Spark and Flame: 50 Years of Art Glass and the University of Wisconsin-Madison June 22, 2012

2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the studio glass program, founded at the UW-Madison by Harvey Littleton. This exhibition highlights the far-reaching influence of Littleton and the UW program. It will consist of two parts: the first focuses exclusively on works by Harvey Littleton; the second offers a survey of work by more than 100 glass artists, showing the national and international breadth of contemporary glass. Nearly 160 works will be drawn from four premier private glass collections: those of Harvey Littleton himself; Bruce and Ann Bachmann; Simona and Jerome Chazen; and David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard. Bruce Bachmann, David Kaplan, and Simona and Jerome Chazen are all UW-Madison alumni who became passionate about the studio glass program while students in Madison.