Midwest Voices in Contemporary Glass

June 14, 2024 – October 5, 2024

The Cafesjian Art Trust Museum invited artists to participate in the Museum’s first juried exhibition of glass art from the Midwest region. Midwest Voices in Contemporary Glass includes ten works selected from an open call to illustrate the diversity of approaches and ideas percolating in the Midwest glass scene. The jurors included Andy Schlauch, Executive Director of the CAT Museum; Alejandra Peña-Gutiérrez, Director of the Weisman Museum; and Anna Lehner, Executive Director of Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. This exhibition accompanies the CAT Museum’s concurrent exhibition From Origins to Horizons: The American Studio Glass Movement, which survey the movement’s beginnings in the 1960s through today.

Artists featured in the exhibition include Erik Burt, Davin Ebanks, Emily McBride, Donna Rice, Nadine Saylor, Chuchen Song, Abegael Uffelman, Ali Van, Lila Westreich, and Emma Wood.

A transparent acrylic or plastic sculpture with intertwined, abstract, snake-like shapes, placed on a white surface in a modern indoor space with blurred background shelves and signage.
A man in a dark jacket and white shirt writing on a piece of paper, leaning over a wooden table. Behind him, a woman in a black and white patterned dress stands near a bookshelf, and another woman is partially visible.
A glass display case contains a ceramic object resembling a small globe with floral designs, with metal rods holding small blue spheres representing planets, and white light lines depicting planetary orbits.
Three people are standing and observing a large white sculpture made of intricate coiled loops. The sculpture appears to be modern art. The individuals are dressed casually and are inside an art gallery or exhibition space.
Close-up of two transparent decorative glass eggs on a white surface, with a blurred background of a kitchen or dining area.
Close-up of three stacked amber-colored glass bowls with textured glass inserts, reflective surfaces, in a modern store or gallery setting with blurred background.
A metallic gray flower sculpture resting on large green leaves with a neutral background.
Two people in a museum or gallery looking at an informational display about Midwest Voices in Contemporary Glass.
A person with a patterned shirt working on a laptop with a colorful LED rainbow keyboard.
A wooden vase with a narrow base and a wide body, decorated with a black palm motif, displayed on a white surface at an exhibition. There are people and shelves with books in the blurred background.
A woman wearing a floral blouse and white pants looking at artwork in a museum, using a cane, with other visitors in the background.