News Release

Publication accompanies Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America

April 19, 2007

Pittsburgh, PA. A richly illustrated publication accompanies Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, an exhibition of recent and historical studio glass pieces on view at Carnegie Museum of Art, May 12-September 16, 2007. The publication will synthesize the notions of translation and transformation and the links between Venice and America to point to future directions and connections of glass.

Along with 123 magnificent color plates of works in the show, the 204-page publication, also titled Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, contains essays by Susanne K. Frantz, independent curator and former curator of contemporary glass at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, and contemporary art critic Matthew Kangas, who frequently contributes to publications on glass and in 2002 published Robert Willson: Image-Maker, the most comprehensive book on this important sculptor who helped launch the dialogue between American artists and Venetian maestros working in glass.

The publication also contains interviews with Benjamin Moore, an American who spent two years at the Venini & C. factory in Venice, and Lino Tagliepietra, the celebrated Venetian maestro, teacher, and artist who lives and works in both Italy and America.

Published by Carnegie Museum of Art, the soft-cover catalogue is available in the Carnegie Museum of Art Store for $29.95 or through the museum website, www.cmoa.org.

Support
The exhibition is supported by Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass, which is made possible by the generosity of many foundations and corporations, including Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, and presenting sponsors PNC and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by the Henry L. Hillman Fund, the Fellows of Carnegie Museum of Art, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The exhibition catalogue is made possible by the Beal Publication Fund and the Henry Lea Hillman, Jr. Foundation.

Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh and founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of Art is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131.

Contact:
Tey Stiteler
412.688.8690
stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org