Light/Lite

UrbanGlass is an open-access facility where over 380 professional artists and designers create using glass. Our facility fosters community and serves as an incubator for creation and innovation. The Agnes Varis Art Center at UrbanGlass is a space for the public to see and learn about cutting edge art and design in glass, which includes artists both in and around our local community. This exhibition features eight artists whose practice includes lighting design.

Opening reception May 15th from 6-8pm

Blob Blob Studio
Wes Heart of Blob Blob Studio takes a lighthearted approach to all of his product design. Using color, optics, light, and texture, he creates simple yet visually satisfying sculptural forms that bring a sense of play to your everyday.

Eidos Glass
With the launch of Eidos Glass, at the beginning of 2013, Lorin Silverman is recognized for his technical ability and the planning and execution of large and complex hand blown objects. Lorin has been sought after to fabricate work for architects, designers and artists throughout the creative field.

Evenline
Born out of a partnership between Michael Stern, Raphael Abel, Ethan Townsend, and Ben Eassa, Evenline brings a new height to 3D printed design. The Cascade series of objects elevates ‘glitches’ of code interpreted by their Mark III glass printer which transforms molten glass into object.

Jamie Harris
Using contrast between geometric symmetry and organic, altered forms that reflect the movement of the hot glass at the furnace, Jamie Harris creates sculptural lighting that is dramatic, modern, and space-defining.

Michiko Sakano
Michiko Sakano’s pieces explore the continuous tension between sameness and variation; contradictions coexisting within glass textures, colors, and forms. Her works are widely recognized for their originality and technical rigor and have been featured in The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Food & Wine, and House & Garden.

KEEP Brooklyn
Dedicated to maintaining the craft of glass blowing, Adam Holtzinger and Susan Špiranović utilize traditional Italian techniques to create contemporary work with exquisite craftsmanship and signature patterning.

Erica Rosenfeld
Using glass, found objects, food and mixed media Erica Rosenfeld creates sculptures, installations and performative works that investigate themes of fear, nostalgia, new growth, memory distortion and material association.

Friend of All
Light and color are the most powerful tools you can use, according to Flannery Cronin, owner or Friend of All Glass. All pieces are handmade by a small crew of hardworking artists in Philadelphia, PA.