Posts by Michael Janis

Mount Rainier “Artists By the Tracks” Studio Complex Sold to New Owner

The four-building, art-focused warehouse cluster of studios often referred to as "Artists By the Tracks," just over the DC line in Mount Rainier, MD, recently sold. Located in the Gateway Arts District, it is home to many regional creative tenants, such as Washington Glass School, White Point Studio, and Otis Street Arts Project. The...

Coppin State University Presents Fired Up! Baltimore’s First Glass Exhibit Since 1996

Wed, 18 May 2022 - Sat, 18 June 2022

Opening Reception: May 25 from 7-9pm

Fab Lab Lecture on Public Art and Community at MLK Library with WGS co-Director Michael Janis

Talk: Saturday, May 21 at 1pm

Washington Glass Co-Director Erwin Timmers Exhibits Work at Allegany Arts Gallery in Cumberland, MD

Allegany Arts Council's Saville Gallery presents Washington Glass School Co- Director Erwin Timmers in a solo exhibition titled Reflections in Glass from February 5 through February 26, 2022. Timmers' work addresses issues related to recycling, waste production, the environment, and their relationship to society. Timmers explains: “My work revolves around...

DC GlassWorks Announces its Closure

DC GlassWorks - one of the glass studios integral to Washington DC's contemporary art scene - has announced its closing soon. David D'Orio, the artist-entrepreneur who founded the hotshop with four other artists (Graham Caldwell, Jesse Caldwell, Alger Dole, Wyndell Williams, David D'Orio) in 2001 said that the changes in...

Artist Tim Tate to Represent USA in Venice Exhibition

Returning for the 58th Biennale di Venezia, the sixth edition of the art exhibit GLASSTRESS brings together a new line-up of leading contemporary artists from Europe, the United States, Latin America, India, and China in an ambitious exhibition exploring the endless creative possibilities of glass. The show "GLASSTRESS" is a...

Montgomery County Executive’s Awards Honors Washington Glass School’s Erwin Timmers

The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) has announced the recipients of the 2018 County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities. Established in 2002, these awards honor community leaders whose work in the cultural sector has made an impact in Montgomery County, MD. Among this...

The Pizza Artistically Considered: Art Works Now ‘Master-Pizzas’ Project

As the organization Art Works Now prepared for their new landmark home in Hyattsville, they teamed up with the building’s restaurant, Pizzeria Paradiso and Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council to embellish the new restaurant space with “Master Pizzas” created by invited artists and arts organizations from the surrounding community. Each...

EMBRACING NARRATIVE: Featuring Artwork of the Washington Glass School and the Virginia Glass Guild Opens at Portsmouth Art & Culture Center

Fri, 03 March 2017 - Sun, 04 June 2017

Opening Reception: Friday, March 3 from 5-8pm at Portsmouth, VA Art & Cultural Center

Washington Glass School Inaugurates Glass and Steel Sculpture at New Laurel Library

New Washington Glass School public art sculpture unveiled at the Laurel Library on November 28.

Prince George’s County Artist Represents the USA at International Glass Heap Challenge

Washington Glass School’s Debra Ruzinsky is one of nine international artists who have been invited to participate in the competition.

Novie Trump at Hillyer Art Space–Longing For Distant Skies

Michael Janis previews the work of Novie Trump at Hillyer Art Space.

A Warm Welcome to Otis Street Arts Project!

Otis Street Art Projects takes over the former Red Dirt Studios warehouse space

UDC Welcomes East City Artist Derek Hambly

Artist Derek Hambley will teach ceramics at UDC