Curated by Renee Radenberg, Beryl Brenner, and Yuko Nii
Show Dates: Sat. June 7 – Sat. July12, 2025
Opening Reception: Sat. June 7, 3pm – 5pm
Submission Deadline: Wed. May 21, 2025
You will receive the acceptance notice as we review your submission
Delivery Dates:
Sat. May 24, Sun. May 25 & Sat. May 31,1-5pm
Gallery Open: Sat. & Sun. 1-5pm
Dear Artists and Friends,
Today, Monday, May 19 is the submission deadline day. We have already received a good number of the impressive submission materials. Thank you very much for your interest and support.
Because a couple artists called me telling me that they need a couple more days to submit their works. So, I have decided to make the final deadline on Wed. May 21st.
So, if you thought you had missed todays’ submission deadline, you can still send your materials by Wed. May 21st.
I am sending you the Up-dated OPEN CALL Announcement of the show and a separate Entry Form for you to fill out the information of your works.
We are very excited to have the long awaited Glass & Glitter show. Finally it is going to happen. We are looking forward to seeing some shiny, some sparkling, some glittering, some pleasent, some transplant works which will take us to the “Glass and Glitter” world.
See you soon on the deliver days!
Cheers!
Renee, Beryl and Yuko
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The “Glass and Glitter” show for this year is the last of a series of consecutive shows related to the materials artists use from nature. We started the consecutive shows in Sept. 2022 with the “Clay and Textile” (Sept. 10 – Oct. 22, 2023), “Wood and Paper” (Nov. 12, 2022 – Jan. 14, 2023), “Metal and Plastic” (Oct. 21, 2023 – Sat. – Jan.13, 2024) and the very final one is the up-coming “Glass and Glitter” show (May 31 – June 28, 2025).
Glass -making dates back to at least 3,600 years ago in Mesopotamia. However, most writers claim that they may have been producing copies of glass objects from Egypt. Other archaeological evidence suggests that the first true glass was made in coastal north Syria, Mesopotamia or Egypt.
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) compound. Because it is often transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological usage, and an art form In the 20th century, Harvey Littleton was the one of the founders of studio glass art movement which saw the emerging of Glass as a fine art form.
Glitter’s history also spans from ancient civilizations using natural materials like mica and crushed beetles to modern glitter.
Modern Glitter was invented in the 1930s by Henry Ruschmann, a German immigrant and machinist. While working on a machine to cut photo films, Ruschmann noticed the small, shiny pieces of cellulose developed a process for cutting plastic into tiny, sparkly pieces that were being generated when the machine malfunctioned.
His employees used these fragments as Christmas decorations, leading Ruschmann to see the potential for a decorative material. He developed a machine to cut photo films and paper, and sometimes the machine would “stutter,” generating small, shiny pieces of glossy cellulose. Thus, Ruschmann’s invention made glitter more accessible and affordable, and his company, Meadowbrook Inventions, is still a major producer of glitter today.
Modern Glitter is usually made up of hundreds – even thousands or tens of thousands – of tiny pieces of various materials from copolymer plastic and aluminum foil, titanium dioxide and iron oxides or sometimes other
materials such as mica, stones and insects. Glitter’s color and texture depends on how it’s made, such as whether it’s coated with chemicals or cut to different sizes. Fine artists started incorporating glitter into their art makings attracting attentions to delight or surprise the beholders.
A ban on glitter made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and aluminum, as it is a microplastic that can leach hormonal disruptors into the environment. Furthermore, plastic glitter takes about one thousand years to biodegrade. As glitter or spices are hydrophobic, they do not dissolve in water like salt or sugar would. Thus, it has become one of today’s serious environmental concern.
The show, “Glass and Glitter” presents the 2 different mediums used for artwork. One, the medium of Glass used for artworks, and the other medium, Glitter used for artworks, or part of the decorative designs on paintings, sculptures, paper-works, and textile art.
We can easily imagine how interesting this Glass and Glitter show could be noticing the fact the contrasting quality each medium presents.
The nature of the glass being mainly transparent/ translucent, however, it has opalescent qualities. Glass illuminates light beautifully either through the material (transplant) or reflects on its surface (opalescent)
The sparkling shinny glitter attached to the surface of artwork, dispersing colorful flickering light outward from the artworks. Our vision of the concrete artwork is blurred due to the illusions created by shinny glitter.
We look forward to seeing numerous works that amplify their material in creative ways!!
Please read the following information very carefully.
Submission Fee: Submission Fee must be paid when Submission Materials are sent.
Payment Methods:
By PayPal ($45, including the financial charge), send it: wahcenter@earthlink.net
Submission Materials: Send to: glassglitterwah@gmail.com
1) Complete Entry Form with clear writing. Entry Form attached below:
2) Artwork Images, limited to 3 pieces in high resolution, printable images (300 dpi)
3) Resume (in chronological order) and Statement combined together within 600 words.
Create your own resume similar to the samples below in layout, format, and the category orders, etc..
ABOUT THE WAH CENTER
In late October 1996, Yuko Nii founded the non-profit The WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center) based upon her Bridge Concept. That concept envisions a multifaceted, multicultural art center whose mission is to coalesce the diverse artistic community, and create a bridge between local, national and international artists, emerging and established artists, and artists of all disciplines. Thus through the international language of art we come to understand each other to create a more peaceful and integrated world. The WAH Center is a force for peace and understanding and its concept is incorporated in its acronym: “WAH” in Japanese means “peace” or “harmony” or “unity”.
Gallery Hours: Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm to 5pm
Directions
J train to Marcy Avenue
L train to Bedford Avenue
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