Events at Urban Glass

Hi, all: Still in Krakow, and have received a few interesting event emails as of late.  Hopefully I will have time to elaborate more when I return, but for now, here's the info in case you want to check it out:

Friday, July 20 at UrbanGlass

7 – 9 pm Andrew Newbold Object and Atmosphere Opening reception

Free, open to the public

9 pm – midnight Rock the Hot Shop $15 admission, 21 + over

Friday, July 20, Philadelphia-based artist Andrew Newbold's solo exhibition opens in the Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass. The glass and metal sculpture and site-specific installation reflect the artist's interpretation of his own experience with industry, specifically glass production, and embrace the manufactured landscape of such industrial spaces. Newbold describes the glass factory as a place filled with interesting systems, varieties of containers, vessels, and objects with individual personality, character, and function. As a fabricator of functional metal forms and as an artist, Newbold observes a symbiotic relationship between the workplace and studio environments.

For works such as The Stack, Newbold assembles simple forms with primary building processes in repetition, thereby imbuing the objects with new life and identity. In Glass Containers, bent glass and formed metal cones are combined to create a composition that evokes a precarious balancing act. By integrating sculptural objects with their surroundings, the artist dissolves the separation between the gallery and the object, creating atmosphere and experience.

A graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design, Andrew Newbold received his MFA from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in 2005.  Awarded the Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship in 2006 and a 1998 Glass Art Society Conference scholarship, he has exhibited widely throughout the eastern United States . Newbold's work was included in UrbanGlass' juried 2005 MFA Exhibition. As the winner of that group show competition, he earned the opportunity to mount this solo exhibition at UrbanGlass. Newbold is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the Tyler School of Art and continues to work in metal fabrication.

Following the opening reception for Object and Atmosphere , UrbanGlass hosts a Rock the Hot Shop event from 9:00 pm to midnight. Mighty Redeemer Sound spins records throughout the evening. $15 admission also includes Blue Point Brewing Company beer and white wine sangria all night and a blown glass cup for the first 100 to arrive. The event, which raises funds for the UrbanGlass Education program, is sponsored by Blue Point Brewing Company of Long Island.

UrbanGlass: New York Contemporary Glass Center is a not-for-profit international art center located at 647 Fulton Street, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. The mission of UrbanGlass is to advance the use and appreciation of glass as a creative medium and to make glass accessible to a diverse audience through its programs, educational initiatives, and publications.

UrbanGlass

647 Fulton Street , 3rd Floor

(Enter at 57 Rockwell Place, between Fulton and DeKalb)

Fort Greene, Brooklyn

718.625.3685 :: www.urbanglass.org

B, M, Q, R to DeKalb; 2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins; C to Lafayette; G to Fulton

For more information, please contact Brooke Benaroya, 718.625.3685, ext. 210, brooke@urbanglass.org.