By Louise Irvine For more than 150 years, artists, illustrators, and designers have envisioned the residents of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. Now Chelsea Rousso, glass artist and fashion designer, has reimagined the curious cast for her fashion show of wearable glass to launch our Believe the Impossible season at WMODA. Meet

By Louise Irvine Beryl Brenner is an artist in Brooklyn, NY and she was an art therapist for the Veterans for 40 years. Initially, she was an arts and crafts director at Ft Hamilton Army Base but most of her career was at the VA Medical Center where she worked

By Louise Irvine Chihuly’s brilliant glass ceilings and walls have been reimagined as magic carpets thanks to a successful partnership between the Chihuly Studio’s glassblowing team in Seattle and The Rug Company’s weavers in Kathmandu, Nepal. You will be floored by this limited-edition collection and inspirational glass art side by

By Louise Irvine We have all fantasized about following Alice down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass. Now we can see her dancing underwater thanks to Suzanne Barton’s amazing interpretations of Chelsea Rousso’s wearable glass Wonderland costumes. Suzanne and Chelsea met at a recent WMODA event and realized

By Louise Irvine At the stroke of noon on January 22, glass art at WMODA will come to life to launch the United Nations Year of Glass and Alice will follow the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass to the Mad Hatter’s tea party. On

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the WMODA gift shop. Santa’s elves have been busy decorating the Christmas tree with beautiful glass ornaments made by artists working in our community. Your Christmas stocking will overflow with unique gifts including sparkling jewelry, festive glass décor, and hand-made scented

By Louise Irvine One of my most rewarding experiences at WMODA has been introducing artists and initiating successful collaborations in the Fired Arts. To launch our Believe the Impossible season of exhibits and events on January 22, 2022, glass artist, Rob Stern, and multi-disciplinary artist, Dave Rosenthal, explored sound and glassmaking

By Louise Irvine It wasn’t just the elephants who were dancing for joy on November 18 when Fée Halsted, the founder of Ardmore Ceramic Art in South Africa, received the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for her contribution to visual art and generous transferring of skills to others. The National