How glass heals
If you think about how glass relates to medicine, you might first conjure images of fingers cut on a broken bottle. But glass has a long history as a curer of wounds and an enabler of healing, not just hurting: … Read more →
Posts in Category ‘From the Collections’
Celebrate good times with glass!
The stoic bank examiner, Mr. Carter from the classic movie It’s a Wonderful Life, made it clear to George Bailey that he wanted to spend Christmas with family in Elmira, New York. That’s just down the road from The Corning … Read more →
The Red Vase, part 2
This is the second in a two-part series. Read The Red Vase, part 1. The story of the red vase continues in America. Having survived World War II and flight from Europe, Franz Engel settled into a new life in … Read more →
The Corning Museum of Glass Surveys Global Contemporary Glass in Special Exhibition Opening in May 2019
Today The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) announced that 100 artists—representing 32 nationalities and working in 25 countries—have been selected to exhibit in New Glass Now, a global survey of contemporary glass and the first exhibition of its kind organized by … Read more →