Artist Talk – “Fire Polished: Life Lessons from a Glassblower”
The Department of Art is pleased to host Maine-based glass artist Linda Perrin as the next Littlefield Gallery Sculptor-in-Residence. While on campus February 24-25, Linda will visit with sculptor students studying with Associate Professor of Art Greg Ondo. She will also give a public presentation titled “Fire Polished: Life Lessons from a Glassblower.” She will speak on Monday, February 24 at 5pm in Lord Hall 100. Free and open to the public.
After working with glass artists from coast to coast, Perrin built a glassblowing studio in Maine in the early 90s. She has created work of all types over the years. She is best known for her regionally inspired decorative blown glass, her architectural installations, and for developing a unique artistic line of jewelry. Her studio, Atlantic Art Glass is located in a large brick warehouse in downtown Ellsworth. She has been a glass blowing instructor at the College of the Atlantic and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. Her work is widely collected and in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, in New York, and the Venice Glass Museum in Murano, Italy.
As the final component of her residency, Perrin will produce a unique work of art for permanent display on the University of Maine campus.
For more about the Littlefield Gallery Sculptor-in-Residence program, see here. Also visit the Littlefield Gallery website here.