Helen Lee is an artist, designer, and educator. She holds an MFA in Glass from RISD and BSAD in Architecture from MIT. Her work is in the collections of Minnesota Museum of American Art, Corning Museum of Glass, Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, and Toyama City Institute of Glass Art. Recent exhibitions include: Exuviae at Art Lit Lab, Through a Glass Darkly at Delaware Contemporary, and Momentum | Intersection at Toledo Museum of Art.
Lee has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, California College of Art, Pilchuch Glass School, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Ox-Bow School of Art, China Academy of Art, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art and the MIT Glass Lab. She is currently and Associate Professor and Head of Glass in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and proudly serves as the Director of GEEX, the Glass Education Exchange.
Ruth Tamura graduated with a MA from CCAC (now CCA) in 1969. She was the first person at CCA to receive a MA in glass. In 1971, Ruth with Dale Chihuly, co-founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington.
The Visiting Artist Series was created to bring world-class artists in the field of glass to our region, to promote glass education, and attract broad interest in and enthusiasm for the Chrysler Museum and its Glass Studio. The series is an invitation to work at the glass studio for four days, usually taking place from Thursday-Sunday. During this focused time, the artists are involved in a range of activities, which could include demonstrations and lectures at the Glass Studio for Museum visitors and the public, special demonstrations and lectures at the Glass Studio for Museum visitors and the public, special demonstrations and discussions for local high school and college students, visits and social events with museum donors and local collectors, and video/audio recording for the Chrysler’s website and archives.
Free, registration required.
