THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED!
Nonfunctional
1st
Cobi Cockburn
Spring Grass
2nd
Robin Provart-Kelly
'Stelle's Garden Glove
3rd
Kevin O'Toole
Lacuna IV
Functional
1st
Eleonora Lucani & Paolo Scala
untitled
2nd
Jaqueline Cooley
Millstone 2
3rd
Brendan McSheehy III
Desert
Academic Prize
Miho Higashide, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Summer Ending Moss
Kilncaster Prize
Ede Horton
The Graces
Newcomer Prize
Alex Hirsch
Highway 101
Popular Prize
Cobi Cockburn
Spring Grass
THE FINALISTS ARE ANNOUNCED!
See the finalist image gallery here.
We are happy to announce that the finalists have been selected for exhibition in e-merge 2006.
Entrants submitted over 650 pieces for consideration for this year's show. Jurors Jeremy Lepisto, Kirstie Rea, and Dena Rigby selected 40 finalists out of 238 entrants. Names of all the finalists and their selected work can be found below.
Avery Anderson Raven Spirit Vessel
Lucette Aubort solid coral 1
Rhoda Baer Untitled - #5
Jackie Beckman Incidental Observations
Sean Campbell Four Seasons in One Day
Carol Carson Reference Point
Joseph Cavalieri Flipping the Bird Chandelier
Julie Chapman absolute equipoise
Judith Charlson First Play Date
Tamara Coatsworth Every Monday
Cobi Cockburn Spring Grass
Kurumi Conley Leaf Chair
Jaqueline Cooley Millstone2
Gulden Demir Acqua
Miho Higashide Summer Ending Moss
Alex Hirsch Highway 101
Ede Horton The Graces
Carrie Iverson Plot II
Ji In Kim a wrapping cloth
Carol Lawton "Necker" Marriage House
Eleonora Lucani & Paolo Scala untitled
Kristin McFarlane The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Brendan McSheehy III Desert
Francesca Merciari Frenzy
Martie Negri Vessel of Happiness
Kevin O'Toole Lacuna IV
Kimberly Pence Brewing Storm
Robin Provart-Kelly 'Stelle's Garden Glove
Rachel Ravenscroft Living Strata: Random Rhythm
Karen Reid Top of the Hedge Quilt
Amy Schleif-Mohr Hope No. 9 - Fragility Exposed
Jude Schlotzhauer Renew
Minoru Shimomura Merging of Light
Carolyn Smrcka Black blocks
Lori Taxer-Lewis Overexposed
Delores Taylor Ocean Waves
Els VandenEnde Cairn (vanilla)
Carmen Vetter Going Deeper #1
Catherine Woods Rolling Target or/t/irid
Jung-Hyun Yoon distort
To view a gallery of finalist images click here.
e-merge 2006 is Bullseye Glass's fourth biennial juried kiln-glass exhibition. Bullseye Glass Co. is a manufacturer of colored glass for art and architecture with worldwide distribution and a strong commitment to education.
The e-merge 2006 exhibition, including its awards and catalog, is one of the ways that Bullseye Glass recognizes and honors students, early-career artists, and others who are rising through the ranks of kilnformed studio glass but are not yet represented at the top-flight international galleries.
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TEN PRIZES
FUNCTIONAL
• 1st Prize - $1000 gift card
• 2nd Prize - $500 gift card
• 3rd Prize - $250 gift card
NONFUNCTIONAL
• 1st Prize - $1000 gift card
• 2nd Prize - $500 gift card
• 3rd Prize - $250 gift card
The following prizes may be awarded separately or in addition to the prizes listed above:
ACADEMIC PRIZE
• $1000 gift card (to artist)
• $1000 gift card (to be donated to the school)
To be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited university-level academic program who was enrolled during the 2005-06 school year.
NEWCOMER PRIZE
• $250 gift card
To be awarded to an entrant who first began working in kilnformed glass after January 1, 2004.
KILNCASTER PRIZE
• $250 gift card
To be awarded for a piece kilncast with Bullseye compatible billets.
POPULAR PRIZE
• $250 gift card
To be determined by popular vote at the opening reception.
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JURORS
Jeremy Lepisto is co-founder of Studio Ramp, LLC. He is active in kilnformed glass art, production, commissions, classes, and equipment design. Jeremy worked at the Bullseye Glass Company for five years in a variety of capacities including glass production, assisting visiting artists, and helping to develop new ways of glass working. He is a regular at Pilchuck Glass School and has taught in Australia, Ireland and the U.S. A current board member of the Glass Art Society, Lepisto received his BFA in glass and metals from Alfred University in 1997.
Kirstie Rea, an internationally recognized studio artist from Canberra, Australia, has worked in kilnformed glass for twenty years and been involved with the combination of kilnformed and blown glass since 1994. She studied with Klaus Moje at the Canberra School of Art and coordinated the Bullseye Latitudes Project worldwide. Rea was vice-president of AusGlass, 1992-93 and is a former board member of the Glass Art Society. She devotes her time to working in her studio and teaching at the Canberra School of Art and internationally.
Dena Rigby is a partner in D&A Fine Arts, Los Angeles. She has been involved
with the studio glass movement for over ten years, first as a manager at
Seattle's Foster/White Gallery, then in her own art management company, Dena
Rigby Fine Arts. For many years, she has organized the tours for Pilchuck
Glass School's annual gala auctions. She coordinates and leads educational
tours for museum groups across the US and is currently working with the
Glass Art Society on its first annual Collectors Seminar. Most recently
Rigby was presented a seat on the Contemporaries Board for the Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art. She holds a degree in fine arts history from the
University of Florida.
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