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

We celebrated the festive season and our first anniversary in Hollywood with our first Fired Arts Fair! The celebration included a visit from the city’s mayor, Josh Levy, who toasted the museum’s success and chatted with guests and the local artists participating in this fabulous event. Mayor Levy shot videos

Benzaiten is the Japanese goddess of arts and learning and her influence was clearly felt on December 12th at the creative arts center named in her honor in Lake Worth Beach. WMODA was proud to sponsor the South Florida Showdown at the Benzaiten Center for the Arts, starring George Kennard