#BLOWN AWAY WINNER CONTROVERSY SERIES#

Momoko вЂњMomoвЂќ Schafer вЂ“ Recent graduate of MassArt.Alexander Rosenberg вЂ“ Philadelphia-based artist, educator, and writer.Patrick Proimeau вЂ“ Canadian glass artist and glass studio operator.Janusz PoЕєniak вЂ“ British born, Seattle-based glass artist.Benjamin Kikkert вЂ“ Vancouver-based glass artist.Kevin Kiff вЂ“ California-based glass artist.Deborah Czeresko вЂ“ Veteran glass artist based in New York City.The Craft and Design Glass Studio at Sheridan College in Toronto consulted on the studio design and aided the competitors for the first nine episodes. The space allows 10 artists to work simultaneously, using two large glass-melting furnaces, 10 reheating furnaces and 10 individual work stations.

#BLOWN AWAY WINNER CONTROVERSY SERIES#

The series was filmed in the largest glassblowing studio ever built in North America, designed specifically for the scope and scale of the competition. вЂњ Blown AwayВ is a global platform, and itвЂ™s exciting to think about how this will broaden glassmakingвЂ™s level of exposure.вЂќ вЂњThe Corning Museum of Glass inspires people to see glass in a new light,вЂќ said Eric Meek. Visitors can see work created on the show by each competitor, and watch a behind-the-scenes documentary with interviews conducted on the set and footage captured of the MuseumвЂ™s Hot Glass Demo Team taking part in the finale. This summer, CMoG is displaying the exhibit Blown Away: Glassblowing Comes to Netflix, which tells the story of how the Museum found its way into the global spotlight. During these times, the winner will participate in glassmaking demonstrations for the public in CMoGвЂ™s Amphitheater Hot Shop. The winner will complete two working sessions this summer, July 17-18 and August 28-29, in preparation for the вЂњ Blown AwayВ Residency,вЂќ October 14-18. The winner of Blown AwayВ is awarded the title of вЂњBest in BlowвЂќ and a prize package valued at $60,000, which includes a week-long Guest Artist appearance at CMoG. Also involved in that episode were six of the MuseumвЂ™s expert glassmakers- Helen Tegeler, Catherine Ayers, George Kennard, G Brian Juk, Tom Ryder, and Chris Rochelle-who assisted the two finalists in realizing their last challenge. Eric Meek, Senior Manager of Hot Glass Programs at CMoG also served as a вЂњguest evaluatorвЂќ for the series finale, helping to select the winner of the competition. The Corning Museum of Glass, which houses the worldвЂ™s most comprehensive collection of glass, the library of record on glass, and one of the top glassmaking schools in the world, served as a key consulting partner on the series. YouTube star Nick Uhas, best known for his popular science show Nickipedia, hosts Blown AwayВ and renowned artist Katherine Gray serves as the вЂњresident evaluator.вЂќ One artist is eliminated in each 30-minute episode until a winner is announced in the tenth and final episode. The show follows a group of 10 highly skilled glassmakers from North America who have a limited time to fabricate beautiful works of art that are assessed by a panel of expert judges.

The 10-episode show, which will bring the art of glassblowing to a global audience through the streaming platform, will launch on July 12, 2019. The Corning Museum of Glass is a proud collaborator on an exciting, new competition series, Blown Away-created by producers marblemediaВ and a co-production of Netflix and Blue Ant MediaВ of Toronto.

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