The 2009 American Glass Guild Conference
July 16-20, 2009
Buffalo, New York
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Linda Lichtman
Public Art and the Individual
When taking on a large-scale project, an artist must consider how to relate the monumental scale of the artwork to the individual viewer. Strategies may vary, for example, one might divide the work into human-scale sections of varying sizes or insert personal “handwriting” and collages of images, combining and playing with the needs and uniqueness of the site and one’s own individual response to those elements. Linda Lichtman will discuss her philosophy and strategies used to realize the numerous public artworks she has undertaken.
About Linda Lichtman
Since receiving her B.F.A. in painting from Mass. College of Art in 1974, Linda Lichtman has applied a painter's methods and goals to stained and flat glass. She began her studies with Patrick Reyntiens in 1973 at Burleighfield House in England and apprenticed to other glass artists in the U.K., Canada and Germany. She continued studies at the Museum School in Boston. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lichtman has maintained a studio in Cambridge, MA since 1978. In 1990, Lichtman studied with Hans Van Stuckhausen at Pilchuck Glass School. In 1995 Lichtman taught at the AusGlass conference in Adelaide & Melbourne and has taught several times at Bildwerk Frauenau in Germany. She curated "The Glass Canvas" for the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston and for The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Ontario as well as the exhibition "Challenging Tradition: New Work in Stained Glass" in the U.S. Her work has appeared in several solo exhibitions in the U.S. and the U.K. as well as group exhibitions in the U.S., Germany, Wales, Iceland, Ireland, Austria, France, Canada and Japan. Currently she is exhibiting at Centre Du Vitrail in Chartres, France, and recently in Liverpool Cathedral with the International Women's Glass Network.
Lichtman works in the field of Public Art, creating site-specific works for civic buildings as well as for buildings in the private sector. Her work also includes "autonomous" glass paintings.
