45th Annual Glass VIP Invitation Habatat Galleries

You are cordially invited to NEXT: Habatat Galleries 45th International Annual Glass Invitational Join us in celebrating this monumental milestone for the gallery April 27th, 28th and 29th of 2017. This year marks four and a half decades for this exclusive annual event hosted just outside of Detroit. Habatat Galleries would be honored to have you participate in this glass experience.

The Glass International is the largest and longest running annual exhibit focused on studio glass in the United States.

Included in the exhibition will be work from over 100 renowned artists from 30 different countries who use glass to create artwork as a means for expression.

ON THE MENU: • View over 500 objects which will be on display during the preview weekend.

• Meet over 50 artists who will be in attendance whom have flown in from around the world for this art glass extravaganza.

• Experience an extraordinary weekend of glass that will feature a demo, auction, panel discussion and a glass soiree.

APPETIZER: NEXT will feature a once in a lifetime event at the Henry Ford Museum of Art and Greenfield Village! Henry Ford Museum is considered one of the top ten museums to visit in the United States. The Museum has offered an invitation to the attendees of the 45th that includes a private dinner celebrating the opening of the Davidson Gerson Glass Gallery featuring the collection of Bruce Bachman. This glass gallery is currently being designed by legendary glass artist Jamie Carpenter. It will be erected next to the glass blowing facility and on the campus of Greenfield Village. Once built it will become a permanent architectural fixture and will showcase the museums historical work as well as Mr. Bach man’s contemporary collection.

HORS D’ OEUVRE: This enchanting gala will be taking place on Friday night, April 28th, and will feature a unique demonstration by Seattle based artist Martin Blank. *Accomodation information on back page

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1st COURSE: New for 2017 is the first Glassotic: An Exhibition of Glass Wearable’s. We have selected a group of glass artists who create jewelry to offer a special exhibition during Habatat’s VIP Weekend. We expect this new event to be a fun addition to Habatat’s Annual Invitational. The weekend events also include our World Famous Masterworks Auction with historic works of the 70s and 80s from the collections of noted glass lovers Jean and Hilbert Sosin and Evelyn and Ralph Goldstein. The Auction event includes a strolling dinner and drinks.

2nd COURSE: Attendees will experience artist talks that will give us an insight into the future of studio glass. Among the artists attending will be Janusz Walentynowicz who will give a presentation on his evolution as an artist working in both Denmark and the Mid-West. A controversial panel discussion by noted artists and museum directors will follow the artist’s presentations. During the VIP opening weekend you will also partake in home tours, lunches, dinners, the VIP preview and more!

3rd COURSE: The 45th will feature a solo exhibition of Christina Bothwell and Robert Bender curated by Laura Cotton, director of the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery of the University of Michigan Dearborn. This exhibit will provide a retrospective and collaboration of both artist’s work. Following that exhibition will be a special local glass exhibit curated and hosted by husband and wife team Chris Nordin and Michelle Plucinsky at the Furnace Design Studio.

This year’s theme NEXT provides a unique opportunity to explore each artist’s insight into the future. We will ask each artist to think of themselves as a futurist and to share their thoughts on where the world of glass art will be in 2042. Much like George Orwell’s novel 1984, published nearly sixty years ago, we are anticipating some wonderful fiction that may or may not become a reality. We have asked the participating artists to share their thoughts which will be published in the 45th International Glass Catalogue.

DESSERT: All of these events lead up to the opening of NEXT: The 45th Annual International Glass Invitational which is attended by thousands of visitors and is the apogee of this art filled weekend.

Join us in making a part of glass history!

Please RSVP today as space is limited.

The Staff of Habatat Galleries

ITINERARY AND EVENTS

Thursday, April 27th

Preview the 45th Glass Invitational at Habatat Galleries, Evening Strolling Dinner & Auction Arrive at Detroit Metropolitan Airport – DTW (30 Minutes from Habatat Galleries Complex) 45th Annual International Glass Preview at Habatat Galleries: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm ( FIRST VIP PREVIEW DAY ) Dinner with a preview of the Masterworks Auction: 6:30 – 7:30 pm Masterworks Glass Auction: 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Auction catalogue with details will be available.

Friday, April 28th

Artist’s presentations, 45th Glass International Preview, Jewelry Show, Bachman Gala 45th Annual International Glass Preview at Habatat Galleries: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Artist presentations at the Somerset Inn 10:00 am – 12:00 Artists featured in the International will give presentations Lunch at Habatat Galleries – 12:00 pm Offering a chance to meet many artists, collectors and see the exhibition!

Opening of Glassotic: Exhibition of Glass Wearables – Grand Opening at 1:00 pm Private Home Tours of local glass collections Bachman Gala at Henry Ford: 5:30 – 7:30 pm – Experience a once in a lifetime event!

Dinner, The opening of the Davidson Gerson Glass Gallery featuring the collection of Bruch Bachman.

Glass demonstration by Martin Blank

Saturday, April 29th

Bus Tour, Demonstration, 45th Glass Preview and Grand Opening The deluxe bus will leave the Somerset Inn at 9:00am and visit the campus of U of M Dearborn that will be featuring an exhibition of Christina Bothwell curated by the Director Laura Cotton and Habatat Galleries own Corey Hampson. We will all then travel to the Furnace Design Studio for a special exhibition of Michigan Glass Artists. The bus will then return to the Somerset Inn. At 8:00 pm you will experience the Grand Opening of the 45th International Glass invitational and vote for your favorite artist for the Public’s Choice. The winner will be part of a museum exhibition.

45th Annual International Glass Preview at Habatat Galleries: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Grand Opening of the 45th Annual Glass International Invitational Awards Exhibition Exhibition opens at 8:00 pm at the Habatat Galleries Complex - 4400 Fernlee, Royal Oak, MI 48073

ACCOMMODATIONS Your three night stay (Thursday, Friday and Saturday*) reserves you a room in the Executive Wing of the Somerset Inn, bus tours, all lectures and demos, two cocktail and dinner Henry Ford Gala as well as lunch on Friday, Glassoxic Exhibit - plus the most enjoyable glass extravaganza possible! *$495.00 per couple excluding airfare and car rental. This amount will be pro-rated for single person or for fewer or more days.

Wednesday night accommodations at the Somerset Inn are available for $150 including taxes.

We are anxious for you to experience these events and look forward to seeing you.

Over 100 artists invited from 30 different countries

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Henry Ford Musuem of American Innovation and Greenfield Village The Henry Ford acquired the studio glass collection of Bruce and Ann Bachmann of Glencoe, Illinois in 2015. Numbering around 270 pieces, the Bachmann Collection is an encyclopedic history of the Studio Glass Movement. Every significant artist is represented by at least one work, many by several examples. Beginning in 1987, the Bachmanns collected retrospectively, consciously tracing the evolution of the Studio Glass Movement.

Around 2010, the Bachmanns sought a permanent home for their collection. While other museums were interested in the Bachmann collection, it was The Henry Ford that garnered the collectors’ full attention and eventually their generous donation. “The Bachmanns had very specific criteria for their collection,” said Charles Sable, Curator of Decorative Arts, “They were looking for an institution that was in an urban area, preferably in the Midwest where they live, had a large visitation, and was capable of exhibiting and maintaining the collection. “As Bruce [Bachmann] told me, it was a good marriage. He felt his collection would live here in perpetuity," added Sable.

The Henry Ford is made up of multiple venues, two of which are Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village. Both venues include permanent studio glass displays. The Museum exhibition, which opened in October 2016, details the story of studio glass from its beginnings in the Toledo Workshops, through recent work. Approximately seventy percent of the artwork is drawn from the Bachmann collection. Themes include, “Founding of Studio Glass,” European Influences,” “Emergence of Studio Glass,” “Studio Glass Comes of Age,” and “Anything is Possible”. As a history museum with a focus on innovation, resourcefulness and ingenuity, The Henry Ford examines the art and science of studio glass as well as considering the aesthetics. It also looks at studio glass as a cultural phenomenon and at how it has diffused into popular culture.

The Greenfield Village experience will be housed in a former machine shop retrofitted into a state-of-the-art exhibit gallery. Designed by noted architect James Carpenter, the gallery will house portions of the Museum's expansive collection of historical American glass, from its beginnings in the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century. It will also house studio glass, drawn from the Bachmann collection. The Greenfield Village Gallery is located adjacent to the hot shop, where guests can view demonstrations of glass making throughout the day. Together, the gallery and hot shop will present the entire history of American glass production.

The Henry Ford Musuem and Greenfield Village is looking forward to your visit during the 45th.