Shared Glass: a Design Collaboration between VCUQatar and Fabrica

December 1, 2012, 8:00 am
KATARA ART CENTER (BUILDING 5) AT KATARA CULTURAL VILLAGE
Free - Open invitation
Shared Glass Exhibit 350w

An exhibition of work at Katara Art Center featuring a collaboration between VCUQatar’s MFA Design Studies students and students from Fabrica in a glass-blowing workshop to create a collection of “hybrid” objects: pieces that mixed and matched Middle Eastern and Western influences, shapes, and functions.

The collection, featuring glassware designed for new domestic rituals, from the everyday to the celebratory, will be showcased in the exhibition Shared Glass which expresses the joy of life, and the excitement of new experiences and new friendships.

Co-curated by Sidonio Costa, director of Katara Art Center and Constantin Boym, director, MFA in Design Studies at VCUQatar.

Location

Katara Art Center (Building 5) at Katara Cultural Village

Opening Reception

Thursday, 1 December 2011
6:00 PM

This reception is open to the public and no reservations are required.

Exhibition Dates

1 December 2011 – 7 January 2012