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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Hot Glass\, Cool Collections / Environments = Form 
 + Space\nEvent Url: http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/16270/Hot_Glass_
 Cool_Collections_Environments_Form_Space\nEvent Date Begin: 2008-12-12\nEv
 ent Date End: 2009-03-15\n\nThis winter\, Houston Center for Contemporary 
 Craft (HCCC) heats up with two concurrent exhibitions featuring the red-ho
 t medium of glass: Hot Glass\, Cool Collections and Environments = Form + 
 Space.  The glass celebration concludes with a blazing lineup of closing w
 eekend events\, including live glass demonstrations\, a talk by Paul Stank
 ard\, and a fiery cocktail fundraiser.Hot Glass\, Cool Collections (in the
  large gallery) offers a glimpse inside 12 of Houston’s best privat
 e glass collections. The exquisite works on view represent the many styles
  and techniques of the Studio Glass Movement—including hand-blown\,
  kiln-worked\, torch-worked and cold-worked glass. The show includes over 
 60 pieces by such masters as Dale Chihuly\, Harvey Littleton\, Dante Mario
 ni\, Richard Marquis\, William Morris\, Michael Schunke\, Preston Singleta
 ry\, Paul Stankard\, Lino Tagliapietra\, Toots Zynsky and many others.Envi
 ronments = Form + Space (in the small gallery) features imaginative instal
 lations by three emerging glass artists\, Matthew Eskuche\, Amy Rueffert\,
  and Pablo Soto\, who present new and expansive ways to define the discipl
 ine of glass. Emphasizing the importance of form over function and the rel
 ationship between objects and the spaces they occupy\, the show explores t
 he unique environments created by nontraditional glass forms\, while pushi
 ng the boundary between contemporary art and craft.  Opening Weekend Event
 sDecember 12 – 14\, 2008 (Free and Open to the Public)• Openi
 ng Reception:  Friday\, December 12\, 5:30 – 8:00 PM• “
 Collecting Craft” Panel Discussion:  Saturday\, December 13\, 2:00 P
 M• Live Hot Glass Demo:  Sunday\, December 14\, 2:00 PM (at Houston 
 Studio Glass\, 610 Jackson Hill)Closing Weekend EventsMarch 14 - 15\, 2009
 • Hot Glass Demonstrations:  Saturday\, March 14\, 11:00 AM –
  2:00 PM. Watch live glass demonstrations by two of America’s most 
 celebrated glass artists--Matthew Eskuche and Paul Stankard--as they demon
 strate glass work on the torch.(Free and open to the public.)  • Red
  Hot! Saturday March 14\, 8:00 – 11:00 PM.  This fiery cocktail fun
 draiser includes crafty cocktails\, tasty nibbles\, hot glass demonstratio
 ns\, and a raffle of glass art created throughout the evening. ($40 per pe
 rson.)• Talk by Paul Stankard:  Sunday\, March 15\, 2:00 PM.  Attend
  a lecture by Paul Stankard\, the world-renowned glass artist who encases 
 his delicate sculptures of flowers and insects in globes and cubes of clea
 r glass.  (Free and open to the public.)Pictured:  Toots Zynsky\, Jealous 
 Chaos\, 1998. Fused and slumped colored-glass threads. Photo by Matt Smith
 .\n\nStart time: The Opening ReceptionFriday\, December 12: 5:30p - 8:00p 
  Regular exhibition hoursTuesday - Saturday: 10a - 5pSunday: 12p - 5p
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SUMMARY:Hot Glass\, Cool Collections / Environments = Form + Space
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