Wadsworth Atheneum ‘Fired Up’ for contemporary glass show

Alex Bernstein, ‘New Spring Blue Group,’ 2021. Cast, carved glass and steel, 25 by 45 by 6in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Habatat Galleries.
Alex Bernstein, ‘New Spring Blue Group,’ 2021. Cast, carved glass and steel, 25 by 45 by 6in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Habatat Galleries.
Alex Bernstein, ‘New Spring Blue Group,’ 2021. Cast, carved glass and steel, 25 by 45 by 6in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Habatat Galleries.

HARTFORD, Conn. — More than 50 contemporary glass artists breathe new life into nature’s most volatile medium in Fired Up: Glass Today, opening at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art on September 16. Of more than 150 works on view, approximately half were created exclusively for this exhibition or will make their public debut at the Wadsworth. Special live events including glass working demonstrations at an on-site hot shop feature artists who will bring the magic of glass to Hartford this fall. Fired Up will be on view through February 5, 2023.

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