Michael M. Glancy (February 11, 1950 – August 29, 2020) was an American glass and sculpture artist and arts educator.

Biography

Glancy was born in

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, Michigan in 1950. He began working with glass in 1970 and received a BFA from the

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in 1973. In 1977 he earned a second BFA in sculpture from the

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. Glancy earned an MFA in glass from the

in 1980, where he studied with

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. Glancy was a member of the adjunct Faculty and a Senior Critic in the Jewelry & Metalsmithing Department at the

from 1982 until his death in 2020, where he taught the technique of electroforming. He also served regularly as invited Faculty at the

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. Glancy worked for over 20 years with Attleboro, Massachusetts colleague Myles Baer. Baer assisted with cold working techniques including engraving and sandblasting of both the glass vessels and their base plates. In addition to working with glass, Baer is also a musician and songwriter. Glancy also collaborated with Adrianne Evans, who assisted with wax mold making for casting glass and metal objects. Past studio assistants of Glancy include fellow American glass artist, Daniel Clayman. In 2003 Glancy was included in the exhibition "Fire and Form," curated by William Warmus for the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. In the book accompanying the show, Warmus wrote: ''"Michael Glancy magnifies nature in order to reveal its underlying structure...the flat glass panels that form sculptural bases for his artworks...unfold into and inspire the vessels that sit astride them."'' Glancy passed away on August 29, 2020 at his summer home in Harwich Port, Massachusetts after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70 years old.

Collections

His work was acquired for the exhibit ''One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement'' at the

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in New York City, on display in 2006 – 2007. In 2013, five of his works were included in the

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permanent collection. In 2012 his work was included in the

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museum permanent collection. His works can be found in the collections of the

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;

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, the

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, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark;

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; Museum of Contemporary Art, Hokkaido, Japan; and the

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, London, among others. Glancy's glass and metal sculpture can be found in museum, public and private collections, worldwide.

Publications

* Glancy, Michael, "Michael Glancy - Infinite Obsessions", Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2011. * Glancy, Michael, ''Michael Glancy'', Switzerland, Galerie Von Bartha, 2001. * Glancy, Michael, ''Beyond Vessels: Recent Glass Work by Michael Glancy'', New York
Barry Friedman
1997. * Glancy, Michael, ''Constellations an Alternative Galaxy Glass By Michael Glancy'', Basel, Switzerland, Von Bartha, 1995.

References

*Warmus, William, "Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass", West Palm Beach: Norton Museum of Art, 2003. Distributed by the University of Washington Press.

External links

Michael Glancy's artist website

Michael Glancy's Obituary

Heller Gallery in New York City displays Glancy's work

Clara Scremini Gallery in Paris, France displays Glancy's work
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glancy, Michael American glass artists Living people Rhode Island School of Design faculty University of Denver alumni Rhode Island School of Design alumni 1950 births