WMODA members were invited to an exclusive workshop in February, led by Chelsea Rousso, to design and create a fused-glass amulet. Designed for protection and power, these glass symbols are a visual reminder of strength, healing, and intention. Chelsea was awarded a grant from the Broward County Cultural Division for

by Louise Irvine Last month, Arthur Wiener, the museum’s founder and benefactor, sponsored an artist dinner and glassblowing demonstration featuring Jason Christian at the Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts in Lake Worth Beach. The WMODA team first met Jason during a visit to Dale Chihuly’s Boathouse Studio in Seattle, where

by Louise Irvine Jonah and the Whale was among the earliest ceramic sculptures produced at the Ardmore Studio in South Africa. It was modeled by Bonnie Ntshalintshali, the first artist to assist the founder Fèe Halsted. Bonnie joined the studio in KwaZulu-Natal after being unable to work as a farm laborer

Supporters of Lloyd Goradesky’s Let LOVE Guide Your Way public art project were guided to WMODA on February 8 to watch a private screening of a new documentary by Kirk Gillon, an award-winning filmmaker. Despite it being Super Bowl Sunday, there was a full house to watch Lloyd’s universal love and kindness

By Louise Irvine In 2010, as animals and birds began migrating from Ardmore ceramics to stunning textiles, their Qalakabusha collection, meaning “new beginnings,” won international design awards. A new audience became aware of the remote studio pottery in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, prompting Fèe Halsted and her family to experiment with more

Louise Irvine Dive into WMODA to explore the wonders of the deep, created by contemporary ceramic and glass artists. See how the four elements of earth, air, fire and water have been combined to create the museum’s new Splash! exhibition, which opens on Saturday, February 21. Discover all the great work being

By Louise Irvine WMODA experienced a fabulous “Night in Venice” at the Benzaiten Center of Cultural Arts and presented a pop-up exhibition of Balocoloc masks, made in the traditional Venetian manner. It was a memorable celebration with masked guests enjoying a mesmerizing glassblowing demonstration of Venetian goblets. The masks are now

Louise Irvine Jellyfish are mostly solitary, but they group together in swarms when following food or traveling in the same currents. Josh Fradis depicted two of these mesmerizing creatures, gracefully pulsating through ocean waters, in The Journey of Two, his latest glass masterpiece now at WMODA. Josh will be creating

By Louise Irvine As a Pisces star sign, I am drawn to fish of all kinds, along with my husband George, who is also a Pisces! Not surprisingly, Anna Paola Cibin’s visions of the Venetian lagoon cast a spell on me when I first saw her velvet paintings at the

By Louise Irvine Mosaic portraits of famous female artists and movie stars are showcased in a new pop-up exhibition at WMODA. The Icons of Art collection was created in Italy between 2017 and 2025 as part of the Mosaic Young Talent Competition directed by Guglielmo Zanette in collaboration with artists