Lorton, Virginia
Juror’s Statement
Glass, a material that can be manipulated through a multitude of processes, results in a wide range of outcomes. Artwork in the 10th annual Glass International at the Workhouse touches on narrative, concept, design, pattern, nature, and innovative technique. When selecting work, I wanted to highlight the potential of the medium and the diverse ways artists work with it.

Viewers will find connections between pieces as they walk through the space. In works such as “Gaber Sisters,” highly crafted blown glass becomes supersized, luxurious lipsticks. Several techniques and materials are used to highlight both strength and fragility in femininity. “Terraform Spawn,” a surreal, delicate piece of abstract form, with its fleshy, soft, pink undulations, invites viewers to contemplate its existence. “A Casual Walk to Sunday School” brings us to think of our own impermanence, illustrating life and death through luminosity and darkness.

Artworks that give prominence to our natural world call attention to the importance of preservation by encompassing its beauty and fragility. Both “Death to a Frog” and “Opal Landscape” incorporate traditional technique to create intricate floral patterning while “Flurry Rake” and “Precious Stone 49” use metal and glass to show humanity’s influence on nature. “Flurry Rake” delves deeper into current social issues; a camouflage life size rake with water droplets made of delicately flame worked glass allows us to sense our carelessness in ignoring the severity of climate change.

I was delighted in jurying the artworks for this show. The breadth of talent in the glass community is always growing as those who came before us pass down technique and tradition. I commend all artists for submitting their talents and look forward to seeing the show!

Exhibiting Artists
Karen Abbott, Kate Barfield, Denise Bohart Brown, Beryl Brenner, Lee Campbell, Guillermo Castaneda Jr., Marcy Chevali, Anthony D'Amico, Patricia de Poel Wilberg, Jeanne Marie Ferraro, Olga Gobernik Kon, Ruth Gowell, Jennifer Hand, Mollie Hansen, Jennifer Hecker, Marla Heiner, Sara Hitchcock, Mary Jones, Martin Kremer, Kelly Lacy, Becca Low, Sandi Martina, Kimberly McKinnis, Shawn Messenger, Paul Messink, Jack Schmidt, Michael Scupholm, April Shelford, Madeline Shir, Ori Shir, Aric Snee, Chuchen Song, Tim Spurchise, Heather Sutherland, Tabitha Thierjung, Katherine Thomas, Exer Thurston, Michael Tracy, Snuffy Wright

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WaterFall Arts, Belfast, Maine
October 19 – November 29, 2024

Abigale Avey, Marcy Chevali, Jeane Cohen, Alejandra Cuadra, Bo Dennis, Betsey Feeley, Lifu Hu, Catie Joyce-Bulay, Juliet Karelsen, Molly Knobloch, Tara Morin, Lisa Mossel, Dylan Ouellette, Taryn Pizza, Phoebe Pope, Caroline Routh, Kathryn Shagas, Rachel Sperry, Maya Stein, Barbara Sullivan, Anthony Welch, and Daniela Wenzel

Curated by Annika Earley

Creativity is a process in constant flux: ideas return or are reiterated, forms morph in new and surprising ways, and processes can be cyclical. The works in this exhibition examine this state of constant change in a breadth of ways. Anthony Welch, Barbara Sullivan, and Dylan Ouellete repeat similar imagery and form, finding nuances and new angles with each iteration. Betsey Feeley, Rachel Sperry, Kathryn Shagas, Maya Stein, Molly Knobloch, Daniela Wenzel, and Catie Joyce-Bulay redact, cut up, reposition, and weave together their imagery, creating new content. Jeane Cohen, Lisa Mossel, and Abigale Avey look at ideas of revision by doubling up on images, giving the viewer room to revisit their own first impressions. Juliet Karelsen, Lifu Hu, Tara Morin, and Phoebe Pope approach the theme of reconsideration with surprise and humor, inverting the viewer’s expectations. Alejandra Cuadra, Bo Dennis, Taryn Pizza, Marcy Chevali, and Caroline Routh take a more poetic approach and present work that invites viewers to reconsider and reflect upon their own experiences.

Together, these twenty two artists celebrate the notion that being wrong – reconsidering your position and responding with an open mind – can yield beautiful and thought-provoking results.

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Peters Vally School of Craft Gallery
Layton, NJ

Peters Valley School of Craft is excited to announce The Art of Craftsmanship exhibition, to be displayed in their Sally D. Francisco Gallery. This exciting juried exhibition explores the timeless dialogue between art and craft, showcasing works that blend meticulous craftsmanship with artistic vision. The exhibition features a diverse range of media, including ceramics, fiber, wood, metal, paper, and glass. Join us for the Opening Reception on Sunday, October 6, 2024 from 3:00pm-5:00pm.

This exhibition showcases the work of: Priscilla Roggenkamp, Lauren Selden, Emily Loughlin, Stephen Saracino, Lydia Thompson, Todd Carris, Paul Plumadore, Sophie Glenn, Claude Larson, Sharron Parker, Keith Tompkins, Michael Ferris, Andrea Finch, Abbi Mare, Heather Daveno, Rex Kalehoff, Amanda Seanor, Elizabeth Schweizer, Beth Kane, Benjamin Allen, Steven R. Carty, Linda Aldrich, Lisa G Westheimer, Mychal Vens, Mark Kobasz, Matthew Shewchuk, Jennifer McBrien, Tini Pinto, Dotan Appelbaum, Scott Jones, Derek Bencomo, Linda Ferber, Mizuki Kojima, Peter Albano, 명 무, Andrew McIntyre, Dawna Gillespie, Marcy Chevali, Rebekah Marxen, Lisa Johnson, Ian Hazard-Bill, Cathy Wilkerson, Barbara Fiore, Kim Brook, Tom Neugebauer, Aimee Lally, Glenn Grishkoff, Carrie LaDuke, Nora McGinnis, Karen Ernst, Becky McDonah, Anne Heide, Jae Kazmar, Kathleen Kilanowski, Jason Connell

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Aicon Contemporary would like to invite you to the opening of Marcy Chevali's solo show, From the Inside, on January 30, 2021.

Marcy Chevali's collection of luminous glass sculptures reinterprets the tradition of repetition in women's crafts as a method of shielding and empowering the transfixed self. Galvanized by flames, Chevali's glass sculptures encompass linear forms in an undulating net.

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North Willow is pleased to present Tether, a solo attic exhibition by artist Marcy Chevali, and a project that is a continuation of her practice in sculpture and drawing.

Beginning on Thursday, December 5th, “Tether” is available for viewing by appointment. We invite you to experience what Marcy has created in this space through her particular use of images and objects that she has either made or found, and installed to give the viewer a sense that things and moments are being drawn, held up, pulled, projected, released.

As attics are often considered spaces where not only things are being stored and kept, but also as hideaway and play spaces where imagined activities, narratives and places are conjured, through Marcy’s installation, North Willow attic is transformed into a place of several happenings: some subtle, some vivid, some referring to distances places, but each and all giving a sense of the word that she has titled her exhibition: tether.

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North Willow Artists Interview: Marcy Chevali