Our Resume

GRANTS, AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

2008 Masters of Glass Beads Lark Books, Asheville, NC

2008 Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads Stephanie Sersich, Interweave Press

2008 Best of America Glass Artists & Artisans Volume 1 - Kennedy Publishing

2007 Washington Post, "Weekend's Best", April

2007 Vorsicht! Glas! Nr. 3, "Chevron Beads, Part 2: New Shapes and Techniques"

2006, 2001, 1996 Selected for New Glass Review

2005 American Style, August Portfolio - "Keeping the Fire Burning"

2005 A Thousand Colors of Mosaic Glass - Ersatz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

2004 Honorable Mention-"Blown Away, New Forms in Glass", PostPicasso.com

2004 1000 Glass Beads, Lark Books, Asheville, NC

2003 Wine Country, October - Mary Mullaney "Storyteller in Glass"

2002 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts - Idaho

2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI

2001 Contemporary Glass: Color, Light & Form, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI

2000 American Craft Magazine, June/July, Featured Artists in Portfolio section

2000 Best of Show, When it Melts it Pours, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix

1999 Fellowship Award , Idaho Commission on the Arts

1997 Lapidary Journal, May, Feature Article and Jewelry Journal Article

1996 Bead and Button Magazine, "Beadmakers Dance - A new slant on Chevrons"

1995 Featured in Collectible Beads, by Robert K. Liu

1994 Best of Show - Individual Bead - "1st Annual Contemporary Glass Bead Art Show", Madrid Supply Company, New Mexico

1993 Latitudes - The Arts in Idaho , "Conversations with Glassblowers, Mary Mullaney and Ralph Mossman"

1993 Niche Award - Functional Production Glass

1993 Sudden Opportunity Award Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts

RECENT AND SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009 Loveland Sculpture Invitational, Loveland, CO

2009 "Perspectives: Traditions and Innovations in Glass Beads", Corning, New York

2008 "Commemorative Exhibition of Masters: Glass Beads", Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Japan

2008 Featured Artist, Oswego Lake Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2007 "Vessels" solo opening, Kuivato Glass Gallery, Sedona, AZ

2007 "Before, During, After…" two person show, Muse Gallery, Jackson, WY

2007 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC

2007 "Bulles de Perles, Créations Contemporaines en Verre", Glassmuseum of Sars-Poteries, France

2006 "Trajectories", The Bead Museum, Glendale AZ, Catalog produced

2006 "Good Things/Small Packages" San Francisco, Catalog produced

2005-2003 SOFA Chicago, Thomas R. Riley Galleries

2005 "Continuity; Glass in 2005", postpicasso.com

2004 "The Art of Mosaic", Multitudes Gallery, GA

2004 "North American Glass 2004", Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT

2004 "I Got Rhythm", Royal Cameo Glass, New Orleans

2004 "Glass: A View Within", The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida -catalog available

2004 "Fire and Water", Willard Art Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID

2002-2003 "Constellate", Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Columbus, Kirkland, Cleveland

2002 "Venezia Vetro 2002 Exhibition" Galleria Rossella Junck, Venice, Italy

2001 "The De-Constructed West: Four-State Fellowship Exhibition" Millenium Arts Center, Washington, D.C. Catalog produced.

2001 Solo Exhibition, "Mindscapes & Naturescapes" Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2000 Group Show with Boyd Sugiki and David Leppla, Kittrell/Riffkind, Dallas

1999 "Contemporary Glass Bead Show", Gallery Karinis, Tokyo

1999 "Contemporary Glass Beads from America", Glasmuseum, Copenhagen

1998 World Glass Bead Exhibit, Toyota Folk Craft Museum, Travelling Exhibit in Japan

1997 "Mano Volante: Italian Maestros and their American Counterparts", Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1993 Contemporary Glass Beadmakers Exhibit, The Bead Museum, Prescott, AZ

COLLECTIONS

The Bead Museum, Glendale, AZ

The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL

The Museum of Art and Design, New York

Michael Bloomberg

Charles Bronfman

EDUCATION

Mary Mullaney - Born 7/16/65

2009 The Studio at Corning - workshop with Kimiake and Shin-ichi Higuchi

2000 The Studio at Corning - Workshop with Lisabeth Sterling

1998 Independent Study, Murano, Italy

1993 Workshop with Robert Dane & Mark Weiner

1991 Haystack Craft School - Workshop with Lino Tagliapietra

1987 Southern CT. State University, BS in Fine Art

Ralph Mossman - Born 5/28/56

2000 Pilchuck Glass School - Workshop with Lino Tagliapietra and Ben Edols

1995 Haystack Craft School - Monitor for Richard Marquis

1988,84 Haystack Craft School - Monitor for Ricky Bernstein

1981 Hampshire College, BA

1980 Penland Craft School

1978 Haystack Craft School, Deer Isle, ME Taught by Fritz Dreisbach & Dale Chihuly

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005 The Studio at Corning, class titled "Clear Glass Frame"

2001 Demonstration at California Glass Exchange, San Bernardino, CA

2001 Two demonstrations at GAS Conference in Corning, NY

2001 The Studio at Corning-Canework - Creating canes and bead canes class

2000,1999,98 Society of Glass Beadmakers Conferences

1999,98 The Studio at Corning - Cane and Beadmaking class

1997 Harbourfront Centre, Toronto - Class in cane and bead making

1997 Great Italian Goblet Symposium - Tucson, AZ

Annually since 1991 Beginners Glass Workshops at our studio

1987,88 Ski Instructors at Grand Targhee Resort

1985,86 Horizons Craft School - Instructors