Fête Auction Preview @ chashama

Fête Auction Preview @ Chashama
217 E. 42nd Street (btw 2nd &3rd Avenues)
New York, NY 10017

Open to the Public
Tuesday, March 22 - Saturday, April 9, 2011
Hours: Tues-Fri 12-8pm Saturdays 12-4pm

Exhibition Opening Reception
Thursday, March 24 6-8pm

The Auction Preview Exhibition highlights the broad range of work made
by some of the most exciting established and cutting edge artists in
the contemporary glass world. All of the artwork will be available for
viewing and bidding online and auctioned at UrbanGlass’ premier
fundraiser, Fête de Verre, on April 16th. The funds raised will help
support UrbanGlass, the world’s first artist-access glass center in
the country.

The exhibition was juried by Jane Adlin, Associate Curator,
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Katya Heller, Heller Gallery; David
McFadden, Chief Curator and Vice President, Museum of Arts and Design;
and Claire Oliver, Claire Oliver Gallery.

UrbanGlass’ Fête de Verre: FUTUR auction and benefit dinner will take place on
April 16th at Capitale. Tickets are $350-$1,000. For more information or to
purchase tickets please contact Kristin Solomon at 718. 625.3685 extension 211
or by email at Kristin@urbanglass.org.

Fête Auction Preview Exhibition Featured Artists:
Jill Allan, Lisbeth Biger, John Brekke, Jane Bruce, Moshe Bursuker, Victoria
Calabro, Nicole Chesney, Dale Chihuly, William Couig, Amber Cowan, Deborah
Czeresko, Christopher Duffy, Robert DuGrenier, Matthew Eskuche, Floating
World Projects, Guggisberg/Baldwin, Jamie Harris, Kim Harty, Robert Hickman,
Deborah Horrell, Alison Kinnaird, Laurie Korowitz-Coutu, Jessica Loughlin,
Justin Mckenney, Elizabeth Ryland Mears, Ivan Mora, Martie Negri,
Joseph Pagano, Marlene Rose, Maret Sarapu, Femke Schaap, Ben Sewell, Lee
Silveri, April Surgent, Lino Tagliapietra, Leo Tecosky, Roger Thomas, Patrick
Townsend, Emma Varga, Thaddeus Wolfe, Rob Wynne, Hiroshi Yamano, Carol
Yorke, Jeff Zimmer, and Edison Osorio Zapata.

For more information: www.urbanglass.org.
UrbanGlass: New York Contemporary Glass Center is a not-for-profit
international art center located at 647 Fulton Street, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn,
NY. The mission of UrbanGlass is to be a leading resource for both aspiring and
established artists wishing to create in glass. We foster innovative art and
advance the use and appreciation of glass as a creative medium.