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February Issue
2010
Western Carolina
University in Cullowhee, NC, Features Works by Richard Ritter
Western
Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC, is presenting the exhibit,
Richard Ritter: 40 Years in Glass, a retrospective of work
by the master glassblower, on view at the University's Fine Art
Museum through Mar. 13, 2010.
Ritter, originally from Detroit, MI, was an illustrator and then
metalworker when he committed himself to working with glass. That
was in 1968, in the midst of the US studio glass movement. Ritter
has studied and worked at the Penland School of Crafts in Mitchell
County, NC. In 1980, he and his wife, Jan, settled in Bakersville,
NC, near the school.
Ritter is known for his experimental techniques with "murrini"
- segments with a patterned cross section, sliced from a glass
rod - which he incorporates into his glass pieces. His current
Floral Core Series features a central floral core between
outer wings of glass or metal.
Ritter has enjoyed 20- and 30-year retrospectives, his work has
been featured on the cover of American Craft magazine,
and he is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment
for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council. His work has
been exhibited internationally and is represented in public and
private collections including the Corning Museum of Glass, the
Museum of Arts and Design, the White House permanent craft collection,
the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
This retrospective, first exhibited by the Toe River Arts Council,
features more than 75 works in glass from 1969 to 2009.
Also on exhibit at the Fine Art Museum through March 13 is the
exhibit, Transformation: Drawing into Painting, featuring
works by six New York artists: Simon Carr, John Goodrich, Stanley
Lewis, Ying Li, Ruth Miller and Thaddeus Radell. The exhibits
mark the beginning of the Fine Art Museum's fifth-year anniversary.
For further information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at
828/227-3591 or visit (www.wcu.edu/fapac/galleries).
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