened in 2006 http://www.toledomuseum.org/glass-pavilion/
7. Corning Museum of Art, (Corning, NY) Finger Lake area, $15 adult, free for kids
http://www.cmog.org/visit/hours-and-admission
You can find Chihuly's art on permanent display:
While visiting the Indianapolis Children's Museum, the largest children's museum in the world, I photographed his glass displayed in the ceiling. The kids looked up in awe at the bright colors and seashell-like shapes.The Chihuly Garden and Glass In Seattle Center opened in 2012. This center provides a much bigger collection of his art with both indoor and outdoor exhibits. I was fortunate to visit at time which included local artists demonstrating glass blowing. Visit my blog article to read about my visit and experience.
Also, look online for Chihuly's traveling art:
Cactus flowers bloomed, the sun set over the horizon, and I thoroughly enjoyed strolling past Chihuly art in sun and darkness at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
You may find his art at other botanical gardens or museums such as Chihuly Catalina Island Museum (Avalon, CA), New York Botanical Garden (The Bronx, NY), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas).
There's so many artists creating beautiful glass art. If you'd like to inspire your children's creativity by viewing glass art, here's 6 other museums to explore:
1. Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (Winter Park, FL), the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany http://morsemuseum.org/
3. Musuem of Glass (Tacoma, WA) focusing on contemporary and Pacific Northwest glass art http://museumofglass.org/
4. National Heisey Glass Museum, (Veterans Park, Newark, OH)
http://heiseymuseum.org/
5. The New Bedford Museum of Glass (New Bedford, Massachusetts) opened 2010 in former textile building http://www.nbmog.org/
6. Toledo Museum of Art including The Glass Pavilion, (Toledo, OH) The Glass Pavilion with curved glass walls and a Dale Chihuly sculpture opened in 2006 http://www.toledomuseum.org/glass-pavilion/
7. Corning Museum of Art, (Corning, NY) Finger Lake area, $15 adult, free for kids
http://www.cmog.org/visit/hours-and-admission
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