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Well-known American abstract artist Alan Held's designs for laminated art glass windows for the Orlando federal courthouse annex and expansion are on loan to the Orlando Museum of Art through April 3.
The half-century old Mayes County Courthouse appears to diminish in stature daily as work on its replacement moves closer to completion.
Although everyday a number of tourists pass by the Christ Church on the Ridge in Shimla, hardly a few care to peep inside.
Vintage Italian glass, bursting with color and fantastical forms, is back in the limelight after a late-1990s bust that shattered many buyers' dreams of ever-rising prices.
Glass artist Michelle Walker wanted to use her craft to honor fellow artists who'd served in the military -- and to celebrate art as a form of peace.``With all the stuff going on in Iraq,'' she said, ``it seemed appropriate.'…
Two museums, the Orlando Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, have collaborated in displaying an artist known for his glass bowls, vases, floats and chandeliers.
Stained-glass windows in the Basilica of the Assumption, I would like to paraphrase Groucho Marx and say: "Be gone, and never darken my church again." I'm voting for transparency.
An auctioneer who sold his house to buy a pier has uncovered a 1930s masterpiece in stained glass - only to discover workmen broke half the panes in the 1960s.
FEARS of more glass shattering have turned the reopening of the National Gallery of Victoria into a nightmare.Temporary passageways are to be built to protect art lovers after an engineer's report found more breakages were possible.
Laura Alleman was rooting around in her mother's basement five years ago when she stumbled onto three saucers made of pale pink Depression glass.
The role of Company Secretary has been strengthgened following the publication of a UK government-commissioned report on corporate governance.
Pilkington Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has been presented with a Personality of the Year award by Brazil in recognition of the Group's record investment in that country.
Among the first orders of business in restoring 201 Caroline St. was removal of the circular stained-glass window beneath the home's upper eaves.
The art form, which involves fusing layers of glass using a kiln, is especially popular in the Northwest, but there are only a handful of serious glass fusers in Maine and even fewer resources for beginning artists.
Pearl Art Glass’ motto is simple: "If it can be done in glass, we can do it." Founded by Margaret Britton at her church, the Pearl of Portsmouth, the business recently relocated to the former Kittery Post Office on Government Street to…
The artist took a glass-blowing class as an elective in college and found her passion in life.Lisa Pelo-McNiece, an artist from Indianapolis, majored in creative writing at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and never did a thing with her major.
Paolo Scaroni has resigned from the Board of Pilkington plc and relinquished the post of non-executive deputy chairman of the Group.
Finland's second largest independent glass processing firm has become part of the Pilkington Group.The acquisition of KP Lasi will give Pilkington Processing and Merchanting 15 per cent of the buoyant Finnish IGU market.
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Colorpro announced that it has completed the installation of decorative architectural glass at the newly-renovated American Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.
MIT Museum announced the Glass, Glorious Glass program, an interactive workshop designed to teach children and their families about the art and science of glass.
Nippon Sheet Glass, a large Japanese manufacturer, has increased its holding in Pilkington, the UK glass group, from 10 to 21 per cent over the past fortnight, but has ruled out mounting a full bid.