Glass artist Chihuly at IPFW Jan. 31

Internationally acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly will present a lecture, “Chihuly on Chihuly,” Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Walb Student Union on the IPFW campus as part of the Omnibus Lecture Series.

Chihuly has led the avant-garde in the development of glassblowing as a studio art and the broader contemporary interest in glass as an expressive medium during a career that spans some 40 years. Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Wash., he was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965, he enrolled in Harvey Littleton’s seminal glass program at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he later established the glass program.

In 1968, Chihuly was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work at the Venini factory in Venice, Italy. While there, he observed the Italians’ team approach to blowing glass, a process that is critical to his studio today. In 1971, he co-founded Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Wash. His work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide.

http://www.chihuly.com

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