"Portrait with Blue Line DVC87"
Blown Glass Sculpture.
16" H x 11" W x 3 1/2" D.
Tom McGlauchlin
Tom McGlauchlin was born September 14, 1934 on his family's farm about 3 miles from Beloit Wisconsin. He was the youngest of eight siblings. Three years later the family moved to Beloit where Tom grew up with a great deal of freedom and experienced many harsh realities of the depression.
He entered the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1954 with a Major in Engineering but switched to a major in Art the middle of his sophomore year. He studied pottery with Harvey Littleton and Toshiko Takaezu and sculpture with Leo Steppat. He received his B.S. in Art in 1959 and M.S. in Art in 1960. The next year 1960-61 Littleton asked Tom to teach his pottery classes full time so that he could take a leave of absence to explore glass blowing. After that year everything changed in the world of glass.
Tom Married Pat Smith, also a pottery student of Littleton's, in 1961 and moved to Mt. Vernon, Iowa where Tom began his teaching career at Cornell College. In 1964 Tom was hired by the University of Iowa Art Department to start the second course in glass blowing to be offered in the U.S. Among his students were Fritz Dreisbach, Dan Edler, Tom Potter and Peter Layton. In 1965 Tom built his own studio in his garage/stable for a total cost of $500.
In 1971 Tom and his family moved to Toledo where he began teaching glass blowing in the University of Toledo-Toledo Museum of Art joint art program.
In 1984 the Museum eliminated the glass program from the Museum budget, effectively removing all University courses in glass blowing. At that time Tom began creating glass art in his studio and selling it through art galleries across the country and beyond.
Tom remained actively working until his death of pancreatic cancer on April 4, 2011.
Education
1966 - 1967 Studied Oriental Art History with Millard Rogers and Glenn Webb on a Ford Foundation grant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1962 Attended Historic first glassblowing workshop, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
1962 Studied Pottery with James McKinnell, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1960 M.S. in Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1959 Studied Pottery with Toshiko Takaezu, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1959 B.S in Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1957 - 1960 Studied Pottery with Harvey Littleton, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Positions Held
1984 Self-employed Artist
1971-84 Professor and Director of Glass Program, University of Toledo - Toledo Museum of Art Joint Program, Toledo, OH
1964-66 Visiting Lecturer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Taught an introductory class in glassblowing that was the only the second course to be taught in the United States. Among students were Fritz Dreisbach and Peter Layton.
1968-71 Associate Professor, Art Department Chair, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
1964-64 Assistant Professor, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
1961-64 Instructor, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
1960-61 Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Taught Harvey Littleton's pottery classes while Harvey was on leave blowing glass in his studio.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Gathering: A Survey of Contemporary Glass, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2005 "First Anniversary Exhibition" Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
2003 "American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement" The William S. Fairfield Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI. Also touring seven other museums through 2005.
2001 "Coming of Age: Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Recipients" Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
2000 "Wisconsin's Glass Masters" The William S. Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, WI
1999 "Interpretations in Glass" Uzelac Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1999 "Studio Glass: Established and Emerging Visions" TriArt Gallery, Louisville, KY
1998 "Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass" Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH and Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
1995 "Featured Artists Exhibition" Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
1995 "Just North of the River: Ohio Designer Craftsmen" The Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
1995 "Art Forms in Glass" Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1994 "Collective Brilliance: Contemporary Glass" Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
1994 "Contemporary American, Canadian & European Enamelists" Kent State University Art Gallery, Kent, OH
1994 "Contemporary American, Canadian & European Enamelists" Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1994 "Contemporary Glass Invitational '94" Del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1993 "Ohio Designer Craftsmen Head South" Florida Craftsmen Gallery St. Petersburg, FL
1993 "A Gather of Glass: Intimate Details" Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL
1993 "Then and Now- Nine Artists from the 1966 Glass National" The New Gallery, Toledo, OH
1992 "Glass Act" Vertue Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1988 "Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987" Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH
Selected Competitive Exhibitions
2008 "The Best of 2008" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH
2006 "The Best of 2006" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH
2005 "The Best of 2005" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH
2004 "Toledo Area Artists" Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (Cast Paper Relief)
2003 "Toledo Area Artists" Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH. Dominick Labino Memorial Award
2002 "The Best of 2002" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH. ODCE Purchase Award
2000 "Paper in the Millennium" Friends of Dard Hunter National Juried Members Show, The Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA. (Handmade Paper)
1999 "The Best of 1999" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH. Award for Excellence
1997 "The Best of 1997" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH. Dominick Labino Award for Excellence in Glass
1995 "Third International Enamel Art Exhibition at Coburg" Kunsterverein Coburg e.V. Coburg, Germany
1995 "Best of 1995" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH
1994 "Best of 1994" Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH. Dominick Labino Memorial Award for Excellence in Glass
1993 "Best of 1993" Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH. Dominick Labino Memorial Award for Excellence in Glass
1990 "Best of 1990" Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH. ODC Members Challenge Award for Excellence
1988 "The International Exhibition of Glass Craft, '88" Ishikawa Exhibition Hall, Kanazawa Japan
1979 "New Glass" Corning Glass Museum, Corning, NY
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2006 University of Toledo, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Toledo, OH
2006 Vespermann Glass Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, OH
2005 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2004 Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2004 Walter E Terhune Gallery, Northwood, OH
1999 Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1999 Vespermann Glass Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1998 Uzelac Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1996 Vetro Marmo Gallery, Columbus, OH
1994 Albrecht Gallery, Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH
1993 Christy-Taylor Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1992 Vespermann Glass Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991 Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MA
Grants and Awards
2002 Ohio Designer Craftsmen Award for Outstanding Achievement
1999 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
1994 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grant
1979 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grant
1966 Ford Foundation Non-Western Studies Grant
Selected Public Collections
Corning Glass Museum, Corning, NY
Art Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Hawaii State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Johnson Wax Company Collection of American Crafts
Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Musee des Arts Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
State of Iowa Art Collection, Des Moines, IA
The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
The Smithsonian Collection, Washington D.C.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Commissions
2003 "A Free Verse in Color" Suspended glass Sculpture installed in East Hall, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH. Ohio Arts Council Percent for Art Program.
1988 "A Mountain for Toledo" A plate glass and stainless-steel sculpture commissioned by the Rotary Club of Toledo and given to the University of Toledo. Installed in the University of Toledo Lobby at SeaGate Center, Toledo, OH.
1986 "Glass Capital Columns" Two thousand sheets of one quarter inch plate glass stacked in four columns eight feet tall by two feet square. Installed in Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, OH. Produced with grants from the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo and Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company.
1984 "Clouds of Joy" Polychrome glass and stainless-steel sculpture 23' high, lobby of four SeaGate, Toledo, OH.
1984 "Crystal Cells" Cast glass and wood wall sculpture, Kiddy Peabody Company, Toledo, OH.
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