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Title: Prismatic

Location/Date: Palm Springs Art Museum in California, June 2013

Foreword: This exhibit will showcase contemporary colored-glass artwork. Not only will there be glass chandeliers and panel pieces but there will also be glass sculptures. Through descriptions of the art pieces, people will learn or have a better understanding on how glass art is made and what many glasswork artists try to accomplish when creating an art piece. When leaving the exhibit, one will have a greater appreciation of glass and abstract artwork.

Exhibit Essays:

·      Glass in Nature

http://www.cmog.org/article/glass-nature#.UVEt4mhgP0c

·      Robert Willson—Bringing Life to Solid Glass
http://www.cmog.org/article/robert-willson-bringing-life-solid-glass#.UVEw_mhgP0c
·      David Alcala - Sand to Glass
http://www.fxnglass.com/fxnglass/Fxnglass.html

·      [Fun Fact] Jobs in 19^th Century Glass Factory

http://www.cmog.org/article/jobs-19th-century-glass-factory#.UVExlWhgP0c

Images: attached

Captions: includes artist, title of work, year; depending on image and its purpose, there may be information on what technique(s) was used and/or a short description on the purpose/meaning of the work

Artists:

·      Jon Goldberg

·      Nancy Callan

·      Shayna Leib 

·      Dorothy Hafner

·      Jon Kuhn 

·      Dale Chihuly

·      Ethel and Arthur Furman (retailers, exhibit sponsors?)

Production / Page Format:

·      Vertical, 8” x 5” – good size for large images and small enough for it not to be necessary for the text (placed underneath or above the images) to be in columns

·      The page size is an appropriate size for the images to be large on the page and receive the most focus.  (Some page layouts will include only exhibit pieces and captions.) The chosen format is also a great format for the essays that will be included—it would be easy and fast to read and columns are not necessary! However, the text of some the images’ short descriptions may be split into 2 columns.

·      Transparency (possibly for several full-page images) and glossy paper

·      Book Sections:

-       Front Cover

-       Table of Contents

-       Exhibit Artists & Artwork (imagery, descriptions, some biographies)

-       What is Glass?

-       Glass Techniques

-       Facts on Glass Materials

-       Back Cover

    *Blank Pages behind/front of cover pages—no white, abstract images with colors (carries on the exhibit theme)

Typography:

·      One typeface set in four different ways (Header, Sub-Header, Text, Captions)

    * Vary by weight, italic, etc.

    * Only one type shows consistency

·      The simple, no-serif, thin-lined type will further carry on the contemporary theme of the exhibit.

·      Font Color: black

    * Colored text may take attention away from the images.

Grid System:

       ·      Margins: 3p0 (0.5”)

       ·      Gutter: 1p0 ?

       ·      Columns: 2

           * MOST text will not be in columns

       ·      Width of text columns: 11.25p0 (1.875”)

       ·      Gutter width between columns: .75p0 (0.125”)

       ·      Spacing between images/images & images/text: 1.5p0 (0.25”)

Imagery:

       ·      CYMK Printing

       ·      Photographs only

       ·      Images are placed within page margins

       ·      Pages with only images will consist of one photograph on top and the other below the caption of the top one. Some pages may have two images side by side with short descriptions below.

       ·      Images will further elaborate and showcase the beauty of contemporary glass art.

Additional Notes:

Quote: “Glass has incredible strength. Its raw materials are common and cheap. It's made using sand and fire. And it turns into a liquid. Imagine... the sand turns into a liquid!” - Dale Chihuly

Qualities of Glass:

       ·      Glass is a pure and sustainable material capable of being recycled indefinitely.

       ·      Its structure does not deteriorate through the recycling process.

       ·      Glass can be pasteurized, sterilized, used in the microwave, has a long shelf life, reduces food waste, and maintains high levels of carbonation and vacuum.

       ·      Glass protects against the effects of light and temperature for longer than most other materials.

       ·      Glass is re-sealable, fridge-friendly, able to be filled at high speeds and is inert during use and post consumption.

       ·      Glass will not taint food and drink products stored or served from them.

       ·      For the consumer there is an association of quality with glass products.

       ·      The aesthetic quality of glass enhances the desire for the product.

       ·      Glass is made (in many cases) from locally sourced raw materials.

            * include page(s) stating fun facts about qualities/characteristics of glass material

Techniques:

       ·      http://www.tukeandbloom.com/techniques.html

       ·      http://www.bokrosh.com/glass-art-sculpture.html

           * include pages explaining different techniques in making glass

Notes to Self:

       ·      Second-choice trimming size: 9” x 7”

       ·      Stained glass wall assembled to separate sections of exhibit

       ·      Chandeliers and panels hang from ceiling to elaborate lightness and away from walls

       ·      Large sculptors on floor or on pedestals