SAVE THE DATE
Friday, September 22
Pittsburgh’s hottest party + only glass art auction
LIVE AUCTION + PARTY: Friday, September 22, 2023, 6–11pm
@ ROCKWELL PARK (map)
HONORARY ARTIST: Mel Douglas
CHAIRS: Deb and Bryan Garlock
The Art on Fire Auction is a hot party and Pittsburgh's ONLY glass art auction. The event is Pittsburgh Glass Center's most important fundraiser that generates over 10% of the annual operating funds in ONE night! Proceeds support free public programs and glass education for anyone who wants to learn and create. It's also a great opportunity to buy handmade, one-of-a-kind glass art for a good value while also supporting artists and Pittsburgh Glass Center.
HONORARY ARTIST Mel Douglas
Mel Douglas has worked as an independent studio artist since graduating from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University in 2000. In 2020 Douglas was awarded a PhD for her practice-lead research investigating how studio glass can be understood through the aesthetics of drawing. In addition to winning the 2020 and 2014 Tom Malone Prize, a prestigious award through which a work is acquired each year into the collection of the National Gallery of Western Australia, Douglas has received several major awards including the Ranamok Glass Prize in 2002, the International Young Glass Award in 2007 from Ebeltolft.
In 2019 her work was the inaugural acquisition for the NGA’s Robert and Eugenie Bell Decorative Arts and Design Fund. Douglas’ work is held in the private collections and public institutions internationally, including the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; the Ebeltoft Museum of Glass, Denmark, and National Gallery of Australia, Australia.
PITTSBURGH'S ONLY GLASS AUCTION
CHECK BACK SOON TO VIEW AUCTION ITEMS ONLINE
Art on Fire is a great opportunity to buy handmade glass art at a great value while supporting artists and Pittsburgh Glass Center. Over 100 pieces of one-of-a-kind glass art by internationally renowned glass artists and local glass artists will be included in the silent and live auctions. Anyone can participate in the silent auction online using a tablet, computer, or mobile phone.
A curated collection of artwork will be available in the live auction. To bid you must be present or submit a proxy bid to Heather McElwee by 5pm on September 21.
Submit absentee bids by contacting Heather McElwee at heather@pittsburghglasscenter.org.
Donate Art
Help us keep the fire going by donating artwork to our annual Art on Fire fundraiser.
Art on Fire is critical this year for our continued success. Your donation will keep the momentum going and will fuel the excitement and enthusiasm for glass with our friends, patrons, and appreciators.