What an amazing weekend we had celebrating Art Deco at WMODA in our sold-out series of lecture sessions. Louise Irvine, our Executive Director & Curator, kicked off the weekend sessions with a fabulous introduction to all our Flappers, Vamps and Divas created by the great porcelain houses of Europe. Stephanie

Louise Irvine Riccardo Ferro seeks the soul of his glass art as he carves into the surface with abrasive spinning wheels. He cradles each piece for hours, days, and often weeks, painstakingly grinding away to reveal what lies underneath. He listens to the sounds the glass makes against his tools

Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18 Glass is Hot at WMODA There are many different styles of glass art in the WMODA collection, from blown glass by Chihuly and his collaborators to fused glass by Toots Zynsky, to cold-working by the Ferro brothers and flame-working by Paul Stankard. Louise

Join us on Saturday, May 17 at 2:00 pm to celebrate Chelsea Rousso’s Unity in the Community installation at WMODA.  For the last two years, Chelsea has been introducing fused glass art to a whole new audience.  One of her workshops was held at WMODA before the museum reopened and

Chelsea Rousso is back at WMODA with another of her fabulous creative glass workshops at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 17, as part of our weekend program celebrating International Museum Day. Chelsea will show you how to make a fused glass Fazzoletto-style bowl inspired by the Chihuly Macchia collection at

“Once I discovered that Venetian beads were made primarily by women at kitchen tables in their spare time, I knew I would write about them.” Tracy Chevalier’s best-selling novel The Glassmaker celebrates the art of bead-making through five centuries of a Murano glassblowing family. Historically, women have been the unsung

The Easter Bunny hopped into WMODA last month with lots of baskets for families facing financial hardship in our community. Luis and Nini Montanez spent weeks creating 55 Easter baskets brimful of fluffy toys and other spring treats. The museum team helped raise the funds for the baskets, which The

By Louise Irvine During the African summer, the adventurous male weaver bird tirelessly constructs elaborate grass nests with precision and passion. He hopes to tempt a female to choose a suitable home to raise their future family. The Ardmore Design Studio has been inspired by this labor of love to

By Louise Irvine Venice has been producing glass since the 10th century, and Murano became the main center in 1291 when glassmakers were ordered to relocate their furnaces to the small island in the Venetian lagoon to mitigate fire hazards. Over the centuries, the Murano masters have changed our perception

By Louise Irvine The WMODA collection features many striking figures made by studio potters during the 1920s and 30s. Creative partnerships in the Chelsea area of London have been discussed previously, and we are now exploring the rest of London and beyond. Pottery statuettes remained highly sought after by collectors in