During the past five years, hundreds of high school students have participated in glass making workshops at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in preparation for the Fox Valley Area High School Glass Exhibition. Some students return to the workshops for a couple of years while they’re in school or volunteer at a museum event, but usually […]
The Board of Directors of Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass approved the acquisition of ten objects for the collection at the board meeting on December 16th: The objects include seven paperweights and two contemporary glass objects. Jerry Silverstein and Robert Zimmerman gifted four weights: Jim D’Onofrio (b.1951), Arizona, USA. Blue Frog paperweight, 1997 David Graeber, New […]
The museum, lead by executive director, Jan Mirenda Smith, was awarded the 2015 Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Institutional Award on November 7th at the Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) exposition at Navy Pier in Chicago. Each year the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG) selects an organization to be honored for its contributions […]
Lino Tagliapietra, an influential Italian glass artist and master glassmaker who is recognized throughout the world for his skill and talent, will be present at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass October 9-11 to open his exhibition, Transcending Time: a Survey of Works in Glass by Italian Maestro Lino Tagliapietra. The exhibition will be open through February […]
Bid on the Italian Luxury Tour at Art in Motion on October 9th Here’s your chance to enjoy some of the finest offerings of northern Italian autos and art on this tour for two of Bologna, Maranello, Murano, Burano and Venice. Day 1 – Bologna Arrive in Bologna and stay in an 18th century palace and five-star […]
The 41st Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass Arts Festival was held Sunday, July 19 at Riverside Park in Neenah. More than 65 artists displayed their artwork to crowds of enthusiastic festival goers. This community tradition is a fund raiser for the museum, which offers free general admission to everyone, always. Each year select artists are recognized […]
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass announces the release of a mobile application that showcases its world-renowned collection. The free application can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. The mobile application allows the user to experience the museum collection through three tours that include “Millefiori: Thousands of Flowers,” “Flowers from Flame,” and “The Mahler Collection of […]
One of the things we frequently hear from our customers is that they wish we had an online shop. One out-of-state customer in particular likes to see what paperweights we have in stock from his favorite artist, Paul Stankard. Another customer remarked how nice it would be for her daughter to pick out a birthday […]
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass has been awarded the 2015 Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG) Institutional Award. Each year the AACG selects an organization to be honored for its contributions to the contemporary glass movement. Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass received an unrestricted grant from the Alliance and is invited to present a public program at […]
Recently, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass staff recognized several of the many outstanding volunteers that help them deliver on the mission of the organization. All volunteers were invited to a reception to honor their generous commitment to making the museum a gem in our community. While they were here they were treated to the William Morris: […]