IN THE CLEAR: New Glass by Kari Minnick

"Between Hope and Fear" Kilnformed, and Flameworked Glass   

BlackRock Center for the Arts Presents:   

IN THE CLEAR: New Glass by Kari Minnick

Wednesday, June 16, - Saturday, July 10, 2010

Artist Reception: June 19th, 5:30 -7:30 PM

BlackRock Center for the Arts

12901 Town Commons Drive

Germantown, MD 20874

This exhibit of new works - over a year in the making- includes wall and floor installations, pedestal and wall sculpture. A master of the medium, these works incorporate many of Kari's signature elements: artistic use of line, language, and mark making, and a fascination for graphic design. An award winning artist and collected internationally, Kari's works are in private, corporate and embassy collections.

Which Came First? Drawing Conclusions:

Kilnformed Glass by Kari Minnick

A Hillyer Art Space Exhibition
November 2, 2007- December 20, 2007

Opening Reception: Friday, November 2nd, 2007, 6pm to 8pm

Which Came First? Drawing Conclusions, an exhibition by Kari Minnick, features glass "collages" that combine bold composition, sensitive drawings, and fluid edges. Using flame-worked linear elements and images drawn directly into glass powders, Minnick creates signature pieces reminiscent of gestural drawings. Minnick's expressive use of line and manipulation of light break new artistic ground in the painterly expressions that emerge from hand-cut glass.

Minnick holds a degree in studio art from the University of California and has worked as an exhibiting artist and educator for twenty years.She recently opened Kari Minnick Art Glass Studio in the heart of the new Arts and Entertainment district in Silver Spring, MD. Selected by the Hillyer Art Space Advisory Committee for Washington Region Programming, Minnick was recommended due to her unique talent and vision.

IA's Hillyer Art Space is funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.