THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, April 2, 1995 TAG: 9504010033
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E6 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY TERESA ANNAS, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 73 lines
IN THE mid-1960s, artists got this idea to install glass furnaces in their studios. Nowadays, art glass created in such a setting has become less exotic, and almost commonplace.
Thursday at 6 p.m., Susanne K. Frantz will crystalize the offbeat history of the studio glass movement during a slide lecture at The Chrysler Museum. Frantz is curator of 20th century glass at The Corning Museum in New York, which houses the largest collection of new glass in the nation.
Frantz will talk about how Corning chooses recent art glass. She is author of ``Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from the Corning Museum of Glass.''
The free, public lecture is sponsored by The Chrysler Museum's Glass Associates. After her talk, Frantz will sign copies of her book, for sale in the museum's gift shop.
The Chrysler boasts its own fabulous glass collection, ranking near Corning's. Works in the Norfolk museum date from 2,500-year-old glass vessels from the Near East to recent sculptural forms by major figures in the contemporary studio glass movement.
The museum is at 245 W. Olney Road. Call 664-6200. SOS!
Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday to sign up for a Save Outdoor Sculpture! - or SOS! - workshop on Saturday at the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts.
Virginia SOS! is part of a national project to catalog and document the condition of all public and some private outdoor sculpture throughout America.
The Richmond-based office is seeking volunteers to comb portions of their region, filling out a survey on every sculpture encountered.
On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., participants' training will include ways to identify conservation problems. There is no charge for the session. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Thousands of sculptures dot the landscape in Virginia, from bronze statues of Confederate heroes to contemporary abstract works in polished stainless steel. In some cases, upkeep has been lacking.
The survey will pinpoint those works in dire need of repair. Virginia SOS! Coordinator Sarah Driggs hopes the project will help save some works from further decay - and raise public consciousness as to the importance of continued conservation.
For more information about the program, or to register, call the arts center (2200 Parks Ave.) at 425-0000, or Virginia SOS! at (804) 225-3850. KEEPING UP WITH JONESES
A skeet shooter and fisherman who grew up in Ocean View, painter Herb Jones is truly old-time Tidewater. He also is probably the most financially successful artist ever reared in these parts.
The local legend is expected to attend the free opening reception on Friday for a major showing of his work at an establishment owned by his son and daughter-in-law, Louis and Susan Jones Art Gallery in Norfolk's Dominion Tower. On view through April 21 will be 60 egg temperas, watercolors and reproductions, including 20 new egg temperas and watercolors.
The free, public opening is from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday. The gallery is at 999 Waterside Drive, Suite 105. Hours are weekdays 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; weekends 1 to 5 p.m. Call 625-6505 for more information. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
A major show of works by Herb Jones will be on view this month in
Norfolk. Pictured is ``Gull Island.''
Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th century glass at the Corning
Museum in New York, will give a slide lecture in Norfolk this week.
by CNB