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ROBIN
CASS |
 American, born 1969
Robin Cass is an artist and educator living in Rochester, New York. She is a full professor in the Glass Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she has been a faculty member since 1998. She is currently associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. Cass also served on the board of directors of the Glass Art Society from 2004 through 2010. Cass earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from Alfred University. She has been invited to teach glassblowing and exhibit her sculptural work internationally, and has received fellowships and grants from Wheaton Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Glass & Ceramic Center of Seto, Japan. In addition to teaching at RIT, Cass has lead workshops at Pilchuck Glass School, Haystack, The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass and elsewhere. Robin’s work is included in a number of public and private collections including those of the Museum of American Glass in New Jersey, Tacoma Museum of Glass in Washington State, and Tittot Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. She has also been featured in several books including: “Masters of Blown Glass”, edited by Susan Rossi-Wilcox, “Breaking Ground: Art/Craft in Upstate New York”, by Barbara Lovenheim, and “25 Years of New Glass Review” edited by Tina Oldknow. EDUCATION:
1998 MFA Sculpture/Glass, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY 1993 Rhode Island School of Design BFA Sculpture/Glass Providence, RI 1988-1990 McGill University Studies in political science and anthropology Montreal, Quebec SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Traveling Menagerie, Exhibit A, Corning, NY 2015 Foundlings: a tribute to misfits (collaboration w/ Bill Klingensmith), RoCo Lab Space, Rochester, NY Menagerie, Axom Gallery, Rochester, NY 2011 Curious Growths, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA Solo Exhibition, Gallery at Osaka University of Art, Osaka, Japan 2008 New Work, OckHee Gallery, Rochester, NY 2007 Yield, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville, Fl 2006 New Work, Tittott Museum of Glass, Taipei, Taiwan 2006 Linkages, Rochester Contemporary Gallery, Lab Space, Rochester, NY 2005 Common Afflictions, NTID Dyer Arts Center at RIT, Rochester, NY 2002 New Work in Glass and Metal, Appalachian Center, Smithville, TN 2001 A Slight Breach, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA Revelations, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000 Vital Revelations, Galerie Raphael Essebag, Montreal, Quebec 1997 Toys and Traps, The Field Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Glass Invitational 2014, Exhibit A, Corning, NY 2013 Wheaton Glass: The Art of the Fellowship, Museum of American Glass, Wheaton, NJ 2011 – 2012 Prologues, Gallery R, Rochester, NY 2011 A Really Big Small Works Show, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA International Ceramic and Glass Art in the 21st Century – 10 years of Seto Artists in Residence, Seto City Art Museum, Seto City, Japan 2009 The 60th Year:Teaching Faculty of The School for American Crafts, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY “Inspired By” invitational exhibition, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, Washington Glass Under Glas, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, New Jersey 2008 “A Gathering of Contemporary Glass”, Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, Maine Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA 2007 A Gathering of Contemporary Glass, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME Contemporary Glass Invitational, Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernadino, CA 2006 Anniversary Invitational, Prism Contemporary, Chicago, IL 2006 Artist’s Choice Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Compelled by Content II, Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC Sculpture: Cast, Carved, Constructed, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY 2005 International Glass and Ceramic Art Festival Exhibition, Seto City Cultural Center, Aichi, Japan 2004 Glass Symposium Exhibition, National Museum of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine Everyday Transparencies: The Function of Glass, Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL 2004 Annual Invitational, Atrium Gallery at Corning College, Corning, NY 2004 Invitational, Appalachian Center, Smithville, TN 2003 Upstate Invitational, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY S.C.C.C. Residency Exhibition, Seto City Cultural Center, Seto, Japan 20/20 Vision: CGCA Retrospective, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ Artists of my Area/Era, Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA 2002 American Glass Educators Exhibition, Tittot Museum, Taipei, Taiwan The Wheeler Gallery Providence, RI 2001 Material History: A Cultural Exploration in Fiber and Glass, Starr Gallery, Newton, MA New Talent, Jon Elder Gallery, New York, NY Glass Evolution, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA Finger Lakes Biennial Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY Content: Glass Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 2000 Material World, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1997 International Glass Symposium Participants Exhibition, The Glass Museum of Novy Bor, The Czech Republic Glass 1997, The Bristol Museum of Art, Bristol, RI 1994 Transparent, Translucent, Opaque, Starr Gallery, Newton, MA 1992 All Consuming Images, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK SELECT PUBLICATIONS 2012 “Blazing a Trail of Artistic Innovation” Research at RIT magazine 2010 Masters of Blown Glass: significant works by leading artists, Edited by Susan Rossi Wilcox 2010 Breaking Ground: Craft Art in Western New York, Barbara Lovenheim 2006 25 years of New Glass Review, Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass 2003 Women in Glass, Kohler, Lucartha Shiffer publisher 2001 Glassblowing, Cass, Robin Glass Art Society Annual Journal essay June 2001 Review of “Visionary Women” Exhibition, Netsky, Ronald City Paper Rochester, NY September 2001 Exhibitions Review of “Content: Glass Invitational”, Sculpture Magazine January 2001 “Gallery” pictorial section, American Craft Magazine June 2000 Exhibition Review of “Vital Revelations”, Lehmann, Henry, Montreal Gazette Winter 2001 pictorial, RISD Views August 1997 Exhibition Review of “Toys and Traps”, Vineyard Gazette 1994 Juror Statement, Frantz, Suzanne, New Glass Review CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE 2005 Pennsylvania State Museum exhibition and competition,“State of the Art”, Sole Juror for the sculpture and crafts categories, Harrisburg, PA 2005 Judge “100 New York Craftsmen”, Competition at the Kenan Center for the Arts in, Buffalo, NY 2003 “Poetry of Science: An International Exhibition of Glass Sculpture”, The Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY 2001 “Material and Meaning: New Glass by Emerging Artists”, Gallery R, Rochester, NY 2001 “Visionary Women: An International Exhibition of Glass Sculpture”, The Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1998-present Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY Full Professor 2010 Faculty since 1998 Acting Program Chair for the 2000 and 2001 academic years designed and implemented two new courses: “Art & Glass in Northern Italy” RIT Study Abroad Course in Venice & Florence, Italy 7/01 “Glass in Venice: History & Practice” RIT Study Abroad Course in Venice, Italy 7/04 1996 - 1998 NYSCC at Alfred University Alfred, NY Graduate Assistant Instructor of Undergraduate Glass and Freshman Foundation courses WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS 2012 “Embodied Learning: Intelligence of the Making Body”, panel presentation - Glass Art Society Conference, Toledo, OH 2011 Hong Kong Baptist University, lecture and demonstration, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 2010 Osaka Junior College, lecture and demonstration, Osaka, Japan 2010 Nagoya University of Art, lecture, Nagoya, Japan 2010 Aichi University of Education, lecture and demonstration, Kariya, Aichi, Japan 2010 Tama University, lecture and demonstration Tokyo, Japan 2010 Kent State University, Blossom Arts Program, Workshop Instructor, Kent, OH 2010 Visiting Artist, SOFA Collectors Reception at UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, New York 2008 California College of Arts, Lecture, Oakland, CA 2008 San Jose State University, Lecture, Glassblowing workshop, Visiting Critic, San Jose, CA 2008 National College of Art & Design, Glassblowing workshop, Dublin, Ireland 2005, 2002 Pilchuck Glass School, Glassblowing workshop instructor, Stanwood, WA 2008, 2004, 2002 The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Glassblowing workshop instructor, Corning, NY 2003 Jacksonville University, Glassblowing workshop instructor, Jacksonville, FL 2002 Kook Min University, taught two day workshop in the Glass Program, and acted as Visiting Critic for final reviews, Seoul, Korea 2002 Aichi University of Education, Glassblowing workshop instructor with Peter Ivy, Aichi, Japan 2002 The National College of Art, Glassblowing workshop instructor, Dublin, Ireland 2000 Haystack Craft School, Glassblowing workshop instructor, Deer Isle, Maine 1994 UrbanGlass, Workshop Instructor “Vessel as Canvas”, New York, NY RESIDENCIES 2010 Artist in Residence, Osaka University of Art, Osaka, Japan 2008 Tacoma Museum of Glass and Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA 2005 Tacoma Museum of Glass and Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA 2002 Seto City Cultural Center Seto, Japan 1993 Creative Glass Center of America Millville, NJ 1991 Visual Arts Center of Alaska Anchorage AK HONORS & GRANTS 2006, 2002 & 2000 New York State Arts and Cultural Council: 4 Special Opportunity Stipend Grants in support of solo exhibitions 2012, 2007, 2005 & 1999 Rochester Institute of Technology nominated for “Eisenhart Outstanding Teacher Award” 2004 International Glass Symposium in L’viv, Ukraine Invited to participate as the only American representative and awarded supporting grants from the following groups: The Ukrainian Group of Rochester The RIT Women’s Council The RIT CIAS Honors Program 2003 Tiffany Foundation - nominated for Artist Fellowship Grant 2013, 2012, 2002, 1994 & 1993 New Glass Review selected for volumes 14 15, 23, 33 and 34. 2001 Rochester Institute of Technology Faculty Development Grant for exploration of borosilicate flame working Constance Saltonstall Foundation Sculpture Grant finalist Glass Art Society invited glassblowing demonstrator at 2001 GAS Conference in Corning, NY Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester “Louis D’Amanda Award” – Finger Lakes Exhibition Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Full Grant for “Visionary Women” Exhibition Catalog COLLECTIONS The Tacoma Museum of Glass & Center For Contemporary Art Tacoma, WA The Seto City Cultural Center Seto, Japan The Lady Helen Hamlyn London, England The Lviv Museum of Glass L’viv, Ukraine The Museum of American Glass Millville, NJ |
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