I’m very excited about this Chihuly installation at the NY Botanical Gardens — I wanted to go see his installation in chicago a few years ago but never got around to it. I saw a movie on pbs about his installation in venice and it amazed me, totally, and started me really thinking about glass. Now I have a bookmark folder of locations where I can learn to blow glass – if I had gotten a job in pittsburgh I would have been able to afford lessons at the pittsburgh glass center but that didn’t pan out, and I can’t find a place convenient to me in NJ yet. am still looking though!
Details:
“Gardens & Glass” – World renowned glass sculptor Dale Chihuly’s installations dazzle throughout the NY Botanical Gardens, Bronx River Pkwy at Fordham Rd (B/D – Bedford Pk Blvd station + 20 min walk or Bx26 bus east or Metro North – Botanical Gdns station) Open Tu –Su; 10:00AM-6:00PM, thru October 29. $20/$18 – students & seniors/$5 under 12. While there, see “Waterlillies & Locusts” (thru September 17) & “Victorian Ornamentals” (also thru October 29). For more information, call 212.220.0503 or go to www.nybgo.org. see also “Transplants/Transculture”
ooh ooh ooh!!!!
i know of a place in upstate New York to learn how to blow glass
it costs the same whether you go alone or i go with you
i’ll be home after election day, let’s go together
Also,
I got to go to the glass museum in Tacoma – it was me and Felicia and the hardest thing was not touching all the (non-blown) glass that was so touchable, but so not allowed
Also, also,
Chihuly had an installation at the Grounds for Sculpture near Trenton a few yearrs ago and we went w/my in-laws and Dave’s granparents. His stuff is really impressive up-close
YEAH?! I am so thrilled! let’s go! it will be so freakin’ awesome!